Atomic Swindlers on the BBC - The Atomic Swindlers’ new single, “Intergalactic Lesbian Love Song” will premier this Thursday, August 17th on the BBC. The song will be featured on one of the world’s most popular radio shows, the BBC Music6 Breakfast Show with DJ Phill Jupitus. Airplay on the BBC is highly coveted and the competition for it is fierce. Major labels fight tooth and nail to get their acts played on this trend setting station. It is a great rarity for an unsigned underground American band and the coolest of honors.
George Smith - a senior critic at the Village Voice and one of the most well known and respected music critics - calls the Atomic Swindlers' CD "Coming Out Electric" "the best CD of 2005"!!!
Barry Walters, a senior critic at the Rolling Stone and Out Magazine and also one of the most well known and respected music critics in the world, just published his Top 10 CD's of 2005 list in Out.com. The Atomic Swindlers "Coming Out Electric" was #2 on his list!!!
The Atomic Swindlers' video to be featured in Paste Magazine. Paste Magazine, one of the fastest growing independently published music magazines in the country (and one of the coolest) will be offering to its readers the Atomic Swindlers' video, "Float (my electric stargirl)" on a DVD sampler to be included with its August 2006 issue. The Atomic Swindlers will be joining the ranks of artists such as the Pixies, Al Green, Patty Griffin, Son Volt, and Iron and Wine who will also be featured on the DVD.
EQ Magazine, one of the world's leading recording and audio magazines has a feature article on the making of the Atomic Swindlers' CD "Coming Out Electric" in its May 2006 edition. The editor of one of the most respected recording magazines in the world loved the Atomic Swindlers sound so much that he asked the band to tell its readers how they were able to record such a beautifully sounding CD without major label support, world class engineers, producers or high priced studios. Two pages, 2,500 hundred words and three full color photos later the feature article ends with one word, "perfect".
Promo Only to feature Atomic Swindlers' video and songs in March, April and July. Promo Only, the nation's largest subscriber-based music and music video service seems to love the Atomic Swindlers. They will be adding the Atomic Swindlers' animated video, "Float (my electric stargirl)" to their March Club Video Compilation. In April, a dance remix of the Atomic Swindler's song Diamond Dreamer, done by Grammy nominated DJ/Remixer Julian Marsh will appear in Promo Only's ultra-hip Mainstream Club music compilation. Mainstream Club features the extended dance versions of top 40 hits being played on radio mix shows, in the hottest clubs and the hottest new releases on the charts. Finally, in July the Atomic Swindlers' song, "Float (my electric stargirl)" will appear in Promo Only's Alternative Club music compilation. Alternative Club features the best 12" mixes of Electronica, Alternative dance and extended alternative radio hits. Promo Only's expert programmers are renowned for producing incredible music compilations with the latest hits. They supply almost every major radio station in the country with the music they play regularly. Now, you will be able to see and hear the Atomic Swindlers in the hottest nightclubs around the country, on the best commercial radio stations, at various cool retail and hospitality establishments, and even on Caribbean Cruise Lines! The Atomic Swindlers are thrilled that Promo Only would select their music and video to be played alongside some of the coolest and most successful artists in the world.
Promo Only Canada also to feature the Atomic Swindlers. Promo Only Canada joins their partners to the south, Promo Only US by adding the Atomic Swindlers' animated video, "Float (my electric stargirl)" to their April Hot Video Compilation. They will also be adding the dance remix of the Atomic Swindler's song Diamond Dreamer, done by Grammy nominated DJ/Remixer Julian Marsh to their April Rhythm Radio disc.
Grammy Nominated Remixer Julian Marsh remixes the Atomic Swindlers. Julian Marsh, a legendary figure in the DJ/Remix world whose resume includes a Grammy nomination for his work with Boy George recently got his hands on the Atomic Swindler's new CD "Coming Out Electric." He loved what he heard and asked the band if he could remix a song or two. The results will soon be pumped on dance floors and at raves the world over. In the meantime you can hear Julian's remix of the Atomic Swindlers' Diamond Dreamer here:
Village Voice says, “The Atomic Swindlers are the very best in a fine bunch” View PDF
Radio Version of "Float" can be found on Sci-Fi Slacker
Curve Magazine calls April Laragy of the Atomic Swindlers, “the next Gwen Stefani”
Sci-Fi website Nuketown features "Atomic Swindlers" in its most recent Podcast.
Atomic Swindlers Chart Number FIVE! on M3Radio.COM
Check out the latest Atomic Swindlers review by A.L. Sirois of none other than SciFi.com
The latest Atomic Swindlers "Coming Out Electric" review by Lisa Baca from Romance Reviews Today (PDF)
The Atomic Swindlers teamed up with Tinderbox Music mid April 2005. By the end of the month the Atomic Swindlers were added to 155 Radio Stations - and still going strong. Most of the stations have web feeds so you can enjoy them wherever you are. Hit the site and make a request.
Read SciFi Slacker's Review of Atomic Swindlers
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The Atomic Swindlers get a Sci-Fi thumbs up! David Marsh of the SFRevu says, "Their debut pop album is clearly an ode to edgy SF... pulling in a boisterous mix of Beatles/punk/bubblegum/Joan Jett/Barbarella/Ziggy Stardust..." Download complete review in PDF format
Atomic Swindlers Unveil Multimedia Collaboration April 1st Download PDF
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Sellout Magazine weighs in on the “cutting edge” Atomic Swindlers.
About Atomic Swindlers (pdf)
Jan. 19, 2005. "I think we take what was cosmic
about the past and try to springboard it into the future."
Rochester City News. Frank De Blase: Tattoed
in A flat
Jan. 21, 2005. "Saturday night, The Atomic Swindlers...rocked
the Bug Jar."
Insider Rochester remixed. Tim Karan: Swindlers
need their space
Nov. 2, 2004. "Laragy's vocals trip effortlessly
over intricate musical arrangements that compliment her straightforward,
sexually-charged delivery..."
The Empty Closet. Del Baker Atomic
Swindlers: Lost in a Space Warp.
Oct. 22, 2004. "The band is grand Beatles pop, as
told by Barberella..."
Democrat and Chronicle. Jeff Spevak Debut
is a Sonic Boom
Oct. 21, 2004. "A Rochester band's new music video
may bring it national attention..."
RNews. Sally Cohen The
Mysterious Atomic Swindlers
Oct. 13-27, 2004. "The band is especially explosive
on punkish stand-outs like "Space Bandit" and "Sex66"..."
Freetime Magazine. Michelle Picardo Words
and Music1
Oct. 13, 2004. "This band's sound is just big and
beautiful melodic rock..."
City Newspaper. Frank DeBlase Whoever,
Whatever, Whenever
Oct. 6, 2004. "If the Atomic Swindlers' sound is
lush, it's because there's no skimping on talent..."
Rochester City News. Ron Netsky: Back
to the Future
October 2004. Atomic Swindlers among the most played on XM Radio.
A demo of the song “Float” from the Atomic Swindler’s upcoming CD recently hit the top 20 (that’s top 20 nationwide) playlist on XMSatellite Radio. XM has over two million subscribers, and they receive anywhere from 500 to a 1,000 CDs a week from bands hoping to get on their station. Now, XMradio has added a second Atomic Swindler’s demo, a track called “sex66” to their playlist! To request Xmsatellite to play the tunes and/or rate them visit: http://xmfan.com/
The Atomic Swindlers first full length CD entitled, “Coming Out Electric” is
set for release in October! Think rowdy, raucous, and very, very bad and come
on down to the Wild CD RELEASE WEEKEND shows at Rochester’s fabulous
new venue Nasty D’s on October 22nd, with more to follow on the 23rd
at the infamous Bug Jar.
The Atomic Swindlers will be headlining Rochester, NY’s prestigious ImageOut Festival’s Opening Night Gala on October 8th at Nasty D’s, 140 Alexander Street. ImageOut is in it’s 12th year, and had a record 7,000 attendees in 2003. Joel Trussell’s music video for Float (my electric stargirl) will be screened at noon on October 16th, during the Festival Shorts program.