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	Atomic Brother Update July 19, 2008	484 days ago

	Hey everybody! It's been a little while since we've sent out an update. As is typical with unsigned or independent bands, things got hectic with the release of our album, See Me Comin'. Since we finished writing and recording we needed to take a few steps back and spend some time doing a little housekeeping to get the Atomic Brother house in order and work on the music business side of things. But that doesn't mean we've stopped playing and working on new stuff. Here's what's been going on in the world of Atomic Brother. Upcoming Shows: Playing NYC the past year has been a blast, but, to quote the Animals, "we gotta get outta this place, if it's the last thing we ever do!" On that note, we're taking a break from the stage to book shows outside NYC - including Europe and Asia - and to write songs for our next album. We have been invited to perform at the Baltimore Music Conference in September, which takes place at venues throughout Baltimore, September 17-20. We'll announce the details of our show as soon as we work them out! Working on Number 2: While we've enjoyed spending the last year performing songs from our album, See Me Comin', we realized we had to keep things moving forward. So, we have been working hard the last few months songwriting for our next Atomic Brother album. As result, we have about 12 killer new songs, plus we re-worked a few older songs that we really loved from the See Me Comin' sessions. We'll be posting some videos of the songwriting sessions and rehearsals in our video podcast, Wastin' Time with Atomic Brother. Plus, we'll be working some of these into our live set when we return to the stage later this year! Soundtrack to MTV: We have joined the MTV community at our profile on Soundtrack and vote for us! AB Around the Net: You can now find Atomic Brother on the Swiss-based social networking websites mx3.ch (http://www.mx3.ch/artist/atomicbrother) and 6degrees.ch (http://www.6degrees.ch/atomicbrother). We consider it an honor to be accepted by these 2 sites which reserve membership exclusively for Swiss bands. Also in Switzerland, the Zurich-based Internet radio station rockstation.ch is still featuring songs from our album. Go on over and listen to their broadcast of classic hard rock mixed with today's best hard rock and metal. And brush up on your German, they don't speak in English! Our French-speaking fans can find us at htp /atomicbrother.SkyRock.com. There you can join other French-speaking fans of Atomic Brother fansfans from France, Switzerland, Canada and Belgium. In April we were featured in the ezine, Indie-in-Tune. Here's some of what they had to say about us. "Few bands touch upon so many different styles as these guys, as their songs mix the aggressiveness of metal, the vitality of rock, the urgency of punk as well as the catchy melodies of pop into one whole that is more than the sum of its parts. Such a broad spectrum of influences could be a recipe for total disaster in the wrong hands, resulting in a messy jumble of styles, but that's where the biggest merit of Atomic Brother resides, here's a band that knows how to keep things cohesive and balanced throughout their songs. Check out the whole feature at http://indieintune.com. Several podcasts have featured "Allah Told Me To," "Everything and Less," "Home In The Sky," and "Employee of the Month." Support these and all podcasters who try to expose us all to new and exciting music. Check out The Rock and Roll Jew Show episode 57; The Multiple Sclerosis Blog Podcast episode msb-0322, the delicate art of noise pollution podcast #13; Playa Dreams Show episode 008.

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	Atomic Brother March 2008 Update	624 days ago

	Wastin' Time With Atomic Brother After a really long break, our video podcast, Wastin' Time With Atomic Brother is back! The first episode of season 2 is now online. In this first episode of Season 2 of Wastin' Time with Atomic Brother, we take you behind the scenes recording See Me Comin' in Lausanne, Switzerland and introduce you to drummer Pat Aeby and take a look inside the big box and take a tour of the small box. Download the new episode of the podcast on iTunes or http://atomicbrother.com/wastin. You can also watch it on http://youtube.com/atomicbrother, http://wastin.blip.tv and http://revver.com/u/atomicbrother. Anyway, how does Atomic Brother waste time? In the videos we are always playing, rehearsing, writing songs and whatever else a rock band does. We'll get into some of that in future episodes. The show is called "Wastin' Time with Atomic Brother" not "Going to work with Atomic Brother." So, how do we waste time? James is an avid surfer, and has been for a many years. He's nuts. And he's real good. He'll surf in any weather. Check him out surfing in the snow with his brand new Atomic Brother surf board! Sebastian recently was an extra in the new NBC tv series "Lipstick Jungle," playing "East Village Rocker," walking in front of "Steve's girlfriend" from Beverly Hills 90210. Who's That Playing Drums? Some of you have been wondering what's up with our drummer Mike. Where has he been, and who is this guy Rob that's playing drums now? We'll, besides being a drummer, a director and editor, Mike is also the frontman for the band Isol8ed. He took a year off to play with us and now he's gone back to finishing his album. You may recall that we appeared in a video for his band Isol8ed in 2006. Mike is a good friend and will always be a part of the Atomic Brother family, and we can't wait to hear his album. The new guy, Rob Kelly, is actually the old guy. Rob is also part of the Atomic Brother family, he played drums for Atomic Brother on many of the original demo sessions for See Me Comin', and he's joining us for a few shows this year. We have been fortunate to be friends with, and play with, many great drummers over the years, and will continue to do so in the future. So, don't be surprised if you see Mike, Rob, Greg or even Pat taking turns behind the kit. New Jersey Bound Hey New Jersey! We'll be making our way out to Clifton, New Jersey in April to play with our old friends King Hell, at Dingbatz, the Rock Capital of Clifton. More details later, but make sure you mark April 18th on your calendar. Odds and Ends Besides Bebo, we are members of a bunch of social networking sites. Check us out at: MySpace: http://myspace.com.atomicbrother Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artis... Music Nation: http://atomicbrother.musicnation.com iLike: http://ilike.com/artist/Atomic+Brother Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/atomic+brother SkyRock: http://atomicbrother.skyrock.com">SkyRock</a> (for our French speaking fans). Friend us at any of those sites! Continued thanks to Gunter and Rose at http://rockstation.ch in Switzerland for still featuring "Everything and Less." We really hope to be back in Switzerland this year to see you guys! We haven't been to Zurich in a long time.

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	July Newsletter	861 days ago

	Atomic Brother Update 7/18/2007 Hey everybody. For those of you in the US, we hope you have all enjoyed the Independence Day holiday, and to our Swiss friends, we hope you have a great Fête nationale Suisse on August 1st! For us this past Independence Day was exciting because we saw the release of our new album on iTunes! * See Me Comin' Release Continues On July 4, See Me Comin' was released on iTunes worldwide! That means our European friends can find the album on their local iTunes store. The album is now available at iTunes, Sony Connect, Rhapsody, Napster and eMusic! The special bonus track offer is still valid! For a limited time only, those of you that purchase the album from iTunes, Sony, Rhapsody or Napster can get a special unreleased track from us. All you have to do is email us your proof of purchase to atomicbrother @ atomicbrother.com and we'll send you a link to download the unreleased track. Sorry, subscribers, this is only for the people that buy the album. We're still waiting for news of the Yahoo!Music and Zune release dates. Stay tuned, we'll be announcing them as they come online. * Episode 4: Taking Out The Trash Episode 4 of our new hit video series, Wastin' Time With Atomic Brother is now available! Atomic Brother returned to the Trash Bar in Brooklyn on May 10 only to have the show interrupted by the NYPD. The cops ruin the night by busting in and shutting down the place for a few hours looking for all sorts of violations. This episode features a special guest appearance by Gary Wiseman of Bowling for Soup introducing the show, along with an introduction by UK podcaster GD. We want you to be part of the show by introducing each episode! So, record your own intro and send it to us so we can add it to the show, so everybody can see you too! Say whatever you want and make it 15 seconds long. Send it as a Quicktime or an AVI file, small enough to email. Send them in an email to podshow @ atomicbrother.com or use http://yousendit.com. Don't forget to watch episodes 1-3. Don't miss an episode! Subscribe in iTunes now! In addition to iTunes, you can find Wastin' Time With Atomic Brother here on Bebo, Blip.tv and Revver. * Next Show: July 27 @ The Mean Fiddler, NYC Join us on July 27 at the Mean Fiddler in New York City for our next show. Silverchair is playing at the Roseland the same night we are playing the Mean Fiddler, and we want to party with all the Silverchair fans before they head off back to LI, NJ and CT! So, if you are going to the Silverchair show, make sure you stop by for some more music, cocktails and fun before you head home. We will be hitting the stage after the Silverchair show around Midnight. Admission is $10 and there will be several TBD bands playing before and after us. We'll aslo be filming for our iTunes & AppleTV video series, Wastin' Time With Atomic Brother. The Mean Fiddler is located near Times Square and Hell's Kitchen at 266 West 47th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenues, just a few blocks from the Silverchair show at the Roseland on 52nd Street. Directions: NQRW, 123456 or 7 to Time Square, CE to 42nd street or to 50th Street, NR to 49th Street or 1 to 50th Street. Didn't make it to the last show? Check out Wastin' Time With Atomic Brother, our new video podcast at http://atomicbrother.com/wastin to get a taste of what you missed. Not sure if you can make it to this show? Watch the video! * AB Featured In More Podcasts We have some more podcasts for you to check out. From New Zealand The Floating Heads Podcast Episode 006 played "Employee of the Month," the Z List episode 24 played "See Me comin'," and the CBRocker show episode 1 played "Not My Fault." * OurStage.com The July competition is heating up on OurStage.com. We have "Allah Told Me To" and "Piece of My" jumping around the top 50 songs in the Hard Rock category. Only you can help to keep us in the top 5! If you haven't already, get on over to OurStage and start judging music to help us make it to the top 5! Make sure when an Atomic Brother song comes up that you rate us a little better than the other artist! * Odds and Ends The Atomic Brother website, http://atomicbrother.com, went through a redesign last month. We changed things up to make the website match the CD and we also added a new forum/message board. Sign up for an account on the new forum to communicate with other Atomic Brother fans as well as the band! There are sections for you to discuss all sorts of things, plus, there is a secion for you to show off pictures you've taken at shows, pictures of yourself you want to share with the community, whatever! Just use it and have fun. If you haven't already noticed, we've gone Simpsons for the Month of July! You have a Simpsons version of yourself? Send it to us, or post it in the new message board. "Elected" is still available at iTunes, Napster and more! If you haven't already downloaded it visit the store at the Atomic Brother website. * Atomic Brother - S.A. Sebastian Gnolfo - James Melillo - Michael J. Carrasquillo

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	June Newsletter	861 days ago

	*Atomic Brother Update 06/16/2007* * See Me Comin' Out Now! Atomic Brother's debut album, See Me Comin', is now available at Sony Connect, Rhapsody, Napster and eMusic! For a limited time only, those of you that purchase the album from Sony, Rhapsody or Napster will get a special unreleased track from us. All you have to do is email us your proof of purchase to atomicbrother @ atomicbrother.com and we'll send you a link to download the unreleased track. Sorry, subscribers, this is only for the people that buy the album. We're still waiting for news of the iTunes, Yahoo!Music and Zune release dates. Stay tuned, we'll be announcing them as they come online * Next Show: June 22 @ The Charleston, Brooklyn__ Atomic Brother returns to Brooklyn, with our brothers in metal, King Hell, at the Charleston June 22, 2007 at 10:30PM. The party continues, we're still celbrating the release of the album with special limited edition versions on the CD that you can only get at the show. The Charleston is located at 174 Bedford Avenue (near 7th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn. By subway take the L train to Bedford Ave, of the J,M,Z to Marcy. There is a $7 admission fee and you must be 21 and over to get in. The show starts at 9 with Elevator Action, followed by King Hell and then Atomic Brother. Don't forget to mention our name at the door! Didn't make it to the last show? Check out Wastin' Time With Atomic Brother, our new video podcast in the video section, to get a taste of what you missed. Not sure if you can make it to this show? Watch the video! * Wastin' Time With Atomic Brother Episode 4 Episode 4 of our new hit video series, Wastin' Time With Atomic Brother is still in production. We have some cool surprises in store for episode 4 and future episodes. Thanks for everyone's participation at the Trash Bar and the Bitter End. We want more of you to be part of the show. So, don't be afraid of the cameras! In the meantime, take some time to catch up on episodes 1-3. Don't miss an episode, subscribe to all the episodes now in iTunes! * AB Featured In More Podcasts A big thank you to all the podcasters that have been supporting us. A few more of our songs were featured on 2 podcasts we've mentioned before; GD's Bite Size Bonus and X-Pat Radio. Check out Bite Size Bonus 376, 382 and 389 and X-Pat Radio 122. If you haven't subscribed to their podcasts you are missing out on some cool new music. In addition to those shows there are 3 new podcasts playing our music. First, from Holland is the Jim Show with Jim. Check out episodes 66, 67, 68 and 70, especially 70 where he breaks into English with a special message for the band. From Poland we have My Pocket Player with episode 16. We go back to the States for the Boxx Online Heavy Metal Show episode 8 where Derek does an Atomic Brother featurette. * Our Stage We're back on OurStage for the June competition. Unlike other band competitions where your favorite local band asks you to go vote for them a million times, with Our Stage music lovers listen to songs or watch videos presented side by side at random and judge which they like better. It's a really interesting way to discover new music. For June we entered the songs "Take You Away," and "Piece of My." So, if you love to discover new music get on over there and sign up to start judging music. And if you love Atomic Brother make sure you rate us a little better than the other artist! * Odds and Ends "Elected" is still available at iTunes, Napster and more! If you haven't already downloaded it visit the store at the Atomic Brother website. * Atomic Brother - S.A. Sebastian Gnolfo - James Melillo - Michael J. Carrasquillo

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