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]
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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!
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Albums, News | Jason | 
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].
- The April Skies @ DBMC
DEWEY BEACH MUSIC CONFERENCE 2009
THIS SATURDAY OCTOBER 3, 2009
Hammerheads
1818 Coastal Highway
Dewey Beach, DE
(Venue is right across the street from the Bottle & Cork)
11PM | 21+ | FREE!!!!!
We’ll be spending Thursday, Friday & Saturday at DBMC09 checking out bands, the daytime conference and all the regular things we do on our Dewey Beach trips (Nick’s, Sharkey’s, hang out with our friends from Hbg). Vikki & her crew have put together an amazing meet-n-greets, dinners & of course, band showcases. We wouldn’t miss it for the world. Thanks Vikki & everyone at DBMC09!!!!
Stay tuned right here to our website for a full re-cap report of our DBMC 09 Adventure by our own Mr Andy Book.
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!
The folks at CMJ were cool enough to include us in the June 8, 2009 issue of their New Music Report. Our song “Punch Drunk Messiah” (off our new self-titled release) was included in the CD sampler.
http://www.cmj.com/
Feel free to call your favorite local college radio station and request to hear us!
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