“The New Cities are the kind of band that you can easily visualize grinning down from the covers of your friendly neighborhood rock publications before too long; they’re catchier than the common cold, visually marketable, and very much in tune with the current synthpop/rock crossover explosion.” – Rob S, Rock Pulse
TORONTO (CANADA) – Wednesday 14, 2010 – The New Cities go up against Arkells, Down With Webster, Stereos and Ten Second Epic for the Juno 2010 New Group of the Year award this Sunday April 18th, 2010 in St. John’s, Newfoundland. You can catch all the action on CTV at 8PM EST. The Juno 2010 New Group of the Year is sponsored by Factor and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters.
**In a recent interview with Leah Collins of Dose.ca, lead singer, David Brown gives thanks for the Juno nod and puts producer Greig Nori at the top of that list. Full Dose.ca Article: http://j.mp/tncdose
Also, meet The New Cities at Sirius Satellite Radio’s Juno Fan Fare this Saturday April 17th, 2010 at Village Shopping Centre (430 Topsail Road) in St. John’s Newfoundland along with Alexisonfire, Carly Rae Jepsen, Classified, Danny Fernandes, Faber Drive, George Canyon, Johnny Reid, Shiloh, Stereos, Terri Clark, and The Road Hammers. Juno Fan Fare is FREE! http://bit.ly/9Pmk9A
It has been a really exciting year so far for Canadian electro-rock-pop band The New Cities. Signed to Sony Canada and Sony Music Japan, The New Cities are picking up a lot of TV play in the U.K. for “Dead End Countdown,” like The Box, Chartshow TV, Scuzz, NME TV and Kerrang! (where they’ve had a Video of the Week and landed #10). “Dead End Countdown” makes its UK release on April 26.
“We are proud to announce that “Dead End Countdown” is our first official single release in the UK!, says lead vocals, David Brown of The New Cities. “The song will be available to download in a special 4-track bundle on iTunes April 26th.”
**In Canada, The New Cities’ have released a special E.P on iTunes for the new single “Hypertronic Superstar” http://bit.ly/hypbun.
“Of all the bands we’ve seen thus far, this one has the most up-and-coming commercial potential. They’re catchy new wave synth punk with just enough pop. The entire band exuded tremendous energy right from the get-go, which seemed to fill the entire space. What made this band’s energy seem bigger was that they seemed to be having the time of their lives on stage (loved the keyboardist’s acrobatics).”
- Emer Schlosser, Inside E Canada
Backgrounder
Blending the gale force intensity of modern punk rock with the irrefutable rump mobilization of the recent dance-punk insurgence, and sweetening the deal with classic synch-pop, The New Cities are primed to bring their own form of urban renewal to the Canadian pop-music scene and beyond.
They have completed full Canadian tours with Simple Plan, Hedley, Marianas Trench, ILL Scarlett, Faber Drive, Mobile. And have completed full separate U.K. Tours with Twenty Twenty and The Mission District.
The band has been signed to Sony Music Entertainment since late 2008.
The band is managed by Eric Lawrence from Coalition (Simple Plan, Finger 11, Our Lady Peace) and Matt Brann (Avril Lavigne) from Bunkrock Entertainment and produced by Greig Nori (Sum 41, Hedley, Iggy Pop).
Many of the music industry’s leaders have worked on their debut album, including: Dave “Rave” Ogilvie (Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Tool, David Bowie…),Eric Ratz (Billy Talent, Die Mannequin) and Mark Needham (The Killers, Metro Station).
They have opened for major acts such as Black Eyed Peas, Katy Perry, NIN, Simple Plan, Sum 41, Hedley, Mobile, Metric, DJ Champion, Malajube, and Ill Scarlett.
Major festival spots have included Vfest (Montreal and Toronto), The Calgary Stampede (Calgary) NXNE (Toronto), CMW (Toronto), Festival d’Ete de Quebec, Envol & Macdam (Quebec), Festival de l’Art Vocal (Trois-Rivieres), SCENE (St. Catharines), Rockfest (Alma), Velirium (Mont Ste-Anne), Grand Prix (Trois-Rivieres), Festi-Jam and many more.
The New Cities have been touring Canada since early 2006, performing as headliners and openers, for crowds of up to 35,000.
Michael Joseph Ianni, Digital Content Manager
Tags: Festival, Hedley, Iggy Pop, Marianas Trench, One Second 2 Late, Sum 41, The New Cities
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…this week’s FREE song “Sinful”.
