The Saucers Challenge 'Intelligent Design'

The Saucers have decided to act out against the fundamentalists who challenge evolution and want 'intelligent design' added to science curriculums in school. Even our President thinks 'both sides should be taught equally', but we don't agree. That is why we've just finished recording our latest track on the subject, "Intelligence Resigns".

Don't let the 'fundies' get the upper hand! Have a listen to our new track (which features Mer and Touch RAPPING for the first time on tape!!) and forward the link to all the free thinkers you know. The track can be heard on our myspace page http://www.myspace.com/thesaucers

Peace, Love and Stay Sexy!

Tune in this Sunday AM as The Saucers drop in on Hartford's Feminine Groove at Cyberstation USA Feminine Groove

News on the Mid West Music Summit - great for Indianapolis fans. Anyone who is interested in attending the Summit - several days of amazing bands all over town, can buy a discounted badge through us. Instructions below.

Copy and paste this url into a new browser: http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=infw&query=schedule&venue=glendale&REFID=saucers
Click on the "buy" icon.
Select the number of badges you wish to purchase, and agree to the terms and conditions of TicketWeb.
Click Proceed
On the "Please select price" dropdown box, select "US $45 REGULAR"
Lastly, click "Checkout". It´s that easy!


For all the info on the Midwest Music Summit, be sure to visit Mid West Music Summit for the full lineup of bands performing, and all other details of the conference.

The Saucers are selected to perform at the MidWest Music Summit along with great bands like Burning Brides, Ice Nine and Model One. Mid West Music Summit

A thousand apologies to the Denver Firestone for criticizing their alignment job when it was just the wind.

But, to go back and explain - The Saucers experienced a "BLOWOUT!" while climbing the rockies that left the suburban with its ass hanging out in the right lane as Touch and Kevy furiously put on the spare tire which was slightly larger than the other three. So, The Saucers continued their drive back to Denver in a constant wheelie. Our friends at Firestone sent us off with four new tires and a phony story about a screw puncturing the wheel when anyone could see that this tire just blew up.

Colorado was great fun - we played at a bunch of incredible venues including
Larimer Lounge - http://www.larimerlounge.com - home to all your favorite indie rock gods. We played on the front end of a Mint Records showcase including The Buttless Chaps and Carolyn Mark - http://www.mintrecords.com. We also had the pleasure of hearing Fiddler Records artist, Poulain - http://www.poulain.com.

Then we moved on to do two shows with a truly inspiring female artist - Liza and the Soul Stars. Miss Liza is probably the only female I've seen with serious guitar chops, great voice and songwriting, not to mention stunning beauty, seriously, she's got it all - http://www.lizarocks.com.

She was kind enough to include us on her bill at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO - the best venue any band could ever hope to play - http://www.foxtheatre.com. Many thanks to Christina, Chris, Mom the Stage Manager, Touch's old friend, Kiko, and of course, TJ and Cristin for making it an amazing experience for us.

We played at a basement-style venue (our favorite kind) the next night at The Blue Mule, and if all goes according to plan, we'll be there again, on our way out to California this summer - http://www.denverbluemule.com.

And now, we are on to the far west corner of the tour - tonight, RENO. We are headed due West on Rte. 80, and this is where the alignment comes in. As we left Colorado, we thought the car was pulling drastically right, but when we pulled off the highway and changed direction, suddenly it was pulling drastically left. Turns out it was just the wind. This is the straightest straightaway you've ever seen and this car requires no steering at all. Denver Firestone - we're sorry we called to complain about the alignment - great job! But that was just our way for paying you back for the bullshit about the screw in the tire.

I also just realized that we forgot to thank our amazing waitress, JADE, in Chicago for being the friendliest person on earth. Check the messageboard next week for her pic and others from the tour.

We're driving right now on a stretch of highway in Nebraska that is so straight and flat that you could put on the cruise control and go to sleep. A train over a mile long is passing us along the highway carrying coal. In a few hours we will change time zones again and leave our new favorite part of the country - the midwest.

We had a great show at Nevins - www.nevinslive.com - in Evanston, IL. Many thanks to Brad and Pete for helping us out and hanging with us. Also to Revelator for letting their friends hang out to catch our set.

Then we moved on up to Minneapolis to pop in and visit our friends at T'box and while we were there, we explored St. Paul by dropping in on a fab house party at an artist's co-op. A million thank yous to Hanz Solo and Dear Jupiter for feeding us krispy kremes and letting us do a set.

we headed back to our favorite mid-western city, Madison, WI to play at the Stage Door at the Orpheum Theatre - www.orpheumtheatre.net. This is a new venue that they are trying to develop - it's very cool - they still show movies there, so it is complete with padded seats and a balcony as well as a screen behind the stage. Thanks to Pete for giving us a chance, and thanks to Ben, Dave, Leah, and Alicia for coming out to see us. Awesome sets by The Apologists and If Then Else.

But, now we come to the best show of the tour so far. Oddly enough it was an open jam that we stumbled on in Des Moines, IA at Orlondo's. The incredible Maxx G allowed us to come up and rock for the greatest crowd any visiting rock band could hope to encounter. Maxx and the other members of his band have toured the world over with countless huge names and are cool enough to keep a regular jam going to give others a chance to do their thing. Thanks to Ben and his dad for playing my favorite Outfield song, to his sister for buying up the tee-shirts and just being generally cool, and to Dawn our waitress for keeping the pitchers flowing. We will be back.

So we stopped in Lincoln, NE last night and took a night off to prepare for tonights show at the Larimer Lounge in Denver. The weather is supposed to be fine and if we're feeling extra stupid, we'll rent some skis and hit the slopes.

More news very soon.

So, here's the Saucer's first NEWS update from the road:

We've got 3 days off here in Chicago to catch up on the website, (and sleep). There's been lots of driving, and plenty of partying. We want to thank all the other bands that have been so awesome to us so far! In Cincinnati it was Tuesday Conspiracy (http://www.tuesdayconspiracy.com), and Norust. The sound guy even posted a rather flattering review of our show here (mighty kind words from a metalhead)...
Madison and Milwaukee were great shows. We met our new best friends Mabel (www.mabeltheband.com). We got to party with these guys after both shows, and saw 2 sunrises with Dan and Hans. Who knew the Saucers stayed up so late? Must be the time-zone change...
Mad Planet in Milwaukee (best sound system in town) was great because ALL the bands rocked! Johnny Toymaker (thanks for not smashing my guitar), and Telectro were awesome.
We were even able to link up with our old pals Planeside (www.planeside.com) last night in Chicago while they're passing through here on tour as well. Again, we stayed up until dawn banging out tunes from Queens of the Stone Age, in preparation for our tribute band Regular John. Come check us out at the Red Lion when we return to NYC!

Well, that's it for now. We're taking a siesta...PEACE!

More views for the video at LA's leading crusader's online home. Check it out March 1, 2004 5-6pm PST at Music Video Party

What a great show at Meow Mix - the Sirens did not fail to delivery another totally unique performance spanning the genres and probably inventing some as well. Plus, you could register to vote - always multi-tasking . . . Pics and review from the mighty Muneeb here

Commercial Radio Play. That's news. Did you ever see that movie about the country song writers with River Phoenix and the girl that looks like Winona Ryder? And their friend hears his song on the radio and crashes into the car in front of him? That didn't happen to us. But, someone told us that we were on the radio, and we were excited.

Check it out - WPLR

This is the classic rock station for most of CT (except where we live, where it comes in sporadically). We are sharing air space with our heroes such as Kiss, Led Zep, and you know what I mean.

If you are looking for something to do, please call them and request that they play us again - 203-882-WPLR or 1-877-R-NICKEL (toll free).

The Saucers are spinning on Radio Crystal Blue - 2 tracks from Eterntal Intermission will air on the January 11 show. log in to hear the live show - 7pm till 2am EST
an archive of the show will air in the days afterward here

We'd been talking about it for so long and we finally just got in the studio and did it. Not too shabby, I'd say. Here it is, the Nervous System remix of The Saucers' Prophet

Visit the Message Board and let us know how you like it.

The Saucers have been working with Tinderbox Music to get Eternal Intermission spinning at college radio around the country. So far 167 stations are on the tip. Stay tuned for a list of stations near you that you can call to request The Saucers.

More radio news: Check out Mojo Music Studio on October 30th, they will be featuring our song "Prophet", now in 33k, 56k, and 128k stream!

Top 30 chart at KCSU Colorado State University. Any time we are listed with other bands we love, we are happy. This list includes one CD that's been in our player for weeks - check it out yourself Desert Sessions.

The great news never stops. We have linked up with a great CT resource for local bands, the Independisc Music Club, featuring great local, national, and international talent. Gary who runs the site is a huge music fan and he is out all the time looking for new sounds. Check out our new page on the site and look around if your ears are in the mood . . . . Independisc.com

I'm thinking all the recent reviews should be in one place for easy perusing. Here goes:
South of Mainstream
Smother.net
Joyzine

Another review from South of Mainstream. Have a look.
South of Mainstream

The 24 hour marathon is complete, but the contest is still undecided, so we'll give you a taste so you can decide for yourselves. We stayed up all night on Friday working with the incredible Bubbles & Pickles Entertainment Conglomerate to create music for "Mocha ", a 70s inspired tale of mystery surrounding the premise of an "unwanted gift". Click here to listen to Mocha's theme song as well as the instrumentals that accompanied the telling of her sordid past (don't miss Touch banging on the wine bottles and Tito Puento whistles).
First Lady of the Universe.
Bustin' Loose.

For more info on the NYC Midnight Movie Madness contest and to find out the $10,000 Grand Prize Winner, check here.

We're back from the upstate Sirens tour. We enjoyed many adventures, highlighted by the hospitality of Curtis and Tim in Syracuse and our visit to VIC radio at Ithaca College. This is a great station, check them out on the web, you can listen online. 106-VIC.

hey a new review, from a very cool new website - Smother.net. Check it out.

NEW REVIEW from across the pond - Joyzine. Check it out. We're in good company with Jane's Addiction, Peaches, and Guided By Voices.

The Saucers video is now in rotation at Wet Seal stores all over America. If there's a mall, there's a Wet Seal, and now, there is us. Visit them and buy some cheap ass tube tops. Wet Seal.

GoGirlsMusic has added The Saucers to their new Internet Radio station - 16 hours of music including Stevie Nicks, Hole, Tracy Chapman, Garbage and more!

Check it out at GoGirlsRock Radio.

Jim Mascarella, who worked as AD on our video has a new project. Have you heard of the Bellmore music scene? It was cool enough to make a movie about. Check it out at Bellmore: The Unscene.

The CDs have arrived and are ready for your purchasing pleasure at CD Baby. Stay tuned for info about other online retailers including Tower.com and Amazon.com as well as details about our NYC and CT CD release events.

The SirensWildRide is in full swing - the first leg has already enjoyed great shows in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Wisconsin and they have been spreading the words and images of the hottest rock tees for women clothing company in the world, and our proud sponsor, Designateria. Visit their website for your own or just check out the SirensWildRide musicians page, featuring The Saucers! Designateria.

What's in the news? Internet radio - in general and for us. Who knows what's in the future, but for now, you can hear us all over the world at this UK based station - www.graindivision.com.

More great news: Miss Mere is now endorsed by Epiphone guitars and basses. Remember that great looking bass in the Late Bloomer video? Just one of many fine Epiphone products. Look for Mere and her gorgeous compatriot, Emily Zuzik in this year's Epiphone calendar featuring the best of women in music. Visit their site for more info www.epiphone.com.

The Saucers were featured on Baltimore R&R TV, a great music video show that airs Friday and Saturday nights at 8 pm on COMCAST Channel 5 in the Baltimore area. Our friend Dave Sawyer, and his crew showed our video as well as our station ID taped this summer at the Hip Video Promo BBQ.

Hey all - we are going to be played on W3Z Radio - here's the details: We'll be on the Local Show which airs on Friday at 3pm and 10pm CDT. The show also plays on Tuesdays at 1pm and 8pm CDT. You can tune in at w3zhotline.com.

Don't miss the shows. We know you that August has you running for the coast every weekend, but maybe this weekend is that one where you take advantage of an empty city, enjoying its many offerings without sharing with so many others. Come visit us at the Fez this Saturday August 9th - we will be there with some old friends and some new friends - see the shows page for details.

The studio is buzzing - we've loaned out the vocal booth to the world's greatest rock band Planeside, and we are just letting them show us how it's done.

So, when will our recording be available? You guessed it - this Saturday at the show. Eternal Intermission, our new 6 song EP plus enhanced video content will be with us shortly, so check back for details or just ask us at the show.

The Saucers will be featured on Neon Venus and the LA Underground - Weekly Los Angeles Cable Access Show

The show is hosted by the band Neon Venus, which is the house band of the show. Neon Venus is a bilingual pop-rock band included in the 2003 music compilation CD sponsored by national Spanish rock magazine Boom!, Spanish MTV, Nissan and Terra.

August 2nd, Sat. 1:00pm Musical guest 'The Saucers'
August 9th, Sat., 1:00pm Musical guests 'Swampbytche!', 'Sexfresh' and 'Moe Jones'
August 16th, Sat., 1:00pm Musical guest 'Phatso'

www.neonvenus.com

We haven't talked about sirenswildride yet - this is a diverse group of women, let loose across the country, region by region to enchant, educate, and of course, entertain. Tours are currently scheduled for the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and upstate NY/Canada. What's the news? Our love of t-shirts has finally been put to use. Sirens has found our t-shirt making soulmates at Designateria. Their line of tank tops featuring Sirens . . . Girls with Guitars makes the perfect companion to our travelling crew. Get your own at their website or visit our website to find out when we will swing through your town toting our melodies and their merchandise - sirenswildride

I know it seems like we never have anything but good news. We just don't want to bother you with our bad news, but we can't resist this time because the sky fell. Well, not the sky, just a bunch of wet ceiling tiles that missed our recording equipment by three feet. Wait, that's good news . . . .

HUGE NEWS! We were chosen by DMX Music as a pick of the week, for none other than the week including Mere's birthday! Just to let you know what kind of company we're in, DMX's Top Ten includes Liz Phair, Jewel, and Radiohead, and the other Picks include Third Eye Blind and Morcheeba. DMX provides music to 200,000 businesses, 10 million homes, and most importantly 30 airlines, so we hope to see you in the friendly skies.

Congratulations to Josef Millitzer of Audio Video of St. Louis, MO. Josef is one of the amazing host/programmers who added our video to his playlist and was chosen as the winner of the "Get Sauced with The Saucers" contest. He will receive a custom engraved Saucers bar set, and if he can get himself out to New York, will be taken out on the town with Mere and the mighty Lena Chen of www.lenachen.com. Best to Josef, and thanks again for playing "Late Bloomer"!

New enhanced EP will be here by mid-July. "Eternal Intermission", The Saucers' latest musical effort including new songs and a complete version of the video for our first single, "Late Bloomer" is on its way. Check back, and we will let you know how to purchase your copy online and where it's selling in stores.

BIG NEWS: We are officially on the charts! The video was at #13 on the Rock/Alternative video charts in CVC report. For more info on CVC, check out the website - CVC Report

Everything is going great with the video, thanks to the help of our amazing video promoter, Andy Gesner of Hip Video Promo - www.hipvideopromo.com. So far we have been picked up by several national shows including Rhythms on the Rockside and Power Play TV. We were even on Power Play's Top 20 Billboard chart. So, keep an eye out for the video, it's probably playing in your town. We'll keep you posted as new shows are added.

The video is all finished and ready for your viewing pleasure. It has been picked up by TRIO Networks and will soon be available to viewers in 18 million homes. Our EP, Eternal Intermission, is in the works and we want to hear from you - would you want to get an mpeg movie for your computer or a bonus DVD? Visit the message board and let us know!

FIRST EVER EXOTIC RECORDINGS ARTIST SHOWCASE APRIL 17TH AT FINALLY FRED'S NYC. See the entire lineup in one shot. Check the Calendar page for all the info.

The video shoot was a big success and lots of fun - we may do a few more scenes, but the bulk of it is now complete. Come join us as we celebrate tonight at the Fez in NYC. We'll keep you posted as to where and when you can view it!

New issue of Women Who Rock magazine is on the shelves. Go check it out and see the profile on La Mere in the Girl Underground section!