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Just a day before their summer tour with the John Butler Trio begins, State Radio reveals their brand new video for stand-out track “Calling All Crows” from their latest album Let It Go. The track is a one-drop groove that calls the band’s legion of fans to attention as frontman Chad Stokes beckons, “It’s gonna be a showdown, said the rebel to the revolutionary, come with me!” The track serves as the anthem for the band’s humanitarian organization by the same name—founded by Stokes and State Radio tour manager Sybil Gallagher in 2008—that promotes human rights and specifically aims to end violence against women. The video, which just premiered on the Huffington Post, portrays strong women from all over the world uniting to take a stand. 

In 2009, Calling All Crows raised $100,000 to provide 5,000 fuel-efficient stoves to Darfuri women, decreasing the number of necessary trips away from IDP camps and, in turn, decreasing the risk of being victimized by violence. In 2010, Calling All Crows has renewed its dedication to fighting violence against women in Sudan through its Darfur Camps Project, which offers small grants and skills trainings to women so they can advance their rights, start businesses, and develop their communities.

As in the past, Calling All Crows will also have a presence on State Radio’s summer tour with their Green Summer of Service--community projects where volunteers can join band members as they clean beaches, collect petition signatures for the "Ban The Bag” campaign, retrofit homes and businesses with energy-efficient light bulbs, and much more. For more information on all Calling All Crows activities, visit www.callingallcrows.org.

State Radio and their humanitarian organization Calling All Crows is currently featured on the PBS Newshour Art Beat Blog. The Art Beat profiled the band as part of their Earth Day coverage, recognizing their devotion to both environmentalism and music. The coverage include a great video interview with State Radio front man and Calling All Crows co-founder Chad Stokes; check it out HERE. 

State Radio will be joining the John Butler Trio on tour dates later this month, and Calling All Crows will be focused on environmental service projects with their Green Summer Of Service. Click HERE to find out if State Radio and Calling All Crows will be coming through your city and how you can participate (full list of tour dates below).

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.