Contest: Win Alpha Rev CD/DVD, free Brooklyn show 6/2

Alpha Rev has been on tour for a few months in support of their album New Morning. This Wednesday they perform at Brooklyn Bowl with JP, Chrissie and The Fairground (the new project from Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders and Welsh Songwriter JP Jones).

The event is a 101.9 RXP Experience Next event. Doors open at 6pm with Alpha Rev playing at 8pm. 21+. The show is free, but donations are request to help Stray From The Heart, "a non-profit dog rescue organization whose mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and place homeless dogs with loving new families." 

The band's song "Colder Months" recalls the singer's experience in NYC: "Took the L to the Union Square/ Watched the pretty girls comb their hair/ They turn away as I turn and stare/ I'm still bleedin'" You can take the L train to the Bedford Ave stop. Exit at the rear of the train, walk North on Bedford Ave. Make a left at N. 11th st, walk 2 blocks. Make right on Wythe, Brooklyn Bowl is on the right.

Those who attend have a chance to win a CD & DVD package. Simply fill out the form below, if you're attending the show and one winner will be picked to get their prize at the show.

Alpha Rev to perform RXP Session at chocolate store in NYC on 4/22

Alpha Rev will be performing a 101.9 RXP Session at Jacques Torres Chocolate on April 22, a day after their show at Hiro Ballroom. The band will kick things off nice and early at 9am. The perks? Of course you get to hear some sweet tunes, and also the first 101 listeners to arrive will receive a free hot chocolate or coffee. You might even be able to say hi to some RXP DJ's or even the band. Who's going?

Jacques Torres Chocolate

350 Hudson Street @ King Street

New York, NY 10014

The band's new album, New Morning, is in stores on April 27. The band is currently touring with Third Eye Blind. 

Alpha Rev releasing album, playing Wellmont Theatre w/ Third Eye Blind (win tix) & other 2010 tour dates

By Margarita Morales

With New Morning out on April 27, Alpha Rev have lined up tour dates beginning next week. They'll be at the spacious Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ on April 13 and we want to give you a chance to see them (see below). The new release captures the band's mature rock sound. There are pretty melodies and cello, violin, and keyboard with vocals from of the members. The band is led by Casey McPherson. On the band's lead single "New Morning" he sings: "I don't give a damn about the castle on the hill or the gold that we could spend or the horse-shoe half for sale." The second song on the album "Phoenix Burn" is equally compelling. "I need to find a way of letting it go when it falls apart" goes the song. The lyrics are inspirational , honest, and at times moving. That coupled with the music makes this release shine.

In a Spinner interview bass player Alex Dunlop said the following of the band's name: 

Half-Greek, half-Latin -- the words pulled together loosely mean "the beginning of something new." Casey came up with the name, and said it well in a recent interview: "It's that feeling when the light bulb goes off -- that instant of inspiration and redemption ... those moments that keep us going forward."

Enter below to win tickets and Alpha Rev's new cd. 

Alpha Rev Tour with Third Eye Blind (NJ+NYC dates), New Album out April 27

Austin-based rock band Alpha Rev will be touring with Third Eye Blind in support of their new album, New Morning, which hits stores on April 27. The 7-piece band, who recently signed with Hollywood Records, deliver a pleasant, mature, melodic rock sound that is spiced up with pretty sounds of the band's cellist, violinist, and keyboardist. Ahead of the release, the band will perform 7 shows with Third Eye Blind. The band kick off that tour with a date at Montclair's Wellmont Theatre on April 13. Tickets are available here. Then on April 17 they're at Rowan University. After the stint, they close with a headlining show at NYC's Hiro Ballroom.