NMD Blog

2009-02-24T14:29:00.000-08:00

#1 Indie Mainstream Song - Independent Music Network

We just climbed up to #1 on the Indie Mainstream charts (Independent Music Network) this week. That's the one where you, the fans, have voted for us.

Thanks for making this happen... we only have a couple more weeks of chart promotion, so if you want to stop by to vote again for the next week of charts, you can go here.

Thanks again! See you Sunday night...
Jeremy

2009-02-17T14:28:00.000-08:00

Hey all!

Hope you had a hot and steamy weekend of Valentine's Day love (even if it took a jar of peanut butter and your dog).

We continue to be busy here in Donkeyland Ranch (think of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch without the child-trauma - see pic below for inspiration):

First off, we are still working to make our new album available at the end of this month. However, it will only be initially to our close fans who have been waiting patiently or otherwise. We won't be "putting it on the market" officially (including some possible stores, the digital outlets like ITunes, etc.) until April. Over the next week, we'll be changing out the MySpace songs to our new stuff, too.

So, wait for an announcement on how you, loyal fan that you are, can purchase this in advance. In other related news, the mixer on some of our newest album just won his own Grammy Award for engineering (Album: "Raices" of "Los Tigres Del Norte" in the category "Best Norteno Album"). So we have a Grammy Award winner in our Donkey midst! Congrats to Alfonso Rodenas!!In an attempt to add some celebration to the pending release, we have booked three shows for the month of March. Details for the first two are below (both at the Knitting Factory). The third will probably be on March 27th, but we're still figuring out the details.

For more information on any of these shows, please check our Facebook, MySpace, or Website:

• Sunday, March 1st @ The Knitting Factory (Front Room); ALL AGES ($8); Donks on at 11pm. Playing with a great brother/sister act that we love - Jeremy and Jessica Burgan.

• Friday, March 20th @ The Knitting Factory (Alterknit Lounge); ALL AGES ($10; time still being worked out for NMD's set, but the night starts at 8pm officially). This is with our good friends and last year's tour-mates The Hot Toddies and Get Set Go.

Our "Hot AC" radio run for "Cherry" continues (you can still vote at Independent Music Network), but we're also in talks to possibly have our NEW album go out to college radio in April.

Good things a'happenin'.
Hope to see you at the shows!
Jeremy

2009-01-28T16:22:00.000-08:00

2009-01-23T10:57:00.001-08:00

Thank you to everyone who came out to our increasingly "late" show last night. It was great seeing so many familiar faces on a "school" night. We had a blast and hope you did as well!

We are still looking for uses for Tim's hose. It was sadly neglected last evening. Also, to get serious again for a moment - if you would like to donate to our favorite charity, "Getting Taffy to Africa" please make checks out to New MaximumDonkey. We'll make sure it gets to those in need of Saltwater Taffy in Africa.

Next week - Stardust, Downey, CA (1/31).

Thanks again!
Jeremy

2009-01-14T11:15:00.000-08:00

"Cherry" has it's first week in radio (thanks to URLabel.net and UE3Promotions!) and we're off to a great start. The song is #1 Most Added at "Top 40" according to New Music Weekly and #2 Most Added at "Hot AC." We'll keep you posted on where you might be able to hear this and let you know how the "climb" is going...

2009-01-12T11:51:00.000-08:00

So in case anyone didn't catch it right before the New Year, our favorite news source, "The Onion," listed our band name as one of their "What the Hell Does that Mean" lists from last year. They compile a year-end list of notably bad, weird, crazy, and odd band names that come across their desk and we were one of them.
Check the link HERE.
It's surprising it took them this long to "find" us considering they reviewed our act about two years ago.

In other news, as part of the ongoing excitement surrounding our upcoming "Cherry" radio promotion, the single "Cherry" is again available (under different circumstances) on ITunes.
This time as part of the "URLABEL. NET" compilation CD for this year.
Check it out HERE.
If you don't have this song from "Spirit of the Donks" yet, here's your chance to get it AND listen to some other great artists' work. In about a month, a remixed version of "Cherry" will be going up on that site as well, so if anyone wants to re-support the band/song, that might be a good chance. We'll let you know when that happens. Stay tuned for some possible radio stations that might be playing this as well.

See you at the show, Jan.
22!
Jeremy

2008-12-16T12:26:00.000-08:00

We have "signed" to a label that is releasing our new CD ("Square Root of All Evil") in February of the new year.

How did we get so lucky? We, along with our friends "The Power Cords" and "Get Set Go" set up our own label (name to be announced soon). That way we can get the album that has been completed for some time into your hands that much sooner. It also means you get to full support us 100% by buying it from the label directly. We'll eventually be available on a lot of the "usual" digital outlets as well. It'll be a very interactive website too, like MySpace, allowing everyone to socialize a bit more.

As things progress, we'll let you know.
In the meantime, we're "teasing" the release with a new design on our MySpace page (come check it out).

We're playing again on Jan. 22, 2009 as well (at the Knitting Factory). More news to come.

See you around!
Jeremy

2008-12-06T10:29:00.001-08:00

Thank you to everyone who made our Pasadena show chock full of goodness last night. We nearly DID almost burn that place down with all those flammable bodies crammed in there.

Hopefully you were smarter than us and stayed away from those "Cherry Bomb" shots. Something in my head just doesn't feel quite right this morning. As Tim pointed out last night on stage - "looks like the fog is rolling in..."

See you all again at the next rock show (working on January 22nd in Hollywood - we'll keep you posted).

Thanks!
Jeremy, Benny, Tim, Dylan

2008-12-01T09:55:00.000-08:00

We are playing Friday, 12/5 in Pasadena, CA at the Old Town Pub (66 North Fair Oaks). Hope you can come!! 11:45pm

2008-11-23T19:04:00.000-08:00

We have added a NEW show before the New Year (despite our speculating that our last show before the new year was last week - sorry). It's at 9:30pm at the Old Towne Pub in Pasadena (66 North Fair Oaks). We're playing with a magician, Michael Rangel and Quazar and the Bamboozled. It's 21+ and $5.

2008-11-16T13:13:00.000-08:00

We haven't blogged on this site in awhile, and most of you have probably heard, but we won "URLABEL"'s showcase competition after beating out hundreds of bands online and then competing at the "Freedom Fest" in Houston last Saturday (against the top four bands). The win will get us some much needed radio promotion from UE3Promotions, some social networking guidance from Severe North Music, some licensing opportunities from Uprising Entertainment, and some fan wrangling from iFanz. Also, "Cherry" is part of a compilation CD that will make it to Best Buy stores shortly. Keep an eye out for URLABEL's Best Buy CD!

2008-10-31T12:56:00.001-07:00

Happy Halloween!!

2008-10-29T12:18:00.000-07:00

Going to HOUSTON, TX on Nov. 8th, 2008 to play the FREEDOM FEST. It's a competition, and you can VOTE for us HERE.

2008-10-16T21:10:00.000-07:00

NMD is the opening band for The Presidents of the United States of America at the Troubadour in LA on Friday, Oct. 24th!! You can purchase tickets HERE.

It's ALL AGES!!
$20
Donks go on at 8pm (doors at 7pm)
w/ The Blakes and Presidents

2007-04-03T11:10:00.000-07:00

NMD's Myxertones segment was finally aired on KTLA (link to video below)...

In it, you'll be taken inside the band's fake rehearsal space (yeah - like we even PRACTICE) - catch a glimpse of Benny, Tim, and Dylan (if you pause at the exact millisecond they're on the screen) - and hear our super-fan Daniela explain the intricate details of how ringtones work (luckily she's cute, so you don't have to really LISTEN to what she's saying).

Oh yeah - I get some good screen time talking about Myxertones. It's my best work in a short LA news segment to date.

On the up-side, if you haven't checked out our ringtones on our MySpace (or our site), do so. Myxertones actually is a great service that allowed us to invade your cellphones with our music (some new songs are availalbe, too, if you've already downloaded in the past).

Here's the link: KURT THE CYBERGUY

- Jeremy "that TV personality" Keeler

2007-03-13T10:23:00.000-07:00

NMD's news debut has CHANGED - we'll will be featured on The CW Network during the "Cyberguy" segment of the news THIS MONDAY - APRIL 2ND NATIONALLY (click for local listings - 7:50am on Ch.5 in LA). It is a segment featuring MYXERTONES - the great service that allows you to download our ringtones. Here they are for your convenience (if you want to add to your own phone):
Pants
Telephone
Other Side of Yellow
Cherry
Good Time
Radio Friendly
Swing with the King
Anybody Alive
Another Bullet

2006-11-25T14:10:00.000-08:00

You can FINALLY Get "Spirit of the Donks" on ITunes!!

2006-09-13T17:20:00.000-07:00

NMD's Music Featured in the Up-Coming Docu-Comedy, "The Day Arnold Schwarzenegger Kicked My Ass" - Find out More from Abner Z here:

2006-08-20T16:34:00.000-07:00

You can FINALLY Get "Spirit of the Donks" on ITunes!!

2006-07-24T17:37:00.000-07:00

We have NEW CIRCULAR DONKEY STICKERS!! Come by one of our upcoming shows to get yours, FREE!! Also, don't forget to get on the FREE list for this Monday's July 31st show at the KEY CLUB w/ METAL SKOOL (10pm). E-mail us and give us your name if you want in for free!!

2006-07-05T12:03:00.000-07:00

Check out our new Blue T-shirt available on-line in our Merch store... Don't miss our next show, Tues., July 25th @ the Airliner - we LOVE this new upstairs venue - nice people, great sound!!... AND, don't forget to ask us for tix to the upcoming METAL SKOOL show at the KEY CLUB on Mon. July 31st. Tickets are $15 at the door, unless you get on our list, which will get you in for FREE!!

2006-07-03T14:37:00.000-07:00

Hear the Donks over the 4th of July Weekend on the Pacific Coast Hellway Podcast:

PCH

2006-06-13T14:29:00.000-07:00

The New Site is UP. Lots of familiar stuff, and some new things. Still designing at this point, but enjoy for now.
If the old site worked better, just click into it from our front page (and contact us to let us know what your
issues are so we can fix).

2006-06-01T12:54:00.000-07:00

Don't miss our rock show with Adam Marsland and His Chaos Band and Underwater City People this
Tuesday (6/6) at Spaceland (1717 Silverlake Blvd./90026). 21+. $5.

2006-03-22T15:16:00.000-08:00

Don't miss the show at the Old Towne Pub tomorrow (23rd) and T's on Friday (24th)!