Trickykid Presents: The International Guitar Fest

Don't forget this weekend April 19-21st in at Dallas Market Hall in Dallas, TX we have a great lineup for you of local, national and international talent!

In addition to:
Rick Derringer 
Ty Tabor (Kings X)
Andy Timmons
Gary Hoey
& more


We have the Trickykid/Ernie Ball Stage featuring some of the best local acts in Dallas!

Fri - April 19th

Sat - April 20th

 

 

Sun - April 21st

 

Join us at Dallas Market Hall this weekend!

Happy New Year & Goodbye 2012

Really can't believe its that time again all ready (or whatever clique thing) to write my year end State of the Trickykid Address -

This was a really strange year and for me personally one of the weirdest years of my life. If you look on the national landscape it seems I'm not alone and their is a collective feeling of oddity all around.
We started the year doing DJ gigs with Sasha Grey & Shephard Farey & by March we had met up with a powerhouse trio from Texas called the Phuss that did alot to shape our year.
The 35 Denton Festival that has served as our pre-cursor to SXSW really heated up this year and is becoming a major part of our calendar year.
As we headed to Austin for SXSW we changed things up with a having a Day Party, the first day of the festival that may not have been as successful as last year's but certainly a ton less stressful, and we saw Jack White destroy 6th St with a show for the ages.
But not before experiecning one of the weirdest birthdays of my life.
In April we spent Record Store Day & weekend with The Ting Tings before heading out for a brief tour of Texas with Sage Francis.
By May, our longtime compatriots Ween finally decided to call it a day under bizarre circumstances even for them.
And sadly we also lost Adam Yauch to cancer a few weeks later.
I spent the Summer touring as a DJ and did some first time gigs that were really fun, first the Journey's Skate Tour and then attending my first anime festival by DJ'n the after-show rave at Akon this year.
We then hooked up with Anthrax on the Rockstar Energy Drink Tour before landing back in NYC.

New York was even a weirder place than usual this Summer and I just never felt right.
By September we found ourselves back in Texas headed to Austin that we capped the Summer off with an unorgettble week that included hanging with Peaches, the Go-Gos & Saul Williams and interviewing Henry Rollins for NPR.org - but not before heading back to Denton for a Hot Wet Mess.

In October we met singer-songwriter Zoe Pardee and spent Halloween with Mike Patton & Tomahawk but not before a bitch named Sandy came to the East Coast and nearly took it all away.
Nov saw the debut of Tessa Makes Love featuring Ian McDonald of King Crimson and the re-election of President Obama.
After a fun, but again weird (but definetly fruitful) Holiday Season once again my hometown of Dallas is staging the biggest electronic dance party in North America for NYE with the event Lights All Night that puts it in the running for perhaps the place to be for the biggest party on NYE this year.
Whatever you decide to do, have the best freaking time ever and be safe and look for us in the New Year, there are going to be alot of changes for us both professitnaly and personally in the new year that we are excited to share and not to share with you :)

Tessa Makes Love on Reverb Nation

Trickykid Entertainment Group's own Tessa Makes Love (featuring Ian McDonald of King Crimson)
are the Featured Artist for ReverbNation for the month of December -

Check them out Dec 21st when they invade Lit Lounge in NYC!!

Tessa Makes Love

Trickykid is pleased to announce our latest artist - Tessa Makes Love

TML is the new project from Tessa Lena featuring:

Ian Mcdonald (King Crimson/Foreigner)

Ron Thaler (Sarah Mclachlan, Alicia Keys)


Here is your first peek -

While her artist page here is being developed - check out www.reverbnation.com/tessamakeslove

Look for their first single Spente Le Stelle along with its stunning new video to be release simultaneously this Fall.

Trickykid in Bella Magazine

Famed publication Bella Magazine, speaks with Pistol Pete Kaufmann in their latest issue - where he discusses the power of individuality and shares a few of the eccentrities of Roy Turner while working with Trickykid - Read the full story here -

Sage Francis is going to mess with Texas

We are pleased to announce that Sage Francis is about to embark on a special Texas-only mini tour starting April 26th in Austin - We will be giving away tickets to each show and other fun stuff via Twitter so make sure you are following us and Sage and go to Facebook to like his page for more info as well:

Twitter.com/Trickykid2
Twitter.com/SageFrancis

Facebook.com/SageFrancis

SXSW 2012

It's that time again (already?) Remember what happened last year? We are pleased to announce the 3rd Annual SXSW Brawl-For-All !!

Despite the heaps of national press we received last year, we also learned a few lessons so we have switched things up a bit - We are doing a day party this year and its on the Wed March 14th the first day of the music portion. This is for several reasons:

a) We don't want everyone burnt out by Sat
b) As to not have as much competition
c) We wanna go to those parties too

We also put ourselves in the hands of our fine friends at Hype Machine where they have created the Hype Hotel - We hope this is our best SXSW yet! Come see us!

Anthrax mentions Trickykid in global Press Release

Starting off the year right here at Trickykid, as with the news that Anthrax is hitting the road again this month in Las Vegas (we will be there) included in that press release was a listing of the top reviews. They put us in some pretty high-profile company along with Spin, Revolver and Metal Hammer - We are excited/honored to be a part of it.


Here's the press release - 

LOS ANGELES, CA - WEDNESDAY, January 4, 2012 -- Having made one of 2011's most impressive rock'n'roll comebacks that included the 9/13/11 release of the band's long-awaited new album Worship Music that landed on boatloads of "Best of 2011..." lists, metal masters ANTHRAX will keep the pedal to the metal in 2012. The band launches the New Year with the delivery to radio of a second single from Worship Music, "I'm Alive," and plans to tour extensively beginning January 22 with round two of a U.S. co-headline tour with fellow thrash titans, Testament (dates are below).

Twenty-eleven also saw Anthrax play two Big Four shows in the U.S. with fellow thrash/speed metal architects Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth, the second taking place at New York's Yankee Stadium, making it an emotional hometown show for the New York born-and-bred members of Anthrax.

As Anthrax's Scott Ian summed it up, "2011 was the best year of my life."

Dates for Leg Two of the Anthrax/Testament U.S. tour are as follows:


JANUARY

22 House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV

23 House of Blues, Anaheim, CA

24 Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ

26 Midland Theatre, Kansas City, MO

27 Egyptian Room @ Murat Center, Indianapolis, IN

28 Piere's Entertainment Center, Fort Wayne, IN

29 Expo Five, Louisville, KY

30 The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC


What the media has said about Anthrax's Worship Music:


"...easily the best album of the year and maybe the best album they ever made." -- Eddie Trunk, VH1's "That Metal Show"

"It's not just the return of Joey Belladonna, it's a doubt-relieving return to form that we all have been waiting for- Roy Turner - Tricky-Kid.com

"...the comeback album of the year." -- Zach Shaw, Metal Insider

"One of the best albums of their career." -- Iann Robinson, Crave Online

"'Worship Music' is the Anthrax album fans have been praying for." -- Metal Underground

"A riff-shitting, doubt-crushing monster of a record, and it's about fucking time." -- Alexander Milas, Metal Hammer

"Not only is [Worship Music] Anthrax's best album to date, it's a landmark for heavy metal as a genre." -- Rick Florino, ARTISTdirect

"There is no filler on 'Worship Music.'" -- Pat Prince, Goldmime

Some of the 2011 "Best of..." lists that include Anthrax/Worship Music:


Eddie Trunk/VH1's "That Metal Show"

Album of the Year



Metal Hammer

#1 Album of the Year
#3 Album of the Year (overall Critics' Poll)


SPIN

#7 Top 20 Metal Albums of the Year

Tricky-Kid.com/Roy Turner

#1 Album of the Year



Metal Assault

#2 Album of the Year

#5 Best Live Performances of 2011


Guitar World

#4 Top 50 Best Albums of 2011


Revolver

#8 Top 20 Albums of 2011

#9 Story of the Year

Happy New Year & Goodbye 2011

Really can't believe its that time again all ready (or whatever clique thing) to write my year end State of the Trickykid Address -

This was a banner year for us starting with endorsements at the NAMM Convention in January, to making National Headlines with the insanity of our dueling showcases at SXSW in March.
April saw us hit California to host a suite at the Coachella site that brought the Big Four of Thrash all together in the States for the first time, and we managed to spend five nights with the Purple One while we were there.
The Summer was a confusing blur of mass touring that lead us to the Fall that found us back with the Big Four one again, this time on the East Coast with a legendary blowout at Yankee Stadium.
We were honored to participate with All Tommorrow's Parties for their I'll Be Your Mirror festival in Asbury Park a few weeks later and having the priveledge to spend four days with Portishead.
After just celebrating one of the best Christmas seasons I can ever remember, its time to ring in the New Year this weekend.
Ween begins a three-night bitch-slapping of Denver tonight that will culminate with the incineration of the entire state by the end of Saturday's New Year's Eve detontation.
My hometown of Dallas is staging the biggest electronic dance party in North America for NYE with the event Lights All Night that puts it in the running for perhaps the place to be for the biggest party on NYE this year.
We also have events in NYC and New Orleans this year, so whatever you decide to do, have the best freaking time ever and be safe and look for us in the New Year, we got alot up our sleeves that we are excited to show you.

Wildstreet to open Uproar Festival in Camden, NJ

It’s been a great couple of months for NYC’s Wildstreet. After having their sophomore effort, Wildstreet II land on E! Entertainment’s Married to Rock, Glory Daze and MTV’s Real World Las Vegas this band on a roll has now been selected to open the Camden, NJ date of the wildly popular Uproar Festival alongside heavyweights Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Seether, and many others.

Wildstreet is a motley crew of real NYC characters. The invincible new record and reinvigorated team are hungry and ready for the open road.
After receiving over 20k views of the video to the LP’s first single Poison Kiss, Uproar is just the latest of high-profile festival appearances the band has been on making all summer, including the notorious Rocklahoma gathering in Tulsa.

In addition to the Uproar appearance, Wildstreet will on tour for most of the rest of the year. Look for tour dates in your area, and here are just a few with more dates been constantly added.

 

Aug 19th          Fridley, MN              Pickle Park
Aug 20th          Farmington, MN     American Legion

Aug 26th          Camden, NJ            Uproar Festival w/Avenged Sevenfold

Sept 1st           Pittsburgh, PA         Pizon’s Place
 

Oct 2nd           New York City, NY   Bowery Ballroom w/Michael Monroe

For show tickets, or to schedule an interview or appearance please contact:
Roy Turner with the Trickykid Entertainment Group at: Roy@Tricky-kid.com

Shells embark on first U.S. Tour -

Trickykid Entertainment Group would like to introduce you to Shells from (Austin, TX) They are hitting the road this weekend for their first tour, and starting things off tonight with an LP release/send-off party at Emo's! Check out the Tour Dates section for a list of shows near you.

Here is a link to some early press! -

Austinist -

Austin Chronicle -

Thanks everyone for a great SXSW 2011 !!!!

Trickykid at SXSW 2011

Hey gang! It's that time of year again - ready to be freaking exhausted? We are headed to Austin for the annual clusterfuck that is SXSW - and we are throwing 2 crazyfests this year! - The Brawl for All returns for its second year - the bands will be performing INSIDE A BOXING RING! + an awesome showcase featuring bands exclusively from Dallas, TX- check it:

You can RSVP for both - here 

Gonna be a crazy year! You will have some other chances to see some of our artists before they step into the ring (literally) for the big finale on March 19th -

The Blind Pets - 

TUESDAY 15 MARCH 2011
Chupacabra Cantina

WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 2011
Jovita's

The House Harkonnen -

 

 

NX35 Ticket Giveaway!

Do you want to go to the NX35 Music Conferrette in Denton, TX on March 10th-Mar13th?
We are giving away (2) bracelets good for all weekend!! All you have to do is follow us on Twitter (Trickykid2)
and retweet one of the contest messages and you are automatically entered to win!
Winners will be announced Saturday March 5th!

Have you seen the lineup this year? Its incredible!

Here is a link to the full schedule -

Adventures in Power release party Jan 27th in L.A.

Trickykid is super proud to announce that our own Claude Coleman Jr. of Ween has been selected as one of the performers on Jan 27th in Los Angeles at the VH1 Save the Music Benefit/Adventures in Power release party. He will be jamming with The Honey Brothers (featuring ex-Amandla bassist Dan Green and Adrian Grenier of the hit show Entourage)

The DVD launch party will take place on January 27th in Los Angeles, and will feature a live performance by the indie folk-rock band the Honey Bros., a.k.a. the band in which "Entouarge" and "Adventures of Power" star Adrian Grenier plays drums. It will also serve to advertise a concurrent online auction that will benefit VH1's Save the Music Foundation, which ensures that children have access to a musical education and instruments.

The auction will kick off online on CharityBuzz.com on January 25 and run through February 22. Auction items include celebrity-signed instruments such as an autographed cymbal from Ringo Starr and signed drums from Neil Peart of Rush, Marky Ramone of the Ramones and Lars Ulrich of Metallica.

Trickykid Invades the NAMM Show 2011

....aaaaannnd we're back....after a wonderful Holiday Season we are ready to get back to work and are excited about what we got cooking coming up this year. I'm currently in Los Angeles working on a plethora of things and preparing for our first year at the NAMM Show!
Anticipation is high and we are pleased to start the year off with a bunch of announcements I've been dying to unveil.

Trickykid to invade the NAMM Show 2011

   So we are starting the year off right by finally getting ourselves to NAMM for the big convention in Anaheim this weekend of Jan 13th- Jan 16th at the Anaheim Convention Center.  We have a ton of events happening at the show and around town and are honored to announce Dean Guitars and Bosphorus Cymbals as co-sponsors of our events! Here is a schedule of what we have going down:

Remington -

 Jan 14th     The Viper Room w/ Heaven Below  9pm         Hollywood, CA

 Jan 15th      NAMM Showcase  3pm  (BC Patio Stage)      Anaheim, CA

Jan  16th      Trickykid NAMM After-Party at the
                      Redwood Bar & Grill    830pm                        Los Angeles, CA

Jan  17th      House of Blues w/ Steel Panther   8pm         Hollywood, CA


we are extremely thrilled to announce our co-sponsorship of the Dean Guitars Second Annual NAMM JAMM w/ Megadeth and Hell Yeah !!!




 

 

Happy New Year! Goodbye 2010!

Hey gang, Roy Turner here, trust everyone had a great Christmas! I know we sure did!
Wanted to take this time to thank everyone we worked with this year. All the bands and individuals, that made 2010 our biggest year as a company and on a personal level one of the best year's of my life. I have had so many great succeses this year, both professional and personal, and have had the opportunity to see and do so much.
We have alot of new stuff coming your way in the New Year. Look for a total re-launch of this website and tons of new additions to our roster in the early months of 2011.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

Trickykid would like to thank:

Never Got Caught
Clutch
Ween
Amandla
The Moistboyz
Butthole Surfers
Nick Oliveri
Eagles of Death Metal
Peter Kaufmann
True Widow
Bad Dream
Dirty Penny
Kilsy
The Hush Now
Arms of the Sun
Jam Magazine
AOL Spinner

 

Ween play Central Park this Friday!

Claude Coleman Jr of Ween to invade Texas!

And keeping us freaking busy! The only person more exhausted than us might be this dude's travel agent.
Does he ever stop? After just finishing doing a few shows drumming for TV Tramps and most recently
The Eagles of Death Metal (that wrapped at a Biker Rally in Sturgis no less haha)
Claude is coming to Texas for a battery of show with several different acts.
First he returns to his day job drumming for Ween for a few highly anticipated shows (Texas LOVES Ween) , then less than a week later,
his solo project, Amandla is hitting four cities, followed by repeats of the same cities by the Moistboyz
(this lineup will include Claude and Nick Oliveri) Dates and details below:

Ween -

Aug 27th              Dallas, TX                       - House of Blues

Aug 28th              Austin, TX                      - Stubb's BBQ

Amandla -

Sept 3rd             Dallas, TX                        - Double Wide (w/ Record Hop and Here Holy Spain)

Sept 4th             Denton, TX                       - Hailey's (w/ Dovehunter)

Sept 5th             Houston, TX                     - Rudyard's

Sept 6th             Austin, TX                        - Beauty Bar

The Moistboyz -

Sept 9th            Fort Worth, TX                 - Lola's

Sept 10th          Austin, TX                        - Red Eyed Fly

Sept 11th          Houston, TX                     - Numbers

 

Amandla (featuring Claude Coleman Jr. of Ween)

July dates have been added to the Summer Amandla tour
featuring Claude Coleman Jr. of Ween

 June 30th    Chicago, IL        The Cobra Lounge

 July 1st       La Crosse, WI    J.B.'s Speakeasy

 July 2nd      Madison, WI       The Frequency

 July 3rd       St. Paul, MN        Station 4 

 For tickets, interviews or more information,

contact Roy Turner at Roy@Tricky-Kid.com

 

June 2010 Tours

 Well its looks like next month is going to be Trickykid's biggest month yet! We have tons of bands hitting the road and crisscrossing the country and even doing a few shows together to showcase what we have to offer. Check out the Tour Dates page for all the additional info. Here is what we got cooking, if you don't see your city listed, stay tuned:

AMANDLA (featuring Claude Coleman Jr. of Ween)

June 16th   The Masquerade    Atlanta, GA (w/ Never Got Caught)
June 17th   Tastyworld             Athens, GA
June 18th   The Pourhouse      Charleston, SC (w/ True Widow)
June  19th  The Boiler Room    Asheville, NC
June 30th   The Cobra Lounge   Chicago, IL  (w/ True Widow)


NEVER GOT CAUGHT

* w/ Clutch, The Bakerton Group and Lionize

June 4th              V Club                            Huntington, WV *
June 5th              Busters Billiards         Lexington, KY  *
June 6th              Headliner's                   Toledo, OH  *
June 7th              Canopy Club                Urbana, IL *
June 9th              Diamond Ballroom     Oklahoma City, OK *
June 10th            The Village                    Little Rock, AR *

June 13th            Strange Days               Montgomery, AL
June 14th            City Club                       Houma, LA

June 15th           Whiskey River              Beaumont, TX *
June 16th           The Masquerade          Atlanta, GA (w/ Amandla)  
June 17th           The Handlebar             Greenville, SC *
June 18th           The Norva                      Norfolk, VA *
June 19th           Crockadile Rock          Allentown, PA *


TRUE WIDOW

* w/ Bad Dream

June 16th         The Black Lodge        Memphis, TN
June 17th         The Boiler Room        Asheville, NC *
June 18th         The Pourhouse          Charleston, SC (w/ Amandla) *
June 19th         The Nightlight                Chapel Hill, NC *

June 24th         Uncle Mike's                New York, NY *
June 25th         The Station                  Hoboken, NJ  (w/ Kilsy) *
June 26th         The Fire                        Philadelphia, PA
June 27th         Modern Formations     Pittsburgh, PA
June 29th         Ottawa Tavern              Toldeo, OH
June 30th         The Cobra Lounge       Chicago, IL  (w/ Amandla)


DJ TRICKYKID

June 5th          The Roots Picnic             Philadelphia, PA

June 16th         NXNE                               Toronto, ON 

June 19th         Electric Daisy Carnival    Dallas, TX 


 
more to come in July!!!

Amandla (featuring Claude Coleman Jr. or Ween)

Amandla, led by Claude Coleman Jr. the keeper of the beat in Ween is back with his solo band that he fronts and sings with a Friday night residency STARTING TONIGHT in Doylestown, PA at Maxwell's to play every Friday night in May, in support of their new album, Laughing Hearts.
Maxwell's is right outside New Hope, PA the home of Ween so the potential of guests sitting in are very high with this one.

Trickykid Artists Hitting the road!

Well, we are trying to recuperate from almost two weeks in Austin for SXSW and then three days in Houston (blog entry coming soon we promise)  but Spring is here and its time to hit the road. There are alot of tours starting this week, and all the details are on our Tour Dates page with new dates being added daily so make sure you check back often,  here are some of the highlights:

Never Got Caught

Apr 1st            Portland, ME  w/ Days of the New                     Port City Music Hall
Apr 16th          Plymouth, MA w/ Gozu                                         The Guru Room      
Apr  22nd       Washington D.C.   w/ Lionize                             Rock and Roll Hotel

May 1st           Boston, MA   w/ The 86ers                                  The Baseball Tavern
May 22nd        Allston, MA                                                                    O’briens

Jul 23rd           Cambridge, MA                                                     The Middle East


The Hush Now 

Apr 8th             Brooklyn, NY                                                              Trash Bar

Apr 15th           Boston, MA (w/The Cringe)                                     939

Jun 11th          Boston, MA                                                                 Mcgann's


DJ Trickykid

Apr 12-14th    San Francisco, CA                                               Private Events
Apr 15th          Pomona, CA                                                       The Glass House
Apr 16th          Indio, CA (Filter's Coachella Pre-Party)              Empire Field
Apr 19-21st    Los Angeles, CA                                                            Mint    
Apr 22-23rd    Anaheim, CA (ASCAP EXPO)                     Anaheim Convention Center
Apr 26th           Chicago, IL                                                                    Rehab
Apr 30th           Boston, MA                                                                Private Party

May 6th            New York, NY                                                                 Lit
May 12th         Brooklyn, NY                                                                Europa


and the Ween  machine is starting up again and so is Claude Coleman's solo band Amandla and we will have some dates for you real soon for those guys. Keep checking back as dates are being added daily.

               

Trickykid Invades Austin, TX SXSW 2010!!

Well its that time of year again where everyone heads to the mecca that Austin, TX swells to in March known as SXSW. We are very, very excited to announce our lineup for this year's festival. This will be Trickykid's third year at the festival as a company and easily our biggest, onward and upward. Here's the lineup:

Amandla (featuring Claude Coleman Jr. of Ween)

March 21st  Cheapodiscs (Instore) Trickykid Day at Cheapo 5pm

March 21st Headhunter’s 845pm

March 22nd Beauty Bar 10pm
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The Hush Now 

March 17th Black Ice 5:20pm

March 18th TRF Outdoor Complex 12noon

March 18th The Side Bar  4pm  (Distalrry Party)

March 19th Pure 2pm

March 20th Mugshots 5pm

March 21st Cheapodiscs (Instore) Trickykid Day at Cheapo 4pm
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DJ Trickykid

March 14th Barbarian Group Party - The Mohawk 8pm

March 18th Dim Mak Party - The Elysium 8pm

March 18th Pure Volume Party - Pure Volume House 11pm

True Widow

Mar 16th   EndSounds Pre SXSW Party -  Red 7  7pm

Mar 19th   Quarius Records & WFMU Showcase - Encore   7pm

Mar 20th   Ballistic Missles SXSW Party - Primos  1:00P 


We'll see you in Austin!!

 

Happy New Year

 Quick dispatch from the road: Freezing here in Albany, NY but its the third night of the Never Got Caught tour with Clutch.
  Wanted to take a second to say I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to celebrating New Year's Eve with us in Sayerville, NJ. 
  Wanted to thank all the wonderful people that we have had the fortune to work with this year, as its been our biggest year yet here at Trickykid. And with the promise that the new year and the new decade will be prosperous and great fun for us as we hope it will be for all of you. Thanks again and Happy New Year!

Thank you to:

Never Got Caught
Clutch
Doomriders
Lionize
Red Cavalry
Kilsy
Coyote Eyes
The Hush Now
Pet Ghost Project
Swimming in Speakers

and everyone else that was responsible for our biggest year thus far.

see you soon......Roy Turner

                                                                                       

                                             

New Year's Eve

Hey everyone we are almost done with this year and this decade for that matter, and we are ending it in a big, big way!

As previously mentioned Never Got Caught is touring with Clutch this month that will include a hometown show for them in Boston on Dec 30th.

And the next night on New Year's Eve in Sayerville, NJ with a  live New Year's Blowout + Exclusive DVD Shoot!

Dates with Clutch/Doomriders
 
Dec 27th        Amo’s Southend                                     Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 28th        9:30 Club                                                  Washington DC
Dec 29th        Northern Lights                                        Albany, New York
Dec 30th        House of Blues                                        Boston, Massachusetts
Dec 31st        Starland Ballroom                                    Sayerville, New Jersey


For show tickets, a promotional copy of “Creepshow” or to schedule an interview or appearance please contact:

Roy Turner with the Trickykid Entertainment Group at: Roy@Tricky-kid.com


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NEVER GOT CAUGHT JOINS THE TRICKYKID ROSTER

We are super pleased and excited to announce that Boston's Never Got Caught has joined the Trickykid Entertainment Group!! We are long time fans of the band and to have them be apart of our organization we couldn't be excited.  The band is now represented by our staff and any interested parties should inquire within.

The band just earlier this year released their sophmore effort "Creepshow", that is loaded with hit after freaking hit. An "unskipable" record doesn't come along very often and this is one those cds that you just simply restart after you have let it play all the way through.  With new management in tow, a killer new record, and a high-profile tour this Fall, this band is soon to be everywhere. Don't miss their next show:

Sep 4 2009                   Port City Music Hall Portland, Maine                                       8:00P

Trickykid invades LA/Coachella this weekend

Hello everyone,

Well as we recover from the escapades of Austin, Houston, and Dallas, TX we make our way to Los Angeles this weekend for a slew of events in relation to (of course) the Coachella Music & Arts Festival happening in Indio, CA just outside Palm Springs.

Some of our adventures in Houston was covered my MSN.com Click here

The whole Trickykid staff will be in attendance and you can catch our own DJ Zen Zane spinning at multiple events. A full schedule is below and on our events page.

First on Thursday April 16th, DJ Zen Zane will be spinning records at the Filter Magazine Pre-Party w/ Flosstradamus



Then on Friday April 17th after the Coachella madness we head back to LA for DJ Zen Zane's late night set at a private after-party in the Hollywood Hills (contact us for more info)

Then Saturday April 18th we will be hanging at Amoeba Records on Sunset Blvd, doing a ton of giveaways, DJ Zen Zane will also make an appearance, along side Scott Ian (Anthrax) and Ace Frehley (Kiss/Frehley's Comet) as part of a great thing called national Record Store Day.

Finally on Sunday April 19th we head back to Coachella. We will be making a stop at our friends from Dub Frequency 's pool party before we head to the final day of the festival.



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DJ ZEN ZANE invades Houston, TX this Fri April 3

Tricky-Kid founder Roy Turner will be speaking at the University of Houston to their Music Business program this Friday and Saturday. The Friday session is available to students and the Saturday session is open to everyone.

On Friday night DJ ZEN ZANE will be spinning records at Avant Garden! We hope to see everyone there. Feel free to contact us if you need more information.

Francesca Myles  - Francesca@Tricky-Kid.com

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Shack Up! dance party

This installment we celebrate the birthdays of J.

Paul Jackson and Adrian Landon Brooks
(back in town from SF)

with djs:
CEEPLUS BAD KNIVES / GRRRL PARTS
DJ ZEN ZANE NYC / DJ DAYTA
J.CALERO / MR.

CASTILLO

Art Showings:
BLAKE ANDREW / LILLIAN BARRERA
J PAUL JACKSON / ADRIAN BROOKS

Live Acts:
BRANDON WEST / PATRICK SIMS

Drink Specials All Night!

18+ / 10pm
Avant Garden 411 Westheimer Houston TX
21+ Free before 9pm $5 after
21- $8

News Update Feb 13th 2009 (part I)

Hello everyone!

We hope everyone had a great holiday season, as we did, and now we are back to work.
Their are so many things happening that we are very excited about. So much so that we had to break the update into two parts! Several of our artists have some high profile shows in the coming weeks. As we prepare for SXSW in Austin, TX we will have a looming presence their this year.

Now onto the news:

Red Cavalry

The year of the Cavalry has begun! You will be seeing ALOT of this band this year as with a slew of shows and radio appearances scheduled this band is already everywhere. The band is set to record their second full length record with a huge Summer tour to follow, catch them while you can! Tommorrow is Valentine's Day so after dinner and the carriage ride through Central Park, head down to Arlene's Grocery for Red Cavalry's Valentine's Day Party. Even if you decide to spend a quiet evening at home, you can still watch the show live at musikville.com !

Feb 14  New York, NY - Arlene's Grocery -1145pm
Mar 1   New York, NY (w/Megasushi)) - Fat Baby - 7pm
Apr 9    Rockville, NY - 94.3 WMJC Showcase - Vibe Lounge 11pm
May 15 New York NY Radio Crystal Blue Showcase National Underground

DJ Zen Zane

The madman returns! Turntablist extroidinaire is back with a slew of US dates before he heads off to OZ for his first International residency in Melbourne. DJ Zen Zane is now sponsored by ETNIES SHOES. Etnies.com

Mar 18 Austin, TX - SXSW
Mar 19 Austin, TX - SXSW
Mar 20 Austin, TX - SXSW
Mar 21 Austin, TX - SXSW
Apr 5  Houston, TX - Numbers
Apr 16 Los Angeles, CA - Clubspace
Apr 17 Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse (Pre-Coachella Party)

Tanya "T6" Dormevil

This powerful new artist just dropped her brand new single this month! Look out New York City and the surrouding areas, you are about to have the chance to check this exciting new talent out for yourself live. Stay tuned.. Check her out

Session

This exciting live band has rocked the East Coast the last few Summers and this year will be no different. You are about to get a sneak peek of what's to come as they have live dates on the way as well. Check them out

Check out all of the details in our Tour Dates section.

We are dedicated to working with the best in new original talent. Here are a few acts that have come to our attention that you will be seing alot more of as well from us:

Hot Seconds - myspace.com/hotseconds

Kilsy - myspace.com/kilsy

I Saw a Ghost - myspace.com/isawaghostva


And as always we are very supportive of our alumni, so if you have a chance please check out the following Class A outfits:

Pistol Pete's - rockinlifestyle.com

Lena Potapova - an incredible fashion designer and musician -thankyouforyoursex.com

Joe C. - D.C.'s #1 Photographer - voteforjoe.com

Stay tuned for part II - Pop Culture (that will be posted tommorrow)

Where you can hear the story of our pilgrimage to Obama's Innaguration, and see pics of all the Balls and parties we attended, as well as (sadly) our obituary for Lux Interior.

Also now that the SXSW schedule is out SXSW.com, stay tuned as we give you our picks for the festival.

Pop Culture will be updated will all types of events from Matt & Kim's recent party for the ages in Brooklyn, to Chelsea Handler's triumph at Carnegie Hall, to Metallica's blowout in Long Island and much, much more.

Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/trickykid2

Get updates via text from us at broadtexter.com Here

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

New Update December 29th 2008

This is the final Tricky-Kid newsletter of 2008 for which we would like to thank everyone that we worked with and whom were so supportive for such a great year!

News

We have been very busy these past few months working with a slew of new artists and talent. In October, Roy Turner participated in the new for this year Mentoring Sessions at the CMJ Marathon in NYC as well as a guest speaker on the Marketing Panels. Check out his take on the matters in his blog as well as his contributions to our Pop Culture section.

Red Cavalry
What a year for these guys! After an exhausting Summer long tour, the band has spent the Fall writing and recording new music. The band is ready to showcase this new material with a slew of shows, press and activity in January 2009 to start off the new year with a bang. The band will be entering the studio with an as yet to be named high profile producer in February that they hope to take with them to the SXSW 2009 conference where they will be participating in the Tricky-Kid showcase along with DJ Zen Zane and others. Our own Roy Turner will be a panelist at this year’s conference. Here are some NYC shows:

Jan 14th Chelsea Mind Games (TV) Chelsea Market NYC
Jan 15th Southpaw (Brooklyn)
Jan 17th Uncle Mike’s (Manhattan)

Tanya “T6” Dormevil
2009 is set to be this young ladies’ year. Her new single is set for release in February with an East Coast tour to follow. The hype is already on this hot new talent. Swing by our website and check out her latest.

Witch’s Hat
The band released “Spain” a few months back and you will see some interesting things from this indefatigable unit in the next few months.

Session
This college act is the newest addition to the Tricky-Kid family. A high profile publicity campaign will be followed by an East Coast tour of college campuses everywhere. Look for some interesting collaborations with well known acts this Spring.

DJ Zen Zane
What can we say about this character? You don’t find him, he finds you, because he’s everywhere and nowhere at the same time. He’s coming to rock your block in 2009.
He’ll be heading down to OZ in May for a residency but you can catch him in the States this Winter.
Jan 8th Industry Party @ Mirage (Las Vegas)
Jan 9th AVN Pre-Party @ Pure (Las Vegas)
Jan 10th AVN Awards After-Party @ LAX (Las Vegas)
Jan 16th Lit (NYC)
Jan 19th Obama Inagural Pre-Party @ Black Cat (D.C.)

We would like to thank all the artists and companies we worked with this year:
Peaches
Sweet Machine
Ween
Red Cavalry
Lovie
The Corruptors
Witch’s Hat
End This All
Kilsy
Joe Cereghino (Photographer)
CMJ Marathon
Function Drinks
Red Bull

Also check out our Pop Culture section where we have fun and report on cool shit we like. Check out our year-end best of list as well as our interactive forums on the main page. Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter.


Have a safe and Happy New Year from all of us at the Trickykid Entertainment Group!