The Sunday Painters

4/16/2010

Broken Pieces CD Release - IPO Detroit 2010

Sunday Painters will be releasing Broken Pieces, our first ‘official’ EP next Friday night at the International Pop Overthrow Festival Detroit event taking place at Paycheck’s Lounge in Hamtramck MI.

The International Pop Overthrow (or IPO, as it is commonly called) is a travelling pop music festival featuring some of the best pop and rock bands from around the world. This is the third year in a row for the IPO in Detroit, and this year's IPO Detroit features 24 excellent Power Pop artists from Detroit and beyond over 3 nights. Thursday April 15th, Friday April 16th, & Saturday April 17th. The lineup for Friday, April 16th is:

7:30 Andy Reed
8:00 Jet Set Drag
8:30 Class Three Overbite
9:00 Old Empire
9:30 Bazooka Jones
10:00 The Secrets
10:30 Fig
11:00 Sunday Painters

We will have copies of the new CD on hand, and will be playing a full set featuring songs from the new EP and songs from our next release which will be out in the fall. We hope to see you there!

You can check out the IPO website at http://www.internationalpopoverthrow.com

3/15/2009

Sunday Painters Attempt World Record

The Sunday Painters will be taking part in a concert attempting to break the Guinness record for "longest concert by multiple artists" when they perform at a 10-day continuous musical tribute to the American auto industry.

The 240-hour "Assembly Line" show -- planned for March 20-30 -- will be hosted by AJ's Cafe in Ferndale. The Assembly Line concert will bring the two worlds together as the music marathon pays tribute to American workers, products and automobiles. The concert will call on musicians from all segments of society to come together in the heart of hard-hit Main Street America and help pay tribute to the down, but not out, American worker.

The Sunday Painters perform at 8:15pm on Sunday March 22nd. The entire concert will be available via a live webcast, so if you can't make it to the show you can still catch it on the web.

9/1/2008

Sunday Painters To Play First "Cycles In The City"

The Sunday Painters will be playing the first ever Cycles In The City event in Detroit on Saturday September 13th!

Detroit, a city forged from iron and shaped by ever changing musical movements unites at Cycles In The City. The muscle of motorcycles combined with our soul of Motown, Rock, Rap, Gospel and Country provide the backdrop for this one-day regional rally highlighting the new urban landscape of “The D”. Join thousands of police, firefighters, and fellow riders to launch a day of fun that benefits children’s charities.

The Sunday Painters will perform at 5pm on the Main Stage. For the first time ever The Sunday Painters will feature four vocalists as multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Jim Talbott joins the usual power-trio of Ron McPherson, Eric Freeman and Kyle Kipp for this special show. Also, make sure to check out the debut of Sunday Painters guitarist Ron McPherson as a solo performer! Ron will be playing and singing some of his favorite songs over on the Acoustic Stage at 6:40pm.

8/20/2007

Sunday Painters To Play Arts, Beats and Eats Festival

Sunday Painters are proud to be playing the Detroit News Stage at Arts Beats & Eats in Pontiac, MI on Sunday Sept 2nd at 1PM. We have some friends sitting in with us for this show. Multi-instrumentalist Jim Talbott will playing keys and singing some fantastic harmonies that he's come up with for the Sunday Painters songbook. No stranger to the Sunday Painters stage, Jim sat in with the band on bass guitar at The 2005 Hamtramck Blowout. Also joining us for this special show is Scott Taylor on bass guitar. Scott is a guitarist/vocalist who has played in numerous Detroit area bands and we are happy to have him join us onstage at Arts, Beats and Eats. The sound is a lot bigger than our usual power trio set up, and we're diggin it! Arts...Beats...Eats...Beer...80 Degrees & sunny skies... B-There! http://www.artsbeatseats.com

4/1/2007

Sunday Painters to play International Pop Overthrow

The Sunday Painters have been invited to play The International Pop Overthrow Festival in Chicago which begins April 18th, 2007. International Pop Overthrow (or IPO, as it has affectionately become known) is a pop music festival which has been held for the past nine years in Los Angeles, and more recently in Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Nashville, San Francisco, and Liverpool, England (at the world famous Cavern Club)! Each International Pop Overthrow features between 100-180 of the best pop bands from around the world. Performers at past IPO Festivals have included power pop favorites Jason Falkner, Outrageous Cherry, Jellyfish, The Shazam, Fountains of Wayne, The Shoes and Brendan Benson.

3/1/2007

Sunday Painters Return to Hamtrack Blowout X

The Sunday Painters will be performing at the tenth annual Metrotimes Hamtrack Blowout. The Blowout consists of 250 Detroit area bands performing at more than 20 venues, crisscrossing the quirky environs of Hamtramck — Detroit’s multi-culti town within a city — to create a frothy four-night stand of ear-bending music and liver-taxing mayhem. Again, that’s 250 bands in 20 venues in one postage-stamp sized town. The Sunday Painters will be performing at The Atlas Bar, 2363 Yemans in Hamtramck on Saturday, March 10th.

1/5/2007

Sunday Painters Sighting

The Sunday Painters want to give a shout out to our friend Ashley Arthur for going above and beyond the call of duty! Ashley and her Dad were featured in an article in the Sandusky Register for the Grand Opening of their Arthur Treachers Restaurant and she was cool enough to wear one of our Sunday Painters T-shirts (available at any of our shows). Click here to read the full article. Thanks Ashley and Good Luck with the restaurant!

11/26/2006

Last Chance to See The Sunday Painters This Year

The Sunday Painters will be playing their last Detroit show for 2006 this Friday, December 1st. The band has been asked to open for the nationally touring band 'Wax On Radio'. Wax On Radio brings both progressive and nostalgic elements to their unique rock sound and have been compared with such diverse bands as Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Jane's Addiction and King Crimson. It should be a great show so please come and join us. The show will take place at The Shelter, 431 East Congress Street in Detroit. Doors open at 6pm and this is an all ages show. See you there!

10/19/2006

Sunday Painters Live at Small's

A special thanks goes out to everyone who came out to see The Sunday Painters play at Small's Bar in Hamtramck October 12th! We had a great time playing with "The Dins" and one of our favorite new bands "Rio Rancho Estates". If you missed the show you can click here to see a video clip of The Sunday Painters as they rock out to "Wasting Time".

10/1/2006

Sunday Painters Live Video Webcast

The Sunday Painters performance at The Trenton Scarecrow Festival will feature a live video webcast. The band will be playing a FREE all ages show at The Trenton Scarecrow Festival which was voted one the Best Festivals Downriver by readers of the Heritage Newspapers. The Sunday Painters are scheduled to play Sunday, October 8th at 4pm. The festival is located in Downtown Trenton on West Jefferson between West Rd. and Cherry Street. You can view the webcast at http://www.scarecrowfestival.net or come on down to The Trenton Scarecrow Festival and be part of the event!

7/26/2006

Sunday Painters in the TOP 9!

A GREAT BIG THANKS goes out to each and every one of you who voted for The Sunday Painters in the Detroit News Sonic Summer Contest! YOU put us in the TOP 9! Read all about it in today's Detroit News - Page 1E. Now we move on to the semi-finals. We will be competing against two other bands at The Magic Bag Theater on August 10 at 8pm (http://www.themagicbag.com). We need to get as many people as possible at this show, so please come and join us and bring a friend (or two or three!). Here's the link to the Detroit News article online: http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060726/ENT01/607260407/1033

7/17/2006

The Detroit News picks The Sunday Painters for their Top 20 Bands in Detroit

The Sunday Painters have been selected as one of the Top 20 bands in the Detroit News Sonic Summer Battle of the Bands! Voting takes place from July 17th to July 24th to narrow the field down to 9 bands. The 9 finalists will be playing at the Pontiac Arts, Beats and Eats festival. We need your help! Go to http://www.detnews.com/sonicsummer to place your vote for The Sunday Painters.

7/12/2006

The Sunday Painters to Play for The Romantics "After Party"

The Sunday Painters have been asked to play at the "After Party" for The Romantics concert, Friday July 19th. The Romantics will be playing a FREE concert as part of the Rockin on the Riverfront Concert Series taking place at the GM Renaissance Center. The "After Party" will be taking place at Paychecks in Hamtramck after the concert. See you there!

7/10/2006

WHFR-FM In-Studio Performance

The Sunday Painters will be playing a live, in-studio performance Wednesday, July 19th on WHFR-FM. The performance will take place on "The Lounge Act with Frank M." sometime between 8pm and 10pm. WHFR is located at 93.1 on the FM dial in the Detroit area. The broadcast can also be streamed via the internet at www.whfr.fm.

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