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Alternative Break Tour - Service at the North Texas Food Bank in Dallas March 3

At State Radio's two night sellout this weekend at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., Calling All Crows, the band's service organization, announced their 2010 fundraising campaign to support Sudanese women. In partnership with Oxfam America, State Radio and Calling All Crows have set a goal to raise $100,000 through their Trees, Training, and Donkey Carts initiative. Calling All Crows is asking at least 100 fans to raise $1,000 to provide tree seedlings, vocational skills training and donkey carts to women. More info HERE.

This week, Calling All Crows and State Radio are hosting the first ever Alternative Break Tour: Destination New Orleans! Over March 1-7, 2010, nine service-minded State Radio fans are devoting their spring break traveling by tour bus down South, volunteering with members of the band at local non-profits by day and experiencing State Radio LIVE each night! Follow their adventures through photos, video, and blog posts HERE. Check out full list of events below. 

 “Following in the footsteps of heroes like Guthrie, Dylan, Rage Against the Machine, Michael Franti and so many more, State Radio use their music as a tool to evoke the change they want to see. Rarely is revolution so much fun.”
-Jambase.com

“State Radio plays smart rock. More specifically, it's educated, punk-infused alt-reggae with socially conscious lyrics. And the band plays it damn well. "
-Miami New Times

Check out State Radio's intimate acoustic performance at Relix Magazine HERE

Boston’s revolution rockers State Radio have announced a summer tour with the John Butler Trio. Pre-sale begins Feb 19 and via ticketing outlets Feb 26 (list of dates below). The band is currently bringing their incendiary rock, punk and reggae to cities all over the country on their winter stint. Other recent tour-mates include 311, Tom Morello’s The Nightwatchman, and a set with Rage Against The Machine at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. 

Says front man Chad Stokes, "We played with John Butler years ago in small clubs holdin' about 100 people and we've kept in touch ever since becoming good friends over the years. Last time we saw him we had a blast at the Blues and Roots Fest in Oz...we are wicked psyched to meet up with him and his band again. It's gonna be a balls to the wall tour!"

Boston trio State Radio has unveiled an epic music video for their punk-fueled song “Knights Of Bostonia,” featuring a battle at a historic fort that dates back to the Revolutionary War, an army of State Radio fans, and a retired Boston Police horse. The track is from the band’s latest release, Let It Go (Ruff Shod Records).

Directed by Andrew Mudge, the video was shot over 3 days in Boston at 11 locations (including the battle scene at the historic Fort Revere) with over 100 extras. Mudge’s work has screened on HBO, Sundance and Discovery. Says the director, “I imagined the band as these sort of rag tag knights, skating through an urban landscape, and then breaking kids free from a school. Chad [Stokes, frontman] and I spent several days together hashing out the story elements, bringing in stuff from our childhood - bows and arrows, running from cops, and horses!"

Nettwerk would like to congratulate recording artists fun., State Radio and The Submarines for their IMA wins today in the following categories:

POP/ROCK - SONG
Artist: fun.
Song: "All The Pretty Girls"

SING OUT FOR SOCIAL ACTION - SONG
Artist: State Radio
Song: "Calling All Crows"

FILM/TV/GAMING & MULTIMEDIA - SONG
Artist: The Submarines
Song: "You, Me and the Bourgeoisie" from the Apple iPhone 3GS ad
 

 Click HERE for a full list of winners. 

State Radio fans in Los Angeles got a big surprise last Friday, January 15 when Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello joined the band on stage for the track "Gang Of Theives," which Morello once called his "#1 iTunes jam." Morello and State Radio first hooked up when Morello tracked the band down in 2008 and asked them to join his Justice tour, which focused on social justice through music and local activism.

State Radio is currently on their Winter 2010 "Let It Go: Lefty Rides Again" Tour. Check out the remaining tour dates below. 

State Radio are making a point to stop their shows on their current winter tour to encourage fans to get their cellphones out to text the word OXFAM to 25383 to make a one-time $10 donation to Oxfam’s Haiti Response Fund. State Radio frontman and Calling All Crows co-founder Chad Stokes also created the above video message to further encourage fan involvement. 

Find out more about Oxfam's Haiti Response Fund HERE. 

Team Calling All Crows (left to right): Victoria Weiss, Ben Schwartz, Matt Wilhelm, Leah Fine, Josh Gutter, Nica Latto, Jeb Gutelius, Sybil Gallagher, Chad Stokes
 

State Radio frontman and former Dispatch member Chad Stokes took to the stage with “Some Good Friends” this past weekend at Arts at the Armory in Somerville, MA for the second annual Calling All Crows benefit shows. These shows wove together music with a message, celebrating the accomplishments of Calling All Crows’ first year in action, including 600 fans volunteering over 3,000 hours at local service projects across the country and a year long effort from State Radio and their fans to raise $100,000 for Oxfam America’s Darfur Stoves project. The Calling All Crows team (pictured above) presented the check on Saturday night, December 12, to Bob Ferguson of Oxfam America.

“Oxfam America's partnership with State Radio and Calling All Crows on our Darfur Stoves project has been meaningful from day one,” Ferguson remarked. “Like Oxfam, the band and their organization are all about creating partners and activists to help make our globe a better place. Their work on this project will impact 5000 families in Darfur for the better, and proves the motto of Oxfam America's concert outreach program that ‘music can change the world.’”

The donation will provide 5,000 fuel-efficient stoves that will decrease the number of trips Sudanese women need to make away from their refugee camps to collect firewood and, in turn, decrease their risk of becoming victims of rape and assault.

 
Nettwerk is proud to share that five label artists were nominated for 6 awards in the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMAs)!

fun.: "All The Pretty Girls" - POP/ROCK SONG
fun.: Aim and Ignite - POP/ROCK ALBUM
Katzenjammer: "A Bar In Amsterdam" - AMERICANA SONG
Old Crow Medicine Show: Live From The Orange Peel And Tennessee Theatre- LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO
State Radio" "Calling All Crows"- SING OUT FOR SOCIAL ACTION SONG
The Submarines: "You, Me and the Bourgeouisie" - SONG USED IN FILM/TV/MULTIMEDIA

Visit the link to see a full list of nominees. 

While we all wait for the Judges to determine the Winners of The 9th Independent Music Awards, you can show your support by voting for Nettwerk artists by visiting The IMA Vox Pop Jukebox HERE.

The Judge-determined Independent Music Awards Winners will be announced in January; the fan-selected Vox Pop Winners will be announced in June.

State Radio's Chad Stokes has become a featured and regular contributor to the Huffington Post's Impact -- a new featured section in association with Causecast.org that is dedicated to cause-related news. Other contributors include Huff Post creator Arianna Huffington, Blake Mycoskie of TOMS shoes, Rosario Dawson, and many more with the goal of focusing its readers on being active within their communities.

Check out his first posting on music and public service HERE.

More information and tour dates below...

Boston-based rock trio and social activists STATE RADIO debut on the Billboard 200 this week at #96 with just under 6,000 copies of third studio album LET IT GO sold. This marks the band’s highest debut on the charts in their career so far. They also landed at #25 Alternative Album, #25 Internet Album and #44 Digital Album.

Next, the band announces they will release a special vinyl edition of Let It Go. The two-disc deluxe, 180 gram vinyl, which is accompanied by a CD of digital tracks from Let It Go, is available at indie retail stores beginning November 7 and everywhere else November 10.

State Radio have become known for their hard-hitting live show and dedicated fan base, playing headline shows to sold-out crowds of thousands from Boston to New York to Chicago to LA. They made their Austin City Limits debut last weekend and will join 311 on tour for two weeks once their current round of headline dates wrap up in November (tour dates below).