iTunes September 8th
I Got Soul, I’m So Wasted on iTunes August 11th
Ricky Reed explains the Doodoo Face
8/21 – Casbah – San Diego, CA
8/22 – Blow Up LA – Los Angeles, CA
8/28 – Beauty Bar – Las Vegas, NV
8/29 – Dim Mak Pool Party @ Standard Hotel – Downtown Los Angeles, CA
9/4 – Oakland Art Murmur Free Show @ Uptown Night Club – Oakland, CA
9/23 – Doodoo Face Release Party @ Beauty Bar – San Diego, CA
9/25 – Doodoo Face Release Party @ Bardot – Hollywood, CA
9/26 – Doodoo Face Release Party @ Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA
10/1 – ACL Pre-Party @ Beauty Bar – Austin, TX
10/3 – Doodoo Face Release Party @ Cameo Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
also, new Wallpaper. remix available from Music For Animals:
myspace.com/musicforanimals
If you haven’t been paying attention, Wallpaper. has been all over the internet lately. Pitchfork, MTV, Idolator, The Village Voice, the Web Soup guy, and Perez Hilton have all been talking about things the duo are doing. They’ve been getting so much attention, that the LA Weekly wrote on article just about all the attention they’re getting. Check it out here.
Celebrating our 10th Anniversary, Eenie Meenie Records is announcing a huge anniversary saleon majority of it’s catalog. Almost all albums (CDs and LPs) are $3 or 4 for $10. This sale is not for slackers, as it’s only lasting 10 days (will end on June 26).
Eenie Meenie Records was founded in 1999 by Ms. Reiko Kondo in order to promote indie pop, rock, dance/electronica and singer songwriters. Their artists have regularly charted on CMJ and have received adds and been placed in rotation on AAA and commercial radio stations, such as KROQ, KCRW, KEXP in Seattle and Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles.
Artists on Eenie Meenie have been featured in high profile publications such as Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Maxim, NME, Billboard, Nylon, Jane, Los Angeles Times, Alternative Press, and have been interviewed by BBC and NPR. They have also been featured on Spin.com, iTunes, Virb, Myspace, Stereogum, FuelTV, MTV and etc.
Eenie Meenie Records develops artists and markets their music by providing ongoing and extensive press and radio campaigns, tour promotion, festival exposure, street marketing, film and TV licensing, retail marketing and merchandising. To keep up with the increasing Web 2.0 services available, Eenie Meenie has developed a presence online with local, regional, national and international blogs, online social networking sites, and internet radio. Miny Moe, the label’s blog, offers current news and links to their artists online.
In 2005, Eenie Meenie Records released a charity project for autistic children and a tribute album for Bruce Haak and Esther Neilson’s “Dimension 5″ called “Dimension Mix”. High profile artists such as Beck, Stereolab, Eels, Fantastic Parasitic Machine, and Apples In Stereo donated the cover songs.
The label has released almost 40 CDs and LPs to date and many Eenie Meenie releases contain bonus CD/DVD material that includes music videos or EPK which were made with talented directors and videographers. These directors are critically-acclaimed and have been featured on Yahoo.com, AOL.com, MTVU, MTV2 and etc.
Wallpaper. are heading back to the east coast for a few shows with Thunderheist. You now have the chance to win tickets to the first of these shows at Studio B in Brooklyn on June 19. All you have to is post the following to your Twitter account:
RT @eeniemeenierecs Win Tickets to see @WallpaperMusic at Studio B in Brooklyn June 19! http://tinyurl.com/msjpkg
After that, just follow us so we can message you to let you know you won. Also, the more you re-tweet the message, the more chances you have at winning. That’s it! That’s all you have to to do. We’ll be selecting our winners on Wednesday, June 17 so start tweeting away!
Great Northern has just wrapped up their national tour of the U.S. with The Dears and Eulogies. They still have a few west coast shows lined up with She Wants Revenge. But after that, they head the United Kingdom for 4 shows. This is the first time the band is traveling abroad and none of could be more excited. Check out the dates to the right!
Yep that’s right. Wednesday, April 22 is your first chance to listen to Great Northern’s new album ‘Remind Me Where the Light Is’ before it is released!
This event will be going down at Malo, a Mexican restaurant on Sunset in Los Angeles. The address is:
4326 W Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90029
We’ll be there hosting the listening party starting at around 8 and going until midnight. It’s free, but you have to RSVP by shooting an e-mail to rsvp@eeniemeenie.com. If you want to go to the party, then make sure you send an email and tell us. Otherwise you’ll be left out in the cold!
Additionally, we have a brand spankin’ new MP3 from the new album for your listening pleasure:Story
We’re giving away 2 pairs of tickets to see Great Northern at the Roxy in Los Angeles, for this Thursday, March 26. Email info[at]eeniemeenie.com with “Great Northern at the Roxy” as the subject. Make sure to include your phone number in the email so we can let you won. We’ll randomly select two winners at noon the day of the show.
Throughout February, we held a contest for people to have their hand at remixing Wallpaper.‘s song, “Txt Me Yr Love”. We received a lot of submissions. Originally we were only giving away one pair of Skull Candy DJ headphones, but we liked two of them so much, we ended up giving a second pair away as well. First place took home a pair of Skull Candy Pro headphones, while second place got a pair of Skully Candy TI headphones.
Do you like Skull Candy headphones? I thought you did. Enter the Wallpaper Remix contest and you could win a pair for yourself, courtesy of Eenie Meenie Records!! All you have to do is:
1. Watch the Wallpaper Remix contest video 2. Download the song parts 3. Make a remix using your computer 4. Email it to remix@eeniemeenie.com
As the release date for “Remind Me Where The Light Is” draws nearer, Great Northern will be heading out on the road on a small West Coast tour with O + S (Saddle Creek Records.)
Here are the newest tour dates: March 11th, 2009: Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA March 12th, 2009: Holocene, Portland, OR March 14th, 2009: Hotel Utah, San Francisco, CA March 16th, 2009: Silverlake Lounge, Los Angeles, CA March 17th, 2009: Plush, Tucson, AZ