Free, limited edition promo CDs with t-shirt purchase, of $5 w/o. Get them this Friday at Lit!
The shirts were designed by the fabulous Jonathan Burkett. Two colors, 4 sizes
The CD contains two new songs (off the Golden Hearts single), available for the first time on CD, and 5 highlights from previous CDs. The cover art is by our own Kevin Fey.
See you guys on Friday!
xoxo,
I Am The Heat
New review posted for a show we played last month. We’re pretty psyched! Check it out:
“I Am The Heat not only were the heat, but brang it. I instantly fell in love with the singers’ voice. I began to imagine picnics with the voice, what the voice and my babies would look like, etc. The music was very energetic and reminded me of Wolf Parade. These guys were so much fun and their set was one of the highlights of the night. Once I Am The Heat came on I noticed that there were projections all over the room of characters from Alice in Wonderland, I saw my friend Norm Francoer and he told me he was responsible. As the night wore on my notes became jumbled from exhaustion, thanks the day job or inebriation thanks bartender Scott Anderson. So I will tell you that as of 11:45 on Thursday I Am The Heat were WONDERFULL, very psychedelica, super MOD, Incense and Peppermint meets the Hold Steady. Does that make sense? Synthesized syncopathic Mania and this Jam referenced Adderall.”
— Noda Effen Schumacher for Glocally Newark, January 2010 | source
More press here.
Life is good. Really good. All of us in I AM THE HEAT are UNBELIEVABLY excited to announce the release of TWO NEW SONGS today! Recorded at Brooklyn’s own Cowboy Technical Studios and produced by the legendary Eric “Roscoe” Ambel (spoiler alert: he also played tambourine on one of the songs), we think this is our best work yet! We’re proud. Like, “mom taped this to the refrigerator” proud.
The songs are called “Life Comes At You Medium Fast” and “Golden Hearts”. Initially you can listen to the songs on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Am-The-Heat/31277958910) and MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/iamtheheat). In a week or two the tracks will be available for download on iTunes. Stay tuned for download dates and more amazing news in the days and weeks to come…
xoxo,
I AM THE HEAT
Upcoming shows:
Jan 21, 8pm (TONIGHT)
Kilkenny’s Alehouse, Newark, New Jersey
Feb 12, 8pm
Lit Lounge, New York, New York
Mar 12, 8pm
Matchless, Brooklyn, New York
Mar 13, 8pm
Asbury Lanes, Asbury Park, New Jersey
Details:
http://www.iamtheheat.com/shows/
I Am The Heat on the internetz:
http://www.iamtheheat.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Am-The-Heat/31277958910
http://www.myspace.com/iamtheheat
http://www.last.fm/music/I+am+the+Heat
http://twitter.com/iamtheheat
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=306263896&s=143441 (iTunes)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/iamtheheat2
So sorry that we haven’t been in touch lately. Things have been a little…chaotic lately…In a good way! Needless to say we will have TONS of great stuff to tell you all soon enough. For more up-to-the-minute I am the Heat news, check us out of Facebook.
We had a “strategy meeting” this weekend. Seems so businessy. There’s a lot going on in I am the Heat land these days. Details to come!
We joined ASCAP a few months ago when we got a small CSI licensing deal. Months go by with no word from them and now, a few days before we’re supposed to play a show, we get a call from [let's call them the promoter for simplicity's sake] saying the venue wants us off the bill. Why? Because ASCAP called and threatened the venue for not having an ASCAP license.
Here’s how I understand it. According to federal law all commercial establishments (venues, bars, clubs, etc) need to pay to use copyrighted material. Ok, I agree with this in principle. So how does I am the Heat factor into this? WE DON’T. After spending half a day trying to get in touch with someone in the ASCAP licensing department (615-742-5000, ask for the “licensing department”), I was informed that in NO WAY does I am the Heat playing a non-ASCAP-licensed venue amount to ANY risk on the venue’s part. This is because we play original material, to which we own the rights.
When asked if there was any way we could still play the show, ASCAP answered that WE could pay the licensing fee instead of the venue. Beyond being incredibly fucked up, this also made no sense…unless they meant that WE’D have to pay a fee to ASCAP to allow the VENUE to play ASCAP music, which (again) has nothing to do with I am the Heat playing the show.
So why were we kicked off the bill? My best guess is that ASCAP saw that one of their artists was playing the show and tried to use that to leverage the venue into paying their annual fee. It would appear that ASCAP is misleading the venue and using it’s members (us) to sell their product. LAME.
So how has ASCAP helped us, the struggling artist? THEY HAVEN’T (so far). Worse yet, they cost us a show we were very excited about. Thank you, ASCAP.
UPDATE (7/10/09): I spoke with a friend of a friend at ASCAP who cleared things up a bit. He confirmed some of my suspicions about our ASCAP membership playing no role in this. Neither the venue nor I am the Heat need as ASCAP license in order to have us perform our songs. It is still unclear whether or not this was all a coincidence. I never heard back from the venue so I don’t know exactly what transpired between ASCAP and the venue owner.
- Jameson / I am the Heat
Less than a month until our Ghost Bear video is released! We. Are. STOKED!!! Here’s the deal with the release party. It’s on Thursday, July 2nd (mark your calendars), it’s at MONKEY TOWN and it’s FREE…our gift to you for being awesome.
The party starts promptly at 10pm, with a set by the beautiful and talented Hype of the States. We’re on second, and somewhere in between we’ll air the video. Expect mayhem, excitement and ridiculous times, along with limited edition Ghost Bear t-shirts and THREE new songs, which we’re very exited to debut.
There will be a pre-party for those of you who can’t wait until 10pm. It’ll be at a bar nearby around 9pm (details to come).
Thursday, July 2nd at Monkey Town!
58 N 3rd. st. (btw Wythe and Kent)
Williamsburg, New York 11211
9pm - 10pm: PRE-PARTY at a nearby bar (TBD)
10pm SHARP: show at Monkey Town
Bands:
I am the Heat
Hype of the States (http://www.myspace.com/hypeofthestates)
Check the website regularly for updates: http://www.iamtheheat.com/ghostbear
xoxo,
I am the Heat
http://www.myspace.com/iamtheheat
http://www.iamtheheat.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Am-The-Heat/31277958910
http://www.last.fm/music/I+am+the+Heat
http://twitter.com/iamtheheat
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=306263896&s=143441 (iTunes)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/iamtheheat2
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