Update on our indie band friends

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Northern Room played Summerfest and Bastille Days in the past week, and the response has been fun to see in person. Their fans singing along with songs, the guys moving a lot of merch - all in all the circle is growing and the buzz is palpable. Listen for their songs in upcoming episodes of Lonelygirl15 and Facebook Diaries. You can stay up to date with the band through their myspace page, or grab some free music - an mp3 of their single, We’re On Fire - at their new promotional site : wereonfire.com.

A Farewell Rescue is an editor’s pick at Pure Volume, and their CD is ready to be released next Tuesday July 24 on Snapdragon Records. You can pick it up everywhere from iTunes to Best Buy (of course, you’ve been able to hear it here at Burst Labs for the past month).

Codebreaker are headed to California for a quick west coast jaunt, including a stop at Spaceland in LA. You can check their myspace for more info, or buy their songs at iTunes or through CDBaby, and all of the songs from Exiled! are available at Burst Labs for licensing.

The Farewell Circuit are out on tour this summer. They’ve launched a new blogspot to let everyone in on their day-to-day, and they’re supposedly writing their asses off so we can finish a full-length together at Burst HQ when they get off the road (hint, hint, boys). For now, you can listen and license all 5 songs from their debut right here, or buy the whole EP at iTunes or Third Shift Recording Co.

Fever Marlene are playing two shows in New York City this week (Thur and Sat), and they’re definitely a band worth checking out live. You and also tune into New York’s Break Thru Radio on Friday, July 20th, for a live set and interview. We’re working hard at getting these guys up at the Lab for previews and licensing… and if you can’t get to one of their showcases (at Pianos or Arlene’s Grocery), you should definitely head over to their site and grab a copy of their full-length debut, Civil War.

Which brings us to… The Real Efforts Of Real People. There’s lots of cool music (may we humbly suggest!) at Burst Labs, but none has been as universally appealing as The Real Efforts. For now, would-be fans are going to have to be satiated with what they can hear at our site or the TREORP myspace page, as the boys are quite busy with recording sessions and international tours for other artists. Know that the very millisecond we have knowledge of where you can buy their incredible collection of songs and help support their ‘efforts’ (uh, sorry), we will share this knowledge with you. Promise! [dh]