The Fire Apes will be featured on Radio Crystal Blue on Sunday, 3/2/08, 7pm EST as part of Airplay Vote 2008. You can vote once a day in each bracket for your favorites. EP winners (1 each) will be involved in a finalist bracket for 4 more weeks. Top 2 of each CD bracket at 4/23 win airplay features.

Voting lasts 8 weeks to vote 100 artists into 31 airplay segments, plus 2 outstanding prizes. Vote once a day, every day, for up to 20 artists per day.

Click here to vote.

Exclusively on the Internet and now in its 8th year, Dan Herman's Radio Crystal Blue is a free form internet radio show that presents an outstanding collection of indie, underground, and nationally touring acts from most genres and many locales. Radio Crystal Blue is aired LIVE on Live365 Sundays 7pm till about 1am EST from NYC.

Radio Crystal Blue is rebroadcast on Moozikoo Radio Tuesdays at 6pm ET and Fridays noon ET

Congratulations are in order! We heard from Garageband.com and "Hey Kate! did a bang up job in Round 2 of their Active Contest... and held its own against some stiff competition. It's been reviewed by folks all over the world, been subjected to raw, unfiltered scrutiny from people we don't even know...and guess what?.... They liked it! The blood, sweat and tears have paid off.

It's presently at #4 on their Power Pop chart, and #55 on their Pop chart.

"Hey Kate!" made it to the upper echelon of its genre, and will now move on to the next level to battle it out with its peers in Round 3. Songs in Round 3 will move through an entirely new review cycle, to be reviewed and ranked against the other top songs in their genre. A new new ranking will be based on a combination of this new data and the old data. When the dust settles, those left standing at the top of the charts will get a shot at moving on to Round 4 and be one step closer to getting played on Yahoo! Launch radio.

Check out some of the awards "Hey Kate!" received in the previous rounds:

Track of the Day on 15Oct2007 in Power Pop

Track of the Day on 24Nov2007 in Pop

Track Of The Week on 26Nov2007 in Power Pop



#8 Best Drums in Power Pop, all-time
#24 Best Bass in Power Pop, all-time
#18 Best Production in Power Pop, all-time
#10 Best Lyrics in Power Pop, all-time
#9 Best Melody in Power Pop, all-time
#4 Best Beat in Power Pop, all-time
#2 Rocking Track in Power Pop, all-time
Best Male Vocals in Power Pop, week of 22Oct2007
Best Male Vocals in Power Pop, week of 12Nov2007
Best Guitars in Power Pop, week of 12Nov2007
Best Drums in Power Pop, week of 12Nov2007
Best Drums in Power Pop, week of 10Dec2007
Best Bass in Power Pop, week of 10Dec2007
Best Production in Power Pop, week of 12Nov2007
Best Production in Power Pop, week of 19Nov2007
Best Lyrics in Power Pop, week of 22Oct2007
Best Lyrics in Power Pop, week of 12Nov2007
Best Lyrics in Power Pop, week of 10Dec2007
Best Lyrics in Power Pop, week of 31Dec2007
Best Melody in Power Pop, week of 22Oct2007
Best Melody in Power Pop, week of 12Nov2007
Best Melody in Power Pop, week of 31Dec2007
Best Melody in Power Pop, week of 14Jan2008
Best Beat in Power Pop, week of 22Oct2007
Best Beat in Power Pop, week of 12Nov2007
Best Beat in Power Pop, week of 19Nov2007
Best Beat in Power Pop, week of 10Dec2007
Best Beat in Power Pop, week of 31Dec2007
Best Mood in Power Pop, week of 12Nov2007
Best Mood in Power Pop, week of 31Dec2007
Rocking Track in Power Pop, week of 12Nov2007
Potential Soundtrack in Power Pop, week of 22Oct2007

Our New Year's resolution (well, one of them!) was to sign-up with twitter. Our twitter account has been gaining a few more followers recently and now seems like a good time to announce that we actually have one.

If you're not sure what twitter is, it's basically a micro blogging tool where you can post quick updates about anything...

We'll be updating our twitter with news, tour datesm and links to our posts as well as quick 'Apes buzz we find while randomly surfing... and of course occasional personal twits. If you’d like to follow us, you can find us under the names: thefireapes. We'll be sure to follow you in return!

Visit us on twitter: http://twitter.com/thefireapes

The Fire Apes will be performing at the first ever International Pop Overthrow (IPO) Festival in Chapel Hill on Friday, February 22, 2008 at 8:30 pm.

The Fire Apes were one of 60 bands from around the world that were chosen to perform at this well established festival. The festival will take place from February 21-24 in North Carolina at Local 506, a premier music venue located in Chapel Hill, and will mark the first time IPO will be held in North Carolina. This is The Fire Apes' second IPO performance.

WHO: The Fire Apes
WHEN: Friday, February 22, 2008, 8:30 PM
WHAT: International Pop Overthrow Festival - Chapel Hill, NC
WHERE: Local 506
506 W Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC
919- 942-5506
$: 10

The Fire Apes draw the focus on The Rock and Roll Report for Tuesday, February 12, 2008. "Hey Kate!" gets its first run on the show, which is broadcast from 10:00 - 11:00 PM EST on CKUT 90.3 FM – Montreal, Canada.

The Rock and Roll Report began as a blog, but has since evolved into a place where a loosely drawn group of contributors write about bands and artists, record labels and radio stations, blogs and magazines that they are passionate about and in their mind epitomize what rock and roll is all about.

The Rock and Roll Report continues its mission of searching out those artists that create the kind of rock and roll that, deep down, all want to hear. They don’t discriminate based on modes of distribution as it has become clear that for the most part, major record labels seem less interested in real rock and roll and more interested in feeding the lowest common musical denominator. Mark Boudreau, host of The Rock and Roll Report, takes his search elsewhere, to the hundreds of indie and DIY labels that were created by those still passionate about rock and roll.

Said Boudreau, "I play the cool stuff guaranteed to get your rock and roll heart beating…"

The Rock and Roll Report can be heard monthly on the Drastic Plastic Program on CKUT 90.3 FM – Montreal, Canada. CKUT's music programming emphasizes the uncommon, the new, and the daring. They have a variety of specialized music programs as well as open format programs that span many musical genres. DJs make their own musical selections, without the aid of a playlist, choosing from recordings sent to CKUT by artists and record companies around the world as well as from their own private collections.