Issue #5

August, 2008

Passing the Torch

Rew

Our WRAT radio spot

FROM THE EDITOR

Christina from America's Sweetheart

Christina from America's Sweetheart

Hey GRGR fans,

Not to worry if you can’t afford a plane ticket overseas: GRGR, too, is passing the torch to some great, up-and-coming, female-infused rock bands this summer. Go for the gold—and a chance to win a Daisy Rock Guitar!—by hitting our final preview show, Sept. 6, in Long Island.

And check out the photos from our CT and NJ kickoff gigs: GRGR core bands RewBee, G-Spot, Loki the Grump, Marisa Mini and America's Sweetheart joined local band Joanie Loves Tchotchkes at Cafe Nine in New Haven, CT and local favorites Jan Loe, Infernophonic and New Day Dawn at Tierney's in Montclair, NJ for two nights of back-to-back rock and roll. Our final preview show is coming up in September—don't miss it! In the meantime, tame your enthusiasm with a good dose of rock shots at the bottom of this email.

If you missed your chance to join the street team, we’re still lookin’ for rabble rousers all over the East Coast. E-mail Rew and we'll get you started!

xoxox,
Marisa, GRGR's Communications Maven

GIRLS ROCK GIRLS RULE 2008 TOUR UPDATE

VENUE CHANGE! VENUE CHANGE!

Hey all you tri-state area rock fans! This is your last chance to catch the GRGR Tour at a local venue. Our final preview show will be September 6 at Lefty's Bar and Grill in Lindenhurst on Long Island, New York. This is a change from the previous venue the Munchaba Lounge. There will be NO SHOW at the Munchaba Lounge. Lefty's will feature core bands joined by some of our fave local GRGR alums The Rosies, Dormitory Effect, All Out Riot. As always a portion of the proceeds benefits Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls! Cool prizes, giveaways, and drink specials from Rolling Rock & yummy Fuze beverages await. For more details and line-ups visit us on myspace.

GIRLS ROCK GIRLS RULE 2008 TOUR UPDATE

ALL THINGS DIGITAL CONTEST: PLAY ON THE TOUR!

Even though submissions for the 2008 tour are now closed, there is still a chance for one lucky band to perform on the 2008 GRGR Tour! Throughout August, AirPlay Direct will be running their All Things Digital Girls Rock, Girls Rule artist contest. It’s FREE TO ENTER and requires just four things: First; you must be an AirPlay Direct artist / label member (free to join), your music must fall into the harder-than-folk genres like indie, punk, alternative, hardcore, mathrock, metal, etc., you must be a kick ass rock chick and you must submit your AirPlay Direct DPK prior to Aug. 25. The Grand Prize package is fantastic, worth more than $20,000, and includes slots on the tour, a radio campaign from Planetary Group, a Daisy Rock guitar, $250 Sam Ash gift certificate, in-store performances and much much more. For details and to sign up and enter to win, go to AirPlay Direct.

Sonicbids submissions for Girls Rock & Girls Rule local bands are now closed. We will be working on selections over the next few weeks and will be announcing them by mid-August.

WIN A DAISY ROCK GUITAR

GRGR core bands will be rockin’ Daisy Rock Guitars on this year’s tour. Want one of your very own? Well, GRGR is giving you a chance! With its slimmer neck, lightweight, contoured body and strong pickups, the new Rock Candy Guitar is designed with the female player in mind!

LIMITED EDITION 2008 TOUR T-SHIRTS ARE HERE!

GRGR has partnered with Noisy Planet to offer fans the hottest tees ever: Choose between women’s style designs “I’m a Noisy Girl” or “Noisy Girls Rock” or the men’s style “I like Noisy Girls”. These high-quality collector’s concert tees sport all our tour dates on the back and are only $20. Get yours at shows or order online here.

FABULOUS FIERCE FEMMES OF THE MONTH

INFERNOPHONIC

Who Are They: A total trip to 1980s anthem rock—fronted by a siren in leather pants.

What They Sound Like: Ann Wilson and Aretha Franklin fighting over the last piece of fried chicken backstage at Cal Jam '74.

Why They're Hot: The strong, soulful, sassy soprano of lead vocalist Elaine Tuttle (but the rest of the band’s pretty awesome too!).

Latest Lowdown: The band released their debut CD "Spark It Up" earlier this year and the album is receiving rave reviews from national and international press and charting strongly on college and commercial radio.

Must Downloads:
Eye of the Jedi
Say Whatcha Mean
Karmakaze

infernophonic

NEW DAY DAWN

Who They Are: a NJ-based four-piece rock outfit led by the married duo Dawn Botti (lead vox/ guitar) and Gary Szczecina (drums)—the same power pair behind the hard rock indie sensation Slushpuppy.

What They Sound Like: Pat Benatar and Dave Grohl’s hypothetical daughter—who learned to rock the six-string while belting out powerful vocals over her undeniably catchy, amped-up pop-rock tunes.

Why They're Hot: In the first half of the decade, their former project Slushpuppy seemed unstoppable, garnering multiple awards, a Jagermeister sponsorship and recurring play on KRock. A bit bruised, but wiser for the wear, the duo are stirring things up again, focusing on uplifting, positive messages and melodies while holding on tight to their roots.

Latest Lowdown: NDD rocked a sold out and incredibly enthusiastic audience at Maxwell’s (Hoboken, NJ) as the opener for Jesse Malin. They are set to release their first full length CD later this summer.

Must Downloads: Misunderstood

New Day Dawn's guitar mistress Dawn Botti

BAND NEWS

GRGR newcomer America's Sweetheart ranked #6 and mainstay Loki the Grump ranked #34 on the Radio Crystal Blue Radio Summer 2008 Airplay Chart! Live365 live show: Sundays 7pm-1am or so ET

Loki the Grump got selected for the finalist round in the Show Your Strength Band Competition, sponsored by Love Hope Strength and the Union County Music Festival. Check the Loki the Grump website and myspace page for details on how to vote on the video.

G-Spot is thrilled to announce not one but two new guitar players into the family: Dave Perry and Glenn Jenkinson are creating a rockin’ duo and will add some awesome layers to the G-spot sound! Catch their debut at the GRGR preview events!

NEWS: THIS JUST IN…

GRGR welcomes AirPlay Direct into their sponsor fold. What’s Airplay Direct you ask? It’s an easy-to-use digital file transfer system that was developed to streamline radio/artist promotion activities for today's music industry. AirPlay Direct’s FREE services replace the unnecessary time and expense of putting together and sending out costly traditional artist packages and press kits via snail mail. AirPlay Direct provides free digital delivery services to radio stations globally for more than 11,700 artist/label members. The company has more than 2,400 radio stations who have registered as members.

DOWNLOADS

Can’t get enough of your fave GRGR artists? Well put em’ in your iPod so you never have to go without! Download GRGR artists songs at mynoisyplanet.com/GRGR. Each track is only 99 cents and proceeds go directly to the artists themselves. Please note we will be adding a lot more tracks in the next few weeks so check back often for new tunes

UPCOMING GIRL GIGS: AUGUST

Project applesauce

Project Applesauce

8/8: Project Applesauce hits the stage at 10:30pm, between headliners The Saviours and The Cosmosonics. Doors 9pm. $8. The Red and The Black, 1212 H Street, NE, Washington, DC

8/9: GRGR core songstress Rew lights up Saturday night with other fun bands for tips! 11pm. Freddy's Bar & Backroom, 485 Dean Street Brooklyn, NY

8/15: Soraia rocks the legendary J.C. Dobbs tonight. 9pm Philadelphia, PA

8/15: In NYC? Take off your clothes! Royal Pink rocks tonight. 8pm. Slipper Room, New York, NY

AS rocks the LAMPPOST

8/16: America’s Sweetheart rocks Jersey City with pals Kilsy. Doors, 9pm. $6. The Lamp Post Bar & Grill, 382 2nd St., b/w Newark Ave & Brunswick St., Jersey City, NJ

8/22 and 8/23: America’s Sweetheart hits the main stage at 2008 Indiegrrl Conference & Festival Club. 8pm. The Spencer Penn Centre 475 Spencer Penn Rd., Spencer, VA

8/23: Odd Girl Out rocks the Jersey City Pride Fest with a free, all-ages show. Also performing: Ben Lerman, Naommon, Mara Levi and Lori Michaels. Exchange Place in Jersey City, NJ

Royal Pink

The girls of Royal Pink

Some Shots from the first Tour Preview Show in New Haven, CT at Cafe Nine

Loki the Grump rocking Cafe NineBoogie rock masters Joanie Loves Tchotchkes Marisa Mini and her Underage Hotties

RewBee

RewBee

America's Sweetheart

America's Sweetheart G-Spot

G-Spot

G-Spot rocking the stage

Some Shots from the second preview show at Tierney's Tavern in Montclair, NJ.

Fuze Beverages representing at every show Jan Loe Jan Loe at Tierney's (her first gig with a band!).New Day Dawn Marisa Mini

Damien

Damien holds down the tables RewBee

RewBee

RewBee

Dimitri, Phil, Gary

Garry Novikoff opens the evening at Cafe Nine G-Spot

G-Spot

Infernophonic rocked the house!

FIND & SEEK

Do you live in Long Island? Help us spread the word about Girls Rock & Girls Rule just in time for our Sept. 6 show!! Join the GRGR Street Team and we'll send you one of our super-hot new T-shirts and a pass to a local show. To find out more, e-mail Rew here.

Wanna learn how to strum standing? Marisa's a teacher there!! Check out the new, improved website at BrooklynGuitarSchool.com

GRGR alum & awesome femme Emiko is offering all GRGR artists past and current a discount at her studio:

Snakejam Studios (email)
630 9th Avenue, suite 1200
New York, NY 10036

Hourly Rate

Normal: $60
GRGR Discount: $40

Daily Rate

(8 hour day w/engineer)
Normal: $400
GRGR Discount: $275

Weekly Lockout Rate

Normal: $1600
GRGR Discount: $1200

Interested parties can also visit the6412ltd.com to learn about production, representation, licensing contracts, etc.

Studio time must be reserved by Sept. 1, 2008 to lock in the special rates.

In addition, in partnership with The 6412 Ltd. and Snakejam Studios, Number 3 Productions is offering all GRGR performing artists a 25% discount on all video services if you book between now and October 15, 2008. Number 3 Productions is the brainchild of writer/producer Will Weinand. Hollywood transplant Weinand has produced more than 60 music videos and TV pilots, and was a producer on "City Sessions," a show that chronicles the lives of unsigned artists in major cities as they go through the recording process. Weinand's work has aired on PBS, RAVE, etc. He is excited to introduce his work into the New York music scene. For more information, email here.

Got hot gossip? Email Marisa news and tips!