Interviews/Reviews
February 25, 2011 06:25 PM
Hi guys. Hope this post finds everyone well. The band is finishing up their last few dates w/ Rooney. Well, actually by now, there's only one show left: Salt Lake.
It's been a great few months leading up to the record release. Seems like they're enjoying plenty of unexpected love from beyond the base. Most of it is on-line... blogs & music zines... some print. Each entity reach their market. Unless you're Googling Eisley every day, you're don't see it.
I don't like to post all that stuff on the band's fb/twitter. tmi, overkill. So our publicist suggested I make a Trolleywood post so at least insiders could read if they wanted to. There are reviews like Alternative Press but I think they're on the shelf in print. Maybe we shouldn't post those.
Here's what I have so far:
Songwriters on Process: Sherri DuPree-Bemis & Stacy DuPree-King, Eisley http://bit.ly/ejsQQQ
The Big Takeover: Eisley - "The Valley" album review - http://bit.ly/fY3ZNe
Lincoln Hall/ Chicago, IL Review by Andy Argyrakis - http://bit.ly/idqFsT
Melodic.net: Eisley "The Valley" album review - http://bit.ly/h7AJFB
Washington Times: Concert review: Eisley - http://bit.ly/f0QG3i
BlogCritics: Interview: Stacy DuPree-King of Eisley - http://bit.ly/gLGc5Z
IndieVisionMusic: Eisley interview - http://bit.ly/e9rhpj
MusicOhio: Interview: Chauntelle DuPree of Eisley - http://bit.ly/h5nsAc
The Kansan: Q&A: Sherri DuPree Bemis of Eisley - http://bit.ly/g3L5iZ
Amplified: Asheville - http://bit.ly/gsPoOR
"Eisley are a bunch of damn hypocrites". http://bit.ly/fedicZ 
Again, there are more but I'm watching a movie. Not a great one really but I want to quit typing and thinking and watching tv at the same time. I will come back as interviews come in and post more.
bd
Pre-Orderness
January 26, 2011 08:48 PM
Hello. The above pic is just a close up of Chauntelle's base art for the litho. I'm not really here to hype that or anything. You guys already know pre-sale is up. I think I just feel like I'm so vacant here these days - I owe it to you and myself to post something. I always envisioned being able to come on here and wax on about something ... especially after the wb era. Now I'm here talking about wax. That was a joke. Vinyl. Nevermind.
How's everyone? Anyone. I read some of your Laughing City comments. So did the band. It's funny... all of the strongest opinions are in LC. And most are positive. You guys are the deepest, oldest, most passionate/faithful fans in the world. Can I make that claim? I think we might have lost 1 of you after hearing Smarter. I'm sure there are more. Then again, we gained many. You can't please everyone; stop trying! It's so weird how the sting from a few negative reviews (say 3%) is emotionally more impacting than the 97% positive reviews. That's not fair.
A certain band member and I were talking; he/she was worried about reaction to the record after reading LC comments. I said, "first off... 6 of the 11 songs have already been heard so what songs are you worried they won't like? I listed them and could only think of one song that might get mixed reviews. Right then another band member said, "no way, i love that song..." I went on to say other things I should refrain from discussing here. Opinions... we've all got 'em. One of you said something about the album only being about infidelity. I'm not going to go there.
RADIO
Wait. Right there. I just typed "radio". ok, how many times have I typed 'radio' on a post? wow... SO many times. At LEAST twice; maybe 4 times. haha. ok, not very many. Have we not deliberated and espoused our controversial opinions on this trending topic?
I have words but I'm not sure they're not so important. If you want to discuss, we can do it in comments. Well, basically, I was just going to say it's starting to feel like we might have more radio this time around. Too early to tell. Any would be more than on "Combinations", right?
Besides the fact that we're using outside specialists to work radio, EVR hired a radio guy just for Eisley; he's been working his A__ off. In fact, he's flying in for the show this Friday along with the band's A&R (who is insanely awesome). Anyway, he's actually getting some Triple A interest. That sorta sends my medulla into fib' state. We even have radio/acoustic performance interviews already lined up for this tour. ugh? I can only think of 2 or 3 radio interviews in all of Eisley's history... excluding college (there might have been 3 of those total). This in no way means that Eisley is going to have radio singles. It's just - differrent - that's all.
I could go on and on and on about all this stuff. I am somewhat consumed by it. Very busy right now. It's not unusual to receive and answer 75 emails per day. I unplug my Mac from my day job and literally plug back in at home, work till i plop. So many things we could get into. I suppose I could post an entire bit - just about Equal Vision Records. It's not very cool to talk about your label if you're a band; I'm not a band. I say what I want. I'm rambling. It's almost 3am. Time to pull the plug. Plop.
Thanks LC/Trolleywood loyalists.
g'nite! ~ bd
Pre-order is now on-line for "The Valley"! (cd, vinyl, litho, t-shirt
packages): http://bit.ly/4HEqr2. We're SO excited to finally have
a new record coming out; hope you know how much we appreciate
you guys hanging in there. We're about to embark on our tour w/
Rooney (Feb. 2), the album releases March 1st, then SXSW - then
another tour!
p.s. i reserve the right to come back here tomorrow, freak out over
what i wrote, edit, add, subtract, etc. Did you get the e-blast? ok.
Merry Christmas EP
December 24, 2010 03:19 PM
Hi guys. Hope you and yours are having a wonderful Holiday. I realize it's bit late to post something on topic but we've super busy.
We put together a little compilation of garage band Christmas songs - some new, some old - for you guys including one Chauntelle recorded late last night. There's a player at the bottom of the page if you don't want to dl the entire thing.
Hope you enjoy! Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holiday! Here's the link: http://bit.ly/f9nw5d
P.s. We're all at Chauntelle's house watching "It's a Wonderful Life" after our blotius finger food, gut fest. I am on my new iPad or I'd toss the pic of the player page on here (home now so i did).