Get ready...

We're very excited to announce that Love Is Dead, the much-anticipated album by Lowry, is now available for download on eMusic!

A physical release date is not too far away, but in the meantime, enjoy Love Is Dead HERE.
Now you, like the rest of us, can listen to it until your eyes pop out. But who needs eyes when your ears are getting spoiled rotten?

It seems that our friends at Amie St agree, because they gave Love Is Dead a front page feature today!

Goodness, two of my favorite radio stations both featuring The Bloodsugars on the same day?

The boys played a 5 song set on WOXY which can be downloaded for free in it's entirety by right-clicking here.

NPR featured 'Purpose Was Again' and reviewed the BQEP. An excerpt below.
The Bloodsugars's sound is either a descendant of the best aspects of '80s synth rockers, or the offspring of trance and power pop. The Brookyln-based foursome takes radio-ready melodies and power chord guitar rock and blends them with dance floor beats, keyboards, and synths. The group's debut EP, BQEP, rides on the neon glow of six, tightly wound pop songs riddled with catchy hooks. Full write up here.



-- Wes

The Bloodsugars have launched a video channel on DailyMotion. Every week a video of some sort will be added as you can follow them on tour, in the rehearsal space, new music video, and much more. Here's a video of the guys playing MSG.

The Bloodsugars @ Madison Square Garden (04.12.08)
Uploaded by Bloodsugars

Greetings Engine Room family and friends! Such fine news have we. We are very pleased to announce the premiere of The Bloodsugars' new video Purpose Was Again, filmed in their hometown of Brooklyn. Featuring the boys floating around in a chalky-outer space with a special cameo from Iron Chef's Mario Batali, "Purpose Was Again" is directed by Kristopher Schackman, while Lisa Labracil is to thanks for the animation. Engine Room is also excited to say that the video has debuted on Spinner, AOL's music blog. Go here to view it!

I have for your enjoyment two pieces of news to update your lives with. This week Porter Block's new TV ad begun airing on cable providers RCN and Verizon FIOS in NJ and NY! Features the band rocking out to a selection of tunes from "Off Our Shoulders", so if you can't catch it on TV be sure to check it out on their trusty MySpace page or on YouTube!

Now onto the second piece of news: The Bloodsugars are kicking off their summer tour beginning July 3rd @ Fat Baby right here in New York.

Tour dates are listed as followed:

7/06 - Now That's Class - Cleveland, OH
7/07 - Bernie's - Columbus, OH
7/08 - WOXY performance - Toledo, OH
7/08 - Frankie's - Toledo, OH
7/10 - Nomad World Pub - Minneapolis, MN
7/11 - Rhino's - Bloomington, IN
7/12 - The Comet - Cincinnati, OH
7/13 - The Fire - Philadelphia, PA

As a long-time fan of this band, I'm extremely happy to announce on behalf of everyone else at the Engine Room that we've just signed Brooklyn-based act Lowry to our label. Lowry's unique brand of neo-folk is at its best in this gem of an album, which quietly takes you on a strangely beautiful journey you'll be glad to repeat until the songs stay with you whether they're playing or not. We expect digital distribution of their new album, Love Is Dead, in mid summer, and the record will be available in stores across the country by the fall.

And lucky you, you can catch them at the Mercury Lounge @ 10pm TONIGHT with Low Water at 9pm and Phonograph at 11pm.

- Lisa

The team over here at Engine Room Recordings is tremendously excited to announce the first signing of 2008: The Bloodsugars. LEad by songwriter extraordinaire Jason Rabinowitz the 'sugars are a great indie rock band that will get you moving on the dance floor. Infectious, synthy indie pop writing, excellent musicianship, great people. We will be releasing their BQEP digitally April 1st through Amie Street and April 8th digitally everywhere else including iTunes. The physical release will be towards the end of May with a spectacular to-be-announced release show. Oh and they're playing a little venue called Madison Square Garden April 12th too headlining the half-time show for a Titans LaCrosse game. Special tickets on sale for that soon. Go check out the EP as it's streaming in full on the The Bloodsugars MySpace page and be sure to let us know what you think!

Ooh, and news on the second volume of Guilt By Association coming soon! The Bloodsugars are in the middle of recording their version of a powerful little 80's dance theme!

-- Wes