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This is a very recent development, we will have some more information in the following weeks.
Hey guys, we are in the process of starting up a fan club section on the site. The content will be completely free, the only prerequisite being that you are a member of our email list in order to get the password. We will be sure to let everybody know all the details as soon as it is ready.
In the meantime, here are two bootleg videos from our latest show at the Blue Loon in Fairbanks, AK. This is exactly the kind of cool stuff you can expect to find in the Fan section of the site as soon as it is done. We are pretty excited! See you all real soon, and big thanks to all who made the trek out to the Loon last week.
-The Band
In January The Matt Lewis Band will travel to Barrow Alaska to play for a non profit orginization. I watched a special on nightline last week concerning the growing problems of polar bears within the city limits of Barrow Alaska, and i must admit that this has me pretty excited. I have played in Alaska enough to know that this is usually people in the lower 48 hyping things up but needless to say i am pretty stoked. If luck has it, i will be posting a few photos of the Matt Lewis band within safe distance of a big white bear in the next few weeks.
On our way to the Artic Circle we will be stopping in Fairbanks to play a show at the Blue Loon. I just got off the phone with my buddy Coop and he informed me that it was -44 there so i am packing Long Johns. Fairbanks is one of out favorite places to play and we have a lot of close friends there so it will be good to see everybody.
I am also trying to work out some shows in Corpas Cristi TX for mid January so that might be really fun. If everything works out, we be traveling from one of the lowest cities in North America to the highest within 4 days of each other.
We will be holding a CD release party Thursday, October 9th @ Velour in Provo. Please come hang out with us, we are really excited to be playing our “home venue” with all of our friends!
Come see the Matt Lewis Band this Sunday, August 10th at the Les Schwab Ampitheater in Bend, Oregon. Gates open at 1:00pm, concert at 2:30. There will be no opening act, so we will go on promptly at 2:30. See you there!
The new Matt Lewis Band album Vague Concern will be released in Alaska July 16th, 2008!
The album will be available everywhere else, including online outlets in mid August, and there will be a local Utah CD Release party in August as well. We’ll keep you updated with exact dates.
We have pre-released all of the material available immediately online for listening at Last.fm. Go here to check it out now:
http://www.last.fm/music/Matt+Lewis+Band/Vague+Concern
Matt will be playing songs from the upcoming album on X 96 tonight at 9:30 MST. Listen to it live on X96.com
We have recently confirmed all of the dates for our trip through Alaska this year! We’ll be out in July, from the 15th – 27th. For exact dates, and more information about the shows please check out the tour page. See you soon.
Utah-based Matt Lewis Band isn’t just Punk, Hip Hop, Folk Rock, or Reggae, but ask one of their throngs of fans and you could get any one of these for an answer
Attending one of their energetic crowd-pleasing performances led Maroon 5’s lead guitarist James Valentine to proclaim, “You guys completely owned that crowd!
Bassist Chad Bates, drummer Cameron Runyan, and guitarist Jamie Timm came together around Matt Lewis’ ability to freestyle rhymes so quickly that Eminem himself would have trouble keeping pace. Their commanding stage presence always steals the center of attention in the noisiest of artist-unfriendly bars. MLB’s ability to make a crowd forget about their drinks and move their feet is paramount in describing their live performance–a sea of faces either with jaws dropped to the floor or bodies moving in all directions.
MLB has a crossover style that is due to their wide range of influences. Their appeal spans from dyed-hair teenagers with one to many piercings, to college students, as well as those approaching mid-life crisis and beyond. Their catchy tunes and creative lyrics have helped to establish a cult-like following which keeps people coming back for more and bringing new friends each time
MLB could easily fit on bills with Slightly Stupid, Ben Harper, Taking Back Sunday, Jack Johnson, Cypress Hill, and Willie Nelson. Comparisons run amuck from Sublime to Jason Mraz, but MLB can hold their own with any of these artists. Leading MTV video director, Mike Scheartle, announced Matt Lewis Band as “one of the most promising new acts [he had] seen in a long time.
Whether it’s opening for Maroon 5 or headlining the annual Girdwood Forest Fair in Alaska, MLB continues to gain momentum in the Pacific Northwest and is looking to bring their explosive live crowd pleasing performance to the rest of the United States and the world.
