Airborne Toxic Event Signs to Island Def Jam,

 

The Airborne Toxic Event, the quintet that burst out of L.A. clubs behind the radio single “Sometime Around Midnight,” is moving up to the big time. After releasing their debut album on independent imprint Majordomo (a division of Shout Factory) last summer, TATE is now signing a major-label deal with Island Def Jam.

 

The band’s self-titled debut has moved 53,000 copies — and the single has sold 109,000 digitally.

 

“It’s a great deal, we’re pumped up,” frontman Mikel Jollett says from Canada, where the band is in the middle of a six-week tour. “They came to us and said ‘We want to give you 100% creative control.’ Majordomo has a really good stake in this thing — they were very much a partner. It’s a good situation for everyone involved.”

 

Jollett says Island’s openness contrasted starkly with the band’s conversations with majors last year, before it decided to affiliate with Majordomo. “Last year when we talked to majors, they wanted to make a lot of changes, have us re-record the record, a lot of things,” he says. “Now it’s, ‘We like your record just the way it is.’

 

“And it’s incredible what Majordomo has done for us too; you’ve gotta take your hats off to them.”

 

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX15_KyL_q4]YouTube - The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight (LIVE)[/ame]

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbeXW3yG5vg]YouTube - Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight @ Endfest[/ame]

They rock, I want to see them play in NYC when they come in the fall

They are okay, a couple decent radio songs on the debut.

I just discovered them through Sometime Around Midnight (Amazing song)

 

I'm like halfway through the album, LOVE it.

I've been diggin their first single, but have yet to explore the rest of the album yet.

You should. I mean nothing's as good as Sometime Around Midnight for me. But I love it. I love the lyrics too, they're all like narrative. Plus they're kind of depressing. Which is nice.

PS. Their acoustic series is :dead:

known this band for a while now...

so I decided to make a thread for them

 

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbJtM4ohbtM]YouTube - The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight[/ame]

oh i love them, they play them on the Alt Nation sat radio a lot

YOU ARE LATE. AND THERE'S A SEARCH FUNCTION. USE IT

oh i love them, they play them on the Alt Nation sat radio a lot

 

that's cool

And so there’s a change, in your emotions.

And all these memories come rushing

like feral waves to your mind.

THERE.IS.ALREADY.A.THREAD.ABOUT.IT.

YEAH THERE IS. AND I THINK I MIGHTVE MADE IT.

Good God, calm down, I'll find it

I don't see one

 

post the link now

New Airborne Toxic Event album finished!

 

DAVE SARDY has just completed producing and mixing the brand new album from The Airborne Toxic Event.

The album will be released (i don't know why) in early 2011.

In the meantime, check out the trailer for their upcoming live dvd:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPf5HTyEyPw]YouTube- "ALL I EVER WANTED" Movie Trailer[/ame]

Yes!! Loved their first album :) But why 2011? :confused:

*threads merged*

 

American Indie Landfill

Isn't it great, when you can dig out old threads like this?!? ;)

 

Well, sometimes radio really is good for something. One of my local stations played 'Sometime Around Midnight' some weeks ago (yeah I know, old song) and I really loved it and ordered their CDs. Luckily All At Once arrived yesterday, as I'm going to see The Airborne Toxic Event live today in my hometown so I still had the chance to get familiar with their music :)

 

I must say, I completely fell in love with 'Half Of Something Else'. It's one of these songs you hear for the very first time and you have goosebumps all over your body :dazzled:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeOvI4CA4YA&feature=related]The Airborne Toxic Event - Half Of Something Else (With Lyrics) - YouTube[/ame]