Win free concert tickets

We got the scoop on a neat giveaway from Fuse and Xfinity for a free trip to NYC and concert tickets. If you live in Pennsylvania, Delaware or New Jersey you are eligible to win 2 tickets to a show of your choice at Madison Square Garden or any MSG venue along with the following:

•    Roundtrip train transportation to New York City
•    Two (2) nights’ hotel accommodations in New York City
•    Two (2) tickets to a museum, or major attraction in New York City
•    Fuse apparel and a $200 gift card to help you enjoy your stay  

This sweepstakes is currently running and will end on January 23rd at 11:59 PM EST, and here’s the link to the contest: http://fusemycity.com/


Good Luck!

Contest: Win Those Mockingbirds 'Fa Sol La" 12'' Vinyl + Tickets

Do you want a free copy of Fa Sol La on vinyl? Well, then you're in luck. We want you to show your support of Fa Sol La by promoting the release any way you can using Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, message boards, blogs, YouTube, street team promotion, anything creative. The person who shows the most support wins.

Running Time: January 3 - January 19, 2012

Tools to Use for Contest: 

1. Vinyl Release: PDF 
2. Vinyl Pre-Order Ad: JPEG
3. Maxwell's Flyer: JPEG / PDF 
4. Website Link with EP stream: http://soundcloud.com/thosemockingbirds/sets/fa-sol-la
5. Fa Sol La Pre-Order Store: www.starbeatmusic.bigcartel.com 
6. Facebook Link for Record Release Show: http://www.facebook.com/events/295838167122053/
7. Record Release Commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT2eAwJDT2E&feature=share

How to Enter:

Using the tools above promote the vinyl pre-order and release date 1/31 or Maxwell's record release show 1/20.

Then take a photo, screenshot, video, or submit a link(s) to any posts you made promoting it.

E-mail contests@starbeatmusic.net with the subject “Those Mockingbirds Vinyl” with what you did to promote and proof.

Each effort will get tallied up with points and the winner with the most points wins.

Points:

Use social media to promote (tweet, tumbl, post a status, invite your friends to record release show, post EP stream link, post the commercial video, etc) – 1 Point

Write a blog or post on a message board using links to the band and label or just the big cartel store etc. – 2 points. 

Take a photo of you posting a flyer somewhere or with someone - 3 points (bonus points if it's with a celebrity)

Post a video of you talking about release, promoting the release, etc. - 5 points

DON'T LET THIS LIMIT YOU, GET CREATIVE....anything awesome will be given its own merit of points.

Prizes:

Grand Prize Winner: (1) Black Vinyl with White Skull Screen Printed B-Side, Autographed Poster, Sticker + (1) pair of tickets to the Maxwell's Record Release Show on January 20th. 

A number of participants will receive an autographed poster and sticker.

My Pet Dragon playing Bitter End on Saturday (win tickets)

My Pet Dragon is playing at NYC's The Bitter End this Saturday, July 24th at 9:30pm. 147 Bleeker Street, New York, NY. Must be 21+. Win a pair of tickets by submitting your name, hometown, and age with the subject "My Pet Dragon contest" here. A winner will be chosen and contacted.

Read out interview on the delightful band here.

Township playing Asbury Lanes this Sunday w/ Electric Six, Win Tickets

Township is bringing their progressive, psychedelic rock sound from Boston to Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park, NJ this Sunday, July 18th. The band will perform with Electric Six and Metallica cover band Misstallica at the punk-rock bowling venue. The band's song "Lady Ann" has some sweet, infectious licks and bass that's reminds me why rock 'n roll is not dead. This is fun, groovy music that's filled with harder and softer jams.

We have a pair of tickets to the show, for one lucky winner. You'll be saving $24. Otherwise, you can purchase tickets here. But why pay, when you can win? To enter, simply tweet the following:

Just entered to win tickets to see Township at Asbury Lanes this Sunday from @starbeat! #TownshipContest

Good luck! Contest ends Friday at noon.

Asbury Lanes is located at 209 4th Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ. 07712.

Black Gold opening for Rooney at School of Rock (NJ) on 7/17, win a CD

Brooklyn based duo Black Gold is back at School of Rock on July 17th. This time they open for Rooney, The Young Veins, and local opener Endeavor, a dual female/male fronted pop/rock band. Tickets are available for $15 through Ticketweb. Doors are at 6:30pm. The duo deliver a sound with spot on melodies and sexy vocals and keyboard from ex-Panic at the Disco! musician Eric Ronick. Than Luu has worked with M. Ward and Rachael Yamagata and keeps the beat on percussion and also plays guitar.

The band's biography is strikingly poetic and just about right, at least in my mind.

black gold is the feeling when it hits your bloodstream, the unease at five a.m. after staying up all night doing things you regret but will do again and again. black gold is the taste of blinding white, the numbness on your lips and throat. black gold is the corrosion you’ve swallowed, with comforting warmth tempered by unease. black gold is the release that makes you hiss, gape and sing with us:

Giveaway: We're giving away a copy of Black Gold's album, Rush, plus a poster. Simply e-mail us here with your Full Name, City/State, and Age, and your favorite song from the band and why, with the subject "Black Gold CD Contest." Good luck! Contest ends July 16.

Show set times and tour dates below.

Giveaway: Talking to Walls @ Six Flags (Jackson, NJ) 7/3, Tickets & CD

Talking to Walls @ Bowery Poetry Club

Photo by Rozlyn Smith

Talking to Walls is performing at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ for the Live and Local Music Showcase this Saturday, July 3rd. Also performing is Long Island's An Evening With. What better way to celebrate the fourth of July weekend, then with some rides, music, and fireworks?

Even better, we have a pair of Park Passes and a copy of the band's new album 'We Were Not So Tall' up for grabs for one lucky winner. Simply fill out the form below and we'll select a winner. Talking to Walls hits the Festival Stage in the Lakefront at 4pm. So get ready to be rocked by this Connecticut 4-piece! 

In May we interviewed the band. Here's a sample from the interview: 

SBM: Some of your songs are about giving up hope, what advice would you give for those who are close to giving up hope?
TTW: (Jokingly) Buy our records! You have to own up to who you are, and sometimes you need to make a change to be the person who you want to be. Hope is having an open road, to find your own way and sometimes it takes longer than you’re comfortable with. But the first step is to accept help, to know it in your head is one thing, but to know it in your heart is another. (Read more here.)

Contest ends Thursday at 11:59pm. Winner will be contacted via e-mail soon after. Please respond by Friday morning if you are the winner, so we can confirm the details. Thanks and good luck!

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.

Win a ticket to Crush Party @ Cameo in BK 5/20

This Thursday evening is the next Crush Party at Cameo. This time The Hundred in the Hand, Truman Peyote, Deluka, MoneyPenny, Esque, and Lorriane Sangre (DJ set) are performing. The show goes down from 8pm-midnight. Get ready to feel good with these dance spirited bands. Mean Red Productions and Star Beat Music wants you there to enjoy, so enter to win below! More info here: http://meanredproductions.com/1622

Contest ends Thursday at 10am. Winner will be contacted. 

The Dead Weather Announce Summer Tour (Brooklyn 8/3), New Album Out May 11

The Dead Weather will be touring this summer in support of their new album Sea of Cowards out on May 11. They''ll close their tour at Brooklyn's Prospect Park on August 3. But before the tour the band will perform at  Bonnaroo on June 12.

Tweet-To-Download for a free download of "Hustle and Cuss" and automatically be entered to win a V.I.P package and flyaway to Bonnaroo! Enter here.


The Dead Weather features Alison Mosshart - Vocals/Guitar, Dean Fertita - Guitar/Organ, Jack Lawrence - Bass/Drums, and Jack White - Drums/Vocals

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. 

Like Trains & Taxis, Flugente, FlyinFisch, & Atlantic Atlantic playing @ Bowery Electric on Saturday (Win tix)

New Brunswick based Like Trains & Taxis deliver a nice soul rock sound. Their new album, Tales from a Revolving Door, is out today and available on iTunes. To celebrate the release the band is performing at Bowery Electric this Saturday, April 10. Also playing is acoustic act Flugente and electro pop act FlyinFisch with a DJ set. Headlining is Atlantic Atlantic featuring members from Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea. The show is only $5 at the door. Doors are 7pm. Enter below for a chance to win tickets.

7:30 - Flugente
8:15 - FlyinFisch
9:00 - Like Trains & Taxis
9:45 - Atlantic Atlantic

Look Mexico New Album Pre-Order, Tour Dates, and Giveaway

Look Mexico are touring in support of their upcoming release, To Bed To Battle out March 23 via Suburban Home. The album will be pressed on LP, CD, and available digitally. LP and CD orders come with a coozie and button. You can place your order here. 

The band is coming to The Studio at Webster Hall on March 10 with Gabriel the Marine and the Dear & The Departed. Doors are at 6:30pm. Then on March 11 they play at Court Tavern in New Brunswick, NJ with Let Me Run, Makeout Party, and My Love for Danger.

*Giveaway*: We have a pair of tickets for one of their upcoming dates. You can pick either March 10 at The Studio at Webster Hall or March 12 at Court Tavern. You must be 21 or order to win the tickets for the Court Tavern show and 19 or older for the Webster Hall show. 

To enter send your full name, location, e-mail address, age, and which show you want to go to (Webster Hall or Court Tavern), subject "Look Mexico Ticket Contest" to us. 

Contest: Win ticket to Toro Y Moi, Grandchildren, & Twin Sister @ Cameo (Brooklyn) 2/25

CRUSH (a monthly dance party) is hosting their next “Dance Bands We Love” series featuring  Toro Y Moi, Grandchildren,  Twin Sister, and VDRK. This month it's at Cameo in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Thurs., Feb. 25. The show is conveniently located on 93 N. 6th St, a 5 minute walk from the Bedford L Train. Toro Y Moi provides a lush, beautiful soundscape some have called “dreamcore,” “chillwave,” or glo-fi.” Grandchildren is Philly based band with two drum kits, folky vocals, and electronic sounds. Twin Sister is a dream-pop group from Bushwick. The electro NYC VDRK is also on the bill. The show starts at 8pm. 

Sound good?  If you want to go simply send your name, age, and e-mail with the subject "Cameo  2/25 Giveaway" to us. A winner will be selected on Feb. 24 and contacted. Entrants must be 21 or older. Good luck!

Enter Kiss Kiss contest to win cd, poster, and hand drawn photo

Kiss Kiss recently released their second album, a circus-laden rock frenzy called "The Meek Shall Inherit What's Left." Enter here for a chance to win a copy of the album, a poster, and a hand drawn picture of you. Also, listen to 4 new songs, "All They Draw," "Through the Day," "If They Only," and "Virus" at the same link and get a free download of "Innocent I."

See photos from the bands recent show in NYC with Fake Problems here.

A video of the band performing the tetris theme song is available here. A video clip of a new song is available here.