Thursday, July 10, 2008 • The Undisputed Heavyweights Return To Joe's Pub

The Undisputed Heavyweights are back after a 6+ month hiatus and will be returning to Joe's Pub August 2nd for a rousing night of entertainment and music. Buy your tickets in advance here.

Saturday, June 28, 2008 • Cross-Pollination Partners With Amie St.

With pride and joy we'd like to announce Cross-Pollination has partnered up with the great team over at independent digital retailer Amie St. and we're inviting you to come celebrate Amie Street's birthday with us and enjoy a very special Cross-Pollination in the Main Room July 1st!

Cross-Pollination & Amie Street's music discovery and community building goals are in perfect synch and we suggest you check them out. If you sign up for a free account now you will receive a $5 credit to spend on any music you'd like AND you'll get a free drink ticket for this week's Cross-Pollination. I mean, seriously, what else would you want? Go sign up right here!

About AmieStreet.com
AmieStreet.com is a place to discover, download and share music of every genre, from all over the world. Arists and fans run the show on AmieStreet.com, where the community collectively determines the price of every song. On Amie Street, all songs start as free downloads and increase in price up to a maximum of 98 cents, based on their popularity. From the biggest well-known artists to the most obscure up-and-comers, Amie Street surfaces the best new music as chosen by the community. AmieStreet.com makes it easy and fun to discover new music while helping artists gain exposure and revenue for their music. To help up and coming artists, music fans are rewarded with store credit for finding what's hot first! Founded in 2006, by three idealistic Brown University seniors, AmieStreet.com is now based in New York City.

Saturday, April 28, 2007 • CP Mixtape Press

In the two weeks since the release of Cross-Pollination: The Mixtape Vol. 1 lots of people have written about it! See below for a comprehensive up-to-date list of coverage:

CMJ (read)
Stereogum (read)
Asthmatic Kitty (MBD's awesome record label) (read)
Underrated Blog (read)
SkankYourArt (read)
Popheadwounds (read)
PopTartsSuckToasted (read)
AntiMusic (read)
Side One Track One (read)
The Training Ground (read)
BrooklynVegan (read)
Kwaya Na Kisser (read)
Fabulist (read)
Nerd Litter (read)
Lead Singer Disorder (read)
The Torture Garden (read)
Volume Knob (read)
Everybody Cares (read)
Local Correspondents (read)
Sit Down Stand Up (read)

Friday, April 27, 2007 • CP Reviews

This week's special Main Room Edition of Cross-Pollination featured Wakey!Wakey! and Casey Shea and was a sold out success!

CMJ reviewed the night and so did RomanGames and Underrated Magazine. BJ took some great photos.

Next week Here Lies PA and Jay Mankind

-- Wes

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 • Jukebox The Ghost

We're proud to announce that Family Records will be releasing Jukebox The Ghost's debut EP in a partnership with This Side Up Records.

Jukebox recently opened up for Regina Spektor and the GW Hatchet called them a "group that never fails to deliver".

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 • Cross-Poll. The Mixtape Vol. 1 Out!

Go download Cross-Pollination: The Mixtape Vol. 1 HERE for free!

Tuesday, April 03, 2007 • Family Records Announces CP Tracklist

Family Records is set to release Cross-Pollination: The Mixtape Vol.1 in the course of the week and has released the tracklist. See below.

01. My Brightest Diamond - Hi, Remember Me? *
02. Kevin Devine - You'll Only End Up Joining Them (Acoustic) *
03. Wakey!Wakey! - Fallin' Apart (Live) *
04. The Undisputed Heavyweights - Roll Your Windows Down (Demo)
05. The Bloodsugars - Purpose Was Again *
06. Matt Singer - Stacy J *
07. Derek James - Love Me, Love Me *
08. Cloud Cult - Pretty Eyes
09. Casey Shea - Quinzy Howzin *
10. Jeffrey Lewis - Tell It To Your Heart (Lou Reed Cover) *
11. The Lloyds - Halfway *
12. Jay Mankind - Western States (Demo) *
13. Ian Thomas - SBB (Demo) *
14. Dave Deporis - Be Strong *

* exclusive and previously unreleased track

Tuesday, April 03, 2007 • Heavyweights Win Deli's Band of the Month

The Undisputed Heavyweights win the Deli Magazine's Band of the Month (April). Read about it here.

Sunday, February 18, 2007 • Heavyweights Release EP

Family Records, a division of Liberated Matter, announced its first release, an EP by The Undisputed Heavyweights titled "Live From New York City." The EP will feature six original songs recorded at the famed New York City venue Joe's Pub, one bonus track recorded at Rockwood Music Hall and 11 bonus performance and backstage videos. The EP will be made available at the release event at The Mercury Lounge Thursday February 22nd at 9:30PM. Partial proceeds, 20%, of each EP sold will be donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation and the Sowbackya Illam Children's Home in India.

The Undisputed Heavyweights, "Live From New York City" is the first volume in a limited edition box set, called, The Bootleg Series, which will feature several of New York City's most buzz-worthy musical talent.

Thursday, January 25, 2007 • Heavyweights Sell Out Joe's Pub

The Undisputed Heavyweights are playing their second sold out Joe's Pub show tonight Thursday January 25th @ 9pm!

The New Yorker shared their thoughts:

"The local favorites in the Undisputed Heavyweights come armed with lounge-ready shtick, but they are more than just tongue-in-cheek hipsters. Brandishing acoustic guitars and a horn section, the Heavyweights deliver an accomplished rock/blues/soul hybrid, and their endearingly uninhibited front man, Casey Shea, puts them right in the tradition of vaudevillian showmanship."

More news including access to radio sessions and more reviews on BetterThanElvis.com.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007 • Cross-Pollination Review

MyMusical crush reviews last week's Cross-Pollination featuring Matt Singer & The Fools. Read here!

Underrated Blog also reviewed this show. Read here.

Monday, January 15, 2007 • Liberated Matter in 2007

Liberated Matter has expanded it's activities in several meaningful ways for 2007! We will continue to provide the music-loving audiences with our weekly concert series Cross-Pollination, as well as CD Release Events for a number of artists and some new shows that are in the works. Keep your eyes peeled on the schedule.

We have added a Music Supervision & Placement arm to be headed by Wes Verhoeve. We aim to be a bridge between quality independent music and quality broadcasting through an innovative and seamless new placement system through which we can provide project-specific recommendations from our catalog to meet the needs of our clients. Our catalog consists solely of the most promising independent artists from the New York, Philadelphia and Boston music scenes. Through our many grass roots activities we continue to increase our catalog with new quality music on a regular basis.

We're also preparing our first record of 2007. February 6th will see the release of Cross-Pollination Volume 1 More info here.

Monday, June 19, 2006 • The Spices of Indie-a at Tonic

Friday, June 30th at Tonic (107 Norfolk St.)
Four remarkable artists from four diverse genres!!!
VIEW POSTER!!!
8:30 - Singer/Songwriter :: Kevin Devine (Capitol)
9:30 - Gypsy Jazz :: Stephane Wrembel (Amoeba)
10:30 - Indie Rock :: Benzos (Stinky Records)
11:30 - Electronic :: Drop the Lime (TigerBeat6)

This show will blow your mind. You have our word. Get your tickets right away to save yourself a couple bucks. If you have any friends from other planets who want you to explain music, bring them to this show. You will both understand. (ticketweb.com or 866-468-7619).

Monday, June 19, 2006 • Cross-Pollination 100!!!

Cross-Pollination 100!!!
We have made it to 100 Tuesdays of Cross-Pollinating in 2 years and one month!

Thank you so much to all of those that have been supportive of this very special concert series, the audience and all the musicians. Onward to the next 100! Come join us for the 101st this week featuring Greg Fine & Carol Thomas!

Cross-Pollination: The Best Tuesday Night Of The Week! 8pm-10pm @ Pianos (158 Ludlow St.), FREE!

Sunday, June 26, 2005 • Deli Mag release party

Jaymay Plays Deli Magazine Release Party at Tonic June 30th w/ Sylvie Lewis, Nicole Atkins, and more...