Show Spotlight: IAMMEDIC @ Cinespace Tonight
IAMMEDIC @ Cinespace Tonight (10/07)
Led by front man Enik Lin and featuring former members of the bands Burning Tree Project (Tragic Hero Records) and Rock Kills Kid (Reprise), IAMMEDIC brings a dance floor soundclash combining electronic and pop elements on their debut EP… The Tale of Abigail Withers, out this week via Authentik Artists, was co-produced by Lin along with writer/producers Ian Kirkpatrick (Neon Trees, Plain White T’s, Call the Cops) and Mark Maxwell (Boys Like Girls, Millionaries, Blake Lewis, Cobra Starship), with veteran producer/engineer Mark Needham (Metro Station, Mayday Parade, Sick Puppies) pulling mix duties. IAMMEDIC also recently lent their remixing skills to Cherry Tree Records/Interscope artist Far East Movement on the band’s single “Like a G6,” which will be included on their upcoming album. IAMMEDIC plays tonight at Cinespace in Hollywood to celebrate the release of their new EP… www.myspace.com/IAMMEDIC
01.26.10Around Town: One Haven Music Pub, Apple Talk, Lucy Schwartz & more…
Lucy Schwartz EP Release Show @ Hotel Cafe - Wed, 1/27
One Haven Music Publishing led by Steve Backer and Michael Caplan is partnering up with the new BMG Rights Management publishing company via an exclusive, worldwide joint venture. BMG Rights Management is the entity formed by the financial firm KKR and Bertelsmann. Both industry veterans, Backer has had success in the label and publishing arenas (EMI Pub, V2 Records and Epic) while Caplan’s impressive A&R resume includes signing Los Lonely Boys and Matisyahu. Caplan is also the President and Co-Founder of the Or Music independent record label…
The Apple rumor-mill has been churning on high leading up to tomorrow’s “special event” in San Francisco, where many believe Steve Jobs won’t see his shadow and will unveil the highly anticipated, and up until now mythical, Apple Tablet - less likely but still in the running is the formal announcement of an iTunes music-streaming service and an answer to the Favre retirement debate…
Lucy Schwartz celebrates the release of her new EP Help Me! Help Me! (out today) tomorrow night in Los Angeles at Hotel Cafe. Schwartz first made waves in 2008 while still in high school, with her songs getting airplay on KCRW and placements in the film The Women – www.myspace.com/lucysong…
Friend of the show and Authentik Artists CEO Scott Austin has penned an open letter to Franz Ferdinand, taking the Glasgow group to task for their recent complaints via Twitter about their label and its licensing of one of the band’s songs for a new McDonald’s campaign…
**Update: Read Alex from FF’s response HERE
And mark your calendars for this Saturday at Spaceland where Future Sounds presents Nico Stai, Chief, Fences and Yikes! A Lion!…
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