Armed with Childish Gambino level satire and Cash Money level production, the Bare Handed Bear Handlers have hit the NOLA scene running. Fresh off a recent win for Best Comedy Video at the New Orleans Comedy Arts Festival, this nonsensical yet surprisingly sharp group has more than just good timing, a unique style, and a penchant for the profane… they have balls. Saggy balls.
The Dollyrots have been very busy bunnies, birthing both literal and musical babies. After an amazingly successful crowd fund through Pledge Music, their fifth album, Barefoot & Pregnant officially releases this Tuesday Feb. 25 on none other than Hunnypot Records. In celebration, they hosted an amazing record release party at The Satellite 2/20/14. Links to purchase the album are below, Here's to another 14 years of pop-punk! Cheers!
A favorite amongst Hunnypotters, The Preatures have treated us with another single off their highly anticipated debut album due out later this year. Following their single Is This How You Feel, Better Than It Ever Could Be is equally as infectiously poppy and just catchy as hell. The video throws you back to the 80's complete with 3D visuals and Space Invaders (the video game). The Preatures will be joining a slew of fellow Australian artists at SXSW as well as Coachella and maybe your local music festival too so keep an eye out.
We're proud to announce that two of our newest acts have been nominated by LA Weekly to contend for the title of Best Live Band in Los Angeles! Whether you prefer the master-crafted melodies of King Washington or the no-holds-barred hard-rock fury of Prima Donna, we have no doubt that both bands are deserving of this honor.
Vote Here: LA Weekly's "Best Live Band"
Hunnypot Unlimited recommends you see the David Hyde Pierce directed Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Live at the Mark Taper Forum.
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
MARK TAPER FORUM
By Christopher Durang
Directed by David Hyde Pierce
THE LA TIMES RAVES “GIDDY FARCE” “What makes the zaniness so memorable…the entire ensemble is first rate.” “Boy, does Mark Blum run with it.” “Shalita Grant has a field day.” “Kristine Neilsen is on dazzling display.” “Christine Ebersole makes the outlandish frantically, poignantly, riotously real.” “David Hull maximizes the wit of unwittingly funny rejoinders.” “Kudos to Liesel Allen Yeager who shines.” –Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times
Original Broadway cast members Kristine Nielsen and Shalita Grant reprise their Tony Award® nominated roles and are joined by two-time Tony Award® winner Christine Ebersole (Grey Gardens, 42nd Street) and Obie Award winner Mark Blum: all directed by original Broadway cast member and Tony Award® winner David Hyde Pierce (Curtains).
Enhance your theatre-going experience and mix with other theatre lovers during our Stage Talks immediately following the performances on March 2 and 4. These lively post-show talk backs are led by our artistic staff and often include cast members.
Call 213.628.2772 or visit CenterTheatreGroup.org/Vanya to purchase tickets!
Recommended for ages 16+. Mature content, language and sexuality.
Happy Birthday Aquarians! I'm sure you've all been diggin' the new Metronomy track. Well, now you've got the video too. Finally we can put that 5th Dimension song to bed (Age of Aquarius). Why do you guys get all the Astrological Sign pride songs anyway? Because you're all so successful and fun and just all around awesome?! No that just our CEO. His birthday's the 13th. Happy Birthday John Anderson!
The video was directed by award-winning French director Edouard Salier and produced by The Creators Project and Somesuch & Co. It follows space suit wearing Joe Mount to a glowing red planet inhabiting giant hairless cats and women wearing very elaborate headpieces. The new album called Love Letters, out on March 10 through Because Music.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_H_PuZBgbM Hunnypot Unlimited's Seven Saturdays have released their official video for XXX. Producer/Director/Editor Justin Paul shot on location in Long Beach, CA in the Seven Saturdays' warehouse. Yeah, Seven Saturdays' has their own warehouse now...cheers guys! The live footage was shot at The Satellite & The Echo in Los Angeles, CA.
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Daniel De Blanke from Hunnypot Unlimited's Robotanists and Seven Saturdays just joined White Sea; the solo project of Morgan Kibby. Morgan is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. She is known for fronting LA indie band The Romanovs as well as collaborating and touring with French shoegaze band M83.
They Don't Know is the first single off their forthcoming album in Cold Blood, due out this March. This epic music video was directed by Steven Johnson and shot almost entirely underwater. It's beautiful and free in both spirit and body... yeah they're naked.
Hunnypot provides exclusive promotion, marketing, brand development and placement representation of owned and non-owned copyright and recording assets through expansive relationships within the music, film, television, ad and gaming communities using unique, forward thinking approaches to business and distinct and creative grass roots campaigns.
Hunnypot provides exposure to cutting edge music and changes the palate of worldwide listeners through endorsement, promotion, packaging and/or planning of live music concerts and events. Hunnypot Radio, the Hunnypot Website provide instant awareness of Hunnypot endorsed content as well as contemporary music news and other culturally relevant media.
Hunnypot Live is our bi-weekly, internet-based "live podcast" party. Launched in November 2005, Hunnypot Live features industry guest interviews, playlist/DJ sets, live music performances and a lot of dancing. Hunnypot Live is attended by music and entertainment industry professionals, artists and taste makers to celebrate music and music culture. The show is currently streamed every other Monday night and archived for rebroadcast from the Hunnypot Unlimited website. Hunnypot Live is free to attend and open to the public.
Past Hunnypot Live performers and guests include: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Foster the People, Lisa Loeb, flora cash, LaVar Burton, Balthazar Getty, Daniel Bedingfield, Alicia Witt, Princess Vitarah, Jerry Heller, Audra Mae, Joachim Garraud, Cisco Adler, Designer Drugs, Love and Rockets, Concrete Blonde, Thomas Dolby, Coheed and Cambria, Mansions On The Moon, Traci Lords, Tila Tequila, Mickey Avalon, Albert Hammond, Charles Neville, Dirty Vegas, Smoove and Turrell, Le Castle Vania, Serj Tankian, West Indian Girl, Yo Majesty, Million $ Mano, Shudder to Think, 10CC, Ora The Molecule, Piel, Butterfly Boucher, Far East Movement, Moving Units, Miranda Lee Richards, Dr. Hollywood, Juno Reactor, A1 Bassline, The BellRays, Sky Cries Mary, Finatticz, MZ 007, Gwendolyn, The Germs, Bijou Phillips, The Bloody Beetroots, Blame Candy, Baby Fuzz, Dagnasterpus, Tillie, Luxxury, Stephen Perkins, Andy Milonakis, The Coup, Urberzone, Bird and the Bees, The Cataracs, Rebelution, Holly Palmer, Allee Willis, Wendy Waldman, The Glass, Gram Rabbit, Mae Shi, Nino Tempo, Franki Chan, Delinquent Habits, Duffy, and Mansions on the Moon.
John Anderson is the ringmaster of Hunnypot Unlimited, a multifaceted Music Publishing, Artist Representation, Marketing and Film & Television Placement organization specializing in discovering and cultivating fresh music talent.
The Hunnypot Unlimited brand is synonymous with quality music and recognized as one of the premier industry tastemaker sources. Hunnypot provides exclusive promotion, marketing, brand development and placement representation of owned and non-owned copyright and recording assets through expansive relationships within the music, film, television, ad and gaming communities using unique, forward thinking approaches to business and distinct and creative grass roots campaigns. Hunnypot provides exposure to cutting edge music and changes the palate of listeners worldwide through endorsement, promotion, packaging and/or planning of live music concerts and events. Hunnypot Radio and the Hunnypot Website provide instant awareness of Hunnypot artist activity as well as contemporary music news and other culturally relevant media.
John spent the first 20 years of his career in the music industry as an integral member of Windswept Music Publishing. He helped take the company from a fledgling start-up to the largest independent Music Publisher in the world, a feat that recently resulted in one of the most lucrative catalogue sales in Music Publishing history.
In 2008 John applied the A&R/Publisher/Placement model to the branded Hunnypot name and established itself as a leading independent music publishing/placement company representing the catalogues of Far East Movement, Louis Prima Jr., The Dollyrots, Barnyard Stompers, Mochipet, Young Creatures, The Cataracs, Dr. Hollywood, A House For Lions, Bearheart, J*LABS and Ghost Lit Kingdom.
John’s early track record as a song-plugger boasts hits like Eric Clapton’s “Before You Accuse Me” and Vanessa Williams’ career-defining song “Save The Best For Last.” Over the course of his industrious Publishing career, John has worked closely with some of the biggest songwriters of all-time including Sean Garrett (Usher “Yeah”, Fergie “London Bridge”), Mike Elizondo (50 Cent “In Da Club”, Mary J. Blige “Family Affair”) and Albert Hammond (Julio Iglesias “To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before,” The Hollies “The Air That I Breathe”).
As Sr. Vice President of Film & Television Music for Windswept, John was essential in the synchronization and licensing careers of such seminal artists as Pete Townsend, John Mellencamp, Nick Cave, The Allman Brothers and Willie Nelson as well as new stars like Corrine Bailey Ray, Snow Patrol, Kings of Leon, Beyonce, Mickey Avalon and Lady Sovereign. Some personal placement triumphs for John include Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars” in Grey’s Anatomy, The Who songs featured in the entire CSI franchise, Kings of Leon’s “Molly’s Chamber” for Volkswagon, and The Dollyrots “Because I’m Awesome” for both Hewlitt/Packard and Kohl’s Department Stores.
As one of the key A&R representatives for Windswept, some of John’s signings included Fischerspooner, The Dollyrots, Meat Beat Manifesto, The Cramps, Talib Kweli, Blackstar, The Coup, Hi-Tek, The BellRays, Johnette Napollitano (Concrete Blonde) and Shy Child.
John is also on the Music Industry Executive Fundraising Committee for the City of Hope, the premier Music Industry charity organization and was a member of the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Film & Television Task Force.
Hunnypot Unlimited was originally formed to create “community” within the then burgeoning film, television, ad and gaming music fields. After quickly accomplishing this mission by establishing itself as the epicenter of the industry’s social community, Hunnypot has gone on to acquire meaningful copyrights and masters, discover and develop commercially viable talent and leverage strong industry experience and relationships to generate significant income streams and exposure for our talent and our sponsor partners.
The name “Hunnypot” was first introduced in 2000 by music industry veterans John Anderson (at the time, Sr. VP of Creative/Film & TV for Windswept Music) and composer agent Tammy Krutchkoff. In an effort to bolster internal support for their soon-to-be highly significant and lucrative area of the Entertainment Industry, Hunnypot was originally designed as a “mixer” for the rapidly growing Film, Television, Ad and Gaming Music and Soundtrack fields. By way of monthly parties and one-off events throughout the world, the Hunnypot Party has come to symbolize an electrifying, exhilarating and stimulating experience for the entire creative community.
In November 2005, John Anderson and top-tier Music Supervisor PJ Bloom launched Hunnypot Radio; a live, interactive “listening session” emanating from the Hunnypot studios and streamed over the Internet at the HunnypotUnlimited.com site. This bi-weekly radio show draws a consistent audience of music and entertainment industry professionals, artists and songwriters, friends, acquaintances and the creative community at large. Not only has the radio show generated extraordinary industry buzz and favorable press, it has led to sponsorships from beverage and lifestyle companies (including Korbel Champagne, Tito’s Vodka, Bionade, Hubert’s Lemonade, Blue Microphones, IZZE & Kenwood Wines).
In September 2007 and after 18-years with the company, John Anderson left his role as Sr. VP of Film & TV Music/Creative at Windswept Music so that he could focus his attention on Hunnypot Unlimited in order to fulfill his greater, long-term goals for the brand.
Presently, Hunnypot has established itself as a leading independent music publishing/placement company.
Hunnypot Unlimited’s core business is its Music Publishing, Placement and Licensing division. Hunnypot provides exclusive promotion, marketing, brand development and placement representation of owned and non-owned copyrights and recording assets through expansive relationships within the music, film, television, ad and gaming communities using unique, forward thinking approaches to business and distinct, creative grass roots campaigns.
Hunnypot Records is our successful digital imprint through InGrooves, the leading digital sales aggregator in the business. With multiple releases from FM, Hot Pink DeLorean, ASVA and Mic Terror on all the relevant retail sites and notable chart success on retail leaders like iTunes and Beatport, Hunnypot Records has demonstrated its ability to capitalize in the digital-era retail market. Within less than a year, Hunnypot Records released the #1 selling song in the entire InGrooves catalogue with Far East Movement’s “Girls on the Dancefloor”.
Hunnypot Unlimited is synonymous with progressive, cutting-edge music of exceptional quality. Hunnypot’s ability to identify and uncover new, emerging and relevant talent on a worldwide scale is only matched by our unwavering desire to champion it. Hunnypot Live is the vehicle by which we bring these artists directly to the people. Through the endorsement and promotion of live music concerts and events at some of the hottest venues around, Hunnypot Live keeps you two steps ahead of the pop culture beast. In addition to constant local promotion, we have a presence at most major U.S. conferences and events including South by Southwest, CMJ, Coachella, Winter Music Conference and beyond.
Boasting several million hits since its launch in 2006, our website is the virtual hub for all things Hunnypot. Through our website, you can stream the weekly Hunnypot Radio show, check the calendar for upcoming Hunnypot events and find tour information for artists and bands currently on the Hunnypot radar and view pictures from recent Hunnypot gatherings. You can also backlog stream the radio shows, read about recent releases, download free content and get informed about culturally and/or musically relevant subjects – all in the format of choice of today’s youth.
Hunnypot Unlimited creates and produces a highly respected and eagerly anticipated series of retail-quality compilations featuring original artwork and design produced in full-color. These compilations exclusively feature Hunnypot affiliated artists, are distributed for free at all Hunnypot Unlimited events and sent via download link to over 4,000 inner-industry professionals. These compilations exemplify the high quality of music that is a cornerstone of Hunnypot’s reputation.
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The unique live experience of a P L a N E T S show is like witnessing some kind of eerie post-modern garage rock opera. Featuring vibey immersive atmospheres with dancers, actors and shadow puppetry coming at you from all directions in cahoots with the music–this is not your every day rock band. Always basing their material around a place, P L a N E T S recently released their debut album, TheDarkWoods. One last thing: there will be robots. You have to see it to believe it. https://twitter.com/planetstheband