The Yes Way release Demo at CMJ

In addition to playing four official CMJ showcases this year The Yes Way will also release their demo to coincide with the festival. The demo features 7 songs recorded by the band in their Bushwick practice space and is currently available to stream.

Physical copies of The Yes Way demo will be exclusively available at all of the official CMJ showcases listed below:

10/19 The Deli Magazine Showcase at The Delancey 9:30pm

10/21 RethinkPopMusic Showcase at Spike Hill 10:30pm

10/22 Rock it Out Blog Showcase at Fontana’s 7:00pm

10/22 RethinkPopMusic and The Audio Perv Showcase at Crash Mansion 11:30pm

And the winner is…

Freelance Whales! RethinkPopMusic’s first ever “Put Your Music Where Your Mouth Is” showcase can only be described as an absolute success. All the bands; Julia Barry, Freelance Whales, Shoe and The Glorious Veins were incredible, however it was the Freelance Whales who edged out The Glorious Veins with a score of 136 to 134. Thanks to shoe from coming all the way from Detroit and getting the crowd dancing like no one else did all night. Also, if you haven’t heard Julia Barry live you are missing out. She has an exceptional voice and her skills on the keyboard impressed everyone, especially Casey from The Ambassadors.

A huge amount of gratitude is owed to our fantastic judges:

Laura Miller – MTV U
Sami Jarroush – RockItOut! Blog
Dan De Lara – AsianManDan.com
Ben Foxx – RethinkPopMusic
Greg Hewes – RethinkPopMusic

Here’s a video of Bob Berman introducing the judges:

Full HD footage of all the bands performing will be available soon…

This event would never have been a success if it weren’t for the amazing staff at Crash Mansion. Thanks to Stephanie and Mindy who made this idea a reality. We can’t wait to officially launch RethinkPopMusic at Crash Mansion on September 17th.

Here are some pics from the evening:

Soundcheck

Judges Table

Julia Barry

Freelance Whales

Shoe

The Glorious Veins

A very special thanks go out to our RethinkPopMusic artists The Vanguard, The Ambassadors and The Aviation Orange who were all in attendance to see who would accompany them to midpoint music festival. Here’s a pic of the back of The Aviation Orange’s heads!

We still have one more competition set for August 7th at Cameo. RSVP

TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT

Come out tonight for RethinkPopMusic’s first “Put Your Music Where Your Mouth Is” showcase. Open bar from 8-9 and only 5 buck with RSVP

Performances by:

8pm Julia Barry
9pm Freelance Whales
10pm Shoe
11pm The Glorious Veins

Appearances by:

Bob Berman – RethinkPopMusic
Dan De Lara – AsianManDan.com
Laura Miller – MTV U
Sami Jarroush – RockItOutBlog.com
Ben Foxx – Producer/Engineer
Gregory Hewes – RethinkPopMusic

Members from The Vanguard, The Ambassadors and The Aviation Orange will be in attendance.

RethinkPopMusic Announces Lineup

The first RethinkPopMusic “Put Your Music Where Your Mouth Is” showcase is taking place on Thursday, July 30th at Crash Mansion. RSVP here http://rpm.eventbrite.com or below.

Take a listen to the lineup:

8:00pm
Julia Barry (NYC)

9:00pm
Freelance Whales (NYC)

10:00pm
Shoe (Detroit)

11:00pm
The Glorious Veins (NYC)

Judges:

Laura Miller – MTV U
Sami Jarroush – Rock It Out Blog
Dan De Lara – AsianManDan
Ben Fox – Producer/Engineer (The Vanguard, Interpol, Death Cab, The Ambassadors)
Gregory Hewes – RethinkPopMusic Regional Director of A&R

Rock It Out Blog Promotes The Vanguard

Thanks for the love… check it out!

Remember we are playing tonight 8pm sharp at Fontanna’s NYC!