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Emperor X gets signed to Bar/None Records!

Mike — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:04:27 +0000

After years of unlimited touring and endless recordings, Chad Matheny, aka Emperor X, gets signed to a major label, Bar/None Records. To celebrate, he had a record release party at Origami Vinyl in Los Angeles (Echo Park), CA.

Buy the record.

Or check it out on Spotify.

Bliss by Ben Nyberg

Mike — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:01:43 +0000

Check out this awesome disco/house mix that Ben Nyberg made:

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Candle by Grant Gelb

Mike — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:05:51 +0000

Grant Gelb’s sultry guitar ballad designed to pork your heartstrings.

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Emperor X on NPR!

Mike — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:04:02 +0000

Article:

Emperor X on NPR! Burying tapes!

Audio:

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See Chad’s site: emperorx.net

Emperor X, Public Education, the fmly, and Opening Ceremony

Mike — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:05:05 +0000

One track:

Caricom Live via Chad.

This is a live version of the title track from the Caricom album, which will be out later this year.

Chad Matheny aka Emperor X has started to expand his band from a solo gig to an ensemble. At his very first practice, a handful of folks showed up (including Emily and I, plus: Blake Walker, Stephanie Gonot, and Brandon Bales) and, after learning 3 songs, all headed over to Indy 103.1 to play live on Public Education, an online radio show. Bloggers from Opening Ceremony were there. Check it out!

The guys from Public Ed are also part of a grassroots music/community movement called the fmly. And, if you heard teh show, you may have heard Jeff Taylor play too.

The Frightening by Ramona Rae

Mike — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:41:00 +0000

Ramona Rae performs “The Frightening” at the Reality™ Institute Happening.
http://www.therealityinstitute.net/happenings

“Run from the Gun” by Ornery Little Darlings

Mike — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:59:53 +0000

Emmi Chen’s new band Ornery Little Darlings has submitted this awesome video to a contest so leave lots of comments on it and rate it 5 stars and favorite it forever amen.

Global Times by JanVernerC

Mike — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:21:51 +0000

JanVernerC’s “Global Times”. He wants to come play shows in the states, so everyone prepare some venues.

Whispers from Chicago by Nobody Likes You

Mike — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:01:27 +0000

“you can post it on the website if you think its good enough. its me on the uke and vocals…. i recorded it during a morning thunderstorm…. i’m not sure if you can hear that…… its called Whispers From Chicago you can say it’s by the band Nobody Likes You since there are two members of it playing. Nobody Likes You presents: Whispers From Chicago ….. a recording of a man in a shack with another man playing the piano while the vocal man plays a uke and whispers his sweet verse about the place that he is from. hope you like it.
marz”

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Sleep for the Insomniac by Grant Gelb

Mike — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:00:05 +0000

Here’s a song by Granty Gelb.

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