Press Release, June 29, 2006 THE RANDIES RELEASE ‘SAW THE LIGHT’ AUGUST 29 CONFIRMS SUMMER HEADLINER DATES ON VANS WARPED TOUR

DATE:            JUNE 29, 2006
FROM:           KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON/LIBBY HENRY

 

 
Infectious and unabashed, THE RANDIES unveil their sophomore effort SAW THE LIGHT August 29 on Elicit/Majestic Recordings (distributed by Navarre). The quartet’s latest fusion of arresting pop hooks and raw punk energy–with nuanced guitar and vocal interplay–takes hold with the hazy and hypnotic first single “Freezer Burn,” and doesn’t let go through the sonic collage of “Born Again,” the artistic pop of “Up In Lights” and the muscular and melodic “Thought I Could Change.”

Putting their well-earned reputation for passionate and magnetic live performances to the test, THE RANDIES–founding guitarist/vocalist LAURA CATALDO and bassist/vocalist SIENNA DeGOVIA, along with guitarist/vocalist LAURITA GUAICO and drummer AARON “REX” POLK–jump aboard the Vans Warped Tour for several dates this summer before launching a coast-to-coast headlining tour with The Rainman Suite.

With their inexhaustible optimism and tireless pursuit of the elusive rock and roll dream, THE RANDIES are poised to conquer the world one fan at a time. The band started resolutely down that path with its 2004 debut, At The Friendship Motor Inn. Wrote Paul Rogers of LA Weekly, “At The Friendship Motor Inn crisply captures their Happy Days optimism and adroit arrangements, pumped with punky impudence and new-wave smarty-pants charm.”

In an earlier live review, Rogers praised the band’s “backbone of punkish Blondie/Runaways panache and knowing self-confidence in delivery,” asserting that, “regardless of stylistic nuances, this is a rock band.”  Kevin Bronson of the Los Angeles Times concurred, noting, “The L.A. quartet delivers its pop punk with a wink and a shredded guitar riff…they pull it off with flair.”

With songs from the band’s debut showing up on TV shows like the WB’s Jack And Bobby and MTV’s Laguna Beach and There And Back–and a full slate of tour dates on the horizon–THE RANDIES are poised to blaze their way further down the trail to rock and roll glory with SAW THE LIGHT.

Check out www.myspace.com/therandies and www.therandies.com and catch the band on the road in the following cities:

Date                            City                                          Venue

Vans Warped Tour Dates

Fri        6/30                 Houston, TX                             Reliant Center

Sat       7/1                   Dallas, TX                               Smirnoff Music Center Lot

Sun      7/2                   San Antonio, TX                        Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Lot

Mon     7/3                   Las Cruces, NM                          NMSU Practice Field

Tue      7/4                   Phoenix, AZ                             Cricket Pavilion

Thu      7/6                   San Diego, CA                         Coors Amphitheater

Fri        7/7                   Pomona, CA                           Fairplex Park

Sat       7/8                   San Francisco, CA                    Pier 30/32

Sun      7/9                   Fresno, CA                              Selland Arena

Tue      7/11                 Ventura, Ca                             Seaside Park

Wed    7/12                 Los Angeles, CA                       Dodger Stadium Lot

Solo Dates:

Thu      7/20                 Santa Barbara, CA                    Velvet Jones

Fri        7/21                 Santa Cruz, CA                       Jury Room

Sat       7/22                 Truckee, CA                            Past Time

Sun      7/23                 Fallon, NV                              Jiven’ Java

Mon     7/24                 Grants Pass, OR                      Comatorium

Tue      7/25                 Salem, OR                             The Sip

Wed    7/26                 Portland, OR                           Dante’s

Thu      7/27                 Moses Lake, WA                     Off the Hook

Fri        7/28                 Spokane, WA                        Rock Coffee

Sat       7/29                 Missoula, MT                         Higgins Hall

Sun      7/30                 Bozeman, MT                         The Filling Station

Tue      8/1                   Salt Lake City, UT                   Burt’s Tiki Lounge

Wed    8/2                   Denver, CO                             TBA

Thu      8/3                   Kearney, NE                           Paradise Cove

Fri        8/4                   Lawrence, KS                         Bottleneck

Sat       8/5                   St. Joseph, MO                       Seventeen Fest-Hyde Park

Sun      8/6                   Minneapolis, MN                      Toybox Music Venue

Tue      8/8                   Quincy, IL                              Blue Onion Blues Bar

Wed    8/9                   Chicago, IL                             Nitecap

Thu      8/10                 Cedar Falls, IA                        The Reverb

Fri        8/11                 Allegan, MI                            Groundsphere Rhythm Café

Sat       8/12                 Indianapolis, IN                       Midwest Music Summit

Sun      8/13                 Buffalo, NY                            Buffalo Icon

Wed    8/16                 Asbury Park, NJ                       Asbury Lanes

Thu      8/17                 New York, NY                         Knitting Factory

Fri        8/18                 New York, NY                         Arlene’s Grocery

Mon     8/21                 Houston, TX                            Engine Room

Tue      8/22                 Dallas, TX                             The Galaxy

Wed    8/23                 San Antonio, TX                      Sam’s Burger Joint

Thu      8/24                 Austin, TX                            Flamingo Cantana

Fri        8/25                 El Paso, TX                           Lucky Devils

Sat       8/26                 Tucson, AZ                            Plush

Sun      8/27                 Las Vegas, NV                        Rockn’ Java

Mon     8/28                 Los Angeles, CA                      The Viper Room

For THE RANDIES publicity, contact MSO:

Libby Henry     818-380-0400 ext. 224
lhenry@msopr.com   

Kristine Ashton-Magnuson      818-380-0400 ext. 233           
kashton@msopr.com

Brandis DeZon (tour press)    818-380-0400 ext. 241
bdezon@msopr.com

 

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