FROM: KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON/LIBBY HENRY
THE RANDIES
TO RELEASE ‘SAW THE LIGHT’
AUGUST 29 ON ELICIT/MAJESTIC RECORDINGS;
BAND CONFIRMED FOR SUMMER HEADLINING SHOWS AND DATES ON VANS WARPED TOUR
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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