The Badge's new single "King Without A Country" b/w "Where You Are" is out now.  Buy it from iTunes here:



And check out a new interview with Jeff Slate here:

http://redtrackmusic.com/?p=193

Marc and his band the Soul Shop have a great new record coming out.  Read all about it here:

http://redtrackmusic.com/?p=40

And don't forget to download Marc's take on Joni Mitchell's River.

Our new video for Super Fine! has been creeping around YouTube for the past couple of months so we thought we'd share it here, too.  Happy Holidays from The Badge!

Expect a new album from The Badge real soon!

Basic tracks are now complete for 15 songs, which the band plans to whittle down to the best 11 for it's next album.  The band will be tracking more in the next month and should have a new song or two to post here before long, so keep checking in. 

THE BADGE WIND UP 2006 WITH A NEW RELEASE, AND NEWS ABOUT SOLO PROJECTS AND WHAT'S ON TAP FOR 2007.

"The Badge: Telecasts"

The Badge will release "The Badge: Telecasts" in December. "Telecasts" will feature live television and radio performances of songs from all three of the band's albums as well as two recent lengthy BBC interviews. It will be available digitally as well as in a limited edition CD release as part of The Badge's ongoing "Bootleg Series."

To promote "Telecasts" The Badge will offer a free video download of a television performance of "Super Fine!", which was featured on 2005's "The EP Collection (2004-2005)" and in a recent episode of TNT's hit show "Saved." The video will also be available at the band's MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/thebadge.

In the meantime, the band are hard at work on a new studio album of all new material, which they plan to complete during sessions booked to wrap up in January. The new album - tentatively titled **** ("Four Stars") - will be released in March 2007, with tours of Germany, England and the US to follow throughout next year.

SOLO PROJECTS

While hard at work on the next album, each member of The Badge has been busy with varying solo projects.

Marc Teamaker

Marc Teamaker hits the road this week with his band Bombay Soul Shop. Playing rock n' roll of the first order, the band will play the following UK dates:

Friday, October 13 - Fibbers - The Stonebow, York, YO1 7NP

Saturday, October 14 - The Causeway - Stranton, Hartlepool, TS24 7QT

Sunday, October 15 - The Vic and Hat - 3-5 Dundas Street, Saltburn by the Sea, TS12 1AH

Wednesday, October 18 - Chicago Rock Cafe - 60/61 High Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1SR

Thursday, October 19 - 12 Bar Club - Denmark Street, London, WC2H 8NL

Friday, October 20 - Oxfam Benefit - The Polish Ex-Serviceman's Club - 550 St Pauls Road Cifton, Bristol, BS8

Visit Marc's MySpace page for more info.

Nelson Pla

Nelson's band Clueless will release "The Best of Clueless: Volume 2" early in 2007. Clueless will promote the CD heavily, so watch here or at www.cluelessmusc.net for an upcoming tour announcement.

Matt Kalin

Matt Kalin has been busy in 2006 bringing his remarkable Hammond chops to sessions around the country while promoting his fantastic new children's album "Feelin' Good." "Feelin' Good" is a collection of five original songs and new arrangements of five American folk tunes that Matt give kids, their parents, and their teachers a great way to start the day feelin' good!

Jeff Slate

Jeff is hard at work on pre-production for the next album for The Badge, and promises that it will be the one to make the band a household name. Jeff has also been tinkering with a solo album as well as several archival releases including the eventual release of an expanded edition of the Mindless Thinkers' album "anyone for anything" on CD.

KEEP CHECKING WWW.THEBADGE.COM FOR THE LATEST NEWS. THE SITE WILL BE BE REDESIGNED AND RELAUCHED BEFORE THE RELEASE OF "TELECASTS", WITH IMPROVED NAVIGATION AND DIRECT CD AND DIGITAL PURCHASE LINKS FOR BAND AND SOLO RELEASES.


"The most impressive of the many bands influenced by the psychedelic Beatles was The Badge from New York and their Random Road was a kissing cousin to Drive My Car. The title track of their recent album Calling Generation Mojo, was one of the festival's many highlights. If young bands can write Lennon and McCartney songs, why can't McCartney?" (Spencer Leigh, BBC)

GET MORE ON THE BADGE:
www.thebadge.com

Our song Super Fine! will be featured in an upcoming episode of the breakout hit show Saved this Fall. Look for more details here.

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