Monday Marathon: May 31, 2010

Your Monday Marathon line-up for Monday May 31st. Click the links below for more info and to buy / download the albums. Use the comments section to provide feedback for the artists.

Rocker Lips
CD: Needle In The Groove
www.rockerlips.com

Chris Steven Tomchak
CD: Lil' Rock n Roll Record
www.cdbaby.com/cd/chrissteventomchak2

Mail Order Miracle
CD: Mail Order Miracle
www.reverbnation.com/mailordermiracle

BADiTUDES
CD: 2 Way Revolution
www.baditudes.com

Sentient Machine
CD: Sentient Machine
www.sentientmachine.net


NOTES: No giveaway chances this week. You had your chance last Monday and blew it! ;) Today's Marathon features BRAND new albums from Rocker Lips and Chris Steven Tomchak. Enjoy Monday Marathon & enjoy the Memorial Day holiday.


FatCat Radio's Monday Marathon
Your standard song block...only fatter!!
Tune in !

New Feature: Picture of the Week

Time for a new feature here on The Cat's Meow. The title is pretty self-explanatory. It's a picture. There will be one a week. Still with me? Most of the time it will be a photo somehow related to FatCat Radio or maybe it'll just be something silly or random. Either way here we go...

PICTURE OF THE WEEK 5/30/10



Source: Bashful Puppy @ Twitter


Nashville Pussy is wrapping up a marathon tour of the USA. Their Twitter account has been a treasure chest of great behind the scenes pics. The photo above is a fine example. You don't mess with Zohan, Texas, or Nashville Pussy's beer!

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The Skinny: 5/30/10

A quick look at various bits of news, links, & other stuff from the world of FatCat Radio.

- The Indigo Lounge remains on indefinite hiatus but there have been some recent rumblings from Mrs Angry Swede that it's return may be on the horizon.

- There will not be a new edition of 'The Swede Interviews' on this week's BIG Show. Just a regular ol' BS. Less talk = more independent music that ROCKS!

- After countless changes to the format of The Cat's Meow I finally decided on going with the "7 days on the main page" option. So scroll down for the past week's worth of posts. Click the 'older posts' option for um, older posts. Click the 'archives' link in the right hand column for past months.

- It's almost here! Big Rock in the Backyard aka what I'm calling the unofficial FatCat Festival of ROCK 2.

- Expect some special programming this weekend relating to the above concert. (Can you say RHINO-DOG-TEETH Weekend?)

- Riotgod offers up the inside out as to what's been going on with the band lately including: record labels, new shows, and new music.

- The most recent additions to the FatCat Radio artist roster include: The Naddiks, ZAMARRO, HMF (aka Copper Lion), and The Saints And Sinners.

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Fat-Mart: 10% off t-shirts until June 30th

Take 10% OFF all t-shirt purchases now through the end of June 2010 at Fat-Mart.




Use Promotional Code: TSHIRTS10OFF

"10% of the apparel net sale price will be deducted when one or more apparel items are purchased and the coupon code TSHIRTS10OFF is applied at checkout. The net sale price is the price of the product (excluding shipping and taxes). Offer is valid through June 30, 2010 at 11:59pm PT. This offer does not apply to past purchases and may not be combined with any other Zazzle promotional or volume discount offers. If a volume discount applies to your order, you will receive either the discount set forth in this offer or the standard volume discount, whichever is greater. Offer valid on Zazzle.com only.Expires 6/30/2010."

If you do take advantage of this promotion?

A) THANK YOU ! The dollar or so per we get per shirt sale helps keep FatCat Radio on the air.

B) Get us a picture so we can add you to our roster of Fat-Mart models.

Fat-Mart is powered by Zazzle.com. Please direct any questions to them as they handle all aspects of the merchandise from order taking, manufacturing, and delivery. I do advise you to stick with BLACK or WHITE shirts as that is what looks best and is what I had in mind when designing the shirts.

Classic Rock Magazine: Back In Black Redux

Congrats to long time FatCat Radio artists Broken Teeth and American Dog for being chosen to be a part of this month's Classic Rock Magazine's free AC/DC tribute cd.

"We’re calling our free CD Back In Black Redux – and it features all-new, never-before-heard, re-recordings of each and every one of the songs from AC/DC’s seminal 1980 album! Over the decades, the tracks on Back In Black have become so ingrained in the ears, hearts and groins of rock fans that they’ve virtually become part of our DNA. There is no arguing with the songs or the performances on that album. So when Classic Rock asked some of our favourite riff merchants to reinterpret landmark power-chuggers like Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution or Have A Drink On Me, they were naturally nervous. But eventually a brave and sturdy line-up of wheelers and dealers took up the gauntlet and re-recorded each of Back In Black’s 10 tracks exclusively for Classic Rock. Back In Black Redux might just be the best CD Classic Rock has ever given away for free.

Here’s the full list of artists:

1. Hells Bells
The Urban Voodoo Machine
theurbanvoodoomachine.com

2. Shoot To Thrill
Night Horse
teepeerecords.com/bands/nighthorse/index.php

3. What Do You Do For Money Honey
Broken Teeth
brokenteeth.com

4. Given The Dog A Bone
American Dog
americandog.us

5. Let Me Put My Love Into You
Crippled Black Phoenix
myspace.com/crippledblackphoenix

6. Back In Black
Turbowolf
myspace.com/turbowolfband

7. You Shook Me All Night Long
The Quireboys
quireboys.com

8. Have A Drink On Me
Tequila Rockin’bird
myspace.com/tequilarock

9. Shake A Leg
Black Robot
blackrobotmusic.com

10. Rock And Roll Ain’t
Noise Pollution
The Union
theuniononline.com

As a celebration of AC/DC’s upcoming appearance at the Download festival, our tribute CD delivers in spades. Back In Black Redux comes free with the July 2010 edition of Classic Rock – watch out for Them Crooked Vultures on the cover. The issue is on sale now."

-Source: Classic Rock Magazine

I'm always a little leery of tribute cds. And I'm always extra leery of covers of my all-time favorite band in the history of the world but... even I gotta admit this is a pretty cool concept. I have heard American Dog's take on "Given The Dog" and it's fantastic. Best description would be AC/DC by way of ZZ Top & American Dog. And knowing Broken Teeth's chops and Jason McMaster's incredible vocal abilities, I'm sure the Teeth's take on "Money Honey" is kick-ass as well.

Good friend of the station (and frequent visitor of the Fancy Live Blog Wednesday nights during The BIG Show), "O.M.O.M." has a couple of bylines in this particular issue as well. (articles on Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. and Country Joe McDonald) Classic Rock May 2010 #146. Available now in Europe. On USA newsstands in about a month.

5/26/10 BIG Show recap

NEW TRACKS: Rocker Lips

Back to the regular ol' BS format tonight after several weeks of gimmick filled shows. Played some new stuff from the great new cd Needle In The Groove from Kansas City's Rocker Lips. Listeners from 4 countries tuned in tonight. (You sure my mic level wasn't "too hot"?!) Thanks for the many requests & to Paddy from Ireland (again!) for the very long distance live call on the BS Hotline.

Tonight's playlist with artist links and a replay of the Fancy Live Blog can be found after the jump. (Click the READ MORE link below.)

ReverbNation Spotlight: Mail Order Miracle

Spotlight on: Mail Order Miracle (Brookville, Indiana).



reverbnation.com/mailordermiracle

"Fans say that Mail Order Miracle combines the funky groove of Sublime and 311, the powerful Grunge sound of Stone Temple Pilots and Nirvana , and the unexpected musical style of Primus, Incubus and Pink Floyd, all in a fresh and totally unique way.

Mail Order Miracle formed in 2007 in a quiet town in Indiana and was quickly recognized as an up and coming act within the region as they began to look toward the bright lights of metropolitan cities to connect with a more vast audience. The group is currently writing new material with their new drummer Chris Haas."

Mail Order Miracle came to FatCat Radio last year by way of the Music Submission Form. They've been featured in the past on Monday Marathon, can be heard thru out the week on the Auto-Pilot, and are coming soon to the newly revamped FatCat On Demand programming.

Mail Order Miracle (Official Website)
FatCat Radio @ ReverbNation

Monday Marathon: May 24, 2010

Your Monday Marathon line-up for Monday May 24th. Click the links below for more info and to buy / download the albums. Use the comments section to provide feedback for the artists.

Serial Obsession
CD: Shotgun Opera
www.serialobsession.com

Mutt Junction
CD: Blackbeard
www.myspace.com/muttjunction

Hostile Omish
CD: As The World Churns
www.cdbaby.com/cd/hostileomish

The Erotics
CD: Rubbish
www.eroticrocknroll.net

Midnight Fistfight
CD: The Main Event
www.midnightfistfight.ecrater.com


NOTES: Want to win a FREE copy of Serial Obsession's brand new album? Listen thru out the day for your chance to add Shotgun Opera to your collection. In less happy news, a listener reported to me that Mutt Junction announced they were hanging it up after 5 years. The announcement was apparently made via the hated MySpace (if a band breaks up but no one knows 'cause they announced it via a dying social networking site did it really break up?). Enjoy the Marathon - and don't forget to listen for details on how YOU can win this cd.


FatCat Radio's Monday Marathon
Your standard song block...only fatter!!
Tune in !

OUT: Soundclick IN: ReverbNation

As of today FatCat On Demand is now powered exclusively by ReverbNation.com.



While the On Demand portion of the FatCat Radio Network gathers nowhere near the number of hits or listens as the On Air stream, it has been at the core of the station since Day 1. I've been a big fan of the site ReverbNation for a couple years now and have been encouraging all of our artists to get signed up over there. ReverbNation remains committed to independent music and has a TON of great features. Widgets! Widgets! Widgets!

Soundclick.com provided the content for On Demand for almost 7 years. While still a robust site (and so much more reliable than their early days), I haven't liked the direction they been going now for quite some time. New quality rock or blues have been hard to come by. Plus...the last two virus/malware attacks on the main FatCat computer came directly from the Soundclick website. That right there is reason enough for the change.

Click on On Demand, including pages 2, 3, 4 - enjoy the music (stop/start/fast forward/rewind/download where available) and let me know what you think !

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Sideburn: New album news

News from the in-box.

PRESS-RELEASE / 10.05.2010

Swiss rockers announce that the upcoming Sideburn's album will be co-produced, mixed and mastered by the Multi-Platinum producer Beau Hill.

"We are pretty honoured and excited to collaborate with him. It took us a little bit of time to decide to change our recording team, especially after an album such as "Cherry Red", but we also thought that it was time to move forward, to get some new input and Beau seemed to be the perfect choice".

Beau Hill has sold over 50 millions album throughout his carreer, has mixed & produced some legendary artist such as Ratt (Out of the Cellar, Invasion of your Privacy, Dancing under cover, Reach for the sky), Warrant (Dirty, rotten, filthy, stinkin rich & Cherry Pie), Winger (Winger & In the Heart of the young), Alice Cooper, Europe, Twisted Sister, Gary Moore, Steve Stevens & much more...

www.sideburn.ch      www.beauhillproductions.com

Rocker Lips: CD Release Event

Congrats to Rocker Lips (Kansas City, MO) on the release of Needle In The Groove.

Rocker Lips Cd Release Party is Tonight! FREE cans of PBR and Schlitz tall boys for our fans!! While they last! There will also be FIRE BREATHING, GLASS WALKING, HULA HOOPIN', SWORD SWALLOWING, CONTORTIONISTS ect..!! Have a chance to win merchandise from all of our sponsors and tickets to upcoming local events! This has been a year in the making, and we appreciate your continued support as fans. $10 will get you admission and a copy of our new album. We will start at 8:00 sharp and perform the new album start to finish so get there early and don't miss out on all the fun!!!!

Rocker Lips website / Rocker Lips @ Facebook

Dave Arcari: FREE download

Dave Arcari (Glasgow, Scotland) has made the title track from his fantastic album Got Me Electric available as a FREE download.

"Check out Bandcamp - cheaper downloads than iTunes, files in any format and free streaming of tracks. Best of all, buy the physical album and get an INSTANT free download of the entire album. We love it!"

Source: Facebook

Dave Arcari is a long time favorite of ours here at FatCat Radio. Grab the free download but do yourself a favor and buy the whole cd !! For more cds, shirts, etc check out Dave's official website @ www.davearcari.com

Play It Again Sam postponed today (update)

Due to technical difficulties today's Play It Again Sam programming has been postponed until Friday May 21st. Sorry for any inconvenience.


UPDATE: PIAS has resumed. Will continue into Friday as well.

5/19/10 BIG Show recap

*ALL REQUEST SPECIAL*

The heavily hyped first ever *All Request Special* edition of The BIG Show turned out (much to my surprise) to be quite a success !! A total of 33 requests aired tonight - easily the most ever I've played on one show. And a "record" total of listener call ins on the BS Hotline. Six people screwed up the courage to go live on air with yours truly. Donnie from Oregon, Brinton from Colorado, Kat from Oregon, Matt from Ohio, Billy from Georgia, and last but certainly not least, Paddy from Ireland. Yup, the 1st ever truly international live call on The BIG Show.

Thanks for playin' by my many rules (request guidelines). Was definitely a fun show and something we'll try again in the future. After three straight weeks of gimmicky shows it's back to the regular ol' format for next week's show. Tonight's playlist with artist links and a replay of the Fancy Live Blog can be found after the jump. (Click the READ MORE link below.)

The BIG Show: * All Request Special *

The BIG Show: *ALL REQUEST SPECIAL*

Wednesday May 19, 2010

7pm - 10pm CDT

www.fatcatradio.com

This week's BIG Show is gonna be a bit different.  Announcing the 1st ever *All Request Special*. Listener requests have been a big part of my show for years. During a 'normal' show I usually set aside the entire 2nd Hour to let my listeners program the show. Well on Wednesday May 19, 2010, the loyal BIG Show listeners will be responsible for the whole damn three hours!!

The only music I will program is incidental background instrumental music provided by various FatCat artists. If no requests are received you're gonna hear a lot of vocal-less tunes or a lot of space filling (mindless jabbering) by yours truly!!! So don't be shy, get those requests in and help power the *All Request Special*.

The same request methods as a regular BIG Show will be in place.  I will only play tracks from the current active BIG Show playlist. Click the yellow request button found on the On Air page (during show hours) to review song choices. Call in or submit the online form.  In order for this *All Request Special*  to work there's gotta be some ground rules. I wanna try to be as fair as possible to all listeners / artists. This is meant to be fun - so please don't try to circumvent the simple guidelines by requesting artists or songs not on the current active BIG Show playlist . There are 1,200+ songs by 150+ artists for you to select from. Please do not flood the phonelines or my inbox by requesting the same band or song countless times. 

PLEASE ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES.

• Requests are not accepted via the Fancy Live Blog, email, Facebook. 

• Requests taken during show hours only. 

• Each listener is allowed up to five (5) requests.

• Do not select more than one (1) song per artist.

• An artist will be played a maximum of three (3) times during the show.

That means if three different listeners request the same band, that is the MAXIMUM number of tracks I will play for that band during the show. Once an artist is 'maxed out', I will announce as such on air. That means do not request them for the remainder of the show.

•  Phone requests (877-217-8472) take priority. I want as many live on air requests as possible.

•  The toll free BIG Show Hotline (877-217-8472) will be available all show long. If you call and get a recorded message, a busy signal or no answer try again.  Do NOT leave a voicemail.

• Do NOT leave a voicemail. If you do? You just cost me $0.50 & your request will not be played.

•  IMPORTANT: If you hear me talking live on air, please wait until I'm done before dialing. Wait until the music begins playing. Do not call (877-217-8472) if I am talking - it causes all kinds of havoc with the delay, the sound levels, etc.

Remember, I will not be programming anything during the entire show other than 'background' or 'dialing music' as I wait between requests. So to avoid an early end to the show or a complete train wreck - get those requests in early and often!  It's an *All Request Special* this week on The BIG Show. Tune in early and help program 3 hours of independent music that ROCKS!

The Skinny: 5/15/10

A quick look at various bits of news, links, & other stuff from the world of FatCat Radio.

- Finally, after years of threatening it... I'm gonna do it. The May 19th edition of The BIG Show will be an ALL REQUEST SPECIAL. No requests? Well, then it's gonna be an awfully quiet 3 hours! Look for a post here on the blog prior to the show with the guidelines of the All Request Special. Not exactly the guidelines I mentioned on air last week but guidelines nonetheless. I'm anticipating a trainwreck but maybe I'll be surprised. I do hope to get several calls on the BS Hotline. Let's have fun with it and please, please, please follow the special request guidelines (coming soon) that will be in place for that night. The BIG Show airs Wednesday nights from 7pm to 10pm CDT.

- A scheduling conflict requires a slight re-arranging of the air dates of the next few editions of The A'Swepe Hour From Somewhere In Texas. Still Saturdays, still 10AM CDT start time. And still never an hour in length! The reconfigured TAHFSIT schedule is as follows: May 22nd, May 29th, June 12th, June 26th.

- Monday Marathon will not air May 17th. The Auto-Pilot will be running things instead.

- My Son The Bum is featured in the current edition of Australian Musician Magazine. A great article that serves as a fine introduction to the somewhat uniquely constructed band. And as always when it comes to M.S.T.B. - FREE downloads!

- Sacred 13 is working on the follow up to Tattered Memories, one of my five favorite CDs of 2009. You can hear some teasers from the as of yet untitled album due out in late 2010 as well as see some behind the scenes / in studio stuff by checking out this 10 minute video.

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ReverbNation Spotlight: Last Stone Cast

Spotlight on: Last Stone Cast (Ohio / North Carolina).



www.reverbnation.com/laststonecast

"LSC is Scott McConnell, on vocals and lead guitar, Jon Epstein on bass and Billy Morrison on drums and backing vocals this dynamic trio turns out an astonishing and uncommon sound. As staples in the Ohio music scene, Last Stone Cast has built a steady and loyal local fan base that has quickly spread across the US and in Europe. Formed in 2007, Last Stone Cast has combined their unique no holds barred sound with an unwavering stage performance at a level that makes this outfit stand out amongst the formulaic rock that is more expected than surprising and speaks volumes about their combined talent as it takes most others three times as long to reach this level of perfection. "

You can pick up the latest from Last Stone Cast Life Construed (2009) at CDBaby.com. For more info on the band check out this in depth article by noted rock writer Martin Popoff, Editor in Chief, Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles. Catch Last Stone Cast Wednesday nights on The BIG Show, as well as through out the week on our Auto-Pilot programming.

Last Stone Cast (Official Website)
FatCat Radio @ ReverbNation

5/12/10 BIG Show recap

The one with a listener programming the 1st 15 minutes of the show...the one with a nasty thunderstorm threatening to kick me off air virtually the entire show...the one with a (delayed) lengthy phone in from the entire Dave Rude Band... the one with an extra half an hour.

Thanks for listening USA, Canada, Germany, Ireland, and France. Thanks for the requests and for those that hung out in the Fancy Live Blog. Gonna be something a little different next week. An ALL REQUEST special - with some very important guidelines. (I'll make you follow the "rules" if it kills me!!!) Details will be posted here on The Cat's Meow prior to the 5/19 BIG Show.

Tonight's playlist with artist links are located after the jump. (Click the READ MORE link below.)

Rude Pussy

We don't do the concert announcement thing much anymore here on The Cat's Meow but... any time there are bills with multiple FatCat Radio artists the world deserves to know about it !



Click banner for more details


Dave Rude is scheduled to call in on the Wednesday May 12, 2010 edition of The BIG Show. If you're not following Nashville Pussy on Twitter you're missing out on a ton of great behind the scenes stuff!

Dave Rude Band @ Facebook / Nashville Pussy (Official Website)

Don't be "that guy" !!!

RIGHT: FatCat Radio

WRONG: Fat Cat, fat cat, Fatcat, FatCatRadio

The name of the station located at www.fatcatradio.com is FatCat Radio.

FatCat. All one word. Capital F. Capital C. FatCat.

It is NOT any of the following:

Fat cat Radio , Fat Cat Radio , fat cat radio , Fatcat Radio, or FatCatRadio


It IS FatCat Radio.



FatCat. All one word. Capital F. Capital C. FatCat.

See also:
The name: (Wikipedia)
The # 1 rule: (Cat's Meow)

Monday Marathon: May 10, 2010

Start time is midnight (12AM CDT). Runs ALL day Monday May 10th. Click the links below for more info and to buy / download the albums. Use the comments section to provide feedback for the artists.

Rocken Factory
CD: Welcome to Rocken Factory
www.rockenfactory.blogspot.com


The Demon Beat
CD: Shit, We're 23
www.bigbulletrecords.com (The Demon Beat)


Rawmania
CD: I'm With The Boys Now Baby
www.cdbaby.com/cd/rawmania


Speed Rock Machine
CD: Speed Rock Machine
www.myspace.com/speedrockmachine


Four Wheel Drive
CD: Balls On Fire
www.4wd-music.com


NOTES: Rocken Factory (Italy) made their FatCat Radio debut last week on The BIG Show. See the long overdue review of The Demon Beat (USA)'s new cd HERE. Rawmania (Sweden) were the most recent FatCat/ReverbNation Spotlight artist. Speed Rock Machine (France) and Four Wheel Drive (France) both provide ample evidence that ROCK is one of their country's leading exports.



FatCat Radio's Monday Marathon
Your standard song block...only fatter!!

REVIEW: The Demon Beat - "Shit, We're 23"

Artist: The Demon Beat
Album: Shit, We're 23
Released: November 2009
Available: BIG BULLET RECORDS (physical cd) / Bandcamp (downloads)

The trio that make up The Demon Beat (Shepherdstown, West Virginia) may be twenty somethings but musically they're old souls. Their current release Shit We're 23 provides ample proof. In an age of Pro-Tools, samples, multiple effects, etc, The Demon Beat simply plug in and play rock n roll the way it's meant to be played - LOUD, raw, and most importantly, REAL. While their overall sound is kind of a grab bag of 60's / 70's rock, punk, blues, and soul influences it definitely comes across as genuine. There's no faking the intensity and feeling found throughout Shit We're 23. Playing honest real rock is nice and all but doesn't matter much if a band doesn't have the chops or the songs to make it worth your while. Luckily, The Demon Beat have plenty of both up their collective sleeves.

Stand out tracks include: 'Millionaire', 'Memory Ain't Enough', 'This Is No Fun', and the incredible 'Bad Man'. The Demon Beat are at their best when in attack or snarl mode. Mellow or groove band mode (ala 'You Got It' or 'Can't You')? Not so much. The aggressiveness of the rest more than makes up for the occasional less than 'devilish' tune.

Track Listing:

1.Got You Movin' 03:47
2.Millionaire 04:31
3.Memory Ain't Enough 05:23
4.You Got It 06:14
5.Crawl 04:22
6.This Is No Fun 02:40
7.Make My Move 02:37
8.The Game 04:27
9.Can't You 05:34
10.Bad Man 06:03



Bottom line: Good 'Shit' from the diabolical West Virginia Three.

Swede's rating: 3.5 out of 5



5=Excellent | 4=Very Good | 3=Decent | 2=Pretty Bad | 1=Garbage

5/5/10 BIG Show recap

NEW ARTIST: Rocken Factory
CONTEST WINNER: Kat from Oregon

Kind of a strange one tonight! Not the biggest turnout (blame Cinco de Mayo?) but we still managed to have listeners from USA, Canada, Germany and the Philippines. Congrats to the Missing Link contest winner, Kat. Her prize? She gets to program the 1st 15 minutes of next week's BIG Show !! Should be getting a call from one of the most requested bands next week too. Another 'gimmicky' show is coming soon as well. Until then - keep clicking on the cat and keep supporting independent music!!!

Tonight's playlist with artist links are located after the jump.
(Click the READ MORE link below.)

ReverbNation Spotlight: Rawmania

Spotlight on: Rawmania (Gothenburg, Sweden).



www.reverbnation.com/rawmania

"Rock and roll. Pure, honest and simple. Guitar, bass and drums.

This is what rock music is about, and Rawmania from Sweden knows it's that simple. Being around for over ten years playing their songs, doing their thing and just having a great time, they know how powerful rock is and how easy it is to love.

Good rock music gets into your veins, in your soul and in to your dancing shoes. It makes you wanna scream and shout and it makes you wanna raise hell."

Rawmania has been a fixture on FatCat Radio for a few years now. They've got two GREAT albums available and I heartily recommend 'em both! I'm With The Boys Now Baby (2006) and The Noble Art Of Self-Destruction (2009) are available at CDBaby.com at very affordable prices. You can hear Rawmania Wednesday nights on The BIG Show, as well as through out the week on our Auto-Pilot programming.

Rawmania (Official Website)
FatCat Radio @ ReverbNation

Monday Marathon: May 3, 2010

Start time is midnight (12AM CDT). Runs ALL day Monday May 3rd. Click the links below for more info and to buy / download the albums. Use the comments section to provide feedback for the artists.

Flaming Moe
CD: Soul Hunter
www.flamingmoe.com.br

The Skullcranes
CD: Cum On Feel The Short Bus
www.theskullcranes.com

The Midnight Flyers
CD: Out Of The Blues
www.themidnightflyers.net

M.V.P.
CD: Matt & Matt's Woyst Hits
www.mattvenus.com

The Bad Vibes
CD: Hate Your Everything
www.thebadvibes.net


NOTES: Flaming Moe debuted last week to much acclaim on The BIG Show. The Skullcranes have an Official F.A.Q.. The Midnight Flyers have been featured numerous times on Monday Marathon. (That's me being polite for when's the new album comin' out?!) M.V.P. features the 5 (6?) string bass work of esteemed FatCat Radio supporter Mr. Matt. The Bad Vibes went belly up in 2005 but left behind plenty of FREE angry music.



FatCat Radio's Monday Marathon
Your standard song block...only fatter!!

The Skinny: 5/2/10

A quick look at various bits of news, links, & other stuff from the world of FatCat Radio.

- A Simple Complex offers up a band update (including the identity of their new bassist) in the form of a Top 10 List. We're partial to #1 !!!

- The DRB Streetteam has launched a contest. Ten autographed copies of the Dave Rude Band's "Carry Me Home" are up for grabs.

- You can win one of those autographed cds, OR the chance to program the 1st 15 minutes of the May 12th edition of The BIG Show by winning the 'Missing Link' contest on this week's BS. Tune in Wednesday for details.

- IndieShows is baaaack. You might have heard about it when Billy from IS called the BIG Show Hotline last week. If you're in a band looking to post your gigs or if you're an indie music fan looking for shows in your area i.ndiesho.ws (not a typo!) is the place to be.

- Cheers to Jimmy from Virginia. Our newest Fat-Mart model.


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VIDEO: INDRA - 'Citzen 23'

Official Music Video for INDRA - 'Citizen 23'. Directed, Edited and Produced by Liam Fretwell for equinoxe studios (UK.) Filmed on location in HD in The Peak District National Park, Derbyshire.



These boys don't mess around when it comes to their videos!! High quality indeed. "Citizen 23" will be included on the soon to be released Puppets To A Greater $atan. You can hear INDRA Wednesday nights on The BIG Show.