"San Francisco indie-folk outfit Or, The Whale fills its energetic, boot-stomping live shows with bluesy anthems and gut-wrenching ballads." (Full Article)

Billboard did a spotlight on our record label Seany Records and their work with Pediatric Cancer Research. Or, the Whale gets a mention!  There's no electronic version, but here's the text:

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At age 16, Sean Robins was a baseball pitcher. But then one morning he couldn't get out of bed. "We thought it was a herniated disc or a pulled muscle," says Sean's father Mitchell Robins, CEO of Seany Records. "It turns out that it was this horrible type of cancer called Ewing's sarcoma."

Sean died in 2006 after a seven-year battle with the rare form of cancer. Shortly after his death, Robins launched the Seany Foundation, a charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with the disease. Since its launch, the organization has raised nearly $400,000 from donations and events. Prior to his death, Sean tried to land an internship at EMI, but couldn't because of his health. The idea to start a label in his honor came from music industry veteran Harlan Lansky, a friend of Robins who tried to arrange the internship.

"Harlan called me up and said 'I have this vision. It was Sean coming to me and saying we should start Seany Records.'" Robins recalls. "And we should do it for the purpose of not only getting the name out there, but finding acts who really want to do something for a cause." 

Los Angeles-based Seany Records launched last year and has since signed the country-rcok act Or, the Whale. Robins is financing the label and has appointed Lansky president. The label will donate at least 50% of its future profits to The Seany Foundation, according to Robins, a San Diego-based CPA who's handling the charity's expenses. 

-Mitchell Peters, Billboard Magazine