Columbia and Black Hat Villain Perform During the 2010 Olympics
Feb0808:39 PM
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MP3: BLACK HAT VILLAIN - MY GENERATION
MP3: COLUMBIA - 10 Out Of 10
THIS FRIDAY, FEB. 12th, Columbia and Black Hat Villain will be performing during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, aboard the Russian Tall Ship, Kruzenstern!
The ship will be turn into an exclusive night club every night during its stay in Vancouver.
Tickets are $50 each and include two drinks, some post-party munchies, two bands and a DJ!
We're pretty excited over here at Thorny Bleeder, not only because this is a great opportunity for both of our bands to be a part of this special once-in-a-lifetime event, but this will also be the debut Vancouver performance for Black Hat Villain! Rumour has it that the band will be giving away lots of freebies to everyone in attendance, so this is without a doubt a night you don't want to miss.
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Columbia Wins Supernova's Vancouver Finals
Feb0411:43 AM
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Columbia has won the Supernova.com Vancouver City Finals...as the best independent band in the city!
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Ross Neilsen #2 on the College Charts
Feb0410:52 AM
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Congrats to Ross Neilsen for moving up the College Folk/Roots/Blues Charts to the #2 position!
See the full charts here.
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Free The Music: New Downloads from Burning Borders and Quartered
Jan3110:12 PM
Filed in: Music News
In our continued pursuit to Free The Music, we have just added three new albums to our Free Downloads page for you to enjoy!
The debut album from Burning Borders, the debut album from Quartered, and last year's EP form Quartered.
Free Downloads, no strings attached.
Grab It. Love It. Share It!
If you dig the tunes, support the bands however you can by sharing the music with your friends, calling radio stations asking for airplay, buying their stuff on iTunes, or grabbing a CD or a T-Shirt. Your support keeps the music coming!
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Ross Neilsen Performs At The 2010 Vancouver Olympics
Jan3104:54 PM
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Ross Neilsen - Back For More
Guess who just got the official invite to perform at the Olympics? Ross Neilsen!
Yeaaah! Congrats man, and well deserved.
Ross Neilsen will be playing his solo set at the Atlantic Canada House (otherwise known as the Arts Club Theatre) on Granville Island.
Stay tuned for performance dates and times. In the meantime you read Ross's blog about his news here.
And don't forget to download Ross's first two albums for FREE on our downloads page here.
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Thorny Bleeder Artists On Tour
Jan3104:45 PM
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A slew of Thorny Bleeder Records artists will be hitting the road and travelling across the country in March, with many gigs booked between Vancouver and Quebec.
More dates are being booked almost daily, so join your favourite band's Facebook fan page and watch out for a live show near you.
Bands on tour include TV Heart Attack, Columbia, Burning Borders, The Rebellion, and Ross Neilsen and Sufferin' Bastards.
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Scott Valentine Visits The Shore 104 FM Studio
Jan2909:50 AM
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Scott Valentine will be visiting the Shore 104 FM studio in Vancouver on Wednesday, February 3rd at 6PM PST for a live acoustic performance and interview.
Scotty will be performing his single "Forgotten" which is in heavy rotation on the station.
MP3: SCOTT VALENTINE - FORGOTTEN
Mark it on your calendar and I hope you can tune in to hear this amazing singer/songwriter with a voice as big as the man himself.
You can even listen to it live on the web right here: http://www.shore104.com.
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Get Thorny 2 Featured Artist Podcast: Columbia
Jan2802:50 PM
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For the next 17 weeks we'll be featuring all of the artists who appear on our brand new Get Thorny 2 free album download (available here).
To kick off our first week of features, here's an interview podcast with Kevin Schallie, singer/songwriter for the band Columbia.
MP3: COLUMBIA - 10 Out Of 10
Their new single 10 Out Of 10 (posted above) has just been delivered to Canadian Radio, so request it at your favourite station today!
The band is embarking on a cross-country Canadian Tour in March, so keep your eyes peeled to their website for tour dates in a town near you.
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE:
MP3 Podcast: An Interview with Kevin Schallie from Columbia (to Download and Save to your library or desktop, right click and “Save Link As”)
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Uncharted Waves Spotlight
Jan1601:54 PM
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The Uncharted Waves radio show at SUNY College At Old Westbury (OWWR campus radio) in New York just did a massive feature on Thorny Bleeder Records and our recently released free album download Get Thorny 2. We can't thank them enough for the huge show of support and for digging the music we're putting out!
They were kind of enough to upload the episode to their blog as a downloadable podcast, which we're now passing over to you. Listen to it or download the file below. It's almost two hours long, so download it to your iPod and listen to it while you're sitting in transit or just play it over the stereo while you're cleaning house or cooking dinner!
Listen or Download Here:
MP3 Podcast: Uncharted Waves, Episode 36
(to Download and Save to your library or desktop, right click and “Save Link As”)
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Free The Music: 3 More Albums Released For Free
Jan1501:10 PM
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While many in the music industry may call us crazy, we like to think of ourselves as forward thinkers embracing a new reality. Our goal, our responsibility...is to have our music heard by the world.
Let's face it, there's no shortage of music to listen to these days. In fact, it can be quite overwhelming. But what good does music do any of us if it's locked in an online vault where you have no chance of discovering it?
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Podcast: Interview with Ross Neilsen
Jan1408:54 PM
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Ross Neilsen and The Sufferin' Bastards are in Mississippi right now, recording their next album for Thorny Bleeder Records with Cody Dickinson (drummer for North Mississippi Allstars) at the famed Zebra Studios.
Check out this 15 min. chat I just had with Ross where he tells us all about his adventures down South and what we can expect with his upcoming album.
LISTEN HERE:
MP3 Podcast: An Interview with Ross Neilsen (to Download and Save to your library or desktop, right click and “Save Link As”)
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Explore Music: TV Heart Attack 'Wolves'
Jan0806:32 PM
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For the second time in just two months, Canada's most respected radio DJ, Alan Cross, has featured TV Heart Attack. The buzz just won't stop for these guys and 2010 is promising to be the best year yet for this four-piece.
Their hauntingly beautiful Wolves is the Indie Track Of The Day on the Explore Music website. Check out the feature here...
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New FREE THE MUSIC Merch Store
Jan0703:36 PM
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We have a brand new section on our website and it's the Official FREE THE MUSIC Merch Store!
You asked, we delivered.
VISIT THE STORE
We need your feedback so let us know what you think. We'll be adding a ton of new designs in the near future, so make sure you let us know what style and design you like the best!
So what do we mean by Free The Music?
Get Thorny and find out!Click To Read More...
Podcast: Interview with Jason from TV Heart Attack
Jan0703:34 PM
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Welcome to our second audio podcast! Today's episode is an exclusive one-on-one interview between Jason Corbett from TV Heart Attack and Brian Thompson from Thorny Bleeder Records.
We’ll be featuring new interviews each and every week, so sign up for our email alerts (in the right hand column) or subscribe to our RSS Feed so you don't miss out on any of the action.
And don't forget that you can download the latest TV Heart Attack single AO from our brand spanking new Get Thorny 2 free album download! Not strings attached, just click on our Free Downloads tab and start your download now!
MP3 Podcast: An Interview with Jason Corbett
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Need a New Bio, Website, or Social Media Help?
Jan0510:57 AM
Filed in: Opinion
Do you need a new Biography that effectively communicates what you’re all about?
Are you relying on MySpace for your web profile? Don’t. You need your own Website and now’s the time to get one.
Do you need help on figuring out how to use Social Media to spread your music?
Do you need some help brainstorming a unique marketing plan for the next phase in your development?
If so, we can help!
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Now Available: Free Album Download - Get Thorny 2
Dec3002:48 PM
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It’s The Bleeder Blog’s One Year Anniversary!
Yup, this blog and website has been up and running for a full year now, so it’s time to celebrate with some free new music, woohoo!
When we launched The Bleeder Blog in December 2008, we did it alongside a free album download, titled Get Thorny. It featured sixteen tracks by sixteen up and coming independent artists, and the response was overwhelming. In the past year we’ve had thousands and thousands of music fans from all over the world download the compilation and fall in love with some new artists which they probably would never of had the chance of hearing before.
So now we’re doing it again with Get Thorny 2. Seventeen tracks from seventeen amazing independent artists in glorious 320 kbps MP3 high fidelity. Each track has been carefully filtered through our Thorny Bleeder ears to ensure that we pass along nothing but the finest to our listeners...Click To Read More...
