We’re thrilled to announce the impending release of The Mommyheads’ first all-new full-length CD in more than a decade: *Delicate Friction*.

Recorded in 2010 for release in Scandinavia, the pop masterpiece continues the Mommyheads’ tradition of articulate, witty pop songs with an eclectic range of musical influences, from 1970s prog to modern indie rock, power pop, funk, boogie and punk.

The CD is one of six CDs that Dromedary will be releasing in the next six months, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit the *Roots & Wings Foundation of New Jersey*. We’ll update you soon with more info about the Roots & Wings project.

Look for *Delicate Friction* this October, with a single before the end of summer!

We’re thrilled and proud to announce our (hopefully) first annual mini music festival, *Camelfest 2011*.

Taking place on Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13 at the legendary Maxwell’s in Hoboken, Camelfest features an outstanding lineup peppered with indie rock legends, awesome Dromedary bands, and good friends from all over.

Best of all, proceeds from the shows will benefit the “Roots & Wings Foundation of New Jersey”:http://www.rootsandwingsnj.org – a non-profit organization that assists young adults that have aged out of the child welfare system in New Jersey.

For more information, visit the “Camelfest website”:http://www.camelfest.com at www.camelfest.com.

The lineup is as follows:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 – 8:00

Richard Barone
Robbers on High Street
The Mommyheads
Readymade Breakup

SATURDAY (afternoon), AUGUST 13 – 3:00

Charlotte Sometimes
Wild Carnation
Speed the Plough
Yung Wu

SATURDAY (night), AUGUST 13 – 8:00

The 65’s
The Library is On Fire
Varsity Drag
Stuyvesant

Hope to see you there!

Here’s “Something to Say,” the new single from the forthcoming Speed the Plough album, _Shine_.

The album comes out August 16, but you can catch them live the following dates:

July 29: Pianos, NYC
July 30: Tierney’s, Montclair, NJ
August 13: Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ (release party)

Speed The Plough • “Something to Say” by dromedary

Enjoy!

While in Memphis last week, Stuyvesant stopped by the legendary Ardent Studios (founded by Jody Stephens of Big Star) for a chat with Rachel Hurley, followed by a stripped down performance.

Digging into three cuts from _Fret Sounds_, the band performed a rare, “quiet” set (read: no drums, no distortion) prior to heading across town for a show at The Buccaneer.

Rachel says “East coast indie rockers Stuyvesant dropped by this afternoon to play a stripped down set for us before they tear the roof off of The Buccaneer tonight with Burning Sands and Harlan T. Bobo’s new rock outfit the Fuzz. We chatted about the digital age, vinyl records and the marriage of art and music. The guys were super nice and we’re really looking forward to their show TONIGHT!”

You can catch the entire Warm-Up Session (and download it free) from The Vinyl District here:

The Warm Up with Stuyvesant by TVD-Memphis

And you can catch a video of the band performing “Duly Noted” here:

This afternoon, the cool music blog “My Old Kentucky Blog”:http://www.myoldkentuckyblog.com/?p=20423 debuted the new video for *Stuyvesant*’s powerful cut “Duly Noted.”

Directed by bassist Brian Musikoff (who also provided the funny faces), the fun, clever video features cartoon amps by Pat Moriarty, animation by John Kuramoto, and editing and compositing by Beel Hamilton.

Dig.

Check. It. Out.

_CMJ_’s Rebecca Nathanson deconstructs the new *Stuyvesant* CD, _Fret Sounds_, and arrives at the same conclusion as we: it’s a great album.

Read on:

“Stuyvesant, the high-energy indie rock band from New Jersey, is unabashedly, and refreshingly, forward with its intention to lose all pretenses and just play good rock music. From its solid rhythm section to its catchy melodies, Stuyvesant throws everything it has on the table for Fret Sounds, the band’s second full-length album. It ends up with 10 songs that are most effective when the guitars are upfront, the drums are heavy and the lyrics are clever.

Opening track “Clyde” epitomizes the simple and effective formula that the band uses so well: steady rhythms, blazing guitar work, tempo variations, sing-along choruses and vocals that somehow maintain their musicality even when inching toward screaming. When Stuyvesant sings, “Selfish. Hellish/It’s been duly noted that you are ego-centric./Gutless. Clueless,” on “Duly Noted,” the phrasing is so fitting with the instrumentals that the words don’t feel overly harsh, just accurate.

Fret Sounds, a play on the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, emphasizes the four band members’ strengths as musicians, from Sean Adams and Ralph Malanga’s guitar riffs and harmonies on “Let’s Talk Topography” to the smart lyrics of “Bullfrog.” All the while, Pete Martinez and B. Musikoff are anchoring the music with a rhythm section that is capable both of providing a solid foundation and of taking the lead. All of these parts come together on “Neato,” an inescapably joyful track that is set apart by its pop hook and that succeeds in the mission it sets forth in the first verse when it vows to do “anything to brighten up your day.” By the time the too-brief a cappella section at the end arrives, there really isn’t anything left to do but succumb to Stuyvesant’s charm and do as it says.

For an album that starts out so crazed and remains that way for much of its duration, it goes out not with a bang but with a gradual fading until there is nothing left on serene closing track “Cimarron, NM” but the vibrations of the sound that was once overwhelming. It’s a kind way to end: After spending nine tracks riling you up, Stuyvesant brings you down gently.”

Yeah, that. Link: http://www.cmj.com/reviews/2011/06/stuyvesant-–-fret-sounds/