67 and Counting
Being a music blogger of some repute (ill or otherwise), I am used to getting bombarded with emails from people hawking their band/client's latest release, tour, video and/or what-have-you. But it's been out of control lately. A while back I had plans to do a big report on all the promotional messages I received over the course of a week, but then I got so many of them I never had time to put it all together. I think, generally, I get around 30 promotional emails a day, on average.
But yesterday was out of control. As of 11:02 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8th, I had received 67 various promotional emails during the course of the day. Here's a not-so-quick breakdown:
61 of those emails were music related. A majority of them were deleted upon receipt.
17 were promoting new releases (Tuesday is new release day).
16 of the emails were from indie labels.
15 were from promotional marketing companies. Artists and labels hire these companies to get more people working on getting the word out on a particular record.
14 mentioned specific gigs or upcoming tours.
12 of the emails were from PR agencies.
10 had subject lines that referred to access to a MP3 file.
7 were promoting a new video or some sort of live video footage.
7 of the emails were from people companies I had ever heard of before and therefore have no idea what they actually are (Label, PR, Promo, etc.)
6 were from retail companies (i.e. no one promoting any music - JetBlue, Amazon, Crate & Barrel, etc.)
6 invited me to gigs in NYC, none of which I would ever be able to attend. I was actually surprised at this number. It was much lower than usual. Must be a slow week up there.
5 number of times Mr. Pink meowed at me, seemingly annoyed, while I put this list together.
3 were touting radio performances. The stations mentioned - KEXP, WNYC and NPR.
3 were weekly newsletters - none of which I signed up for.
3 of the emails were from the artist themselves.
2 the number of artists I got multiple emails about. That would be Albert Hammond, Jr. and Chromeo with two each.
2 of the emails were from major labels.
1 email was regarding Kanye West.
Whew.
But here's the point of this. Guess how many of these emails are currently not sitting in the trash in my Gmail account right now.
One.
So congratulations Mute Records! Your email promising me "New music from M83, Goldfrapp and Moby" made it to the top of the promotional heap for Tuesday, July 8th, 2008. I love me some Goldfrapp.
See and hear some of the the material they are promoting in the email after the jump.
M83
Kim & Jessie (DatA remix)
http://mute.edgeboss.net/real/mute/m83/kimandjessiedatamix_128k.ram
http://mute.edgeboss.net/wmedia/mute/m83/kimandjessiedatamix_128k.wax
M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, released his fifth album "Saturdays = Youth" on Mute April 15, 2008. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top New Artist Heatseekers Chart and went #1 on the CMJ Top 200. It also met with widespread critical acclaim including an 8.5/10 review ranking from Pitchfork, an 8/10 review ranking from Wired, and a Remix Magazine cover story (April). Blender calls "Saturdays = Youth" "A hallucinatory John Hughes space opera" and Billboard calls the album "A celebration [of] confusion angst and lust."
M83 recently completed a sold out US tour and will return to play the two-date Download Festival in California Saturday July 19th in Mountain View, CA and Sunday July 20th in Los Angeles, CA. The M83 live setup for this tour includes Gonzalez on vocals, guitars and keyboards, Loic Maurin on Drums, Pierre-Marie Maulini on bass and guitar and featured album vocalist Morgan Kibby (of LA-based band The Romanovs) on vocals and keyboards. Additional dates are TBA.
In addition, album Track "We Own The Sky" is the featured song for Urban Outfitters Summer 2008 online catalogue. Check it out here: www.urbanoutfitters.com.
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Goldfrapp will be the featured performance on NPR's World Café June 9th 2008. The session, produced by the legendary Steve Lillywhite (U2, Dave Matthews Band, Peter Gabriel), was recorded at the world-renowned Avatar Studios in NYC and includes an interview with WXPN's David Dye.
Goldfrapp will also release the "Caravan Girl" Digital EP on Mute July 22, 2008. The EP features the "Caravan Girl" album cut, a live choral version, a live acoustic version of "Monster Love" and an Animal Collective remix of the song "Little Bird."
Caravan Girl is a euphoric rush of sun-kissed English summer daydreams, taken from Goldfrapp's critically acclaimed album "Seventh Tree," which was certified gold in the UK after its first week of release. Rolling Stone calls "Seventh Tree" "a cinematic experience" and Marie Claire says it's "resolutely dreamy...perfect pop."
In June 2008 Good Morning America featured the video for "Seventh Tree's" first single; "Happiness" on their top-rated morning program. The video is now in rotation at VH1.
The band - who performed "Happiness" on the Late Show with Jay Leno in April 2008 - also completed a string of US dates in Spring 2008 including a sold show at the historic Beacon Theatre in NYC and the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA.
Caravan Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ8VyukQtTg
Happiness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDPvwg_Hu9I
Little Bird (Live At The Union Chapel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBH4AqwBhUo
Summer message from Alison Goldfrapp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVaWTkaETY4
More here:
www.goldfrapp.co.uk / www.myspace.com/goldfrapp
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