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Vampire Pool Party! (DIY on ABC’s The Gates)

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:51:51 +0000

Last night (Sunday), our song “DIY” was featured on ABC’s vampire programme, “The Gates.”
I know that when I hear the track I think of “vampire pool parties,” so we’re very pleased that the producers of the show felt the same way.

Visit ABC’s website to hear us in all our glory (we come in at around the 6:50 mark).

Click here to watch!

Happy 6th of July!

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:53:13 +0000

We’re doing a free show this Thursday at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa.. It’s going to be a load of fun. Looking forward to playing with our special guests, The Colourist.
Come grab a drink with us an celebrate as we emerge, blinking, into daylight… Actually, we won’t be doing that, will we? Doors open at 9PM, so even with the best will in the world and daylight savings time on our side, we wont be seeing the sun. Ah well, it’s good for the “Noir” image! And a little Vitamin D deficiency never hurt anyone, did it? Did it?

In other news, we never told you how our DJ set went! It was brilliant. We have impeccable taste. There you go!

And finally, here’s a picture of us at Riviera Magazine’s “Sexy Party” last week… It looks quite steamy, doesn’t it?

DJ set in Costa Mesa!

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:23:49 +0000

Just a short update today, I’m afraid.. Got to get back to work on some pretty cool things..
Thought we should let you know, though, that we’ll be emerging from our little bunker tomorrow night (June 12) long enough to spin some amazing, perhaps even never-before-heard tracks at Memphis in Costa Mesa..
Come say hello to us, grab a drink, etc. It’s a free party, sponsored in part by a really cool local shop, Treasury Dept. Stop by there before Memphis (it’s pretty much next door) to get 20% off some hip clothes. Who knows? Maybe we’ll even end up wearing the same coat (how embarrassing!).
Here’s the flyer:

Also, Luke insisted I use the phrase “Str8 Stinkazzz” but I’m not entirely sure why..

May Update.

luke — Sun, 16 May 2010 21:45:21 +0000

We’ve taken a brief break from shows for the merry, merry month of May to work on some new stuff.
If you sit quietly and are careful not to make any sudden movements, however, you might see us emerge from our little hidey-hole, noses twitching, eyes squinting in the early evening sunlight, to do a few guest DJ sets at hip events around town.
The “DIY” video is still in rotation on mtvU, and has been picked up by almost every retail location/ restaurant/ cruise line you’ve ever been in! The track has been put in regular rotation on a handful of radio stations across the country, and we even sent a few of prize packs to The Spy 105.3fm in Oklahoma City, OK.
Got to get back to work! More substantial news soon.

Coachella Weekend

luke — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:53:23 +0000

First of all, our debut single, “DIY”, just keeps picking up steam.
Not only is it in rotation on mtvU, it’s also on Much Music in Canada and Fuse TV on demand.
All this month, the video will be played relentlessly in bars and restaurants throughout the country, and through the whole of June, it will be in 1,500 Footlocker stores. We’ve also picked up placement on Jed The Fish’s syndicated “Out of Order” radio show (45 stations), as well as countless front-page features on various websites. There’s more stuff, but the point is: we’re excited!
Not bad for a couple of guys with no idea what they’re doing!
So we’re going to Coachella this weekend. We’re not playing this year, but I think people will still enjoy it.
Best of all we have VIP tickets and it’s all free, because Luke, as we mentioned in an early blog-post, is one of a handful of artists who designed a recycling bin.
So keep an eye out for this paean to the pencil mustache – featuring Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and a nightmarish Little Richard.

Pop Noir on mtvU (part 2)

luke — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:32:20 +0000

Well, guys. We’re sad to say you can’t win them all.
However, we’re happy to say that this was not one of those times. Because we won.
And it’s all thanks to you and your votes!
We also picked up a ton of blog exposure this week, from buzzbands.la, OC Weekly, Cagle.com, Eat Sleep Breathe Music and indiestar.tv. Deep joy in Pop Noir’s fundleybode.
The evidence is here: http://www.mtvu.com/music/the-freshmen/pop-noir-takes-the-win/#more-26053
And the video is here:

Cheers!
Luke

POP NOIR on mtvU

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:51:38 +0000

Our debut video, DIY, has been picked as one of mtvU’s Freshman 5!
The video with the most votes will go into rotation on mtvU, so we need your help.

Visit http://www.mtvu.com/category/music/the-freshmen/ to watch the video and cast your vote!

In fact, cast as many votes as your little fingers will let you, they all count!

Thanks a lot, we really appreciate it.
Love,
Joe

Radio

luke — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:47:24 +0000

Here are the Specialty radio stations (and the DJs) that have added “DIY” to their playlists so far.
If you listen to any of these stations, feel free to request more Pop Noir!
And if you don’t see your favorite station on here: track them down, grab them by the lapels and demand that you hear “DIY”. Because that’s what the whole song is about; taking matters into your own hands! (I think?)

KACV Amarillo, TX – Brian Frank
KBZT San Diego, CA – Tim Pyles
KJEE Santa Barbara, CA – Haaris Ahmed
KPFT Houston, TX – Jeffrey Thames
KQKQ Omaha, NE – Polychronopolis

KTCL Denver, CO – Alf
KTCZ Minneapolis, MN – Brian Oake
KUCI Irvine, CA – Rita
KUCI Irvine, CA – Sean
KUPD Phoenix, AZ – Jonathan L
KUSF San Francisco, CA – Dennis The Menace
RIFF2 Detroit, MI – Nick
WBTZ Burlington, VA – Llu
WEND Charlotte, NC – Divakar
WKGB Binghampton, NY – Tim Boland
WKRL Syracuse, NY – Ulf
WKZQ Myrtle Beach, SC – Mase
WWCD Columbus, OH – Curt Scheiber
WDST Poughkeepsie, NY – Dave Doud
KOCI Newport Beach, CA – Mike Wheaton
WTKS Cocoa Beach, FL – Erik Dennison

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Doing the weather for NBC 4

luke — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:54:30 +0000

So, as promised in the last post, here’s a little backstage footage of us messing about with the NBC green screen.
If we’re a bit reserved it’s because we were concerned we shouldn’t be playing with their expensive news equipment. The proper weather man started walking over, so we tried to run away! It turns out he didn’t mind.
As you’ll see from the video though, something did go horribly wrong!

Pop Noir on NBC “MusicRaw”

luke — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:15:02 +0000

We had a ton of fun yesterday doing a little interview and live performance on “NewsRaw”, hosted by Mekahlo Medina on NBC here in LA. We performed an exclusive acoustic version of “White Jazz”, which you will probably never see anywhere again. I don’t mean it’s bad! I just mean this video is special! Apparently we’re the first people to bring in a little keyboard for an on-air performance. You can’t see it in the video, but Luke’s playing a $5 Casio SK-1.
The show’s shot at a little desk in the back corner of the KNBC newsroom, right next to the big green screen where they do the weather forecast, so of course we were messing about with that before we went on camera! Without a doubt the most exciting “green room” we’ve ever been in. We’ll also have a little behind the scenes video for you in a bit. The proper weather man walked past and said “It’s not as easy as it looks, is it?”
We also played a blinding set at Detroit Bar last night. If we’d have traveled from the studio to the venue by helicopter, it would have almost fulfilled our pop star fantasies, but instead we were stuck in traffic for hours in that nightmare stretch between Burbank and anywhere!
Here’s Luke giggling and gesturing at nothing in particular like the inexperienced meteorologist he is:

And here’s a shot of the NBC building. Inside it was a maze of hallways and tunnels!