FROM MONUMENT TO MASSES’ ON LITTLE KNOWN FREQUENCIES on THE SILENT BALLET’s Top 50 Releases of 2009
January 23, 2010
Congratulations to our boys in FMTM on getting featured as #20 on THE SILENT BALLET’s staff top 50 releases of 2009!
“After six years of absence, FMTM returns with an ambitious album featuring a charged political agenda, but it is behind the band’s overt aims that the essence of On Little Known Frequencies lies. With an intricate immix of genres, FMTM’s melodic, intense, and catchy compositions coalesce into a complexly themed piece of music. Unpredictable and yet clearly studied, the songs take the form of an atypical trip; the elegant winding roads seem enticing on a first spin, but they definitely aren’t for everyone. Dare to delve further, though, and the serious eclecticism will stand out and make this album worth keeping on one’s list of prodigious records. (Diana Sitaru)”
READ THE REST OF THE LIST: HERE
From Monument to Masses Album Release Party
April 1, 2009
at Cinespace….
FMTM put on a fantastic show, I heard someone say it was the best show they’ve seen this year.
FROM MONUMENT TO MASSES play NOISE POP this ThursdaY (FEB. 26TH) - their first live show in San Fran since Dec. 2007! GO TO IT!
February 23, 2009
DON’T FORGET - From Monument To Masses will be headlining San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill THIS THURSDAY, February 26, as a part of the Bay’s 17th annual Noise Pop Festival. If you live in in the San Francisco area, you really need to go to this show - it’s going to be a real good one!
The festival prides itself on providing exposure to emerging artists, many of whom have gone on to widespread acclaim, including the White Stripes, Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie, The Shins, Bright Eyes, The Donnas, Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco) and Silversun Pickups.
It’s the perfect place for From Monument To Masses to kick off its support for “On Little Known Frequencies”, their eagerly-anticipated fourth full-length release on Dim Mak / Downtown Records (Due 2/24 on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, etc. and March 10 in stores) which they recorded and produced with Seattle, Washington’s Matt Bayles (Minus The Bear, Russian Circles, Mastodon).
The show will be the first time the band has played in its hometown since Dec. 1, 2007. They’re joined by fellow Bay Area indie rock staples Crime in Choir (GSL) and Built for the Sea. Follow the link for show details and to buy advance tickets now (strongly recommended).
And to download FREE tracks and get a preview of the upcoming record, “On Little Known Frequencies”, visit HERE!
We need YOU to help FROM MONUMENT TO MASSES get some great COLLEGE RADIO play. Please request FMTM at your local radio station and enter our CONTEST!
February 4, 2009
FROM MONUMENT TO MASSES
HITS COLLEGE RADIO ON TUESDAY FEB. 10TH
The From Monument to Masses album “On Little Known Frequencies” is hitting college radio and WE NEED YOUR HELP! This phenomenal post-rock instrumental album is destined for the ears of indie-rock radio listeners nationwide, especially the college kids out there searching for the freshest, new rock outfit to tell all their lab partners about.
To listen to the band, please check out their myspace HERE or their RCRDLBL page HERE.
We need your help TO REQUEST THE ALBUM to college radio stations in your area, in your region, and really…anywhere you feel like calling. If you dig the band and the album, then you can help make a huge difference for From Monument to Masses by helping them gain they buzz they deserve on college radio. You can request any song you want, but we encourage the first single (a spine-tinglingly awesome song), “Beyond God and Elvis”.
Every station should already have the album and some already may be playing it, but the album officially goes for ads through CMJ (College Music Journal – they track college radio play counts) on THIS TUESDAY FEB. 10TH. So, please hit hard with your requests to any and all of the stations and below, starting TODAY!
***CONTEST***
To make this even more interesting, we are going to throw a little contest at you!
- For every request that you make to a radio station, email Contest@dimmak.com (1) the station, (2) the song request, (3) the date and time, and (4) their response (ex: “Sure, we’ll play it” OR “Crap, we don’t have that.”). PLEASE let us know, if for some reason, they don’t have the album.
- If you go online and find the station’s website or myspace and make a request on there, please CC Contest@dimmak.com or forward us your message.
- Please try to send all your requests on a given day in one email or message so we don’t get overloaded.
- We will call and/or email the stations to verify your requests, when needed.
- The top three people who send us the most requests to radio stations from NOW until March 1st will receive (1) a free copy of the “On Little Known Frequencies” album when it comes out in March, and (2) a Dim Mak sticker pack, and (3) a surprise Dim Mak item.
The band has “sweetened the deal” by adding these perks to the contest:
“Anyone who’s actually willing to take their time to help us out deserves a personal “Thank You”. With that said, FMTM will give the TOP 10 (including the 3 Dim Mak winners) a prize package including limited edition silkscreened FMTM posters, buttons, and stickers. Just enter as listed out above and we’ll get your info from Dim Mak. Thanks in advance for helping out!!! - Sergio/FMTM”
***THE RELEASE***
From Monument to Masses return with their sophomore release “On Little Known Frequencies” on Dim Mak Records, weaving together an eclectic array of genres into their post-rock core. Inspired by everything from hip hop beats to classical string
arrangements to the explosive energy of early hardcore, FMTM twist these styles to match their aesthetic instead of throwing out overt references. The album is also laden with spooky snippets of sampled political dialogue, another example of the band’s decision to stray away from simply saying what they feel. FMTM recorded over 60+ minutes of adventurous, forward-thinking music that resulted in quite possibly the last great instrumental rock opus. Think “Dark Side of the Moon” meets DJ Shadow’s “Endtroducing”.
To listen to the band, please check out their myspace HERE or their RCRDLBL page HERE.
***THE RADIO STATIONS***
WASHINGTON
KAOS -360.866.5267 (Olympia)
CALIFORNIA
KAPU (Azusa)
KSSU - 916.278.3666 (Sacramento)
KLBC – (562)-938-4800 – (Los Angeles)
KXLU – (310)-338-5958 - (Los Angeles)
KCTY – (562)-938-4300 - (Los Angeles)
KCRW – (310)-450-5183 - (Los Angeles)
KSCR – (213)-740-KSCR - (Los Angeles)
OREGON
KBVR - 541.737.4962 (Corvalis)
IOWA
KLCR (Dubuqu)
KWAR -319.352.8306 (Waverly)
NEBRASKA
KRNU - 402.472.5768 (Lincoln)
OKLAHOMA
KXZY (Stillwater)
TEXAS
Radio UTD - 972.883.6305 (Richardson)
KTRU – (713)-348-5878 – (Houston)
KANM – (979)-458-5266 – (Houston)
KTBZ – (713)-212-5945 – (Houston)
KHSU – (707)-826-4805 – (Houston)
KTSW FM – (512)-245-3485
– (Houston)
HAWAII
URH - 808.933.3163 (Hilo)
NEW YORK
WAIH - 315.267.2511 (Potsdam)
WCDB - 518.442.4242 (Albany)
WGSU - 585.245.5586 (Geneseo)
WKWZ - 516.364.5746 (Syosset)
WSVA - 212.960.5738 (New York)
WVKR - 845.437.7178 (Poughkeepsie)
WCWP - 1-516-299-2626 – (NYC)
WETD - 1-607-587-2907 - (NYC)
WSIA 1-718-982-3060 - (NYC)
WNYU - 1-212-998-1818 - (NYC)
WBSU - 1-716-375-2332
- (NYC)
ILLINOIS
WARG - 708.728.3222 (Summit)
WGBK (Glenview)
WPCD (Champaign)
WXAV – (773)-298-3386 – (Chicago)
WHPK – (773)-702-8424 – (Chicago)
WLWU - (773) 508-9589 – (Chicago)
WRSE - (630) 617-5683
– (Chicago)
WONC – (630) 637-8989
– (Chicago)
MASSACHUSETTS
WKKL - 508.375.4030 (W. Barnstable)
WAMH 89.3 FM – (413) 542-2288 – (Amherst College)
WZBC 90.3 FM – (617) 552-4686 - (Boston College)
WTBU 89.3 FM – (617)-353-6400 - (Boston University)
WBRS 100.1 FM - (781)-736-5277 – (Brandeis University)
WBIM 91.5 FM – (508)-531-1303 - (Bridgewater State College)
WERS 88.9 FM – (617)-578-8890 - (Emerson College)
WXPL 91.3 FM – (978)-655-4848 - (Fitchburg State College)
WHRB 95.3 FM – (617)-495-WHRB - (Harvard University)
WCHC 88.1 FM – (508)-793-2474 - (Holy Cross)
WMBR 88.1 FM – (617)-253-8810 - (MIT)
WMHC 91.5 FM – (413)-538-2044 - (Mount Holyoke College)
WRBB 104.9 FM – (617)-373-2658 - (Northeastern University)
WLZX 99.3 FM – (413)-526-9932 - (Northhampton)
WMWM 91.7 FM – (978)-745-9401 - (Salem State College)
WOZQ 91.9 FM – (413)-585-4977 - (Smith College)
WSHL 91.3 FM – (508)-565-1913 - (Stonehill College)
WMFO 91.5 FM – (617)-627-3800 - (Tufts University)
WMUA 91.1 FM – (413)-545-3691 - (UMASS Amherst)
WSMU 91.1 FM – (508)-999-8150 - (UMASS Darmouth)
WLZY 91.5 FM – (413)-526-9932 – (Wellesley College)
WCFM 91.9 FM – (413)-597-1297 – (Williams University)
NEW JERSEY
WCCM - 973.328.5212 (Randolph)
WMCX - 732.571.3493 (W. Long Branch)
WMSC - 973.655.4256 (Upper Montclair)
MICHIGAN
WCKS - 616. 892 5631 (Allendale)
WPHS - 586.751.3689 (Warren)
INDIANA
WECI - 765.962.3541 (Richmond)
PENNSYLVANIA
WESS - 570.422.3133 (East Stroudsberg)
WHRC - 610.896.2920 (Haverford)
WXLV - 610.799.1145 (Schnecksville)
WQHS – (215) -898-3500 – (Philadelphia)
WKDU – (215)-895-5917
– (Philadelphia)
WXPN – (215)-573-WXPN
– (Philadelphia)
WYBF – (601)-902-8453 – (Philadelphia)
WMUH – (484)-664-3456
– (Philadelphia)
WRKC - 570.208.5821 (Wilkes-Barre)
CONNECTICUT
WSIN - 203.392.5353 (New Haven)
WPKN - (203) 331-1328 - (Bridgeport)
WCNI 90.9 – (860) 439-2850 - (Connecticut College)
WHUS 91.7 FM – (860) 429-9487 - (University of Connecticut)
WWUH 91.3 – (860) 768-5913 - (University of Hartford)
WNHU 88.7 FM - (203) 934-9296 – (University of New Haven)
WESU 88.1 FM – (860) 685-7700 - (Wesleyan University)
WYBC 1340 AM – (203) 562-1340 - (Yale University)
MARYLAND
WJHU (Baltimore)
WMUC - 301.314.8800 (College Park)
FLORIDA
WKPX - 954.322.1818 (Ft. Lauderdale)
WISCONSIN
WLFM - 920.832.6566 (Appleton)
RHODE ISLAND
WQRI - 413.253.WQRI (Bristol)
SOUTH CAROLINA
WSBF - 864.656.9723 (Clemson)
