The Parlor Mob Latest News

Check Out Roadrunner's Weekly Rock And Metal Playlists On Spotify!

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:56:00 GMT

We've put together two dynamic playlists on Spotify - Roadrunner's Week in Metal and Roadrunner's Week in Rock - and we'd love it if you'd check them out! Each week, a few tracks rotate out, and a few new ones rotate in. This week on the metal playlist, we're focusing on bands that are currently on the road - Machine Head, Megadeth, Trivium and DevilDriver - plus tracks by Korn, Nightwish and more. On the Rock playlist, we've added new tracks by Nickelback, Black Stone Cherry, Theory of a Deadman, The Parlor Mob and more!

Roadrunner's Week in Metal

Roadrunner's Week in Rock

The Parlor Mob Announce Spring Tour Dates

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:17:00 GMT

The Parlor Mob will be hitting the road on a North American tour this spring, and they've released the video below to get you ready:

The Parlor Mob's latest CD, Dogs, is available now; click here to get your copy!

Check Out Roadrunner's Weekly Metal And Rock Playlists On Spotify!

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:26:00 GMT

We've put together two dynamic playlists on Spotify - Roadrunner's Week in Metal and Roadrunner's Week in Rock - and we'd love it if you'd check them out! Each week, a few tracks rotate out, and a few new ones rotate in. This week on the metal playlist, we're focusing on bands that are currently on the road or will be soon - Machine Head, Megadeth, Trivium and DevilDriver - plus tracks by Korn, Nightwish and more. On the Rock playlist, we've added new tracks by Nickelback, Black Stone Cherry, Theory of a Deadman, The Parlor Mob and more!

Roadrunner's Week in Metal

Roadrunner's Week in Rock

Video: The Parlor Mob's Sam Bey Talks Hockey

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:15:00 GMT

The Parlor Mob's drummer, Sam Bey, was recently interviewed by Canadian sports website TheScore.com. In the clip below, he talks about hockey, specifically being a major New York Rangers fan and the use of their song "Into the Sun" by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Here's the clip:

The Parlor Mob's latest album Dogs is in stores now; click here to get it!

The Parlor Mob's Dogs Is iTunes' Rock Album Of The Year!

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:58:00 GMT

The music editors at iTunes have spoken - and they've named The Parlor Mob's second album, Dogs, their Rock Album of the Year! Head over to the iTunes store to grab the Special Edition of the album (which includes three bonus tracks) for $11.99!

The Parlor Mob To Perform Invite-Only Show In NYC 11/3 - Get On The List!

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:28:00 GMT

The Parlor Mob will be performing at the John Varvatos store at 315 Bowery (former home of legendary rock club CBGB) on Thursday, November 3 at 8 PM. It's a free show, but admission is limited, so if you want to go, RSVP to jv_pr3@vsp.com right away. Only those on the guest list will be admitted!

Here's a video of the band playing live, to give you some idea of why you want to be at this show:

The Parlor Mob To Perform At NYC Apple Store Tomorrow - Free!

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:17:00 GMT

The Parlor Mob will be performing tomorrow, October 19 at the West 14th Street Apple Store location, as part of the Live at the Apple Store series.

Admission is free and there is no RSVP needed, so bring all your friends!

Apple Store West 14th St:
401 W 14th Street
New York, NY 10014

Event time: 7-8:30 PM

Lineup:
Icon For Hire
The Parlor Mob
Still Corners

See The Parlor Mob Live In Baltimore Or Philadelphia, Get A Free CD!

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:53:00 GMT

See The Parlor Mob live, get a free copy of Dogs!

For a limited time, you can get a free copy of The Parlor Mob’s new album Dogs when you purchase tickets to see them live at The Ottobar in Baltimore on October 26!

Buy two or more tickets in person at Ottobar’s upstairs bar (open Wed-Fri after 6 PM and Sat-Tue after 9 PM) and you will receive a free copy of Dogs (while supplies last).

You can also get a free copy of Dogs if you buy two tickets to their show at Philadelphia's North Star Bar on October 27! Visit this link to get yours!

Hurry, supplies are limited!

The Parlor Mob's David Rosen Interviewed By Straight Up Random

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:28:00 GMT

The Parlor Mob guitarist David Rosen was interviewed by the website Straight Up Random recently, when the band was in Orlando (you can see footage from their set that night at this link). He talks about the lengthy stretch of time between their debut album, 2008's And You Were a Crow, and this one; the band's new bassist, Anthony Chick; the recording process; and much more.

Says Rosen, "it just took us a little longer than we expected to really be happy with the songs that we were writing...We got a new bass player during the mix, that kind of killed probably two months or so. I don’t know, there was a lot of physical issues – our rehearsal space went under; we had nowhere to rehearse for a while; that ate up a month or so. There was some logistical problems like that, but mostly we just wanted to be really completely satisfied with the songs that we were writing."

Regarding new bassist Chick, the guitarist says, "he’s the only guy in the band who has any sort of musical training. None of us took any lessons or know anything about what we’re doing, at all. He’s a music teacher when we’re home; he teaches little kids for like a music school thing. So, I mean, he knows a lot of stuff like that which proves helpful from time to time [laughs]...He’s one of our best friends, and we’ve known him our whole lives to begin with, so that was sort of one big thing in hiring him. “Hiring” him – you know, asking him to join the band; we didn’t have to meet someone new and try to figure out who they are and see if we’re going to be able to gel with them creatively and personally and everything because you know, you’ve got to spend a lot of time with this person, and he’s already one of our best friends, so."

It's a long, fairly in-depth interview, and well worth your time. Go check the whole thing out at this link. The Parlor Mob's new CD, Dogs, is in stores now.

EXCLUSIVE: Interview With The Parlor Mob's Mark Melicia

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Interview by Leonard Pierce

Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey: in 2011, those four words may no longer remind you of a certain venerable working-class rock superstar. Instead, they may bring to mind the Parlor Mob, the blazing five-piece from Red Bank. Having established themselves as one of the rock world’s bands to watch with their 2008 debut album And You Were a Crow, they’ve returned from a hard and fast-paced touring season with their second full-length, Dogs. Singer Mark Melicia took some time recently to talk about their legendary live sets, how they’ve progressed as a band, and the emotional ups and downs of finishing the new album, which is in stores today.

What did you do differently when you were working on Dogs?
I think the main difference between this and And You Were a Crow is that the first album was written over a number of years, when we were just starting out as a band, and we felt like we had plenty of time. Dogs was written over a very short period of time – about a year, when we were off the road. And as a result of that, I think there’s a cohesion and a precision to them that sets it apart. It was done in a more focused way, and that makes it a lot more cohesive.

We also worked on it more as an entire band, I think. And the rest of the guys, the things that they think sound good and make for a complete song, their sense of that has improved and matured and evolved over time. Everyone pretty much contributed the same amount to the songwriting itself, but I think it was maybe more of a group effort this time than it was the first go-round. Initially we would write songs by all getting together and jamming, whereas this time we had situations where one person would come in with the basic framework of a song and we would work on it together from there. It’s just a natural progression as we’ve matured as a band.

You’ve mentioned that this was an emotionally difficult record to do. Why is that?
There were just a lot of issues when we were working on this record about whether or not we’d be able to make a living if we were to continue as a band. With the responsibilities that begin to mount up as you get older and mature as a human being, that can get in the way of the dreams that you have of making it as a band and making that your career. You start looking at the costs, and the effort that you’ve put into the last six, eight years of your life, and you have to look yourself in the eye and ask yourself “Do I want to do this for another few years? Am I worth the gamble?” You put so much into the process of investing in your art – and I think that’s a common thing for any band at our level, in this day and age, with the music industry the way it is. But when you come right down to it, we’re a band of great friends who love to spend time with one another. We’re pretty much family at this point, and we’re fortunate enough to be able to create music that we believe in together, that we all can be proud of. So we just had to reaffirm that this was more important than anything else we could be doing at this time in our lives – that we believe that, and that we have to keep going.

The Parlor Mob has a reputation as a great live act. What do you try to bring to your live show that sets you apart?
What we think is important is to keep ourselves excited with the music. We’re always trying to build up our own interest in playing things live, to figure out cool and interesting ways to perform a song that we haven’t tried before, whether it’s starting songs differently or putting jams in the middle or anything else. I try to sing songs differently all the time, trying out different melodies or slight variations, just to keep myself in the moment and maintain our excitement about the songs. That’s what works for us. I know there are bands with a particular sound, and they play the same set list pretty much every night, and every time you see them, that’s more or less what you’re going to get – and that’s fine if it works for them. But for us, it’s always been about bringing a new spark, a fire to our live sets every time we go out there, and it’s not just important for our fans, but for ourselves that we keep that fire lit. It keeps us involved, and in turn, it works out better for the audience.

Do you find that you have to put a lot of effort into making your studio recordings as exciting and lively as your performances?
We have definitely found that throughout our career, it’s been a struggle to translate our live energy into our recordings. But somewhere along the line, I think we decided that it’s going to be hard, if not impossible, to ever make a recorded song as energetic and exciting as a live performance is, so instead we just try to make the recording as interesting as we can on its own merits. That means coming up with different arrangements, different instrumentation, mixing things down differently, and basically thinking of it as its own thing and not just a representation of a live performance. When we lay the basic tracks down, of course, it’s very much a live thing – we use the basic roots of the sound to get the basis of the song – but after that, we try and figure out what could give the song its own atmosphere, something that could create an experience the listener might not be able to get from hearing us live, whether that’s the recording quality, or different layers of sound, or what have you. Now, we’d love to do a live record – we’ve always talked about how cool it would be to do something like that – but when it comes to studio recording, we try to get the best we can from the live framework of the song and then fill it in around that. We were able to do that better this time than we were last time, and hopefully we can do it better next time than this time. It’s all about progressing and evolving.

Video: The Parlor Mob Live In Orlando, FL

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:10:00 GMT

The Parlor Mob uploaded this video of them concluding their set in Orlando, Florida on October 1 with the song "The Beginning." It's a pretty forceful performance of one of the more dramatic songs on their upcoming album Dogs, which will be in stores October 11 and can be pre-ordered at this link.

Here's the video:

The Parlor Mob are currently on the road; visit our tour page to find a show near you.

Spotify Playlist: Roadrunner In 2011

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:35:00 GMT

Sometimes you can lose track of all the stuff you've done because you're just too busy doing it. The year's far from over - we've got albums from Opeth, Machine Head, The Parlor Mob, Megadeth and Nickelback still to come - but it's already been a damn strong one in terms of releases. So we've put together a Spotify playlist that showcases some of the highlights of our 2011 release schedule. This isn't everything, but it's a solid hour of ass-kicking rock and metal, including tracks by Machine Head, Megadeth, Opeth, Dream Theater, Trivium, Korn, Theory of a Deadman, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Cavalera Conspiracy, DevilDriver, and more, so why not check it out? Enjoy!

Roadrunner 2011 Spotify playlist

Video: The Parlor Mob, "Into The Sun"

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:47:00 GMT

The video for "Into the Sun," the first single from the Parlor Mob's upcoming second album Dogs, is out now. Check it out below.

"Into the Sun" is available now from iTunes, and Dogs will be in stores October 11, but you can pre-order that from iTunes as well. The band will be on the road very soon, so visit our tour page to find a show near you!

The Parlor Mob Announces New York Show

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:11:00 GMT

The Parlor Mob have announced a New York show at the Studio at Webster Hall on Monday, September 12. The band's second studio album, Dogs, will be out October 11, and anticipation for the new record is already running high.

Fans who want to see The Parlor Mob should get tickets at this link when they go on sale Saturday at 10 AM.

The band's current single, "Into the Sun," is available now from iTunes; click here to get it.

The Parlor Mob's New Single, "Into The Sun," On Sale Now!

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:39:00 GMT

The Parlor Mob have released "Into the Sun," a single from their upcoming album Dogs, due out October 11. Dogs is the follow-up to the band's acclaimed debut album, And You Were a Crow, which iTunes called "a top-notch debut." Check out the lyric video below:

To purchase "Into the Sun" from iTunes, just click here.

Learn The Words To The Parlor Mob's "Into The Sun"!

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:42:00 GMT

A lyric video for "Into the Sun," the first single from The Parlor Mob's upcoming album Dogs, has been posted on YouTube. So if you're curious what they're singing about, now you can read along!

Here's the video:

The Parlor Mob is comprised of vocalist Mark Melicia, guitarists David Rosen and Paul Ritchie, bassist Anthony Chick and drummer Sam Bey. Dogs is the follow-up to the band's acclaimed debut, And You Were A Crow; it will be released October 11.

The Parlor Mob Releasing New Album, "Dogs," October 11

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:03:00 GMT

New Jersey-based rock band The Parlor Mob, who took their name from a notorious 19th Century gang, will release their new album Dogs on October 11. You can download the first single, "Into the Sun," by liking the band on Facebook.

The album cover can be seen at left, and here's a trailer for "Into the Sun":

Into The Sun (Trailer) from The Parlor Mob on Vimeo.

The Parlor Mob is comprised of vocalist Mark Melicia, guitarists David Rosen and Paul Ritchie, bassist Anthony Chick and drummer Sam Bey.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Matt Radosevich, who's worked with 30 Seconds To Mars, The Hives, and Taking Back Sunday, Dogs is the follow up to The Parlor Mob's acclaimed debut album, And You Were Crow, which iTunes called a “top notch debut" that "[shows] emo-rockers and pop-punkers how to turn their amps to eleven.” The Sun UK said, "The brooding 'When I Was An Orphan' and anthemic 'My Favorite Heart To Break' star in an album with no filler," while The Deli NYC stated, “The Parlor Mob’s classic New York rock vibe and creative, peculiar album artwork cultivates a unique style, relevant to [the] contemporary Indie Rock scene.” Classic Rock magazine described the band's live show as "stunning: staggering; a classic even…the audience are wholly convinced…they’re swallowed whole.”

The Parlor Mob - in the studio part 3- the final episode!

Thu, 05 May 2011 07:52:00 GMT

The Parlor Mob are finishing up the final touches on their upcoming album- due to come out later this year. As a band who love their fans, they want to keep YOU in the loop. The New Jersey rockers are currently in Austin, Texas recording the follow up to 2007's And You Were A Crow. While there, the boys took to the video camera to film a series of three videos which feature exclusive behind the scenes footage of the band in the studio, practicing, and sharing their thoughts on what you can expect from their sophomore album. You can watch the third and final installment of their video series here!

Good stuff, right?

If you missed the first 2 episodes of the Parlor Mob's behind the scenes video sessions, you can still catch them here.

Want to see the band live? For all you northeasterners you can check out the Parlor Mob now in NY and NJ. The band hits Brooklyn Bowl in NYC on May 14th. You can pick up those tickets here. After that the boys swing over to NJ for their homecoming show at Stone Pony on May 28th. Tickets for the NJ show here.

The Parlor Mob In The Studio Part 2 - Progression

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:00:00 GMT

The Parlor Mob are putting the final touches on their highly anticipated sophomore album due out later this year. The band is giving fans an inside look at the recording process with a series of videos. In the latest episode, the band explains how they have progressed from the first album and what the new album means to them.

If you missed the first episode, you can check it out below!

The Parlor Mob In The Studio Part 1 - "Tracking Live"

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:00:00 GMT

The Parlor Mob have been working hard recording their sophomore album due out later this year. The band filmed their endeavors while in the studio. In their first episode, see how the band takes a unique approach in recording by playing live in tight quarters, and how they progress from writing, to recording, to mastering.