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December 2011 Downs News:
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Rotary Downs up for BEST ROCK BAND, Offbeat Vote for Rotary Downs for BEST ROCK BAND! Voting is open until January 13th!
Vote here now!
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November 2011 Downs News:
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Back to School Run!
Friday, January 20th
Chelsea's
Baton Rouge, LA
w/TBA
Saturday, January 21st
One Eyed Jacks
New Orleans, LA
w/TBA
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November Shows!
Friday, November 11th
10pm
One Eyed Jacks
New Orleans, LA
supporting The Revivalists
Saturday, November 19th
MERMAID LOUNGE Reunion Block Party
10 bands!
Siberia/Hi-Ho Lounge
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October 2011 Downs News:
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October Shows!
Rotary Downs at VOODOO FEST
Saturday October 29th - 3:30pm
BINGO Parlour
&
Saturday October 29th - 11pm
DBA- 618 Frenchmen St.
w/Caddywhompus
COSTUMES!
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September 2011 Downs News:
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"Voodoo Music Experience"
Rotary Downs announced for Voodoo Music Experience 2011! Get your tix here
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SEPTEMBER NO-MISS tour UPDATE!
Thursday, Sept 15th - Martin's Bar - Jackson, MS
Friday, Sept 16th - Proud Larry's - Oxford, MS
Saturday, Sept 17th - DBA - NOLA
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June 2011 Downs News:
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"Rock Album of the Year 2011"
Thanks Offbeat and RD fans! Cracked Maps won best album!!!!!
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BONNAROO
THANKS to all those who were at our Bonnaroo set, and came up and said hi! That meant alot! We had a blast!.
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OGDEN MUSEUM
Next up is 6/23 at the OGDEN MUSEUM - 6-8pm -- 1 acoustic set, 1 electric set
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DBA
Back at DBA - 6/26 -- 2 sets and welcoming back Jason Rhein on bass...w/Alex Smith!
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March 2011 Downs News:
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ROTARY DOWNS NOMINATION
Rotary Downs nominated for "Best Rock Band" Award by The Gambit Weekly! Thanks Gambit! Awards Ceremony on April 25th. Get your tix here
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ROTARY DOWNS: "THE BRIDGE SESSIONS"
New Orleans-based Rotary Downs plays "Vampires/Werewolves" down at the Algiers Ferry Station awaiting a ride over the Mississippi to Canal Street. Recorded in April of 2010. "The Bridge Sessions" crew: Directed by Karina Mackenzie. Audio Re-mastering by Rich Rabnett.
click here to watch
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February 2011 Downs News:
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ROTARY DOWNS ON ROCK BAND
Very exciting news! All you Rock Band users, you can finally download and play along with Rotary Downs! We have just teamed up with The Authority to release two tracks from the critically acclaimed, and Offbeat Award winning "Cracked Maps and Blue Reports".(March 2010) Please follow the links to download, and tell your friends!
Bullet on a String
Promised Land
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January 2011 Downs News:
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JAZZ FEST
Rotary Downs is excited and honored to be playing our 5th New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest! Buy your tix now!
Click for more info
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ROTARY DOWNS ON FACEBOOK
Check out Rotary Downs on FACEBOOK and add us as your friend to stay updated!
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September 2010 Downs News:
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June 2010 Downs News:
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ROTARY DOWNS TO PLAY GULF COAST BENEFIT CONCERT AT TIPITINA'S UPTOWN
Rotary Downs is honored to play @ Tipitina's THURSDAY JULY 1ST for the Nationwide Benefit Concerts on July 1st benefitting the Fishermen & Wildlife affected by the Gulf Coast Oil Spill. Please visit GulfCoastBenefit.com
or The Gulf Restoration Network
for more information.
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ROTARY DOWNS VIDEO AT LIMEWIRE
Check out Rotary Downs at the Limewire Studios in NYC.
CHECK IT OUT HERE
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I-10 IN JULY
Rotary Downs will be hitting Lafayette, Baton Rouge, and back home to NOLA in late July. Check out our UPCOMING SHOWS and come support!
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THANK YOU BIG APPLE
Big ups to all our friends new and old, who came out to show support and rock with us late into the nights. We did our fair share of schlepping gear, and thanks to Lee and Todd Gillespie, Michael Cerveris, and Graham Holly, we had the gear we needed.
Bigger ups to ArtJail, BROOKLYN BOWL, and Crackalack Breweries for having us...we hope to be up again.
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TOUR UPDATE
We are extremely sorry we had to cancel our Jackson, MS and Athens, GA shows this week -- but we'll be in NY all weekend! Come by!
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CA TOUR UPDATE
A BIG Thank You to all of you who came out to our shows in California. You all definitely showed us the love wherever we went...The Mint, Winston's, and especially the Boom Boom Room in SF. All of our shows were packed, and folks were dancin' and singin' - thanks for listening and coming out.
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EAST COAST TOUR
June 9th - 13th Rotary Downs will be gassing up the Van and hitting the road up east on our way to NY and back. Go to UPCOMING SHOWS and spread the word!
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DBA - May 28th - Rough Seven Release Party
Rotary Downs is happy to support the release of the Ryan Scully and his Rough Seven's new album. We will do a 30 min set, as well as Happy Talk Band, Rough Seven, Ratty Scurvics, and more - I'm sure you'll hear some surprises and Scully covers....
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Rotary Downs on nola.com Rotary Downs article in Times-Picayune Living section
READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
Rotary Downs video interview on nola.com during practice session.
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
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Jazz Fest News
Rotary Downs one of "JamBase's 21 Must-See Bands at Jazz Fest"
READ FULL REVIEW HERE
Rotary Downs -- "10 Must See Acts at Jazz Fest" - Gambit Weekly
READ FULL REVIEW HERE
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'Cracked Maps & Blue Reports'Cracked Maps and Blue Reports moves up to #126 on CMJ Top 200!
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'Cracked Maps & Blue Reports'Cracked Maps and Blue Reports Debuts at #153 on CMJ Top 200.
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Jambase.com Review: Dennis' Runner-Up of The Week
Rotary Downs: Cracked Maps & Blue Reports (Rookery/Reapandsow) A propulsive, infectious urgency informs this latest bumptious, captivating offering from one of New Orleans' emerging rock joys...Like a lot of quality modern rock, Cracked Maps & Blue Reports (released) is a soundtrack for the rush-rush anywhere we hectic beings find ourselves living in today,... (DC)
READ FULL REVIEW HERE
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'Cracked Maps & Blue Reports' on ITunes!Cracked Maps and Blue Reports released nationally on ITunes, Rhapsody, and other digital music outlets worldwide on March 29, 2010!
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Request 'Cracked Maps' on college radio! Songs from the album, including 'Promised Land' and 'A Drink From the Clouds' have been added to college and satellite radio stations around the U.S. Please help us get the music out there by calling your local college/community/public radio station today and requesting your favorite song from the 'Cracked Maps & Blue Reports'!
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Free download:'Montrez Vous'
In conjunction with the new album release, we are offering 'Montrez Vous' as a free downloadable track. We are encouraging you, our fans, to please copy and paste this link http://bit.ly/RD_promo to your Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, blog or anywhere you share stuff you like with your friends.
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Filter Magazine gives "Cracked Maps" high marks "Cracked Maps & Blue Reports . . . perfectly New Orleanian: both high and low, in and out, joyous and mournful." - Filter Magazine, March 2010
READ FULL REVIEW HERE
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Offbeat Magazine reviews "Cracked Maps" ". . .Sonically, this sounds like a 2010 record of indie rock played with energy and enthusiasm, a welcome trait of the recent rock 'n' roll coming out of the Crescent City." - David Kunian, Offbeat Magazine, March 2010
READ FULL REVIEW HERE