News: July 2006

TRANSCENDENCE A NEW MUSIC VIDEO!

A brand new music video is now available for your viewing pleasure for the song Caetano from the band’s current album Nothing is Cohesive. Though the song has not turned into THE radio single from the album – that spot has unequivocally gone to the album’s opening number Somebody killed the DJ – the song is often cited by fans as their favorite on the album. Many people have written in asking what Caetano is about. The song is an homage the band wrote to the great Brasilian singing legend Caetano Veloso, who the band lists as a big influence on their music. Although Caetano is not well known in America, he is an absolute legend in Brasil, Europe, and South America.
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Somebody Killed The DJ
Hits Radio

The band’s latest CD, Nothing is Cohesive, was just released to alt-rock commercial radio last week fueled by the single SOMEBODY KILLED THE DJ, the album’s opening track, which is proving to be a hit with many cities across the country, getting spins from San Francisco to Chicago and everywhere in between. In response to ‘the guys and gals who play music at radio stations...’ there seems to be some confusion at radio about the song’s lyrics. Actually the song’s lyrics are not aimed toward radio disc jockeys at all, but was rather a statement about the tendency of more and more US music venues to ditch live bands in favor of DJs spinning records and CDs instead. The song takes place in the not too distant future and imagines a world where “the DJs spin uptown/the artists are underground/the poets are all almost dead/or now they're bartenders instead.” More of a lament about the lack of music venues hosting live music in favor of DJs spinning records. We will keep you posted on the album’s progress up the charts. The band wants to thank everyone much for your support of Nothing is Cohesive!!! Not only has it been the band’s best reviewed CD release to date, it is quickly becoming the band’s biggest seller. How can friends and fans continue to help? Simply look at the list below to find what station the band is playing on in your area and give a ring to your local station and tell them to play more. Or just tune in to hear your favorite indie-band on the radio, which is becoming more and more of a novelty these days, and enjoy.

Current stations playing Tracks from
Nothing Is Cohesive

BIG SUPPORTERS AT RADIO THIS WEEK:
Spinning SOMEBODY KILLED THE DJ:

KACV, Amarillo
KATT, OKC
KDHX, St Louis
KDLD, Los Angeles
KPFT, Houston
KKUP, SF
KSWI, Atlantic
KUCI, Irvine
KUSF, SF
Waitt Radio, Syndicated
WARQ, Columbia
WBER, Rochester
WKQX, Chicago
WKZE, Red Hook
WKZQ, Myrtle beach
WQXA, Harrisburg
WRFU, Champaign

Current Stations Spinning SOMEBODY KILLED THE DJ:

KACV Amarillo, TX, "Under the Radar"
KATT, Oklahoma City, OK, "Spy Radio"
KCRW, Santa Monica, CA, "Brave New World"
KCRW, Santa Monica, CA, "Morning Becomes Eclectic"
KDHX, St Louis, MO, "Juxtaposition"
KDLD/Indie 103.1, Los Angeles, CA, "Dead Air"
KEXP, Seattle, WA
KFMA, Tucson, AZ, "Test Dept"
KIWR, Omaha, NE, "New Day Rising"
KKUP, San Francisco, CA, "No Pigeonholes"
KLLP, Pocatello, ID, "Off the Record"
KMBY, Monterrey, CA, "Buzz Cutz"
KNRK, Portland, OR, "Bottom Forty"
KPFT, Houston, TX "Sound Awake"
KPNT, St. Louis, MO, "New Music Sunday"
KROQ, Los Angeles, CA "Rodney on the Roq"
KS95, Atlantic, IA, "Dirt Road Radio"
KSPI, Stillwater, OK, "Rock & Roll Adventure"
KTCL, Denver, CO, "Adventure University"
KTCZ, Minneapolis, MN, "Freedom Rock"
KTEG, Albuquerque, NM, "Underplayed"
KUCI, Irvine, CA, "Play It As It Lays"
KUPD, Phoenix, AZ, "The Lopsided World of L"
KUSF, San Francisco, CA, "Menace's Attic"
KUSF, San Francisco, CA, "Just Another Menace Sunday"
KVGS, Las Vegas, NV
KXRK, Salt Lake City, UT, "Xposed"/ "O'Brien Public Radio"
The Local Show Live
Radioio.com, Worldwide
RichmondIndieRadio, Worldwide
3wk.com, Worldwide
Undiscovered/Clear Channel
WRN, Syndicated, "Out of the Box"
WARQ, Columbia, SC, "The Eleven O'Clock News"
WAVF, Charleston, SC, "The Cutting Edge"
WAVF, Charleston, SC, "Critic's Choice"
WBER, Rochester, NY, "First Impressions"
WCYY, Portland, ME, "Spinout"
WDYL, Richmond, VA, "Under Exposed"
WFNX, Boston, MA, "First Contact"
WFRD, Hanover, NH, "Uplink"
WHRL, Albany, NY, "That New Music Smell"
WHTG, Neptune, NJ, "The Underground"
WKGB, Binghamton, NY, "Incoming"
WKQX, Chicago, IL, "Crash Test Radio"
WKZE, Sharon, CT, "Off the Beat-n-Path"
WKZQ, Myrtle Beach, SC, "The Flight Test"
WLZX, Northampton, MA, "Operation New Noise"
Worldspace Satellite Radio, "Aural Fixation"
WOXY.com, Worldwide
WPGU, Champaign, IL, "Shrink Wrap"
WPGU, Champaign, IL, "Off the Record"
WPLA, Jacksonville, FL, "Forbidden Planet"
WQKL, Ann Arbor, MI, "Left of the Dial"
WQKL, Ann Arbor, MI, "Under the Radar"
WQKL, Ann Arbor, MI, "Fine Tuning"
WQXA, York, PA, "Sunday News"
WRZX, Indianapolis, IN, "Hangover Cafe"
WSFM, Wilmington, NC, "The Other Side"
WXDX, Pittsburgh, PA, "Edge of the X"
XM, Satellite Radio, "Radio Unsigned RADAR Report"
Yahoo! Music, Worldwide

Latest Review

"This group knows how to transcend musical boundaries."

Transcendence is a rock band driven primarily by Ed Hale’s distinctively emotive vocals. Hale sings with an urgency that may remind you of World Party’s Karl Wallinger (anybody still remember him/them?) at times, and he often comes across like he’s overwhelmed by all of his inner feelings. The CD’s title is more of a commentary on the scattered nature of life itself, instead of the music this group makes, because the songs on this disc hold together relatively well.

This group knows how to transcend musical boundaries, as these songs range from a cover of Paul McCartney’s “Tomorrow,” to one called “Caetano,” which is most likely about the Brazilian singer/social commentator Caetano Veloso. On “Caetano,” Hale’s voice tones fall somewhere between Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, and “Space Oddity”-era David Bowie. To his credit, Hale is never afraid to play the vocal chameleon if the direction of the song requires it.

- Dan MacIntosh, Indie-Music.com.
- Click here for full review

Hear songs from the last TRANSCENDENCE CD, Nothing Is Cohesive. In stores and Amazon.com now.

Ed Hale In Mississippi

On Friday June 30th, TRANSCENDENCE lead singer Ed Hale boarded a plane headed for Gulfport, Mississippi. This isn't unique. Entertainers travel. A lot. But the reason for the trip was not for a concert with his band, nor for the recently launched new TV series, Transcendent Television. Rather it was for a week’s worth of manual labor in the hot Mississippi summer sun on a home rebuilding mission trip. He would spend seven days helping to rebuild homes of victims of last year’s devastating hurricane Katrina. This was the second trip he has made this year.

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