Gold Motel + von Grey + A City On A Lake

GOLD MOTEL performed for the first time in December of 2009 with a sold out headlining show in their hometown of Chicago at The Beat Kitchen, coinciding with the release of the Gold Motel EP. In June of 2010, they released their critically acclaimed debut album Summer House, which had SPIN Magazine dubbing them a “hot new band,” and NYLON Magazine describing their music as “[songs] begging to be blasted out of your car’s rolled-down windows.”

GOLD MOTEL quickly followed up Summer House with the Talking Fiction 7” in November 2010, which continued to establish GOLD MOTEL’s distinct sun-drenched sound.
The decidedly West Coast outlook of Summer House and Talking Fiction took GOLD MOTEL on both national and international tours through 2011, playing alongside acts such as fun., Kate Nash, Hellogoodbye, OK Go, Butch Walker, Cold War Kids, They Might Be Giants and more. 2011 also found GOLD MOTEL making debuts at festivals such as Lollapalooza and SXSW. While the band continued to tour and perform through the end of the year, their music was featured on various television shows and commercials. In addition, GOLD MOTEL was featured on a variety of tastemaker radio stations such as KEXP and WXPN, and earned raves from the likes of Nylon, LA Times, SPIN, The New York Post, Alternative Press, Billboard, Refinery29, and Paste among others.

After two years of touring and supporting Summer House, GOLD MOTEL began pre-production for their new album in Los Angeles, CA, splitting their time between rehearsals in a house up in the hills of Laurel Canyon and a pool-house in Glendale. Those early pre-production sessions led to the initial material that would make up their self-titled sophomore album, Gold Motel. The band continued pre-production back in Chicago and began preliminary recording in September of 2011 in guitarist Dan Duzsynski’s home-studio, DandySounds Studios. Like Summer House and Talking Fiction, Gold Motel was self-produced by the band.
In contrast to Summer House, Gold Motel showcases a significant growth and evolution in the band’s songwriting and tonality as they continue to explore new musical territory centered on themes of youth, memories, and nostalgia. However, in comparison to their previous releases, Gold Motel still captures the band’s renowned pop sensibilities and illustrious West Coast sound.

GOLD MOTEL’s new self-titled album is due out July 3rd, 2012 on Good as Gold Records/Thirty Tigers with US tour dates

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von GREY
With their soulful four-part harmonies, poetic lyrics and indelible melodies, it's easy to see why the Atlanta Journal Constitution would hail von Grey as "nothing short of stunning." They sound like they were born to play together -- and, in fact, they were. The four sisters have been playing music nearly their entire lives. Classically trained from an early age, the Atlanta-based quartet -- Kathryn, Annika, Fiona and Petra von Grey -- have built on that foundation by performing upwards of 200 shows in the past two years, from recurring residency tours at intimate venues throughout the southeastern U.S. to supporting gigs with such artists as Sarah McLachlan. Working in a vein similar to that of such contemporaries as The Civil Wars and Mumford & Sons, von Grey masterfully melds folk, bluegrass and country influences, imbuing time-honored musical idioms with a distinctly modern sensibility. From the opening "What Am I," a stirring plea for unity and understanding, to the bittersweet "Shane," the collection provides a remarkable introduction to von Grey. indeed, it's their attunement to this rhythm that makes von Grey's songs at once so personal and so universal. It's music that not only speaks to us, it speaks for us.
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A CITY ON A LAKE
From the first moments of A City On A Lake's self-titled debut listeners are transported from an aural urban landscape to a sonic oasis of organic/electronic textures, classically influenced songwriting and unique arrangements. Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alex Wong is the primary force behind City On A Lake. Over the past few years, Alex has produced/written with leading artists such as Vienna Teng Rounder/Universal), Elizabeth and the Catapult (Verve/Forecast), Melissa Ferrick (MPress Records), Delta Rae (Sire/Warner Bros Records) and Ari Hest (Downtown/Mercer Street). His compositions have been featured in film and television projects such as "The Last Song" (Disney/Touchstone), "One Tree Hill" (WB), and "The Lincoln Lawyer" (Lions Gate). He's performed as one half of the duo The Paper Raincoat with singer/songwriter Amber Rubarth. And he's scored the innovative theatrical work titled Everyman For Himself for which he won an LA Weekly Theater Award (Best Original Music).
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