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Mae Live Performance Projection

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Mae is looking for artists of all talents: video, animation, and motion graphics artists for their 2009 live performance projection. The bands goal with this project is to bring together as many artists as possible to create a collaborated multi-sensory audio and visual performance for their live shows. This project will reach thousands of Mae fans in cities and countries across the globe, and it’s easy to be a part of. This is a chance for you to take your love for music and make a difference with your art. Check out a video about the project below.

To submit your video follow the instructions below.

Here’s how to get started:

1. Sign up for our mailing list at www.myspace.com/mae to receive free music and to see how we are going to make a difference with our music.

2. Sign up at Vimeo and join our Mae Projects Group. This project will be choreographed through this group.

3. Choose a Mae song from the projection list below, start editing, and submit your video to the Mae Projects Group when you are done!

4. Deadline for the Spring tour is January 14.

We will be accepting footage and videos throughout the entire year. To have a better chance to showcase your work, submit your work as soon as possible and before tour deadlines. For more information or questions email [email protected].

Each video submission will be fully credited to the original artist. All videos and footage submitted are copyrighted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license.

Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour 2009

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The 2009 Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour has announced its dates and line-up. The lineup includes headliner Thursday, as well as Bring Me The Horizon, Four Year Strong, Pierce The Veil (all of whom will rotate their spot on the bill throughout the tour), and Cancer Bats. In addition, one local Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands winner will open the show at each stop.

This year, fans can expect a low ticket price (between $20-25 per ticket) as well as the return of the fun-filled concourse offering a bevy of fascinating distractions in between sets guaranteeing that the pandemonium will begin as soon as fans enter the venue.

Tour co-founders, John Reese, Lyman and Darryl Eaton state: “We are very excited about the great bands and concourse activities planned for the 2009 North American Tour. ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK has been a great partner helping us bring fans a great package and a big show at a very fan-friendly entrance price. We’re really proud that the RTOC has become an important event on music fans’ calendars in the long, cold winter in the U.S. and Canada.”

The Rockstar Taste of Chaos pre-sale begins Friday, December 12th, at 10AM in each market. Please go to www.rockstartasteofchaos.com for all on sale information, and ticketing links.

Tour Dates

02/14/09 Los Angeles, CA Palladium
02/15/09 San Jose, CA San Jose Civic Auditorium
02/16/09 Chico, CA Senator Theater
02/18/09 San Diego, CA House of Blues
02/19/09 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
2/20/08 Las Vegas, NV
02/21/09 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
02/22/09 Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium
02/24/08 Milwaukee, WI
02/25/09 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
02/26/09 Rochester, NY The Armory
02/27/09 Worcester, MA The Palladium
02/28/08 Hartford, CT
03/02/09 Providence, RI Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
03/03/09 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
03/04/09 New York, NY Nokia Theatre Times Square
03/05/09 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
03/06/09 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
03/07/09 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
03/08/09 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
03/09/09 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
03/10/09 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit
03/13/09 St. Paul, MN Myth
03/14/09 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
03/17/08 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
03/18/09 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
03/19/08 Atlanta, GA
03/23/09 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
03/26/09 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
03/27/09 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
03/28/09 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market
03/29/08 Spokane, WA
03/30/09 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
04/01/09 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall
04/03/09 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Event Center
04/04/09 Saskatoon, SK Odeon Events Centre
04/05/09 Winnipeg, MB Garrick Centre
04/08/09 Toronto, ON Kool Haus
04/09/09 Montreal, QC Metropolis

Equal Vision Signs This Time Next Year

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Equal Vision Records is proud to welcome THIS TIME NEXT YEAR to its roster. The band – vocalist Pete Dowdalls, guitarist/vocalist Brad Wiseman, guitarist Denis Cohen, bassist Tony Allio, and drummer Aaron Seminoff – is set to record their debut full length with producer Brian McTernan (Circa Survive, Senses Fail, Thrice) at the top of 2009.

Listing Saves The Day, New Found Glory, and The Movielife as major influences, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR has released two EPs – A Place For You in 2007, The Longest Way Home in 2008 – on indie DIY labels Escapist Records and Run For Cover Records (respectively). With several full US tours under their belt, the five-piece has shared the stage with many of the scene’s current pop-punk heavyweights including Cartel, Set Your Goals, and Four Year Strong.

On the decision to sign with Equal Vision Records, Wiseman explained “EVR believes in us as much as we believe in ourselves and that’s all we can ask for. Since day one they have shown a strong sense of belief in this band and have welcomed us with open arms into what we are proud to call our new home. We are extremely grateful of all they have done so far and all that’s to come in the new year.”

The band has prepared a video regarding the announcement available for viewing below.

Tour Dates

12/05 – Livermore, CA @ Burnin Burro w/Fight Fair, First To Leave, Hear The Sirens
12/06 – Oakland, CA @ The Metro w/Set Your Goals, Trash Talk, Comadre & Among The Living
12/07 – Santa Cruz, CA @ 418 Project w/Hear The Sirens, Among The Living
12/20 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean w/2*Sweet

Mae Post “Destination: Beautiful” Five Year Anniversary DVD Trailer

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Mae will be releasing a Five Year Anniversary DVD for Destination: Beautiful. The Destination: Beautiful Five Year Anniversary DVD is a choose your own adventure film, with 3 hours of content, including band interviews, song commentary, tour footage, special never before seen live performances, and much more — packaged inside a DVD sleeve printed on recycled cardboard. This DVD will only be available online at whatismae.com and will ship the week of November 24th. Each pre-order comes with an exclusive download of a new version of “Embers and Envelopes,” recorded and mixed at Earthsound Studios during the fall of 2008. Check out a trailer for the DVD below.