The Bell Beat

Vinyl LP Giveaway

Sh! — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:00:06 +0000

Another giveaway! This time we’re giving away a copy of Our Manderley on vinyl. Check out our Facebook page for details.

Facebook Contest

Sh! — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:23:52 +0000

There’s a contest going on over in Zuckerberg’s book. We’re giving away a FREE CD copy of Our Manderley for every new Facebook page ‘Like’ until we reach 500. Browse over to our Facebook page, click ‘Like’, then email your address to band[at]thebellbeat[dot]com. We’ll even pay for postage!

‘Mas 2011

Sh! — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:24:40 +0000

Another year, another “holiday” song.

Once again we contributed an original song to the annual Suburban Sprawl Holiday Compilation. Our contribution is titled, “December 25, 1967.” It’s available for free along with 39 other holiday themed tracks right here.

New Music Video: Labrador

Sh! — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:32:40 +0000

Luke Hartley once again did a fantastic job putting a beautiful visual to our music. Without further adieu, we present Labrador (lyrics) from Our Manderley.

Commerce

Sh! — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:47:18 +0000

You can now purchase physical merchandise from our Bandcamp page. We created a bunch of bundles featuring posters, vinyl, CDs, beer, etc… Take a look, buy something, get some free downloads for your trouble.

Labrador Shoot

Sh! — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:37:29 +0000

On Saturday (July 16, 2011) we once again spent a hot summer day in a non-air conditioned space playing the same song over and over while Luke Hartley’s camera captured every nuanced moment at 60 frames per second.

Of course, that was only a small portion of the work involved in releasing the music video for Labrador. Luckily, while Luke is slaving away in Final Cut Pro you can snatch a glimpse of some stills captured during Saturday’s shoot. Browse over yonder: Labrador Shoot, Part 1

Like, follow, or subscribe to hear from us when the video is released. In the meantime, check out Luke and The Bell Beat’s first music video, Call Me the Fool.

Thanks For the Plays

Sh! — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:51:56 +0000

Thanks: CFRC (Kingston, ON, CA), CJAM (Windsor, ON, CA), CJUM (Winnipeg, MB, CA), KCSC (Chico, CA), KSDT (La Jolla, CA), WCNI (New London, CT), WBCX (Gainesville, GA), KTUH (Honolulu, HI), WMBR (Cambridge, MA), WHFR (Dearborn, MI), The Station (Hamtramck, MI), WMTU (Houghton, MI), WSGR (Port Huron, MI), WBNY (Buffalo, NY), KMSU (Mankato, MN), WUDR (Dayton, OH), WQHS (Philadelphia, PA), WKPS (State College, PA), WSBF (Clemson, SC) and KVRX (Austin, TX) for playing tracks from Our Manderley.

Bridgehouse Session

Sh! — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:13:07 +0000

Before our WMTU/Orpheum Theater show in Houghton, MI we recorded a live session for Mostly Midwest. It’s part of their ongoing video series called Bridgehouse Sessions. It turned out to be one of the most enjoyable times we’ve had as a band… Please, check out all their sessions, show photos’, etc… Because Mostly Midwest are some good people.

Click here to check out our session.

Catching Up

Sh! — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:47:33 +0000

Sometimes our website is the “last to know”, we’re trying to remedy that. Here’s a bunch of things going on in our world.

Our new album Our Manderley was released Jan. 25th 2011. It can be streamed from our Bandcamp page and purchased from Amazon (vinyl – includes a download card).

Jeff Milo (Real Detroit / Deep Cutz) wrote some nice things about us here.

August Smith (Mostly Midwest) wrote some nice things about us here.

Jonathan A Berz (Real Detroit / Notes from the Underground / Songs from the moon) wrote some nice things about us here. He shot a video before he published those nice things.

Ryan Spaulding (RSL Blog) wrote some more nice things about us here.

We had a release show and Jon Berz took some pictures and shot a video here.

Mostly Midwest invited us to do a Bridgehouse Session on Feb. 4th.

WMTU invited us to play the Orpheum Theater in Hancock, MI, Feb. 5th.

We have two local shows scheduled, both at record stores (Record Time, Roseville, Feb. 11th & UHF, Royal Oak, Feb. 12th). If you go to both you will get a free LP of Our Manderley.

Clarkston’s Union invited us to play on Feb 26th. If you’re a fan of our previous album The Carrot Chase, be sure to check out this show. We’re playing that and Our Manderley back-to-back.

Metro Times invited us to perform at their annual Blowout.

Able To Avail

Sh! — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:59:54 +0000

It’s Jan. 25, 2011. As promised, Our Manderley is out. Here’s where you can get it:

Amazon (MP3/Vinyl LP)
Bandcamp (MP3)
CD Baby (MP3/Vinyl LP)
eMusic (MP3)
iTunes (MP3)
Napster (MP3)
Rhapsody (MP3)
Zune (MP3)

Also, if you live in or near Southeast MI, we’re in the racks at UHF and Dearborn Music.

If you’re not ready to commit to a purchase yet, you can stream the entire album on our bandcamp page.