Blue October Expands Reach On New Album

December 30, 2008 11:28 AM ET

Gary Graff, Detroit

Blue October plans to “go global” with its fifth album, “Approaching Normal,” according to bassist Matt Noveskey.

“We want to go international,” Noveskey tells Billboard.com, adding that the plan will be in motion in January when the quintet group flies to Europe for a 10-day promotional swing after it films the video for new single “Dirt Room.”

“It’s real exciting because the last record (2006’s platinum ‘Foiled’) did real well here (in the U.S.) and just never really got that chance (in Europe). One thing we all said was, ‘Man, the next record, we’ve got to go global,’ so right off the bat as part of our campaign we’ll go over and start making a splash overseas.”

“Approaching Normal,” which was produced by Steve Lillywhite and recorded at Willie Nelson’s Pedernales Studios near Blue October’s home base of Austin, Texas, is due March 24 from Universal. Noveskey says that while frontman Justin Furstenfeld remains the chief songwriter, this album “was more of a group effort where we all got together and worked up a lot of these songs from scratch. It made us feel good as a team. There’s a lot of camaraderie on this record.” 

Noveskey says the dynamic range of the album is more “dramatic-slash-theatrical” than its predecessors and spans “from the saddest, most depressing moments to the happiest, most joyful moments we’ve ever done.” “Approaching Normal” includes studio versions of older fan favorites such as “Kangaroo Cry” and “Graceful Dancing” and will also come out in explicit and “clean” versions, each containing a different bonus track.

Once the album’s out, Noveskey says Blue October plans to “tour like we always do … big time. We’re gonna be relentless. It’s gonna be a lot of work and it’ll be tough being away from our families, but we’re gonna work very hard.” 

 

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/blue-october-expands-reach-on-new-album-1003925624.story

Matt Noveskey Producing New “Language Room” Album

Heres a video of them in the studio, Thanks Keiv for finding this. 

Long X-Mas Eve Post

Happy Holidays to everyone, Thanks for the support and for comming over the to the site during 2008.

Dirt Room Is Now available on online vendors Amazon, Itunes, Walmart, and others I’m sure, 

Blue October is giving away a free gift click image below and sign up. 

Aproaching Normal Countdown has Begun

http://www.blueoctoberfan.com/dirtroom/index.php

Blue October Has new Shirts not yet on the official store , (pictures below)

Front

Back

Normal 14 Shirt

photo Shoot

Justin posted this on the open book last night

http://www.blueoctoberfan.com/openBook/viewtopic.php?t=65555

5591 : tommorrow morning we are shooting are photos for this campaign. just wanted you to know that hahaha and to my wife and daughter i miss you and love my girls

1st Single OF NEW ALBUM!!!! DIRT ROOM

WE have been informed that Dirt Room is the first single of Blue October’s Upcomming album.

Call your local Station and request them to play it or get it.

See this also , list of radio currently playing and stations who we have had good luck with in the past.

http://www.blueoctoberfan.com/openBook/viewtopic.php?t=65473&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 

 

The Single will be released January 13th, 2009 and will then be played on Stations across the country, It has been already released in Texas and has been played on a few station down there and is spreading to a few stations in some other states as well.

Some Coal For Local Radio XMas Shows

By Jesse Hughey

Published on December 03, 2008 at 10:12am

To celebrate the birth of the Savior, Dallas’ two commercial modern rock radio stations are throwing three big concerts in the next few days. KDGE-102.1 FM “The Edge” will have two “How The Edge Stole Christmas” shows. Night 1 includes Blue October, Hoobastank and Deep Ella on Thursday, December 4, at House of Blues in Dallas, while Night 2 veers closer to the station’s alternative roots with Death Cab for Cutie, Shiny Toy Guns and Cold War Kids. The harder-rocking KEGL-97.1 FM, which has no “alternative” pretenses, blows its holiday wad in a single night with Buckcherry, Hinder, Drowning Pool, Rev Theory, Hollywood Undead, In This Moment and Pimpadelic on December 6 at Nokia Theater in Grand Prairie.

These being Christmas shows, the typical groupie-provided gifts (blow jobs and blow) seem a tad inappropriate. Fans should wrap up these instead.

Blue October

This shape-shifting San Marcos alt-rock band began as a bro-friendly frat-rock outfit but decided to get “weird,” adding a few effects pedals and some eyeliner to the equation. You can thank them for the Twilight vampire book series and movie, as the band’s music has apparently inspired author Stephenie Meyer. Makes sense, as the band’s music sounds tailor-made for teenage girls. Their hit “Hate Me” was so bad that former Houston Press music editor John Nova Lomax wrote a 2006 column disavowing the band on behalf of his city, offering them to Dallas (where they first got major radio play—thanks, KDGE) and San Marcos. I’ll say “no thanks” on behalf of Dallas.

Gift idea: The title to the city of Albert, Texas (population 4), which is currently for sale. With Houston and Dallas officially distancing from the band, there’s no need for the band to besmirch San Marcos either.

( Info on Other Bands Not Present , To View CLICK LINK BELOW)

 

Artists to Watch at MidemTalent 2009

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Last update: 11:56 a.m. EST Dec. 2, 2008

PARIS, Dec 02, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The line-up of the second edition of MidemTalent will once again showcase an array of upcoming artists with strong international potential. Around 20 groups or artists covering pop/rock, electro, folk, world music and jazz, hailing from every continent, will perform in Cannes from 18-21 January in front of an audience of industry executives and the public as part of MIDEM, the world’s music community.

American rock group Blue October; Colombian artist Monica Giraldo, recently nominated in the “Best New Artist” category at the Latin Grammys and South African band The Parlotones, crowned Best Rock Group at the 2006 South African Music Awards, are among the artists due to perform. They will be joined by John Shannon (U.S.), Hogni (Faroe Islands), Charlie Winston (U.K.), Ndidi Onukwulu (Canada), Sliimy (France) and Magnus Lindgren’s Batucada Jazz (Sweden).

Aimed at discovering and developing artists, the MidemTalent event offers four days of concerts and conferences. MidemTalent is sponsored by the world’s leading independent video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc. and its Guitar Hero franchise, and by the on-line promotional platform Sonicbids. MidemTalent is organised in association with Billboard, Musikwoche, Pangaea/A&R Worldwide and VIP Booking.

Line-up as of 2 December:

ABHIJIT POHANKAR URBAN RAGAS (Big Music – India)

ANNE PACEO (Laborie Jazz – France)

BLUE OCTOBER (Brando/Universal – U.S.)

CHARLIE WINSTON, U.K. (Atmospheriques, France/Real World, U.K.)

DAVE STAPLETON QUINTET (Westbury Music – UK)

DORANTES (World Music Factory – Spain)

FROY AAGRE (Pling Music – Norway)

HJALTALIN (Kimi Rec. – Iceland)

HOGNI (Tutl – Faroe Islands)

JOHN SHANNON (ObliqSound Inc. – U.S.)

MAGNIFICO (ARIH D.O.O – Slovenia)

MAGNUS LINDGREN’S BATUCADA JAZZ (Higher Ground – Sweden)

MAMAS GUN (Decca Rec. – U.K.)

MATTHEW ANDRAE (France Music – USA)

MISINTERPROTATO (Jazzhead – Australia)

MONICA GIRALDO, Colombia (Wattsup!/Codiscos – USA & Colombie)

NDIDI ONUKWULU, Canada (Naive – France)

ROTARY DOWNS (Rookery Records, U.S.)

SCOTT MCKEON BAND (Provogue Records – U.K.)

SLIIMY (Warner – France)

THE GHOST, Faroe Islands (Sunday Best – U.K.)

THE PARLOTONES (Sovereign Ent. – South Africa)

YODELICE (Mercury – France)

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Blue October not Foiled by the holidays

By ANDREW DANSBY HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Dec. 2, 2008, 2:09PM

Only the guy who wrote Hate Me could find comfort in Galleria shopping during the holidays. Recently back home to visit family, Blue October frontman Justin Furstenfeld admits “the one thing I miss the most is going to Brasil’s for coffee and Christmas shopping at the Galleria.”

In talking about the onslaught of promotion and touring that will coincide with the band’s March 2009 album, Furstenfeld also gets a little misty for the old days playing local clubs like Fitzgerald’s. “There were no responsibilities,” he says. “You’d just get up, rock and party. There were no interviews. Now I have to meet with the people from Red Bull.”

The club days were foiled by Foiled, a million-plus-selling breakthrough album that yielded two substantial hits in Hate Me and Into the Ocean. Furstenfeld says he never thought Hate Me would blow up like it did, but the band enjoyed a slow, swelling success. “Now here we are,” he says. “And we’re not going to stop until nobody wants to listen.”

But Foiled was released more than two years ago. Furstenfeld references a recent Chronicle tout for the band’s sold-out show at House of Blues Wednesday that suggested Foiled had been sufficiently mined. “We feel the same way,” he says. “You can only play the same songs for so long before it feels like beating a dead horse.”

So the wait will end early next year with a new album. Traipsing through the Web, there’s plenty of buzz that it’s to be titled “Approaching Normal,” but Furstenfeld wasn’t ready to share.

The band worked on the album with famed producer Steve Lillywhite (see accompanying story). He’d heard Blue October and contacted its management. Lillywhite (U2, XTC) seems a fine fit; his résumé suggests a penchant for acts with big melodies, some edgy inclinations that don’t quite sink into rudimentary rock, and he also seems to like violins, which Blue October has in the mix with multi-instrumentalist Ryan Delahoussaye.

Furstenfeld says the newest is the band’s best, which is something artists always say when a new one is on the way. But he seems genuinely pleased with the way the band worked with Lillywhite.

“He has a way about him to where he can get along with anybody,” Furstenfeld says. “His job is making who you are better. If you’re the biggest mouth-off in the world, he’ll accentuate that. I’m a control freak in the studio, and he let me sit next to him. He was open to input and not a cocky, egotistical (expletive).”

The album was just wrapped weeks ago, so there was nothing to preview. Furstenfeld says there was a simplicity to the recording process new to the band. Tonight’s show will give some a good opportunity to hear some of it.

“It’s just a short tour in some of our favorite markets,” Furstenfeld says. “To say to our fans, ‘Hey, it’s Christmastime, how’s it going? We’re sick of sitting on our butts.’ ”

andrew.dansby@chron.com

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/6142995.html

BLUE OCTOBER

When: 8 Wednesday

Where: House of Blues, 1204 Caroline

Tickets: sold out

PRODUCER’S TRACK RECORD

Steve Lillywhite, 53, has been producing and engineering since the late ’70s, though his biggest projects were in the ’80s. He’s made multiple albums with acts like U2, the Psychedelic Furs and XTC, and just recorded a new album with Blue October. Here are 15 of the best and best-known albums he’s worked on:

• The Crossing , Big Country

• Rei Momo , David Byrne

• Under the Table and Dreaming , the Dave Matthews Band

• Peter Gabriel (third album), Peter Gabriel

• The Las , the Las

• Vauxhall and I , Morrissey

• Billy Breathes , Phish

• If I Should Fall From Grace With God , The Pogues

• The Psychedelic Furs , The Psychedelic Furs

• Dirty Work , the Rolling Stones

• The Scream , Siouxsie and the Banshees

• So Alone , Johnny Thunders

• War , U2

• Bang , World Party

• Drums and Wires , XTC

Past Few Nights. Hmmm…. December Shows

The past few nights and days ALot has been going on with the band, This is info from the shows i found on the web and some recent praise

If you have any info , show reviews , comments , pictures , videos , please post a comment or email me @ brandonf.dundermifflin@gmail.com

They were also mentioned on Kid kraddick in the morning and he heard some of the new record and was at one of the shows  and said justin looks good and seems to be in a happy place.

Blue Made it into the Houston Chronicle. Here’s What they said.

there are only so many times you can reuse foil. and blue october’s massive breakthrough album, foiled, has run its course, having been released two years ago and reissued last year. the band is back for a hometown show this week. if there are no new songs to hear, you should feel fooled. the band headlines buzzfestivus with hoobastank and pale.

Dec 5th – 101x , kdge, buxx – Played Dirt room about twice on the stations.

12.02.2008 – San Antonio, TX, Mix96.1 Not So Silent Night @ Sunset Station

Interview video -http://www.mix961.com/cc-common/mediaplayer/player.html?redir=yes&mps=KXXMdefault.php&mid=http://a1802.v236336.c23633.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1802/23633/v0001/cchannel.download.akamai.com/23633/1068/richmedia/Blue_October-1.wmv?CCOMRRMID=22920687&CPROG=RICHMEDIA&MARKET=SANANTONIO-TX&NG_FORMAT=chr&NG_ID=kxxm96fm&OR_NEWSFORMAT=&OWNER=1068&SERVER_NAME=www.mix961.com&SITE_ID=1068&STATION_ID=KXXM-FM&TRACK=Blue_October_NSSN_Video_1_New

Other link if above dosent work, also will give you acess to some pictures links as well.

http://www.mix961.com/pages/nssn.html

Setlist no in order , possibly incomplete

razorblade
shes my ride home
what if we could
balance beam
dirt room
say it
amazing
drilled a wire
X amount
hate me
into the ocean
hrsa
calling you
everlasting friend
come in closer

Videos (dont expect quality at all )

Into the ocean

Calling you

Hate me Intro

hate me

Angel

Amazing (probably the best qulaity great sound for a video.)

shes my ride home

 will post pictures and more stuff once i find it .

12.03.2008 – Houston, TX, BUZZFESTIVUS @ House of Blues

They Did do an interview on the station, i had it all set to record the stream. But streams from some stations down there are not working for me.

during the interview they talked about from what somone told me.

they were happy about going to europe, discussed the recording process and that they were playing two of the new songs tonight

setlist

1. “Come in Closer”
2. “She’s My Ride Home”
3. “Angel”
4. “HRSA”
5. “You Make me Smile”
6. “What if we could”
7. “Quiet Mind”
8. “Schizophrenia”
9. “Calling You”
10. “Libby I’m Listening”
11. “Razorblade”
12. “Drilled a Wire”
13. “Everlasting Friend”
14. “Into the Ocean”
15. “X Amount of Words”
16. “Say It” (it was one of the new songs.. i believe that was it)
17. “Hate Me”
—–
Encore
“Amazing”
“Italian Radio”
“Dirt Room” (new song, 1st single?)

 

Will post more for this show such as pictues , videos as more comes availiable

 12.04.2008 – Dallas, TX, How The Edge Stole Christmas @ House of Blues

Tonights show. Im guessing there will probably be another interview. Hoping they archive a video or some sorts. if somone is able to record it , that would be awesome.

1. “Come in Closer”
2. “She’s My Ride Home”
3. “Angel”
4. “HRSA”
5. “You Make me Smile”
6. “What if we could”
7. “Quiet Mind”
8. “Schizophrenia”
9. “Calling You”
10. “Libby I’m Listening”
11. “Razorblade”
12. “Drilled a Wire”
13. “Everlasting Friend”
14. “Into the Ocean”
15. “X Amount of Words”
16. “Say It”
17. “Hate Me”
—–
Encore
“Amazing”
“Italian Radio”
“Dirt Room”

Videos

Dirt Room

Say It

 

12.05.2008 – Bossier City, LA, Horseshoe Casino & Hotel

1. “Come in Closer”
2. “She’s My Ride Home”
3. “Angel”
4. “You Make me Smile”
5. “What if we could”
6. “Quiet Mind”
7. “Schizophrenia”
8 “Calling You”
9. “Libby I’m Listening”
10. “Razorblade”
11. “Drilled a Wire”
12. “Everlasting Friend”
13. “Into the Ocean”
14. “X Amount of Words”
15. “Say It”
16. “Hate Me”
—–
Encore
“18th Floor Balcony”
“Dirt Room”

 

 

What if We Could

 

 

Everlasting Friend

 

 

Hate Me