Birds of Avalon finishing new record

Birds of Avalon are getting ready to issue their follow-up to the Outer Upper Inner EP, produced by Mitch Easter and mastered by Greg Calbi. You can read all about BoA's recording process at their blog.

CyTunes launches at midnight tonight (12/12/08)

Cy Rawls, a longtime friend and fan of the Triangle music scene, lost his battle against a malignant brain tumor in early October. But his friends haven't forgotten. CyTunes.org, a digital music retailer started with the intention to benefit Cy's mounting medical bills couldn't be completed in time, but the organizers soldiered on anyhow, shifting the site's monetary benefactor from the Raws family to the Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University.

Here is a list of artists whose music will available on CyTunes at launch:

Studio Tracks:

All Night
Chew Toy
The Dirty Little Heaters
Evil Wiener
The Ex-Monkeys
The Flute Flies
Greenades
Hammer No More The Fingers
I Was Totally Destroying It
Josh Zaslow
Mercury Birds
The Nein
Red Collar
Ryan Pound
Starmount
Wes Phillips

Live Tracks:

Superchunk
Polvo
The Rosebuds
Birds Of Avalon
Cantwell Gomez and Jordan
Fin Fang Foom
Magic Babies
Double Negative


** For more info on what CyTunes is about: http://test.cytunes.org/about/about_cytunes.html

**For more info about Cy Rawls: http://test.cytunes.org/about/about_cy.html

**For more info about the Tisch Brain Tumor Center: http://test.cytunes.org/about/about_tisch.html