Happy New Year Part II: Some bands have decided to start 2009 off right. Shows! Tonight the Swingin’ Utters start a three day NorCal jaunt here in SF, and on Saturday American Steel play />http://www.fatwreck.com/tour/single_artist/89 a hometown show in Oakland. Also on Saturday, Dillinger Four go to Fargo for the first time ever! Yeah />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF3z-j8o39I!

Mixi dropped by FOX 35 in Orlando, FL for an interview and talks about her journey from unknown musician to where she is now. Check out the video at www.myfoxorlando.com by clicking HERE
Want to meet Keri Hilson and see her perform live with Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Keyshia Cole and more? Text KERITIX to 30303 to join her mobile community and you could win 2 tickets to any of the following “I Am Music Tour” dates and meet Keri in person!
1/16 – Uniondale, NY (Nassau Coliseum)
1/17 - Columbus, OH (Value City Arena)
1/18 - Cincinnati, OH (US Bank Arena)
1/19 – Minneapolis, MN (Target Center)

Check out an exclusive SPIN video of Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody discussing the band's new single "Crack The Shutters".
"It's the most natural song on the record," he says of "Crack the Shutters." "And it's about the most natural thing in the world."
Check out the full piece along with the video interview exclusively on Spin.com by clicking HERE

Charles Hamilton is on the cover of the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of FADER Magazine - The NOW Issue. The issue will hit newsstands in a few short days, or you can head over to thefader.com on Tuesday, January 13th to get it digitally!
www.myspace.com/carneytheband
We also have a new L.A. date at The Troubadour on Saturday, Feb 7th in West Hollywood. See you there!
Zane

"In this day and age, everyone is a rapper — and not all these rappers can actually rap. Many are trying to sell you an image on their MySpace.
There's the tough guy dressed in baggy clothes. He's usually aggressively pointing toward the audience in the picture, breaking the fourth wall. There's the former/current drug dealer draped in jewels. As he holds his chains up, his smile reveals a bedazzled grill. Then, of course, you have the intellectual in black-rimmed glasses. His hands are grasped together, but he's not looking at the camera, because he's caught in introspective thought.
Then there's Charles Hamilton. His MySpace page is covered with images of Sonic the Hedgehog and pink typeface. And when you make it to his music player, you realize he's actually a gifted rapper.
Welcome to the Hamiltonization Process. " - MTV News
Click HERE to read the rest of the article and watch the video interview!
