tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152555382009-10-22T13:37:37.738-05:00The latest Brit-pop invasion comes from Charleston, SC in the guise of The Fire Apes. While their songs ring true with that affable sound of pleasant 1960s jangle pop, there's often more behind the songs than what's obvious.FMnoreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15255538.post-2667601531733942612009-09-03T06:04:00.001-05:002009-09-03T06:15:47.576-05:00

Even in their earliest recordings, Charleston rock band The Fire Apes pulled as much pure-pop magic from the most joyful, cheery, and melodic corner of the British Invasion and mid-'60s U.S. pop hits — from the McCartney side of The Beatles and the peppiest tunes by The Kinks to lovey-dovey hits of The Monkees and Burt Bacharach. In the recent years, frontman John Seymour — the singer, guitarist,

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Led by skillful singer, guitarist, and songwriter John Seymour, longtime Charleston pop-rock band The Fire Apes were big on the scene in the early 2000s. They reintroduced themselves in 2006 with a new lineup featuring drummer Tommy Hamer (previously of Astrojet) and bassist Julian Volpe (a longtime Fire Apes collaborator), they played a series of big comeback shows at local venues. Keyboardist

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Mike Cameo's "Indies' Top 10" brings you the latest music, news and information from the Independent Music world... and we're featured this month!This month on Indies' Top 10 Pop Mike Cameo features great new music from Temple Scene, Hot Lites, The Innocent Bystanders, The Fire Apes, Cherry Hill, Hudson Fall, The Golden Greys, Nicola, The Cocktail Revisionists, Ammp, The Downfalls, Matt Wiegand,

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We would like to the time to thank each of you for your support and wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!As our way of saying thanks, and to celebrate the season, we've got a FREE download of "Last Christmas" ready for you. We hope you enjoy and share it this season.It's also available as a FREE Ringtone! Just text "FIREAPES XMAS" to 69937 (MYXER) to get "Last Christmas" on your

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Stereofame members voted on tracks entered in the contest by listening to and submitting full music reviews for individual songs... and we made the cut!The top 10 artists achieving the highest scores from the music reviews have been forwarded to their expert Judges Panel, and the winner will be selected using the same review process as the Stereofame community. The Stereofame August Artist of the

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It's shaping up to be a summer of rotation... we just got word from Joel, Music Director over at the Bridge 105.5 FM (WCOO- Charleston), that "Hey Kate!" is now on ROTATION!Joel told us that "...based on seeing The Fire Apes live, and the audience reaction to 'Hey Kate', I added it to our 'homegrown rotation'."Check out the Bridge 105.5FM at www.1055thebridge.com or myspace.com/thebridgeat1055...

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BY KEITH RYAN CARTWRIGHTSpecial to The Post and Courier John Seymour wasn't even 10 years old. And there he sat on the floor of his older brother's bedroom floor, starring with amazement at the album cover while the vinyl looped around the record player. The Beatles classic "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" filled the room with one song after another, including the hidden track

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We just got the news from Max over at 96 Wave... and he's placed our second release, "It's Over", into rotation on 96Wave.com!!!!Log in and check out 96 Wave Online by visiting: http://www.96wave.com."It's Over" now joins "Hey Kate!" in rotation... and it's made it the "Top 6 E-Requests". Every weekday at noon eastern, Max counts down the top 6 requests via e-mail from the previous day. Help us

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Road Dog Pictures is proud to announce the official DVD release of their production – "The American Poop Movie" with North American distribution through Peace Arch Entertainment Group.Written and directed by Joe Kingsley, "The American Poop Movie" is the latest from Road Dog Pictures and an official selection in the Wild River Film Festival. The DVD features unforgettable deleted scenes, plenty

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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,

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Myxer Inc., today announced “Hey Kate!” from The Fire Apes as the Myxer “Pick of the Day” (POTD) for Wednesday, January 30th.The Myxer "Pick of the Day" artist is exclusively featured on the Myxer website. Roughly 150,000 users visit the Myxer website daily, and every user who signs in to Myxer on that day will be able to download the The Fire Apes' “Hey Kate!” free ringtone from the that page.

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Okay... it's sort of like a version of "hot or not" for music. OurStage lets bands enter their music in a monthly contest which is judged by users of the site. The concept behind it is simple and powerful. Users are presented with two randomly-selected songs on a page; listen to each one and decide which one is better (and by how much). Near the end of the month, when the top ten finalists have

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Their producers poured over all the talented and wonderful music that was aired over Kickradio in 2007... and selected the TOP 50 songs of the year!Hey Kate! came in at #11 for 2007... check out the full list by clicking the image below:

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"Hey Kate!" is being featured as a "Daily Downloads" on myTracks.com. The Daily Download is run to inform fans of new artists and offer a FREE track without subscribing to myTracks. The daily download is changed every 2 days and featured in bi-monthly e-mails. This promotion is visible on the myTracks lobby page for two (2) days. Artists are chosen for this promotion by the myTracks

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The Fire Apes, an Indie Rock/Powerpop band from Charleston, SC, will be performing as part of the POPAsheville Festival on January 20th, at 9:00 pm at Stella Blue in Asheville, North Carolina. The Fire Apes were one of 34 bands from around the Southeast US chosen to perform at this emerging 2-day festival that takes place January 19-20th at several venues in Asheville, NC. It is the first

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AirSpun, Inc. today announced The Fire Apes AirSpun’s "Best of 2007" Music AirGods poll in the Rock genre category. The Fire Apes will be highlighted as a "Best of 2007" artist on the AirSpun homepage, and featured in an upcoming "Best of 2007" AirSpun artists radio showcase featuring their winning music alongside other "Best of 2007" winners Brittney Elizabeth - Best Pop/AC and Laura Lambert -

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We've got the spotlight and are featured on indieSolo.com today. Please help us out and vote and leave comments! Comments are a great way to show the industry that we have the best fanbase. Just go to http://www.indiesolo.com.

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We did a great interview this week with C.G. over at Channel 27.net. They're getting it ready to air on Boxing Day, December 26th, and will it be incorporated into their Christmas Countdown show. Log on and listen by going to www.channel27.netForget Idol, this is the voting event of the season - The Christmas Countdown. Every week they give you the chance to vote for your favorite Christmas songs

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We heard from Lancer over at 96 Wave that he's placed "Hey Kate!" into rotation on 96Wave.com... and it's doing great!!!!Log in and check out 96 Wave Online by visiting: http://www.96wave.com.We're also made it the “Top 6 E-Requests”. Every weekday at noon eastern, Max counts down the top 6 requests via e-mail from the previous day. Help us stay on rotation..... e-request The Fire Apes by sending

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DJ Kali will featuring The Fire Apes tonight on Aiiradio.net. To stream the show click here or visit: http://www.aiiradio.net/They have a chatroom on the front page you can not only listen, but chat along with her as she chats with people from around the world! Aiiradio.net 6-8pm EST

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The Fire Apes have been selected as one of outstanding artists/groups in Airspun's "Best of 2007" new music AirGods poll (in the Rock category)!Please stop by, listen to all of the great tracks and vote for The Fire Apes.

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