|7.31| Gathering of the Vibes + Jambase.com Review + XPN Festival Set Stream

Gathering of the Vibes is tomorrow and we are really excited to be playing with so many great bands. Come check us out at the Solar Stage on the beach at 6pm!

Here is a link to a review of Tale of Two Cities from Jambase.com, by Dennis Cook. It's a great review...so check it out!

The Brakes set from the XPN festival is up on NPR.org and is available for streaming. Click Here

to stream...

Tale of Two Cities Tourdates!

Here is a more complete list of the dates on our tour...come see us play in your town!

Tale of Two Cities CD Release Tour with Carney

We are please to announce the first round of dates from our CD Release Tour! We will be playing with new friends and Interscope recording artist, Carney, from LA. There are many more dates to come, so stay tuned to see when The Brakes are coming to your town!

5.7.08 Sticky Fingers Little Rock, AR
5.9.08 The Cavern Dallas, TX
5.10.08 Warehouse Live Houston, TX
5.11.08 Emo's Austin, TX
5.13.08 Blueberry Hill St. Louis, MO
5.14.08 Birdy's Indianapolis, IN
5.15.08 Redstone Room Davenport, IA
5.16.08The Rave Milwaukee, WI
5.17.08 Kinetic Playground Chicago, IL

www.brakesband.com
www.brakesband.blogspot.com

Tale of Two Cities Video

Here is a video we've been working on from Tale of Two Cities out May 6th on HYENA Records! It features the song "Into The Ground". Download the mp3 of Into The Ground for free, HERE. Created by Jake Krolick & Matt Kass.

The Brakes have the #1 most popular song on indie music blogs!

(according to the hype machine)


according to the hype machine, "into the ground" is the #1 most popular track on indie music blogs right now! Thanks to Hans from "Here Comes The Flood" for posting our first album review...check it out HERE. We've had over 6000 downloads of the track so far...since we released it a couple of weeks ago. Click HERE to download "Into The Ground"

The Brakes - Tale of Two Cities album review on Here Comes The Flood

Popular Tracks on the Hype Machine: (each song gets taken down after 3 days)

My Favorite Song This Week

from The Late Greats Blog:

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

My Favorite Song This Week

I swear, I’m not copying XPN’s music blog. I was planning on posting this song by The Brakes long before they posted it.

The Brakes are a Philly band that got picked up by the awesome Hyena Records. Their debut full-length will hit shelves in May. It’s a 12 song opus that was recorded live during a year-long stint of gigging in New York and Philly – hence the title of the record “Tale Of Two Cities”. (Get it, 12 songs, one for each month – not that this is their interpretation of the calendar. It is good ol’ rock and roll a la Springsteen and his E. Street Shufflers.)

Listen:
The Brakes ∞ Intro The Ground

Further Study:
Website
myspace
Wiki
YouTube

More MP3s:
Hype Machine
Elbows

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Feb 26th 2008:The Brakes WXPN's My Morning Download!

Feb 26th 2008:
The Brakes WXPN's My Morning Download!

My Morning Download 2/26/08 - The Brakes

We're very excited that one of our favorite local bands, The Brakes, recently announced they've signed to Hyena Records. They will release their debut album "Tale of Two Cities" on May 6th. The album was recorded live in NYC & Philly during a month long residency and it features 12 songs from the best performances in both cities. The Brakes have been on XPN's Philly Local several times as well as on stage at XPN's past musical festivals and Philly Local broadcasts. And you can click here to see that H&R Block Commercial they were featured in a couple years ago.

Here's a taste of the new album:

Into The Ground - The Brakes

The Brakes' myspace

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