Smash Palace Day at KMSU

Dec 18, 2008 – Steve Butler from Smash Palace recieved a warm welcome on a very cold day in Minnesota at KMSU.

The radio station had a "Smash Palace Day" on December 15th, where during the morning and afternoon programming, they played only Smash Palace. Steve Butler visited the station and co-hosted along with Miriam Dekarski and DJ Karen Wright.

Thanks for listening! It was a great show!

Smash Palace goes Hollywood!

Oct 28, 2008 – Smash Palace has 7 songs which will be in the new Russ Emmanuel drama "Chasing the Green" starring Jeremy London, Ryan Hurst and William Devane. The film will have it's theatrical release in 2009.

The Smash Palace songs being used are
1. New Sensation
2. Tell Me What It Takes
3. Don't Throw it Away
4. Give You My Word
5. It's Not Me
6. In My World Tonight
7. Lucky Me

Thanks for your support and we'll keep you posted with any more news.

Everybody Comes and Goes to be released in Europe!

Oct 6, 2008 –Smash Palace's most recent album Everybody Comes and Goes, will soon see its release across the pond. It will be available in the UK, Germany and Spain in February 2009. Plans are in the works for a european tour in early 2009! Stay tuned!!

Smash Palace will also begin working on a new CD this month. The band will be recording new songs with the hopes of finishing it in time for a summer/fall 2009 release here in the states.

Dell Concert Postponed!

July 26, 2008 – The Haddon Heights Dell Concert has been postponed due to weather.

The new date is Wednesday, August 13, 2008.

Should be a great time, hope you can make it out... plus it's FREE!

Smash Palace Live on WNTI

July 10, 2008 – Smash Palace did a live performance and radio interview with PBS station WNTI last week. Listen live on the site! When you get there, click on the listen icon tohear the entire one hour show with host Melanie Thiel.

Also, Smash Palace will be playing at the Haddon Heights Dell on July 23rd, Wednesday night. Music starts at 7pm and it's a free show. The Dave Perkins Band is opening up the show with some special guests joining him on stage. This should be a great show. If I wasn't playing that night, I'd still be there just to see Dave Perkins play...what an amazing singer/guitarist coming in all the way from Nashville.

Hope to see you there!

"She" in the movies!

June 21 , 2008 – The song "She" from the new Smash Palace Cd "Everybody Comes and Goes" will be featured in the new movie "Still Waiting" released by Lions Gate films. The film is to be released sometime this year.

We also have new review posted on our website from a Swiss music critic. It's in German so I'm not really sure what it says...let me know if you figure it out. :)

http://www.swissrecords.ch/

Vintage Live Smash Palace CD now available!!

June 19 , 2008 – A vintage live recording of Smash Palace from the Empire Rock Club in Philadelphia, PA, broadcast on WMMR is now available on CD. The live show features most of the songs on the first album plus 3 songs that were never recorded before. Really nice sound quality too. Now being offered from our web store for only $5 plus postage.

Smash Palace is gearing up for summer

May 18, 2008 – Smash Palace's new singles have been played over 3,000 times on radio stations all across the United States. A number of stations have it in heavy rotation ... meaning lots of plays everyday, which is great news.

"Everybody Comes and Goes" on Zip/Sony-Red records is turning out to be the bands biggest selling CD! If you still haven't bought your copy, you can purchase the CD at www.ziprecords.com, www.amazon.com, best buy, borders books, www.smashpalacemusic.com, iTunes and many other digital downloading locations on the web.

Smash Palace will be playing a lot of live shows over the summer and doing some live radio appearances too, so check the web site for updates.

This week the band plays live on WVIA along with a tv broadcast on public television in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. Next week the band plays live for one hour on WNTI in North Jersey.

The band is also planning a fall tour of the UK and Spain. More details to come.

Steve Butler is also working in "the smash palace" recording studio finishing up the new CD by the band 56 men. Look for the release of a new CD by Jeff Bruckner that Steve produced earlier this year. Anthony Bezich (from Mezzrow) is about to start work over the summer with Steve on a solo CD.

Baldwin Drive's new CD has just been released on Zip Records. It's also available on itunes and fine CD stores nationwide. Steve produced this one last summer, and also plays guitar on the CD. Also appearing on the Baldwin Drive CD are Fran Smith from the Hooters, Greg DiDonato from Smash Palace and Aaron Brooks from Moby. Check out some of the songs on the Baldwin Drive myspace page.

Smash Palace Radio Shows

April 11, 2008 – Smash Palace will be the featured artist on www.radiougly.com tomorrow night, Saturday April 12th from 8 to 11 pm. It's a syndicated radio show hosted by Cindy D'Adamo that you can stream on the web. It's also interactive so you can ask the band questions. Tune in.

The following week on Friday night April 18th, we'll be featured on Gene Godfreys show on WBZC. Be sure to tune in! Live streaming links are on their website at www.z889.org

Then on April 19th Smash Palace will be doing an hour long show on WNTI. The band will be playing live songs in the studio, and being interviewed. You can listen live online from this link. Be sure to tune in!

"She" hits the radio!

March 15 , 2008 – Our second single "She", off of "Everybody Comes and Goes" is just starting to make its way out to the radio stations. Call and request to hear a Smash Palace at a station near you! "She" is also now playing on the home page.

Also, stop by our Smash Palace Store, we are offering the original Quincy album on CD!

Quincy, the Butler brothers first band, signed to Columbia Records in 1980. They recorded one album and a follow up EP in 1983. The record is out of print and it's being offered in a CD format at $5 for a burned disc with no artwork. Band members included: Brian Butler (vocals), Stephen Butler (guitar and vocals), Gerald Emerick (vocals and bass guitar), Wally Smith (keyboards) and Bob Holden (drums).

Radio airplay still going strong!

March 1 , 2008 – Our new single "Didn't Anyone Tell You" has been getting great radio play all across the country... Thanks so much!! And we're continuing to get new stations added each week. Remember, if you live near any of these stations, call them and request to hear Smash Palace!

Smash Palace hits the radio waves!

February 8, 2008 – Our new single "Didn't Anyone Tell You" has been getting some radio play all across the country on the following stations... If you live near any of these stations, call them and request to hear Smash Palace!

Internet Radio

www.HomegrownradioNJ.com
www.indierevolution.fm
www.popgardenradio.com
www.robinhoodradio.com
www.westcottradio.org

Smash Palace now playing on AMP3 radio

January 12 , 2008 – Smash Palace's "When You're Down" has been added to the SELECT playlist of Amplifier Magazine's AMP3 Radio.

To check it out, click on the link below and Launch AMP3 Radio. Then from the menu on the AMP3 Radio player, choose the SELECT playlist, and enjoy!

http://www.amplifiermagazine.com

Happy New Year everyone!

January 4 , 2008 – We're really looking forward to the new year! We've had a complete redesign of the myspace page to reflect the new CD design. We also put up a few of the new songs on the myspace player, so you can hear them before the album comes out on January 22. Please go check it out!

www.myspace.com/smashpalace

Also, remember we're throwing our CD release party in 3 weeks! We'll be appearing at the Ritz Theatre on Sunday, January 20, at 7:30pm. Sara O'Brien will be our opening act. The Ritz Theatre is on our album cover, so we thought it only appropriate to have our release party there. The Ritz is located at 915 White Horse Pike in Oaklyn, NJ. To purchase advance tickets please go to www.ritztheatreco.org or call 856-858-5230.

We really hope to see you there!