U-MELT NEWS:OLD NEWS -> NEWER NEWS

12/26/07 - Jim Loughlin of moe. to Join U-Melt on NYE!

We are very excited to announce that we will be joined by Jim Loughlin of moe. for the majority of our 4th Annual New Year's Eve Late Night Celebration! Following his performance with moe. earlier in the evening, Jim will be heading down to the Highline Ballroom to lend his percussion skills to U-Melt's sound! Additionally, the New Year's Eve throwdown will feature live painting from CrazyRedBeard and other surprises!

Doors open at 1:30am on New Year's Eve, and the show will start around 2:00am and go until sunrise! We hope you can all join us for this very special night!

Click to purchase Advance Tickets.

11/28/07 - U-Melt's First Colorado Tour! Plus New Chicago Date!

We are very excited to announce U-Melt's very first tour of the great state of Colorado! We purposely chose a week smack dab in the middle of winter in hopes that you will all join us for a week of snow fun and U-Melt music! We are still finalizing some dates on the way out to Colorado and back, but for the time being, we wanted to announce the Colorado tour and let you all know about U-Melt's Martyrs' debut in Chicago on the way out to the Rockies on Saturday, 1/26.

Following the Martyrs' show, we'll be heading directly to Colorado for shows at Hodi's Half Note in Fort Collins (1/29), the Fox Theatre in Boulder (1/30), The Stage Stop in Rollinsville (1/31), Buckets Saloon in Winter Park (2/1), and a brand new venue in Denver called The Falcon (2/2).

Please everyone reach out to their friends and family in the Colorado regions, we definitely need a lot of help promoting these shows. If anyone can help, please have them e-mail me at jason@umelt.com

11/23/07 U-Melt Finds A Home On Facebook

We are very excited to reveal the brand new Official U-Melt Facebook Page! Please check it out and click on the "Become A Fan" link on the right side of the page so we can better keep in touch with you about show announcements and tour updates. To reach go to the U-Melt Facebook Page, click HERE.

Please also click on the "I Am Going" link on every show/event listing you plan on attending! We have now incorporated Facebook event listing links into our tour dates page, so once you are a facebook member, you can simply click on the link directly to let everyone know you plan on attending a show.

Please be sure to add the "iLike Music" application to your profile, click on the "iLike" button on U-Melt's iLike page HERE. and add some U-Melt tracks to your page. We will be adding new songs and videos soon and additional songs periodically.

So please check out Facebook and become a fan of U-Melt and help us tell the world about U-Melt's music

10/29/07 - U-Melt's Fall Tour Part 2 Announcement!

It is our pleasure to announce U-Melt's Fall Tour Part 2 schedule! The tour will kick off on Halloween's at Revolution Hall in Troy, NY when U-Melt presents "Gangsters 'n' Gag-Balls", featuring "The Bad Mother Fucker Horns (w/ members of Deep Banana Blackout & Lynch). Following our Halloween performance, U-Melt will travel to Northampton, MA the next night, where we will be supporting Lotus at Pearl Street Nightclub's Ballroom. Then, on Friday, 11/2, we are psyched to be returning to The Wheelhouse in Narragansett, Rhode Island, where we will be playing two long sets and the show is 18+!

After taking the next weekend off, U-Melt travelling to Upstate NY for a couple shows, first for a long over-due return to Plattsburgh, on Thursday, 11/15, before travelling down to Syracuse on Friday, 11/16 for a show at The Mezzanotte Lounge.

The following weekend, for our Thanksgiving plans, we are happy to be repeating our schedule from last year--first making a stop at the annual Wormtown Anniversary Party in Southbridge, MA on Friday, 11/23. The next night, we will be heading down to the Jersey Shore for a return to one of our favorite spots, the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park, where Phanphest will be throwing another Phamily Reunion. U-Melt will once again be headlining and playing 2 sets! The following Thursday, 11/29, we are psyched to be returning to Long Island and heading back to Mulcahy's in Wantagh for another headlining performance!

Finally, we are excited to announce U-Melt's 3 show New Year's Run! The run will kick off with a show at The Main Pub in Manchester, CT on Friday, 12/28. The following night, Saturday, 12/29, U-Melt will be returning to Boston for a 18+ show at The Paradise Lounge!. As we previously announced, our New Year's Run will culminate with our annual late-night throwdown in New York City at The Highline Ballroom! The NYE show is 18+ and doors are at 1:30am, with the show beginning around 2:00am. We have some exciting plans in store for New Year's Eve, including some very special guests, and we hope you can all plan on joining us for this very exciting occasion! To purchased advanced tickets please click here .

6/20/07 NYE Announcment -- Late Night in NYC at the Highline Ballroom!

We are very happy to announce that U-Melt will be bringing in the New Year with a late night performance at the brand new Highline Ballroom in New York City! Our good friends moe. just announced that they will be returning to play Radio City Music Hall again this coming New Year's Eve so we decided to waste no time with announcing our plans as well! Doors for U-Melt's show will be at 1:30am, so the show will be the perfect moe. after party! Hopefully you can all plan on welcoming 2008 in New York City with us this year!

Special pre-sale begins this Saturday, June 23 at noon through the Highline Ballroom's TicketWeb service.. We have arranged for a special "pre-sale" price of only $15 for the first week, until Sunday, July 1st. Starting July 1st, tickets will be $20 in advance, $25 on the day of the show if tickets still remain.

As a special thank you, the first 100 people who purchase a ticket will be given a FREE Commemorative Poster for the show which will be signed by each member of the band. We hope you can all join us for this very exciting event!

6/7/07 Vote For U-Melt To Play Jam Cruise 6!

U-Melt has the opportunity to play Jam Cruise this January as part of a "Text Message Voting Contest" sponsored by Relix, Headcount and Jam Cruise. It's really easy to vote and it's absolutely free (standard network fees still apply). To vote for U-Melt, just text "RX UM" to 56658. That's it! It's that easy! Each cell phone number can only vote once so please make your vote count!

As part of the contest, everyone who votes is entered to WIN A FREE TRIP on Jam Cruise so please encourage all your friends and family to vote for U-Melt too! Plus, as an additional bonus, Relix is giving everyone who votes a free lifetime digital subscption to Relix. For more info, and to check out the current voting results, click here: VOTE TO THE BOAT. The contest runs through Labor Day so please encourage people to vote all summer long! Thanks so much everyone!

10/16/07 - U-Melt Reveals Halloween Plans (Partially)...

U-Melt is excited to present "Gangsters 'n' Gag-Balls," a multimedia Halloween extravaganza featuring The Bad Mother Fucker Horns (w/ members of Deep Banana Blackout & Lynch) and other big surprises! Halloween night at Revolution Hall in Troy, NY, will be filled with an exciting musical journey colored with mutimedia magic! We hope you can all join us for this very exciting occassion! To purchase advanced tickets, click here.

8/19/07 Fall Tour Announcement!

We hope you're all enjoying your summer so far! We are excited to announce the first leg of our Fall Tour, which will bring U-Melt back to the Midwest for 2 full weeks of shows, followed by a run of Northeast shows in some of our favorite cities. The Midwest run will bring us back to Chicago, Iowa City, Cincinnati, Dekalb, IL, and Madison, WI, where we are very excited to be peforming a free show at UW's Memorial Union Terrace on 10/6. The Midwest tour will also bring us to a few new cities, including Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Bowling Green, OH, Lafayette, IN and Eau Claire, WI.

Following our trip through the Midwest, we will return to the Northeast for stops Copperfield's in Boston, Nectar's in Burlington, and Mexicali Blues in Teaneck, NJ, for our only tri-state area show in the fall on Friday, 10/19. The first leg of the Fall tour will then conclude with a return to Philadelphia on 10/20 for a show at The Khyber, followed by a very exciting Halloween Show on 10/31 at Revolution Hall in Troy, NY. We have some special plans for the Halloween Show so we hope everyone plans on coming out to celebrate with us!

Early next month, we'lll reveal the second leg of our Fall Tour which will take place in November, and bring us back down to many of the cities we are skipping on our Late Summer Tour, as well as a few shows in the Northeast in cities we didn't have time to hit in October.

Click here for U-Melt's tour date page where you will find all the details and dates of U-Melt's confirmed shows.

 

8/1/07 Late Summer Tour Announcement!

We know we have been taking it easy this summer so far, but U-Melt's time off won't be lasting too much longer! We have finalized our Late Summer Tour, which begins this Thursday, August 2nd, with a hometown show aboard the The Half Moon Boat as part of The Rocks Off Concert Cruise Series. From there, we'll next perform at Asbury Park's The Stone Pony on Saturday, 8/4, before kicking off the entire The Gathering of the Vibes Festival in Bridgeport, CT next Thursday, 8/9.

Following the Vibes performance, U-Melt will head down south as we hit the road for the next 4 weeks, with headlining shows in Columbia, SC, Charlotte, Wilmington, Kill Devil Hills, NC, Charleston, SC, and Raleigh, before playing a special late-night set at Ashefest on Friday, 8/24.

Following Ashefest, U-Melt will head to the Midwest as we prepare for our first trip to Hookahville over Labor Day weekend (where we'll also perform a late-night set), filling the dates in between with shows in Ann Arbor, MI and Mishawaka, IN--where we will perform as part of the Official Umphrey's McGee After Party on 8/31.

The following week, U-Melt will head back down south one last time this summer for our debut at 123 Pleasant St. in Morgantown, WV (9/6) and a return to one of our favorite new venues, The World Grotto in Knoxville, TN on 9/8. We'll then make our way back to the Northeast to conclude the summer in style with a performance at the annual Wormtown Music Festival in Greenfield, MA on 9/15.

In a few weeks, we'll be revealing our full fall touring plans, which will bring us on extended tours back through the Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast--culminating with our already announced Late Night New Year's Eve show at the brand new Highline Ballroom in New York City. For a complete listing of confirmed U-Melt tour dates, please click HERE.

7/24/07 Early Start Time at Rock 'N Roll Heaven

The show this Friday at Rock 'N Roll Heaven in Depew, NY (just outside of Buffalo) will have an early start time, with doors at 6:00pm and the local support beginning at 6:30pm. U-Melt will play one long set beginning around 7:30pm so come out early! There will be a second show at the venue that evening so U-Melt's show will be over by 10:00pm. Directions can be found at Rock 'N Roll Heaven's website.

6/20/07 NYE Announcment -- Late Night in NYC at the Highline Ballroom!

We are very happy to announce that U-Melt will be bringing in the New Year with a late night performance at the brand new Highline Ballroom in New York City! Our good friends moe. just announced that they will be returning to play Radio City Music Hall again this coming New Year's Eve so we decided to waste no time with announcing our plans as well! Doors for U-Melt's show will be at 1:30am, so the show will be the perfect moe. after party! Hopefully you can all plan on welcoming 2008 in New York City with us this year!

Special pre-sale begins this Saturday, June 23 at noon through the Highline Ballroom's TicketWeb service.. We have arranged for a special "pre-sale" price of only $15 for the first week, until Sunday, July 1st. Starting July 1st, tickets will be $20 in advance, $25 on the day of the show if tickets still remain.

As a special thank you, the first 100 people who purchase a ticket will be given a FREE Commemorative Poster for the show which will be signed by each member of the band. We hope you can all join us for this very exciting event!

6/7/07 Vote For U-Melt To Play Jam Cruise 6!

U-Melt has the opportunity to play Jam Cruise this January as part of a "Text Message Voting Contest" sponsored by Relix, Headcount and Jam Cruise. It's really easy to vote and it's absolutely free (standard network fees still apply). To vote for U-Melt, just text "RX UM" to 56658. That's it! It's that easy! Each cell phone number can only vote once so please make your vote count!

As part of the contest, everyone who votes is entered to WIN A FREE TRIP on Jam Cruise so please encourage all your friends and family to vote for U-Melt too! Plus, as an additional bonus, Relix is giving everyone who votes a free lifetime digital subscption to Relix. For more info, and to check out the current voting results, click here: VOTE TO THE BOAT. The contest runs through Labor Day so please encourage people to vote all summer long! Thanks so much everyone!

 

6/7/07 U-Melt Returns To Gathering Of The Vibes!

That's right folks! U-Melt will be returning to Vibes this year when it returns to Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT! U-Melt will be kicking off the entire Vibes festival on the MAIN STAGE at 4:00pm on THURSDAY, AUGUST 9th! This year's Gathering of the Vibes will be a 4 DAY FESTIVAL, with music starting at 4:00pm on Thursday. However, entrance for Thursday's "Tribute To Jerry" (with Dark Star Orchestra headlining) will requre each person to have a weekend festival pass as well as pay an additional $20 per car to enter the festival grounds on Thursday.

Gates open at 8:00am on Thursday, 8/9 and we encourage everyone who wants to catch U-Melt's set to arrive bright and early on Thursday morning to make sure you get to the grounds in time to catch U-Melt. We understand it will require everyone taking an extra day off of work on Thursday but this is Vibes so I hope you can all make it happen

5/16/07 U-Melt New York City Boat Cruise - August 2nd!

We are very excited to announce that U-Melt will once again be hosting and performing on a boat cruise around Manhattan on Thursday, August 2nd. The boat cruise and show is 18+ and is only $20 in advance ($25 day of show IF TICKETS REMAIN) and the cruise will last 3 hours and take you on a tour around lower Manhattan including stops at the Statute of Liberty and many other Manhattan landmarks. The boat departs from E. 23rd St. and the FDR Drive and boarding begins at 7:00pm, with the boat scheduled to depart at 8:00pm sharp so please don't be late!

U-Melt will be performing on the smaller boat again this year (The Half Moon) which only holds 200 people. We expect this show to sell out well in advance so please buy your tickets immediately if you would like to attend! Tickets are now available for purchase!

For complete details on the cruise, check out Rocksoff.com For a complete list of confirmed U-Melt tour dates, check here.

 

5/14/07 U-Melt To Play Gathering Of The Vibes!

That's right folks! U-Melt will be returning to play Gathering of the Vibes this year on Thursday, Aug. 9th (Vibes runs from 8/9-8/12 at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT)! U-Melt will be kicking off the entire Vibes festival on the MAIN STAGE at 4:00pm! Entrance for Thursday's "Tribute To Jerry" (with Dark Star Orchestra headlining) will require each person to have a weekend festival pass as well as pay an additional $20 per car to enter the festival grounds on Thursday.

Gates open at 8:00am on Thursday, 8/9 and we encourage everyone who wants to catch U-Melt's set to arrive bright and early on Thursday morning to make sure you get to the grounds in time to catch U-Melt. We understand it will require everyone taking an extra day off of work on Thursday but this is Vibes so I hope you can all make it happen!

Other artists already scheduled to perform include Les Claypool, Ratdog, Buddy Guy, George Clinton & P-Funk, Micket Hart Band, Dark Star Orchestra, Los Lobos, Strangefolk, Railroad Earth, Zero and many many more. Weekend passes are now available for $140 and can be purchased through GatheringoftheVibes.com

5/14/07 U-Melt Returns To Long Island!

We know it's been way too long since we played a show on Long Island and we are excited to announce that we will be performing a show at Mulcahy's in Wantagh on Thursday, July 5th. Opening up the show will be our friends Cousin Fungus who will be performing one of their annual reunion shows. We hope to see all of you Long Islanders out for this one! For further details and the complete tour schedule, please click here.

4/24/07 Home Sweet Home!

On Saturday, May 12, we are very excited to be returning home to New York City for our first headlining show since New Year's Eve! Just like New Year's, we'll be back at The Knitting Factory's Main Space for a 2 set, all ages show--but this time, beginning around 11:30pm. Opening the show at 10:30pm will be Fokushima, which features the former lead singer and guitarist from Homunculus.

Tickets are starting to sell really fast for this show so please buy your tickets in advance by clicking HERE!

4/10/07 U-Melt To Play Late-Night Jazz Fest Show!

U-Melt is very honored to be the only group of musicians who are not from New Orleans to be invited to perform as part of the Backbeat Foundation Jazz Fest Series at Café Brasil in the French Quarter of New Orleans. U-Melt will be performing a late-night show on Friday, 4/27 (technically 4/28), beginning around 1:30am. Also on the bill that night will be local musicians Eric Lindell (and his Trio) and Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes. For complete details, please check out the tour dates page.

4/9/07 - More Summer Festival Plans!

U-Melt has confirmed a couple more festival appearances this summer! U-Melt will be returning for another set at Camp Barefoot 2 in Gore, Virginia on Thursday, July 26th. Other bands scheduled to perform over the weekend include Garaj Mahal, Raq, The Breakfast, The Bridge and the host band Barefoot Manner.

That same weekend, U-Melt will be travelling out to Ohio to perform at the 11th Annual Summer Hookah Festival, being held at the incredible Nelson Ledges Quarry Park in Garrettville, Ohio. Details are still coming together but U-Melt will be performing on Saturday, July 28th and other bands already scheduled to perform include Lotus, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, New Monsoon and the host band Ekoostik Hookah.

For a complete list of confirmed summer festival dates, as well as U-Melt's entire spring tour schedule, please check our Tour Dates page.

3/17/2007: U-Melt To Play Mountain Jam

We are very excited to announce that U-Melt has been invited to perform at this year's Mountain Jam, produced by Warren Haynes Presents and Radio Woodstock (100.1 WDST). The 3rd Annual Mountain Jam is a 3 night and 2 day camping festival at Hunter Mounain in Upstate, NY, during the weekend of June 1-3, 2007.

Other bands already scheduled to perform include the host band Gov't Mule, Umphrey's McGee, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Michael Franti and Spearhead, The North Mississippi All-Stars, Ozomatli, Tea Leaf Green, The New Orleans Social Club (featuring Henry Butler, Ivan Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., and Raymond Webber), G. Love and Special Sauce, Assembly of Dust, New Monsoon, and others.

For further details and ticket purshae links, check out Mountainjamfest.com.

 

 

 

2/12/07 U-Melt Returns To Summer Camp!

U-Melt has been invited back to the Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, Illinois, scheduled to take place over Memorial Day weekend! For those of you who have not been before, Summer Camp is a truly amazing experience with 3 nights of moe., 2 nights of Umphrey's McGee, and more than 40 other bands including the already announced Medeski, Martin & Wood, Keller Williams (and his new band the WMD's), Les Claypool, Tea Leaf Green and they are just getting started with the artist announcements.

We hope you"ll all make plans to spend your Memorial Day at Summer Camp with us this year! Check out Summer Camp's website here! 3 day passes (including all camping fees) are available for only $95 until 2/27!

1/23/07 Winter Tour Starts This Friday at Mexicali Blues Cafe!

U-Melt's Winter Tour will kick off this Friday, 1/26, with a show at Mexicali Blues in Teaneck, NJ. On Saturday, we'll be heading down the Jersey Turnpike for a show at The North Star in Philadelphia. We hope to see you all out at this weekend's shows!

For a complete list of confirmed Winter Tour dates, please check our tour dates page.

1/23/07 U-Melt to Perform at Wakarusa '07

U-Melt has been invited to perform two sets at this year's Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival in Lawrence, Kansas, which takes place over 4 nights from June 7-10. U-Melt's set times and days are still to be determined, but we will announce the details when we have more information.

This year's Wakarusa Festival's line-up is already incredible, with the following bands scheduled to perform: Widespread Panic, Yonder Mountain String Band, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Ozomatli, North Mississippi Allstars, Little Feat, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Railroad Earth, The Mutaytor, JJ Grey & MOFRO, Perpetual Groove, Alejandro Escovedo, New Monsoon, ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra)The Slip, The Greencards , Everyone Orchestra, Lotus, The Lee Boys, Toubab Krewe, RAQ, Bassnectar, The Wood Brothers, Pnuma Trio, The Motet, Delta Nove, and Spam Allstars.

Please everyone check out the Wakarusa website and hopefully some of you wil join us out in Kansas in June.

1/11/07 - "U-Melt: Into The New Year" DVD Now Available!

"U-Melt: Into The New Year" is now available for purchase! The DVD was filmed and edited by Alison Holmes and memorializes U-Melt's New Year's Eve 2005 performance at New York City's CODA. The DVD is only available in limited supplies and can be purchased at U-Melt's Merch Booth at upcoming shows or by e-mailing ali@umelt.com.

1/11/07 - Jammin' Until The Break Of Dawn

"The relentless months of touring have honed U-Melt's skills to near-razor-sharp precision. Salzer's growingly lethal guitar solos and Lasher's luxurious keyboard rolls rightfully garner glowing raves but U-Melt's rhythm section truly makes their achievements possible. The pace of George Miller's drumming reveals an impressive stamina and the subtlety of Adam Bendy's skills on bass can sometimes be criminally overlooked. That U-Melt had the crowd still dancing at 6:30 in the morning is the best testament that can be offered to Bendy and Miller.

For those who forgot to make resolutions this past New Year's, allow me to help: make this the year you become a U-Melt fan. The existential part of your soul that thrives on excellent music will be eternally thankful.

Read the rest of David Schultz's review of U-Melt's New Year's Eve performance at Earvolution.com.

1/2/07 - Winter Tour 2007 Kicks Off at Mexicali Blues Cafe on Friday, 1/26/07!

Happy New Year! We are happy to announce that U-Melt will be beginning their 2007 Winter Tour at Mexicali Blues Cafe in Teaneck, NJ on Friday, January 26th. The next night, U-Melt will be returning to Philadelphia's North Star Bar on Saturday, Jan. 27th. From there, the band will be travelling up and down the east coast for most of February and March, including stops in Boston (2/23) and S. Burlington, VT (2/24).

U-Melt is also very excited to be invited to be a part of this year's Winter Jamfest, which is sponsored by Terrapin Beers, the Home Grown Music Network, and Jambase.com. U-Melt will join forces with Moonshine Still for 5 shows in North Carolina during February, as well as The Bridge and The Pnuma Trio depending on which date.

For a complete list of confirmed shows please check our Tour Dates Page. Dates are still being finalized so please continue to check page for updates.

12/26/06 "The I's Mind" Debuts at #1 on the Jambands.com December Radio Chart!

U-Melt's "The I's Mind" has been ranked #1 on the December Radio Charts published by Jambands.com. The rankings are facilitated by Powderfinger Promotions and calculated using playlists by reporting jamband friendly radio stations all across the country. To check the complete December charts, click here

12/6/06 Jambase.com's Take on "The I's Mind"

"This question comes up frequently: can an improvisational rock band known for powerful performances capture the magic of a live show on a studio CD? Plenty of excellent live performers do a great job producing quality listening experiences in the studio. The best studio recordings come from artists that embrace the technology, time, and atmosphere a studio can provide yet avoid the dry, sterile sound that is the downfall of too many studio recordings.

With "The I's Mind", U-Melt's second studio release, the band captures the essence of their exuberant live performances brilliantly (gyrating and sweaty bodies not included) in the pristine quality of the studio setting." To read the rest of Richard Clarke's review, click here. .

12/6/06 Crossing The Diamond With The Pearl:
Interview With U-Melt's Zac Lasher

Earvolution.com's David Schultz has just published a review of "The I's Mind" along with an interview with U-Melt's own Zac Lasher. To check out the article, click here.

11/27/06 U-Melt's "Air" on Dec/Jan Relix CD Sampler

U-Melt's "Air" off the "The I's Mind" has been selected to be included on the new Dec/Jan Relix CD Sampler can be found inside each issue. The Dec/Jan Relix features Les Claypool on the cover and is now available on newstands or can be ordered at Relix.com. The CD features Wolfmother on the label and on the first track, and U-Melt's "Air" was selected to be track 3.

 

11/20/06 Jambands.com Reviews "The I's Mind"

"Quite possibly the best thing a band can do for itself, and its potential fans, is to make albums representative of its live routines. On U-Melt’s latest, they come in jamming and it’s hard not to get up and dance a jig; if only we were all in a field somewhere. While a studio setting lends itself to some amazing and exceptionally creative musical experimentation and expression, there’s nothing worse than getting to a show and realizing that the band you thought you were going to hear doesn’t actually exist on stage. With New York City's U-Melt, what you hear on CD is what you’re going to get at the show." To read the rest of Jeremy Sanchez's review of "The I's Mind" on Jambands.com, click here

11/19/06 U-Melt added to Wormtown's 10th Anniversary Celebration

U-Melt has been added to Wormtown's 10th Anniversary Party which is taking place over Thanksgiving weekend. Following U-Melt's performance at The Stone Pony on Friday, Nov. 24th, U-Melt will be travelling up to Worm territory in Southbridge, MA to perform a special "late-night" set on Saturday, Nov. 25th. We hope that everyone will come and celebrate Thanksgiving with U-Melt in NJ on Friday, then head up to Mass. to celebrate Wormtown's 10th Anniversary on Saturday! For more details, check out the tour dates page

11/8/06 Schizo Video Now Available

A sample is now available (under the music section) of U-Melt's upcoming double-disc DVD release expected to be available in early 2007. The DVD was filmed and is being edited by Alison Holmes and memorializes U-Melt's New Year's Eve performance last year at New York City's CODA.

There will be over 2.5 hours of 3-camera footage and lots of bonus features including photo slideshows and more. It's not too late to contribute!! If you have digital photos you would like to share, please email ali@umelt.com. Enjoy!

11/8/06 "The I's Mind" Now Available on iTunes

"The I's Mind" is now available for purchase through Apple's iTunes. While there, you can also purchase U-Melt's first album "The Unbelievable Meltdown", which is no longer in print, but remains available for digital download.

10/22/06 NYE Special Pre-Sale Begins Tuesday, 10/24

Tickets for U-Melt's late-night NYE show at The Knitting Factory in NYC will go on sale Tuesday, Oct. 24th at noon. We have arranged a special pre-sale price of only $15 (plus an on-line service charge) for the first 50 ticket buyers or until 10/31 whichever comes first. After that point, tickets will be $20 in advance, and $25 on the day of the show if tickets remain.

Tickets can purchased online through CEG's Musictoday site.

10/19/06 NYE Plans Revealed!

For the third year in a row, we will be hosting THE late-night New Years Eve party in New York City. This year, we are thrilled to be bringing the madness to The Knitting Factory’s Main-Space. The show will begin sometime around 2:00am and will rage on until the sun comes up. Those of you who have been to past New Year’s Eve celebrations with us know that this is an event that is not to be missed.

More details will follow soon including a very special time limited pre-sale that will allow you to purchase tickets at a discounted price.

10/18/06 - U-Melt Ringtones Are Now Available!

U-Melt ringtones are now available for every cell phone carrier except Verizon. Sorry Verizon folks, but it seems that they don't offer most/any "outside" ringtone programs. The U-Melt ringtone program is very cool in that it not only offers a pre-selected 30 second clip of a song, it also offers you the ability to choose any 30 second clip of the song you want to be your ringtone. For starters, we made available every song off of The I's Mind and a few choice selections of The Unbelievable Meltdown but we plan on expanding the library soon with some additional live songs which have not yet been put on an album.. To check out the new U-Melt ringtones, click here

10/15/06 - Earvolution.com Review of The Knitting Factory CD Release Party

"It should come as no surprise to anyone following U-Melt's ascent through the jamband ranks that the celebration for the release of their second CD, The I's Mind, wouldn't be your typical run-of-the-mill event." To read more of David Schultz's review of CD Release Party at NYC's The Knitting Factory on 9/30, click here.

9/5/06 - "The I's Mind" Pre-Order Now Available, U-Melt Announces First Leg of "The I's Mind" Tour!

U-Melt is pleased to announce the first leg of The I's Mind CD Release Tour! The I's Mind is now available for Pre-Order by clicking here, where you will also have the option of purchasing a discounted package of a copy of The I's Mind along with a ticket to The I's Mind Release Party on Saturday, Sept. 30th at The Knitting Factory in New York City. All Pre-Orders will include, as a special gift, a commerative poster of "The I's Mind CD cover art, which will be signed by the band.

Following The Knitting Factory show, The I's Mind Tour will continue out to the Midwest for a week of shows, including U-Melt's debut in Madison, WI at The High Noon Saloon (10/9) and Chicago at The Kinetic Playground (10/13), as well as U-Melt's return to Indianapolis at The Music Mill (10/14).

After the show in Indy, U-Melt will return to the Northeast to play many of their favorite venues and cities, beginning with a a return to the Higher Ground in Burlington, VT (10/20) and a very exciting opening set for our friends moe. at The Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ (10/21).

The next week, U-Melt is very happy to be finally returning to the Boston area, to play Harpers Ferry in Allston, MA (10/24). A couple days later, U-Melt will head to Providence, RI (10/26), and on to the Java Barn in Canton, NY (10/27), before heading back to Albany for a Halloween Throwdown at Red Square on Saturday, Oct. 28th.

Stay tuned to the tour dates page for additional October dates to be revealed in the coming weeks, as well as an announcement of the second leg of The I's Mind Tour which will bring U-Melt down south for a week of shows at the beginning of November

8/22/06 - U-Melt Announce The Release Of "The I's Mind", CD Release Party At The Knitting Factory on Sept 30th!

We are incredibly excited to announce the upcoming release of our second studio album entitled "The I's Mind." Recorded and mixed at Mind Ignition Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio during the first half of 2006, "The I's Mind" was produced by U-Melt and our long time sound guru and engineer Josh Parrish. "The I's Mind" reunited the band with engineer Alex Lusht who co-produced our first studio effort, and marks our first chance to enter the studio with truly road tested songs.

"The I's Mind" will be officially released on September 30, 2006 at our "CD Release Party" at The Knitting Factory's Main Space in New York City. Tickets are now available for this show through the following link: http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=socal&query=detail&event=682970

We will begin accepting pre-orders for "The I's Mind" on Tuesday, September 5th through umelt.com. All pre-orders will include a limited edition collectable poster commemorating "The I's Mind" cover art, which was designed by Alison Holmes.

"The I's Mind" Track list: 1) Air 2) Escape 3) 415 4) Sequel 5) Go 6) Cloud Box 7) Different Things 8) Ernest Funknine

8/21/06 - U-Melt To Rock The Harvest Jam '06

U-Melt has been invited to play the Harvest Jam '06, which is being held at Legend Valley Concert Venue and Campground in Thornville, OH during October 5-7. This festival will be the kickoff point for U-Melt's Midwest run in the fall (dates to be announced very soon). Come on out to Ohio and be a part of the last festival of the season. U-Melt will be performing on the main stage on Saturday afternoon, along with Particle, Tea Leaf Green and the host band The Maji. Many other acts will be performing throughout the weekend. Complete details for the festival can be found at TheHarvestJam.com

8/8/06 - Jammed Online

Thanks to our new friends at Jammed Online Music Magazine for their review of The U-Melt Rocks Off boat cruise which took place last month. Excerpted from the article:

"These guys can really play and, perhaps more importantly, they can really play as a unit. True group jamming remains a relative rarity, but U-Melt displayed a very impressive mastery of the form, as different players took turns leading the band through the electrifying jams, changing time signatures seemingly at will."

and:

"Their music has grown from the psuedo-Phish noodling of the early days to encompass a huge range of styles and genres squeezed together to create a pretty individual whole. The techno elements – which I usually don’t care too much for – are blended with a jazz sensibility (during one jam, with the rest of the band in full on techno mode, the drummer wouldn’t have been out of place playing in a late 50s bebop band) and even touches of 70s prog (there was one jam during the 2nd set that reminded me of late 70s Genesis)."

Go to jammedonline.com to read the whole thing. And there's lots of other good reading there as well.

7/21/06 U-Melt added to Wormtown's Garden of Eden

We are happy to announce that U-Melt has been invited to play Wormtown's Garden of Eden, which will be held from Sept. 15-17th at Camp Kee-Wannee in Greenfield, MA. This 3 day and 2 night festival will feature at least 5 sets of the host of the festival Strangefolk, as well as sets from Raq, The Breakfast and many other bands. U-Melt will be performing on Saturday a, Sept. 16th. Further details and ticket information can be found at www.wormtown.com.

7/20/06 U-Melt Announces Initial August Tour Dates!

U-Melt will be heading back on the road in August and will make stops in some new towns as well as some of our favorite southern spots. The tour will kick off at Wilbert's in Cleveland on Wednesday, August 9th and continue on with stops in Bloomington, IN and Cincinnati, before heading down south to a show at Barley's in Knoxville, TN on August 12th. The next night, U-Melt will be back at Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta, and will then head to Tuscaloosa for a show at The Booth on August 15th.

U-Melt will then head east and spend some nights travelling up the coast, starting with a show at The Pour House in Charleston, SC, on Wednesday, August 16th, and continuing on with shows in Wilmington, NC and Virginia Beach with details still being finalized. Please stay tuned to the tour dates page for further details and additional August dates.

6/14/06 U-Melt Invited To Play moe.down 7!

We are proud and excited to announce that U-Melt has been invited to perform at this year's moe.down, which is moe.'s annual festival in Turin, NY, held over Labor Day weekend! This year's moe.down is already shaping up to be incredible, with 6 sets of moe. and Umphrey's McGee and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, among others, already on the bill. More bands are expected to be announced soon!

6/7/06 - U-Melt Wins "Cosmic Break Contest", Will Play 10KLF!

Thanks to all of you, U-Melt has won the "Cosmic Break Contest" and will perform at this year's 10K Lakes Festival in Detroit Lakes, MN! U-Melt would like to thank everyone for their incredible support! We really might be the luckiest band in the world to have such amazing fans and friends! U-Melt's exact set time and date will be announced shortly. We hope you can make it to 10KLF this year!

5/24/06 - Hello Cleveland! U-Melt to support moe. on 7/1!

We are incredibly excited to announce that U-Melt has been asked to support our friends moe. when they play Cleveland's Tower City Ampitheater on Saturday, July 1st. Also playing on this bill is the amazing British band Gomez who, if you have not heard of them, you really need to check them out! For all of U-Melt's confirmed shows, check out the tour dates page.

5/19/06 - U-Melt No Longer Playing Gathering of the Vibes, But Will Play NuGroove Festival!

U-Melt and Terrapin Presents are sad to announce that U-Melt will no longer be performing at this year's Gathering Of The Vibes Festival. U-Melt has been offered an opportunity to play an over night set at the 3rd Annual NuGroove Festival in Van Etten, NY over the same weekend as Camp Creek, July 28-30.

Due to the close relationship between U-Melt, Terrapin, ILCC, and Max Creek, and after a great deal of discussion, U-Melt and Terrapin have jointly decided that it could be detrimental to Camp Creek and Terrapin's relationship with ILCC, and thought it best if U-Melt did not perform at the Vibes this year.

At the 3rd Annual NuGroove Festival, which will be held in Van Etten, NY, U-Melt will be performing a very special late-night set from 2:15am-dawn on Saturday, July 29th (technically, 7/30). Other acts scheduled to appear at NuGroove include Dark Star Orchestra (2 nights), Conspirator, Raq, The Breakfast, Brothers Past and many more. For tickets and general information, check out the NuGroove website at: http://www.nugrooveproductions.com

5/16/06 - Initial Summer Tour Dates Announcement!

We are happy to announce some initial summer tour dates! To kick off the summer in style, U-Melt will be headlining the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ on the very first day of summer, Wednesday, June 21st. On Friday, July 7th, U-Melt will be headlining the Showcase Lounge in new Higher Ground in S. Burlington, VT for the very first time! Finally, following our Rocks Off Boat Cruise on Thursday, July 13th, U-Melt will be returning to "The City of Brotherly Love" to headline The North Star. This will be U-Melt's first time playing The North Star!

5/10/06 - 10,000 Lakes Fest, U-Melt Needs Your Help!

U-Melt has been selected as a finalist in the 10K Lakes Festival Cosmic Break Voting Booth Contest! 3 winners will be selected based on votes by fans and other industry experts and given performance slots at the festival this summer.

Please take a moment and register with 10K Lakes and vote for U-Melt! This is an incredible opportunity to play at one of the premier festivals in the country. Thanks so much and please ask all your friends to go to the website and vote U-Melt too!

Here is the link for the contest:
http://www.10klf.com/cosmic_break.php

And here is the link to register:
http://www.10klf.com/members_sign-up.php

5/5/06 - New Spring Tour Dates, Venue Infor For Cinci!

We have just added a couple of additional Spring Tour dates in the south! Following the show in Knoxville, TN on Saturday, 5/20, U-Melt will be performing at Crossroads Live in Huntsville, AL on Sunday, 5/21. The next night, U-Melt will be returning to Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta GA on Monday, 5/22, before heading out to St. Louis, for the 5/24 show at The Hurricane.

The details for the Cincinnati show have also been finalized as well. U-Melt will be performing at Stanley's Pub, in Cincinatti, OH, on Tuesday, 5/30.

We are always looking for fans who are willing to help spread the word about U-Melt and help promote in these new markets, as well as the ones we have played in before. Anyone who is willing to help, please send an e-mail to jason@umelt.com.

4/27/06 - Spring Tour '06 Announcement!

We are happy to announce our 2006 Spring Tour! The tour will start in the north east at Mexicali Blues Cafe on Friday, May 12. Next, U-Melt will travel to Albany (5/13) for a Post Biscuits show and The 8x10 in Baltimore (5/17), before heading down south for shows in Greenville. SC (5/19), Knoxville, TN (5/20), and probably a couple more south east dates to be announced in the very near future.

The next week, we are very excited to be touring the midwest for the very first time. U-Melt will be breaking into the midwest with a show at The Hurricane in Kansas City, MO (5/24), before heading over to St. Louis the next night to play The Broadway Oyster Bar (5/25). From St. Louis, we are going to be traveling directly to Summer Camp, where we will be playing an afternoon set on Sunday, May 28th.

Summer Camp is shaping up to be a fantastic festival with moe. and Umphrey's McGee playing multiple sets and many other great bands. We hope some of you can make it out to Illinois over Memorial Day weekend to check out this great festival!

After Summer Camp, we will be heading to the studio for a couple days in Cincinnati, OH, but we will be playing a show this time while in Cinci! We are close to confirming the show but please stay tuned for a venue announcement for a show on in Cinci on May 30th. The next day, Wednesday May 31st, U-Melt will be playing Indianapolis for the first time when we will be once again supporting our friends Tea Leaf Green at Birdey's.

We will then be heading straight back to the north east to play the Hat City Music Fest on Friday, June 2nd. U-Melt will be playing a FREE Magic Hat After Party show in the Monkey Bar following The Machine's headlining set outside.

The next night, we are excited to be returning to The Mezz in Syracuse, NY on Saturday, June 3rd. The spring tour will conclude the following weekend, when U-Melt will be returning to The Brass Lantern in Reading, PA, on Saturday, June 10th.

Please stay tuned for additional dates to be added to the tour in the next couple weeks!

4/25/06 All Aboard! U-Melt's Heading Back On the Boat This Summer!

We are happy to announce that U-Melt has been invited back to play a Rocks Off Boat Cruise again this summer. The U-Melt cruise will take place on Thursday, July 13th and the boat will depart from the Manhattan's east side this year, on E. 23rd St. and the FDR Drive in Manhattan. Boarding begins at 7:00 and the boat will depart promptly at 8:00 so please be early! The cruise will travel around Mahnhattan for 3 hours, and will return at 11:00pm.

U-Melt will be playing on Rocks Off's small boat, the Half Moon, which only holds 200 people so please buy your tix immediately as this show will very likely sell out.

Tickets are $20 in advance ($25 day of show if tickets still remain) and can be purchased now via this link: http://www.rocksoff.com/concertcruise.html

4/19/06 - Intitial May Tour Dates, Post Disco Biscuits Show in Albany!

We'd like to announce some intitial May tour dates which will lead up to our mini-midwest tour which we are still finalizing and hope to announce very soon:

On Friday 5/12, U-Melt will be kicking off our tour by returning to Teaneck, NJ's Mexicali Blues Cafe. The next night, on Saturday 5/13, we'llll be heading up the New York State Thruway to return to Albany's Red Square where we're hosting the Official Post Disco Biscuits Party. We'll be performing a late-night set following The Biscuit's tour closing show earlier in the night at The Palace.

The following Wednesday, 5/17, U-Melt will be, for the first time, headlining the amazing 8x10 club in Baltimore, MD. From there, we'll l travel through the south and then head northwest as we make our way to Summer Camp. Please stay tuned to www.umelt.com for the southern and midwest tour dates announcement in the next couple of days.

4/19/06 - It's Almost Festival Season!

In addition to Summer Camp and Gathering of the Vibes, U-Melt would like to announce a few additional festivals we are very excited to be performing at this summer!

Following Summer Camp, we head back to the east coast to be a part of Magic Hat's "Hat City Music Fest", which will take place in Danbury, CT on June 2-3. U-Melt will be performing a FREE Late-night show on Friday, inside The Monkey Bar, following The Machine's headlining performance outside the venue. The following day, P-Funk, Deep Banana Blackout, and other will also perform as part of the festival.

We're also very pleased to announce that we will be returning to one of our favorite small fests, the 16th Annual Stonehenge Music Festival which will take place in Kellyburg, PA on June 16-17. U-Melt will be playing on Saturday night, from 10:30-12:30.

We have a very limited number of tickets to sell to Stonehenge for the early bird price of $30. They will be available starting tomorrow at B.B. King's so please check in at the merch table to buy these discounted tix before they sell out.

Another exciting announcement is that U-Melt has been invited to help kick-off the 1st Annual Camp Barefoot, which is being held in Gore, VA on 7/27-7/29. U-Melt will be performing a very special set on Thursday, 7/27, from 11:00pm-midnight. Thursday's performances can only be attended by festival attendees who have purchased special VIP passes.

For complete info and ticket info about Camp Barefoot, check out www.heybroproductions.com. Other bands scheduled to perform at Camp Barefoot include the hosts Barefoot Manner, Moonshine Still, The Breakfast, and DJ Spam and Spam All-Stars, and DJ Williams Projekt.

3/19/06 - A SIRIUS Meltdown

We're very excited about this news! As of Saturday, March 18th, U-Melt has been added to the rotation on SIRIUS Satellite Radio. Listen for us on the Channel 17 - Jam-on, of course.

At present, SIRIUS is playing two versions of "Schizophrenia"--the first being the live version from Coda on NYE 12/31/05, as well as the "Schizo" off the studio album "The Unbelievable Meltdown".

Thanks to our friends at SIRIUS and to all of you who've let them know you'd like to hear us there.To request Schizophrenia or any other U-Melt song you may want to hear on your SIRUS radio, follow this link or call 877-33-SIRIUS.

3/2/06 - U-Melt - friends in High Places

U-Melt has been named the Unsigned Band of the Week at High Times. We thank High Times and the writer of the article there. We're truly honored.

3/1/06 - U-Melt Invited To Summer Camp! Midwest Tour In The Works!

We are very happy to announce that U-Melt has been invited to perform at Summer Camp 2006! Summer Camp is an annual festival held over Memorial Day weekend which is held at Three Sister's Park in Chillacothe, IL. Summer Camp always features 3 nights of moe. and 2 nights of Umphrey's McGee, and additional performers this year include The Disco Biscuits, Keller Williams, Yonder Mountain String Band, and Rusted Root, just to name a few.

U-Melt will be performing on Sunday afternoon, May 28th. For ticket information, check out the Summer Camp website.

We're also very excited to be planning our very first midwest tour around our Summer Camp performance. Please stay tuned to the tour dates page for additional information!

2/12/06 - Year in Review, Jambands.com

Rob Salzer joins the musicians and other members of the music industry who are answering Jamband's questions about their impressions of 2005. You'll find Rob's reflections at the end of the page.

2/1/06 - NYE Shows Now Available For Download

Our late-night NYE show from CODA is now available to download
on the archive.org. Thanks to Don Scott of Strangefolk and Rob
Somerville of Deep Banana Blackout for coming down and jamming
with us and thanks to everyone who came out and celebrated the
New Year with us! You can download the show at http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=33134

Update - 2/2/06

The Stone Pony show from 12/28/05 is also now available for
download at
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=33384

1/11/06 - U-Melt does it Jersey Style

Check out the new article on Jambase.com, by Richard Clarke, reviewing U-Melt's performance at the Stone Pony.

1/4/06 - U-Melt Joins The Degy Family!

U-Melt would like to announce that Jeremiah Knowles of Degy Booking International (DBI) will now be the national booking agent for the band. DBI has offices in both Georgia and New Jersey, with Jeremiah working out of the Atlanta, Georgia office. Please contact Jeremiah at jeremiah@degy.com or telephone him at (770)300-9655 for any booking inquiries. You can also visit DBI's wesbite at www.degy.com.

1/3/06 - New U-Melt Gallery on State of Mind

State of Mind Music Magazine has posted a gallery of photos of U-Melt by Richard Clarke. These were taken at the 12/28 show at the Stone Pony. Check them out.