Earlier in the year I was approached by my friends at Scenario Entertainment to partner up on an event they had created, called Dance Your Art Out. As creating a live event of some type is something I had been thinking about doing via Radical Notion, I was happy to accept.

So I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve been working hard the last few months to organize the next Dance Your Art Out event, which is happening Saturday, August 6th in conjunction with the August Art Crawl.

To kick things off, we’ve put together this promo video with the details:

For up-to-the-minute details, stay tuned to this blog, the special page we set up for Dance Your Art Out at: radicalnotion.net/dyao, and of course, the Dance Your Art Out Facebook page

Dance Your Art Out:
What: a free art show and dance party
Where: Ha Factory 238 5th Ave N. Nashville, TN 37219 (just two doors down from The Arcade)
When: Saturday, August 6th 8pm (in conjunction with the August art crawl)
What else: DJ Kidsmeal will be playing, and the artwork of Twist Gallery will be featured. This party is totally free, with free beer provided by Star Hill Brewery.

This event is to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Please consider donating to this cause.

The incredible motion sequence for the video above is a piece by visual artist Ryan Hogan. Ryan has been a featured Dance Your Art Out artist in the past, and kindly let us use his creation in this video. Thanks Ryan!

//Jon

I always hate to hear about bands getting their gear stolen. It’s a total tragedy. Think about those few items you have laying around that carry a lot of sentimental value. Maybe it’s a piece of jewelry, or a plush toy animal from your childhood. Now realize that many times musicians have a sentimental value attached to their instruments. I’ve still got my first guitar for that very reason. Stealing an artist’s instruments, is like inflicting a mortal wound to a person.

My heart goes out to my friends, Nite Nite, who recently had their gear stolen-so much that they can’t play any shows. But the Nashville music scene once again exhibits its unique camaraderie by banding together and organizing a benefit show for Nite Nite. It’s a great thing that I’m pretty sure most other music scenes in other towns don’t have.

So let’s help get our friends Nite Nite back on track, and making great music once again.

Show Details:
Time: Wed, March 23rd at 8pm
Place: Mercy Lounge in Nashville, TN
Bands:
The Lonely H
Bad Cop
Majestico
Diarrhea Planet
Chrome Pony
+TBA

$5 minimun donation. Ages 18+

Add yourself to the Facebook Event

//stinson

Two posts within 24hrs is a pretty good way to break the RSS silence on our blog, I suppose. Wanted to put out a quick little news bulletin about something Radical Notion is getting involved in. My friends at Scenario Entertainment asked us to help out with a dance party coming up this week-tomorrow, in fact.

Dance Your ‘Art Out: Art Show and Dace Party
Dance Your ‘Art Out is the first in what’s planned to ultimately become a monthly party featuring DJs, bands, and visual art. This month’s party features unique installation art and live painting brought to you by Twist Art Gallery, including the self illuminated series “Suspension” created by Jaime Raybin and Ryan Hogan.

Here’s what The Nashville Scene is saying about it:
“…instrumental hip-hop from Get-Got and sets from DJs Orig and Potamus are bound to make even the most introverted art wallflower break a sweat. Think of it as a social experiment to discover what happens when art nerds rock out. It’s a great idea: There’s tons of overlap between the dance crowd and the art world, and those stragglers who’ve been waiting in the outer rings of the art/dance Venn Diagram have a great excuse to mingle.” [Read the full article -->]

The Basic Facts
Music and DJ performances by:
Get Got
DJ O-Rig
DJ Potamus

When: Wednesday, March 16th (tomorrow!)
Where: Mercy Lounge
Time: 8pm (doors)
Cost: $5

Make sure you stay connected, because we’re gonna post some pics and such (thanks to my friend Jules and her camera work) of the party after the fact. So come party with us! I wanna be standing next to you in more than a few of these pics…

Make sure you add yourself to the Facebook Event

Cheers…

//stinson

My friend, Josh Jackson, has organized an event to benefit those affected by the Nashville Floods this past May, as a part of United Way Nashville’s Flood Relief “Restore The Dream”.

Because of my close friendship with Josh, as well as the bands that are playing the event, and along with the fact that Radical Notion is a part of the Nashville community, I thought we should devote some space on our blog to help promote the benefit.

This coming Friday, September 17th the show will be happening in Nashville at The End. 100% of the proceeds of the show go to aiding United Way’s flood relief centers throughout the Nashville area. Those who make a donation at: http://unitedwaynashville.org/fire are put on the guest list, and get to enjoy some free goodies provided by the sponsors (see below), such as a free beer to the first 50 people to show up.

Featured Bands:

The Worsties
www.myspace.com/theworsties

The Honeymoon Thrillers
www.myspace.com/thehoneymoonthrillers

Milktooth
www.myspace.com/milktoothmusic

Blue Heart Hour
www.myspace.com/bluehearthour

Sponsors and Organizers

Scenario Entertainment Group

Tex Cigars
texcigars.com

Starr Hill Brewery
www.starrhill.com

IGC Photography
www.igcphotography.com

United Way of Metro Nashville
www.unitedwaynashville.org

Add yourself to the Facebook Event

Follow Fight With Fire on Twitter: twitter.com/fightwfire

Donate and get on the guest list here: http://unitedwaynashville.org/fire

//stinson

The newest release from Wes Sp8, Three Song Thing, is available starting today. Wes is making his newest release available as a download to anyone who signs up to his email list. To grab Three Song Thing for $0 sign up here: [Sign up to the Wes Sp8 email list]

If you would rather not sign up to the Wes Sp8 email list, you can simply purchase Three Song Thing through our online store, Radical Notion Digital here: [Purchase Three Song Thing at RND] or by hitting the purchase button in the music player above.

And if you prefer to buy music from stores such as iTunes or Amazon, stay tuned as Three Song Thing will be available through those stores as well. [UPDATE - 8/17/10] Three Song Thing is now available on iTunes and Amazon.

Purchase on iTunes: Buy Three Song Thing on iTunes
Purchase on Amazon: Buy Three Song Thing on Amazon

Please Share
Lastly, if you enjoy Wes Sp8, please help us spread the word on this new release. Take a second to share this blog post (or the music player above) via your Facebook, Twitter, blog, Myspace, or even a friendly personal email to someone.

Cheers!

//stinson

The new release from Wes Sp8, Three Song Thing, comes out tomorrow. If you’ve signed up to the Wes Sp8 email list (sign up here: http://bit.ly/cN91dz), then you will get Three Song Thing for free. Otherwise you can grab the download for $3.00 via Radical Notion Digital. Details on all of that is in our previous post from Friday.

Stream the songs now

Over the last few weeks Wes Sp8 has posted two of the three songs off Three Song Thing for anyone to stream. We’ve gone ahead and embedded the songs below for you to stream here, but make sure you stay posted to Wes’s blog at wessp8.wordpress.com, as he will continue to blog about Three Song Thing-posting songs, or other interesting tidbits about the EP.

“Mama Took Away All The Fun”
01 Mama Took Away All The Fun mp3 by wes sp8

“Above Beyond Beside Below”
Above Beyond Beside Below by wes sp8

Wes Sp8 Three Song Thing available August 10 (Tomorrow!)

$0.00 from the Wes Sp8 email list http://bit.ly/cN91dz
$3.00 from Radical Notion Digital

www.wessp8.com
wessp8.wordpress.com

//stinson

This coming Tuesday, August 10th, we’re going to be putting out a new release with indie-folk rocker, Wes Sp8. This will be Wes Sp8′s second release, and the follow up to his 2008 EP, Please EP (which was the first release Radical Notion (independent media) ever put out!).

This new release will be another EP-this time with three songs. And it’s appropriately titled simply, Three Song Thing.

We won’t be pressing up copies in any type of physical format, as we’ve decided to do a download only version of this EP. On August 10th (this coming Tuesday), Three Song Thing will become available at our online store, Radical Notion Digital, as well as the major online distributors, such as iTunes and Amazon. Three Song Thing will also be available via the Wes Sp8 email list (for $0-read below).

We’ve decided to go with two pricing options for Three Song Thing:

• $0.00 when you sign up to the Wes Sp8 email list. Go here to do that: http://bit.ly/cN91dz
• $3.00 to purchase from Radical Notion Digital without signing up to the Wes Sp8 email list

Wes Sp8 Three Song Thing Available August 10th

Sign up for the Wes Sp8 email list here: http://bit.ly/cN91dz, or keep your browsers pointed to Radical Notion Digital

And catch Wes Sp8′s continual blogging about Three Song Thing here: wessp8.wordpress.com

//stinson

As the week begins to roll around to a close, I feel a certain sense of completion segueing into a natural state of reflection and then giving way into more planning, due to the release of the new Mother/Father EP, Physical Heaven.

On Tuesday we said we would be adding more stores to the availability of Physical Heaven daily, so we’ve got two more stores to add to our list: iTunes and Amazon.

You will find Physical Heaven on iTunes here: Buy Physical Heaven on iTunes

You will find Physical Heaven on Amazon here: Buy Physical Heaven on Amazon

You will always find the primary places to purchase any and all Mother/Father releases here: ThisIsMotherFather.Com/Purchase

Another Review
And Dave Miller steps in with another fan review of Physical Heaven. You will find that here: Mother/Father “Physical Heaven” on foxy digitalis

NOTE: this is NOT the same David Miller that plays drums in Mother/Father. Want to make that perfectly clear.

Thanks to the fans for all these great reviews. We’re really enjoying reading them, and are humbled by the praise.

Cheers!

//stinson

As Physical Heaven was released yesterday, a handful of reviews on the new Mother/Father EP came in. Some went live in the weeks prior to the release, and some went live yesterday. Here’s a collection of these reviews…

From the Fans
In the weeks leading up to the release of Physical Heaven we worked with Mother/Father to reach out to their fans, asking them if anyone would be interested in writing a review in exchange for an advanced copy of the new EP. Here is the first wave of reviews from those fans which responded (click on the names to read the reviews):

Charles Kingma

Ryan Montez

Kelly Eng

Levi Watson

Around the Web
Physical Heaven also picked up some reviews from a few other music blogs in recent days:

largehearted boy: Daily Download from May 11th

JP’s Blog: New Artist: Mother/Father Releasing New EP “Physical Heaven”

Cause=Time: Mother/Father

Perfect Porridge: Tennessee collective Mother/Father release Physical Heaven today

Backseat Sandbar (actually a review of Mother/Father w/ Phoenix): REVIEW: Phoenix w/ Mother/Father @ The Palace 4/22

Thanks for being fans of Mother/Father, for your support of the band, and for your help in promoting them.

Cheers!

//stinson

We’ve been looking forward to the release date of the new Mother/Father EP, Physical Heaven for months. Well that date has arrived. And yeah, we ended up picking the same release date as the new Band of Horses record, but hey that just means if you’re a Band of Horses fan, you can throw on a little extra celebration by buying Physical Heaven too.

Physical Heaven is now available for purchase through our online store, Radical Notion Digital, with more stores – both online, and off – being added daily.

And to help us kick it off, Spinner is throwing a Physical Heaven listening party all week here: http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/14

The EP comes as a download in your choice of multiple file formats, or in CD format (which includes the download as well).

Click on over to Radical Notion Digital for the full details and to purchase: Purchase Physical Heaven at Radical Notion Digital