Bad Tempered Zombie

(R)october!

Hello,

Enjoying the Fall so far? We have much activity to report. I’ve decided to do things chronologically.

Thursday October 13, Toronto, ON
We will be playing the El Mocambo 11:30 PM!  This is our hometown sendoff before we head out East.  Joining us will be Garage Baby and the Tudors (the band, not the TV show).  This is OUR BIRTHDAY SHOW of sorts, since it was on Oct 10th, 2010 that we first announced ourselves as PAPERMAPS on stage.  Please spread the word around.  We want to see your beautiful faces!

Wednesday October 19, New York, NY
We’ve been accepted to the CMJ Music Marathon.  Wow!  We will be playing a showcase at Arlene’s Grocery (95 Stanton St., Lower East Side) as part of the Canadian Blast segment of the festival.  Remember that movie Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist with Michael Cera and Kat Dennings? Arlene’s is the first club featured in the movie where Nick’s (Cera) band, The Jerk Offs play a gig. We are on at 9pm (second).  Also appearing on the bill: Dinosaur Bones, and the Reason.

Friday October 21, Halifax, NS
As part of Halifax Pop Explosion, we will be appearing at the very fancy Music Room.  Supporting us will be the excellent  Paper Beat Scissors.  This will be an interesting show for us because it’s being recorded and then released as a “live album.”  More details about that will follow. The show starts around 6pm.  Tickets/Admission is $10, free with an HPX bracelet.

Saturday October 22, Halifax, NS
Our second HPX show (our “official” showcase) is so awesome, it took me a week to believe it was actually happening!  This will be a FREE open air concert in the Grand Parade Square.  Here’s the schedule: 3pm Papermaps, 4pm Carmen Townsend, 5pm Plants and Animals and 6pm Stars!!! Need I say more?

Saturday October 29, Toronto, ON
One last show in our home turf : Rancho Relaxo.  Dan Wolovick’s (of TwoWayMonologues) birthday party! Also appearing will be Ottawa’s The Love Machine! Come celebrate with us!

In Other (R)octber News:
We recently released our music video for our first single Reunion (youtube) — DIY by the fans and the band — but we have another “more MTV friendly” video for or second single,  Complicate Things coming out — you should see it very soon. This new video features all five members of the band (gussied up to look nice) and these weird light thingies that swing around and explode.  It took us more than 12 hours to shoot!

Want to win a free copy of our debut eponymous album?  Go here (limited, while supplies last):
http://www.badtemperedzombie.com/2011/10/dont-listen-to-evil-guidance-counselor.html

-d

Tuesday Happenings #3

Wow,

It’s getting closer to our release date!  Here’s what’s happening with PAPERMAPS this week:

Item 1: Shows Shows Shows!
Here are the posters/ FB Events for our Waterloo and St. Catharines appearances.

FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=160539607335607

FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162441260477180

A new show has been added to our spring tour: Saturday April 30, APK Live, London.

Item 2: The  latest papermaps review was written by  excellent writer Barbara Bruederlin.  The review appeared both on her awesome blog, Bad Tempered Zombie as well as the very esteemed  No Depression website.  Although No Depression focuses on Traditional, Country, Roots and Blues-based music (which we have some elements of, but would not neatly fit into) the good people there, nevertheless, featured the review on their landing page for at least 24 hours (which was very, very cool of them).  This may be a historical first for usage of the  term shoegaze on No Depression. Read Barbara’s fine review here:
http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/papermaps-papermaps

Item 3: The latest radio station to spin papermaps is  CFOU 89.1 MHz – Trois-Rivieres. Merci beaucoup!

Item 4: Last (but not least) the first official single from papermaps, our song entitled, reunion is available on itunes TODAY!  Here’s the proof: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/reunion-single/id427843024