ALINA SIMONE SINGS IN ENGLISH ON A GERMAN BALCONY

This is just stunning. Alina on a German balcony performing "Beautiful Machine"....GO, ALINA, GO!

The Hard Lessons on Fearless TV

It's happening this Saturday night! The Hard Lessons will be on Fearless Music TV this Saturday night, May 24! Also, if you'd like to see THL play more songs the following week, and after seeing them once we know you will! you can vote for more of The Hard Lessons at the Fearless Music TV website. http://www.fearlessmusic.com/
For a full channel listing + times, check out http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfmfuseaction=blog.view&friendID=4067931&blogID=396825096

And go see them live! now!
5/25 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent w/Von Bondies & Die Die Die!
5/28 – Portland, CA @ Dante’s
5/29 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
5/30 – Moscow, ID @ John’s Alley
5/31 – Moscow, ID @ John’s Alley
6/3 – Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
6/4 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
7/6 – Muskegon, MI @ Summer Celebration
7/11 – Toledo, OH @ Frankie’s Inner City Loung
7/19 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Arcadia Festival
7/26 – Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot –B&G Sides Release Show!

THE COPS AND SAY HI ARE BOTH PLAYING AT SASQUATCH THIS WEEKEND. LIKE, SHOWS, NOT HACKYSACK.

It's true! That most glorious of summertime glories, the Sasquatch Festival at The Gorge, is here again. In the pacific northwest, it often marks the First Really Summer-Feeling Weekend. I will be onsite the entire time, and will even be camping for some of it--more importantly, SAY HI and THE COPS are playing. The Cops are on Sunday, at 4:20 PM (no jokes, bro brah) on the Yeti Stage. Say Hi are on Monday, at 3:15 PM on the Yeti Stage. The last time I watched something on the Yeti Stage, it started hailing mercilessly. THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN THIS TIME.

WE ARE APING OTHER PUBLICISTS' GOOD IDEA: HAVING A BLOG!

That's right! We here at Riot Act know a good thing when we see one, and we saw that other publicity firms had BLOGS. Sure, we have our great website, www.riotactmedia.com, and sure, that website is currently undergoing a completely rad rededsign, but why not blog it up, too? You, dear critic/fan/friend, can now get the poop-dirt on all of your favorite Riot Act artists in yet another manner. And, shit, I love me the internets.

FOR STARTS: We have so much going on. Look!

5/13--THE BELLRAYS, Hard, Sweet & Sticky (Anodyne Records)
5-6/2008: NOISE FOR THE NEEDY 2008
6/3--BIRD NAMES, Open Relationship (Unsound)
6/3--ADEM, Takes (Domino)
6/3--LITTLE PIECES, S/T (One Eleven Records)
6/3--STEPSONDAY, Little Light (One Eleven Records)
6/24--THE INTERIORS, S/T (54/40 or Fight!)
7/2008--CHUNKLET PRESENTS: HENRY OWINGS' ROCK BIBLE (Quirk Books)
7/2008--THE HARD LESSONS, S/T (Quack Media)
7/15--LOVE YOU MOON, Waxwane (Sargent House)
7/29--AT THE SPINE, Voir (Global Seepej)
8/5--ALINA SIMONE, Everyone Is Crying Out To Me, Beware (54/40 or Fight!)
8/12--GOOD OLD WAR, S/T (Sargent House)
8/19--THE COAST, Expatriate (Aporia)
9/23--ALL GIRL SUMMER FUN BAND, TBA
11/08--BRIGHTON MA, TBA (Loose Tooth)

And, for tour dates, check www.riotactmedia.com/tours.
From here on out, we'll be posting a myriad of newsy tidbits, special for you. For now, I will post this nice video of Bird Names on Chic-a-Go-Go from a couple of years ago. Neat!