Warped Winners....
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Top Unsigned band Vonnegutt have been selected to play the Atlanta stop on this year's Warped Tour.
The band was voted to perform on the Ernie Ball stage.
Vonnegutt is currently in the studio finishing their debut album. Emcee/frontman Kyle Lucas is also wrapping up his brand new mixtape, Kyle Lucas is Still My Favorite.
The album and mixtape are both being produced by Simon Illa (Young Jeezy, M.I.A., George Tisdale)
You can listen to a new track off the mixtape called Silence right here.
Posted by matt.pagirsky on July 05, 2008
Hot Download....
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Top Unsigned band Hotspur has a free track up for download in honor of today's date.
The song is appropriately titled 5th of July. You can grab it for free from their MySpace.
The band has their latest acoustic album, Beta Undressed up for sale on 
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Their next show is on August 8th in Warrenton, Virginia with Mercy Mercedes.
Posted by matt.pagirsky on July 05, 2008
Hunks and Dunks....
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TDC-supported Can You Keep A Secret will be heading out on tour from July 15th - July 27th.
They'll be joined by Kentucky act Hark The Herald.
On July 26th they'll be stopping at the Hamilton Starz Gymnasium in Mercerville, New Jersey to play with Top Unsigned alumni The Years Gone By (Rise Records).
You can check out the tour flyer in the comments.
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Posted by matt.pagirsky on July 05, 2008
Unsigned TRL....
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Yesterday, we posted about unsigned New York act Settings appearing on MTV's TRL and how it might have been too early for them.
Apparently they won't be the only unsigned band to appear on the show. TDC-supported The Friday Night Boys have announced they will also be making an appearance.
According to their MySpace blog, the band will be interviewed and then perform Chasing A Rockstar acoustically. The segment will be airing July 10th.
The segment is part of a weekly feature every Thursday called Under The Radar, which will showcase unsigned acts from across the country.
Do you think The Friday Night Boys are ready for this?
Update: TDC-supported A Rocket To The Moon will also be on the July 10th show.
Posted by matt.pagirsky on July 04, 2008
Dropout Hotel....
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Former Top Unsigned band Dropout Year need a place to stay on their upcoming tour.
The band will be following around Warped Tour all summer, promoting and selling CDs. However, they need some floors to crash on during their long adventure.
To help them out go here and leave them a message.
DY recently released their acoustic EP, On A Lighter Note and also added a new bassist. You can pick up both their previous EPs for only $5 each on Smartpunk.
Posted by matt.pagirsky on July 04, 2008
What Is Indie?....
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The Wall Street Journal had an article recently on independent artists making a name for themselves without major label support.
The article focused on Greg Laswell, a singer/songwriter signed to Vanguard Records, who has been featured on Whole Foods Artist Discovery series, as well as Grey's Anatomy and a variety of other TV shows and movies.
He is also managed by Nettwerk, the same group who also manage Barenaked Ladies, Avril Lavigne and Sarah Mclachlan.
Coolfer points out that the term "indie" has been redefined in today's music environment and that independent artists can still succeed without a major label, but they still have to rely on basic components to help development.
From Coolfer: "A decent career is going to be hard to achieve without the other traditional components: manager, lawyer, booking agent, publisher, web designer and maybe indie label. As you can see, an indie artist is independent only of a major label contract, not of agents, consultants, representation or standard expenses that take up their share of the artist's income."
What does the term "indie" mean to you nowadays?
Posted by matt.pagirsky on July 04, 2008
The Fastest Kid Streaming....
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Chicago's The Fastest Kid Alive have their entire debut EP streaming on MySpace.
The 5-track EP is called Listen Up! and was produced by Seth Henderson from Asteria.
TFKA is compromised of former members of The Elation.
They have a bunch of shows coming up in the Illinois and Midwest area so check their MySpace to see if they'll be coming near you.
Posted by matt.pagirsky on July 03, 2008
A Royal Summer....
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Top Unsigned band U.S. Royalty have a bunch of big shows coming up.
They'll be playing Freedom Fest this weekend in Brooklyn on Saturday, July 5th. Following that show, the band will be heading down to D.C. to play an in-store DJ set at Urban Outfitters on July 19th.
Soon after, the guys will be heading out with Cartel for a string of dates in Florida.
You can check out all the specific times and locations on their MySpace.
Posted by matt.pagirsky on July 03, 2008
You Decide....
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New York's Settings will be appearing live on MTVs TRL today.
Settings is an unsigned band.
If this really is happening, I think that this is way too early for them. National media can not only explode a band but it can also kill a band's career, if it's not done right.
I would like to hear everyone's opinion on this. If anyone has any background info on how this happened, I would like to hear that, as well. Don't get me wrong. I'm happy to see an unsigned band hit MTV. But there are other unsigned bands with a bigger fanbase that this would benefit more.
This band has been building a buzz but I'm afraid this might backfire.
Posted by tim.towner on July 03, 2008
Faceless....
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California's Panima has posted a new song on their MySpace called Nameless Faceless.
The song is on their new release titled Take Cover! The EP will be released this summer.
The band is currently on Warped Tour on the Ernie Ball stage.
TDC hasn't really talked much about Panima but they are a good band and hard workers. What do you think?
Posted by tim.towner on July 03, 2008
Majors Fall, Indies Rise....
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According to DigitalMusicNews , the major labels lost market share for the first half of 2008, while the indie's gained market share.
Out of the four major labels, Warner was the only one to gain in market share, commanding 20.8% of the market. Universal (31.2%), Sony BMG (21.8%) and EMI (9.4%) all lost ground in the first half of 2008.
Indie's gained ground rising a full 1% from last year to 13.9% of the market.
I have a feeling that this trend will continue in the coming years.
Posted by tim.towner on July 03, 2008
Awesome Contest #2....
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TDC and Science Records have teamed up to give away 10 exclusive, limited edition vinyls.
We are giving away Blessthefall/Escape The Fate split vinyls to 10 lucky winners! The vinyl is called The Shady Bunch.
You can see the photo of the vinyls in the comments.
To enter the contest, email your name and address to tdcsciencecontest@gmail.com
Also, don't forget to register for our Valencia contest here .
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Posted by tim.towner on July 02, 2008
October Recording
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October Nites have gone back into the studio to record some new demos to follow up to their most recent EP release, "When We Were Infinite." They will be recording with Gabe Solomon, at his studio in Auburn, NY.
They also made the PureVolume charts this past week, and topped at #10 on all of PureVolume!
Posted by justin on July 02, 2008
Curiousity Killed The TDC Visitor....
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Ever since we started to post the SmartPunk Top Unsigned Chart people have continually asked "how many albums do these bands sell to get on the chart?" Since I'm at SmartPunk now, I can give you an idea.
The Top Ten Unsigned bands have sold 641 combined albums in the last 3 weeks. That's an average of 64 albums per band.
The Top Ten Signed bands have sold a combined 1,533 albums on SmartPunk in the last 3 weeks. That's an average of 153 albums per band.
Just to put that in perspective, to get on the Billboard HeatSeeker Chart you need to sell around 450 - 550 albums a week.
SmartPunk does report to SoundScan so you can see that SmartPunk can affect a band's rank on the national album charts. It can also provide a great resource/income for unsigned bands with their releases.
Posted by tim.towner on July 02, 2008
Top Unsigned Albums....
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Here are your Top 20 Unsigned Albums, according to SmartPunk.com :
1. VersaEmerge Perceptions
2. A Thorn For Every Heart Pick Up The Pieces
3. NeverShoutNever Yippee EP
4. Jamestown Story The Proglogue
5. Saosin Translating The Name
6. Go Radio Welcome To Life
7. Love Me Electric The Sunrise
8. IWRESTELEDABEARONCE IWRESTLEDABEARONCE
9. Modern Day Escape Modern Day Escape EP
10. The Material Tomorrow
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Posted by tim.towner on July 02, 2008
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