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–The Bay Area Reporter (San Francisco, CA)
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What the critics are saying about MANIA!
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 “The Melismatics are just so palatable that even the most sour critic will have a tough time not becoming enamored with their irresistible brand of indie pop.” -The Big Takeover (New York)
“I join an army of music college application essay for uf critics across the nation waking up to the band’s charisma.”-Telegraph Herald
“Four stars. Seek this band out. Trust me.” -The Daily News (Pittsburgh/Philadelphia)
“How good are they? The Melismatics have created the soundtrack for spring”
-Pioneer Press (St Paul, MN)
“They might be the one to bring new wave back to the top of the charts” -Illinois Entertainer
“All pop music should be this good”-Indy Rock Live
“Listening to their new album, MANIA!, can be compared to taking part in a spelunking adventure where on the surface the song may seem ordinary, but it contains so many layers – gems hidden amongst other gems.” -Gimme Noise/City Pages (Twin Cities, MN)
“Mania! is the album that will bring them into the light; saving them from an existence of cult love and fringe fandom.”-Popshifter
“It’s time for audiences to catch up on this talented band”-Monday Music Mix Review
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| Photo by Ed Fruin |
Greetings from The Melismatics Tour Van (AKA Miss America), where it’s always 70 degrees with a 30% chance of something breaking down or exploding. These are exciting times on Planet Melismatics indeed. It is time to get those of you in our circle of trust up to speed with another action-packed edition of our Official Newsletter.
Firstly, we have just embarked on an East Coast Tour. Check out the cities we will be hitting, and warn your friends in these metro areas that we are raving lunatics. We will be playing an official CMJ showcase at The Rock Shop in Brooklyn, NY Saturday, cheap college essay writing October 20th at 9:30PM. We’ll also be playing The Saint in Asbury Park Tuesday, October 23rd at 9:00PM; this is the legendary venue that Bruce Springsteen cut his teeth in. We fully expect to see him there wearing a hot new Melismatics tour T shirt. In addition to playing tour dates, we have some hometown Minneapolis shows we are particularly psyched out of our minds about. On Black Friday (Friday, November 23rd) we will be playing the classic album “Pleased To Meet Me” cover to cover at The Replacements Tribute at First Avenue in Minneapolis with special guest vocalists. We’ll also be playing in full Melismatics form at Grain Belt Brewery for the People Serving People Benefit Friday, November 30th. Finally, we’ll be closing out the year of 2012 by playing New Year’s Eve at The Crooked Pint. This promises to be an extra special celebration fellow Twin Cities dwellers will not want to miss. In other news, thanks to our loyal and dedicated supporters, we met and exceeded our Kickstarter goal and are now hard at work on a new album. Contributors will be treated to sneak peak videos and behind the scenes posts on our Kickstarter page from time to time.
Pony Up!, a Melismatics-spawned side project that has found it’s way into all kinds of popular television shows like “Gossip Girl,” “Bad Girls Club,” “Jersey Shore” and made a viral splash with fan-posted videos will be doing a very rare live performance in our hometown of Minneapolis, MN at The 400 Bar Thursday, November 15th at 8:00PM.
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THE MELISMATICS “MANIA!” TOUR 2012 (SO FAR…)
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Artwork by Tanner Groehler10/17/12 Chicago, IL Double Door
10/18/12 Canton, OH Buzzbin Art And Music Shop
10/19/12 Binghamton, NY Binghamton University for Late Nite Binghamton
10/20/12 Brooklyn, NY Rock Shop (Official CMJ Showcase 9:30PM)
10/21/12 Somerville, MA Precinct
10/23/12 Asbury Park, NJ The Saint
community service benefits essay 10/24/12 Pittsburgh, PA Brillobox
10/25/12 Detroit, MI PJ’s Lager House
10/26/12 Marquette, MI University of Northern Michigan
10/27/12 Duluth, MN Tycoon’s
11/02/12 Dubuque, IA The Bank
11/03/12 Waterloo, IA Spicoli’s Grill and The Reverb Rock Garden for 11 Year Anniversary Show
11/15/12 Minneapolis, MN PONY UP! (NOT a Melismatics show) 400 Bar
11/23/12 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue Mainroom (playing “Pleased To Meet Me” cover to cover for The Replacements Tribute with special guest vocalists)
11/30/12 Minneapolis, MN Grain Belt Brewery for People Serving People Benefit
12/31/12 Minneapolis, MN Crooked Pint (New Years Eve BASH) |
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New Youtube Posts!
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We’ve recently posted this video of The Melismatics performing The Posies classic “Flavor of the Month” with special guest Jon Auer of The Posies from the sold-out show at The Rtiz Theater in Minneapolis.
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| The Melismatics “Flavor of the Month” with Jon Auer @ Ritz Theater, MPLS |
While on tour in Ireland last year, Remma and the Melismatics formed the international brotherhood now known as The Remmismatics and set out to completely write and record a song within 24 hours. This collaboration is the result set to a montage of iPhone video taken on the tour. Finally posted on Youtube!
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| The Remmismatics “Never Show You Fear” (The Melismatics & Remma collaboration) |
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