Carey, Eric and Marko have all arrived safely in Harrisburg and rehearsals are already under way! We’re all excited about the show Friday so we hope to see you there!
When: Friday May 14, 2010
Where: Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center, Stage on Herr
The early 90s line-up of The April Skies will be performing for the first time since 1992.
Cary T. Brown
James “Jake” Crawford
Eric Riley Moore
Mark Tritico
Plus there will be full sets by the current lineup of The April Skies and Harrisburg favs Parallax Project. We hope to see you there for this special night.
Advance tickets are still on sale Click Here!
Come join us this Friday at The Abbey Bar with special guest Metropolis from Philadelphia and The Illuminati!
Doors open at 8pm, $7 cover – show starts at 9pm.
We’ll be playing some songs from the early days that haven’t been performed live in years as well as your current favorites. Become a fan and RSVP to this event on Facebook!
Click here for directions to The Abbey Bar @ ABC.
The O List is a podcast radio show from Philadelphia’s own Origivation Magazine featuring the fantastic artists in the region. Enjoy and listen in every Wednesday from 7 to 9 PM at Origivation.com or RadioVolta.org. In December, our very good friends Brian Cronin and Jim Thorpe invited us down to Puck in Doylestown, PA to be a part of it. Our portion of the podcast is available now, it includes an interview (conducted by Brian) and live performances of Punch Drunk Messiah and X.
The April Skies on The O List 12-09-2009 [20MB]
Click to listen, use right-click menu to download.
If you want to catch the entire podcast, which includes interviews and performances by God Shaped Void and (former Kinetic/Sire recording artist) Riverside, check out The O List feed from Origivation.com.
While you are there also check out the podcast from November 5th which includes an interview and performance by Metropolis who will be joining us for our show at ABC on March 5th.
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Merry Christmas everyone! This week we’re posting a free mp3 for download every day until Christmas! The tracks will be posted via iLike so you can download them from our Facebook page or from our iLike artist page.
If you have an iLike account or want to sign up:
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12/21 – Punch Drunk Messiah (The April Skies 2009)
12/22 – Grace (How It All Played Out 2006)
12/23 – A Game (Flood 2005)
12/24 – Splinters & Dimes (A Strange Western Mood 1991)
12/25 – Merry Christmas!!!! All four tracks from the Drive In Demo are now available!
In 1991, The April Skies recorded 4 songs with producer Mitch Easter (R.E.M., Let’s Active) and Eric Vermillion (Gumball, The Stump Wizards) which came to be known as the Drive In Demo. These songs were made available in 1992 on cassette and have not been available since, until today! As a very special gift to all of you this Christmas you can download all 4 songs from the Drive In Demo until the end of the year for free!
1. Someone Said…
2. Melting
3. Drizzle
4. Strange Eastern Mood
If you don’t have an iLike account you can get to it through Facebook – just click on the Music tab.
Enjoy! I will keep updating this post as I get new tracks uploaded. These tracks will only be available until the end of the year so go get ‘em now! One day left and we have a nice surprise for all of our long time fans set for Christmas Day!
Have a safe and happy holiday!
Tags: A Game, A Strange Western Mood, Christmas, Drive In Demo, Drizzle, Eric Vermillion, Flood, free mp3s, Grace, How It All Played Out, Melting, Mitch Easter, Punch Drunk Messiah, Someone Said, Splinters & Dimes, Strange Eastern Mood, The April Skies
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December 22, 2009 10:20 pm | 
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In other belated news… Our new self-titled CD The April Skies was released nationally Tuesday, October 20th! Distributed through Burnside Distribution Company our new CD is available for order from CD One-Stop catalogs in record stores across the country. If your local store does not have it in stock get to the counter and order your copy today!
Central PA’s OSHRadio.com is a on-demand radio station that plays tons of unsigned music (much of it central PA based) and podcast talk shows/interviews. Led by Central PA’s own Crazy John K. Last month, Crazy John & his crew held an intimate awards show to celebrate some of the central PA’s music scene own. This included presented yours truly, The April Skies, with a Life-Time Achievement Award. The April Skies drummer John Ritchey attended the event and accepted the award. After the event, he commented how “humbled” he was by the attention.
We would like to thank OSHRadio.com, Crazy John and everyone at the event for their kindness & hospitality. We’re flattered & humbled by receiving such an award. Thank you.
Crazy John also interviewed Jake for an article in his local music paper Ragazine which featured highlights from the awards show and more interviews with other award winners. You can read a transcript of the interview here: OSHRadio.com interview The April Skies [PDF].
Jake & Jason will be guests tonight on The River’s Open Mike Night hosted by Michael Anthony Smith (10pm-Midnight). We’re on for the first hour, playing songs off The April Skies new self-titled release, some older tunes and of course, chatting it up with Michael. If you live in Central PA, you can tune in on the radio (97.3FM) or listen in over the web at http://www.river973.com
UPDATE: Many thanks to Michael Anthony Smith for having us on his show last night! Here’s a list of what he played during the first hour.
Punch Drunk Messiah
Afterthoughts
Melting
Thinner
X
A Room With A View
Why Weren’t You Like This Years Ago?
The Weight
The Daylight Hours
We’ll be at The Abbey Bar at ABC this Friday, September 4th with special guest The Thrives. NO Cover! Doors at 9pm. We hope to see you there!
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Hey friends… We’ll be taking the stage ahead of Jimmie’s Chicken Shack at the Chameleon Club in Lancaster on Saturday, June 13th. Details on our Facebook Page… Tix are $10 in advance & $12 at the door, you can also purchase them from us directly so don’t be shy!
Saturday, June 13th – All ages, 21+ to drink.
Jimmie’s Chicken Shack
The April Skies
Paper Tongue
The Mayor’s Wife
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Tune in to 105.7 Sunday nights to catch Under the Radar with Maria. She’s been spinning “Punch Drunk Messiah” from our new CD and lots of other great local acts like The Jellybricks and Tripp McNeely. Of course if you can’t wait to hear it again you can listen now on our MySpace player!
We’d also like to say thanks to the Greater Harrisburg Arts Council and all of those involved for having us at Artsfest again this past Memorial Day weekend. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us! We had a great time and hope you did too.
As most of you finding this know already we have finished our new self-titled CD and it is now available at shows (or by direct mail, just send an e-mail see below) and our official release date is May 19th for CDBaby, iTunes, Rhapsody, eMusic, etc… Special thanks again to Larry Geiger for providing the artwork for our new release!
We are working on revamping the website right now, in the meantime you can have a listen to the new tracks on MySpace or become a Fan on Facebook.
The April Skies CD is currently available at shows for $10, please show your support and pick one up! If you can’t make it to a show or we are not playing anywhere near you anytime soon we’ll send one to you, just send an e-mail to orders@theaprilskies.com, include your paypal address and we’ll invoice you for $10 for the CD + $2 for S&H. You can also purchase our CDs through CDBaby.com or iTunes through our Discography page.
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