Press Cheat Sheet – RIBS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Contact
- Key Things To Know (Talking Points)
- Band Members
- Release Info - Russian Blood (out May 22nd, 2012)
- Release Info – Locrian Singles (2011)
- Release Info – British Brains (2010)
- Tourdates / Upcoming Shows (opens Tour page)
- Links
- Photos
- Videos
- Embeddable Album & Song Widgets
- News & Site Posts – Sorted By Category
- Press Quotes
- Radio Play
mgmt@ribstheband.com
- Based out of Boston, MA
- RIBS is spelled in ALL CAPS – thanks :)
- Played with Helmet, Circa Survive, Funeral Party, New Politics
- Unsigned, self-managed, self-produced.
- Nominated for “Best New Act” in Boston (Boston Phoenix/WFNX 2011 Best Music Poll)
- Named one of The Boston Phoenix’s Eleven Bands To Watch In 2011 (Cover story: “Class of 2011″)
- British Brains first week sales: approx. 600 copies
- British Brains was Reddit.com’s top voted music post of all time during first month of release
- British Brains was Bandcamp.com’s #1 rock release (week of release)
- HOSTING MP3s FOR DOWNLOAD: feel free to host either “Even,” “Brains Out,” “Cosmos,” or “Please Don’t Go” (email us if you’d like to host a different song or more than one). For embeddable streaming widgets of all our songs, go here.
Keith Freund (Vocals, Guitar)
Blake Fusilier (Bass, Vocals)
Justin Tolan (Guitar)
Chris Oquist (Drums)
RELEASE INFO – RUSSIAN BLOOD (out May 29th, 2012)
- Release date: May 29th, 2012
- For advance copy contact mgmt@ribstheband.com
- 7 song EP
- Will be released digitally and on CD
- Boston Record Release Show May 25th at TT The Bear’s (more info)
- Advance single “Kiss” available on Youtube (link) and free for download via email signup (link)
- Self-produced and mixed by Keith Freund.
RELEASE INFO – LOCRIAN SINGLES (2011)
- Release date: January 25th, 2011
- 2-song double A-side
- Tracklist: “Please Don’t Go,” “Cosmos”
- Digital-only release
- Free via Bandcamp (link)
- Also available on iTunes and Amazon MP3
- Self-produced and mixed by Keith Freund.
RELEASE INFO – BRITISH BRAINS (2010)
- Release date: June 8, 2010
- Self-produced and mixed by Keith Freund. Drums and addt’l guitars were recorded by Alex Prieto.
- 5-song EP
- Tracklist: “Even,” “Brains Out,” “Silencer,” “Transversal,” “Queen Of Hearts”
- Full stream on Bandcamp: http://hear.ribstheband.com/album/british-brains
- Available digitally through iTunes and Amazon MP3
- Physical copies available through Newbury Comics
Bandcamp – http://hear.ribstheband.com
Official site – http://www.ribstheband.com
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/ribstheband
Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/ribstheband
Mailing List – http://www.ribstheband.com/alerts
iTunes – http://www.ribstheband.com/itunes
Amazon MP3 – http://www.ribstheband.com/amazon
Physical copies of British Brains (redirects to newburycomics.com store) – http://www.ribstheband.com/cd
Soundcloud – http://soundcloud.com/ribstheband/
YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/ribstheband
Flickr – http://www.flickr.com/photos/ribstheband/
Myspace – http://www.myspace.com/ribstheband
Last.FM – http://www.last.fm/music/ribs
Merch (BigCartel) – http://ribstheband.bigcartel.com
Google Music (Android Market) – http://t.co/zAW36P60
Flickr Sets: LIVE | PROMO | IN THE STUDIO | ALBUM ART | VIEW ALL
DOWNLOADING: Go to the photo you want, click “Actions,” then “View All Sizes.” You’ll see a download link.
For even higher resolutions: mgmt@ribstheband.com
PHOTOS – FIND BY TYPE
RIBS Multitags Tool – Filter by criteria like members featured, photo set, high resolution, year, and Creative Commons. (For example to find photos of Keith and Blake together for a print magazine you would check the boxes Keith, Blake, and Hi Res.)
- Live at Great Scott (Boston) 5/5
- Sleepover Shows (acoustic versions)
- “Brains Out” on Rock Band 3 for Xbox
EMBEDDABLE ALBUM & SONG WIDGETS
- “Kiss” (from the upcoming Russian Blood) | YouTube
- British Brains (all 5 songs) Bandcamp | Soundcloud
- Locrian Singles (both songs) Bandcamp | Soundcloud
- “Even” Bandcamp | Soundcloud | YouTube
- “Brains Out” Bandcamp | Soundcloud | YouTube
- “Silencer” Bandcamp | Soundcloud | YouTube
- “Transversal” Bandcamp | Soundcloud | (not on YouTube)
- “Queen Of Hearts” Bandcamp | Soundcloud | YouTube
- “Please Don’t Go” Bandcamp | Soundcloud | YouTube
- “Cosmos” Bandcamp | Soundcloud | YouTube
- MP3s FOR FREE DOWNLOAD: feel free to host either “Even,” “Brains Out,” “Cosmos,” or “Please Don’t Go” (email us if you’d like to host a different song or more than one). We also prefer that you don’t put “free download/mp3″ in the title of the post if possible.
NEWS & SITE POSTS – SORTED BY CATEGORY
Shows / Tour
Photos
Video
Behind The Scenes
Merch
Thoughts
British Brains (2010)
Locrian Singles (2011)
Russian Blood (2011)
“Rock’s great new hope.”
-The Boston Phoenix
“Audaciously kinetic [...] a Nine Inch Nails-meets-Muse salvo whose steely sheets of sound hammer the message home loud and clear: RIBS aren’t leaving anytime soon.”
-The Boston Globe
“One of the most outstanding new acts in Boston right now.”
-Ryan’s Smashing Life
“A booming gloom that calls to mind Joy Division … if Joy Division was from someplace that got decent weather for at least a few months a year.”
-The Weekly Dig
“An atmospheric quality and intensity similar to Deftones, Queens of the Stone Age, or Muse. Without being pretentious, the band manages to write gorgeously moody rock that’s straight forward, pure, and will have you listening on repeat.”
-Exploding In Sound
“British Brains is arguably one of the best EPs released this year.”
-Decoy Music
- United States: WFNX 101.7 (Boston), WZLX 100.7 (Boston), WMBR 88.1 (MIT-Boston), WSUM 91.7 (Madison, WI)
- Canada: 102.1 The Edge (Toronto), 99.3 The Fox (Vancouver), Live 88.5 (Ottawa), x92.9 (Calgary), Y108 (Hamilton), FM96 (London), Power 97 (Winnipeg), Sonic 102.9 (Edmonton), The Wolf 101.5 (Peterborough)
- Appeared for interview and “My Song Is Better Than Your Song” on WFNX 101.7’s Morning Show with Fletcher and Henry Santoro 7/14/11
- WFNX DJ Fletcher and Boston Phoenix music editor Michael Marotta talking RIBS on the Morning Show (5/2/11):
