RISING SEATTLE ARTIST MOTOPONY SETS DATES WITH DANIEL JOHNSTON, VIVA BROTHER

PREMIERE VIDEO VIA TEENVOGUE.COM

SELF-TITLED DEBUT LP CONTINUES TO GARNER CRITICAL ACCLAIM

“A great record.” —NPR Music

“The best band ever.”—MTV.com

“Motopony is an automatic for the KCRW airwaves. The lyric and musicality is magnetic. It sounds fresh yet familiar, and caught my ear straight away.”—Jason Bentley, KCRW FM

“We haven’t been able to get Seattle foursome Motopony out of our heads…these guys have a nostalgic sound and easy, blues-spiked melodies that can’t help but feel both simultaneously new and weirdly familiar.” —NYLON

“Motopony is the essence of folk n’ roll on fire with poetic passion.”—KEXP FM

Seattle’s rising glitch-folk band Motopony is set to tour throughout the fall with dates supporting Daniel Johnston and Viva Brother. The band is touring on the heels of their debut self-titled LP, available now on tinyOGRE Entertainment. The band has been labeled “buzzworthy” by MTV in addition to receiving support from the influential KCRW with an appearance on “Morning Becomes Eclectic.” The new record has also received critical acclaim from NPR Music, KEXP, NYLON, NYLON Guys, American Songwriter, AOL Spinner, RCRD LBL and many others. The band performed in four cities in one day in celebration of Southwest Airlines’ 40th anniversary and most recently Teen Vogue premiered a live video of the band’s performance of the album track “I Am My Body” from KCRW’s Summer Nights Series; view the video here: http://www.teenvogue.com/industry/blogs/music/2011/08/motopony-i-am-my-body-exclusive.html.

The band is set to tour this summer including dates with Daniel Johnston and Viva Brother. Please see below for a list of shows.

Motopony is fronted by lead singer, songwriter, former fashion designer and writer Daniel Blue along with collaborators Buddy Ross, Brantley Cady and Forrest Mauvais. The four-piece group has quickly risen through the Seattle music scene receiving praise from KEXP while Seattle Weekly called them one of the “nine up-and-coming bands at the heart of Seattle’s music scene” and Tacoma’s Weekly Volcano named them “Tacoma’s Best New Band.” Additional info on the band is available at www.facebook.com/Motopony.



For more information, please contact Krista Williams, Joe Cohen or Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.

MOTOPONY Tour Dates
* with Daniel Johnston
† with Viva Brother

August 26 /// Wonder Ballroom /// Portland, OR*
August 27 /// Rio Theatre /// Vancouver, BC*
September 5 /// Bumbershoot Festival /// Seattle, WA
September 8 /// Varsity Theater /// Minneapolis, MN
September 9 /// Schuba’s /// Chicago, IL
September 12 /// Jammin’ Java /// Vienna, VA
September 14 /// Ninth Ward /// Buffalo, NY
September 15 /// Mercury Lounge /// New York, NY
September 16 /// The Brillobox /// Pittsburgh, PA
September 17 /// Lark Street /// Albany, NY
September 20 /// The Horseshoe Tavern /// Toronto, ON
September 22 /// Musica /// Akron, OH
September 27 /// The Basement /// Columbus, OH
September 28 /// Southgate House /// Newport, KY
September 29 /// Cicero’s /// St. Louis, MO
October 13 /// The Horseshoe Tavern /// Toronto, ON†
October 14 /// Le Petit Campus /// Montreal, QC†
October 15 /// DeLuna Fest /// Pensacola Beach, FL
October 16 /// Johnny Brenda’s /// Philadelphia, PA†
October 17 /// The Middle East /// Cambridge, MA†
October 18 /// The Met /// Pawtucket, RI†
October 19 /// Bowery Ballroom /// New York, NY†
October 21 /// Rock and Roll Hotel /// Washington, DC†
October 22 /// The Club at Water Street /// Rochester, NY†
October 24 /// The Basement /// Columbus, OH†
October 25 /// Lincoln Hall /// Chicago, IL†
October 26 /// Triple Rock /// Minneapolis, MN†