ILLINOIS HEADS, GET THE RECORD HERE
(Tell your local record store they can order it
from Super D if it's not in stock):
City of Chicago:
Gramaphone Records Chicago IL 60657
Dr. Wax Chicago IL 60640
Hyde Park Records Chicago IL 60615
Evil Clown Chicago IL 60618
Reckless Records of London Inc Chicago IL 60622
Out Of The Past Chicago IL 60624
Bel-Jam Records Chicago IL 60649
Pepmo's Record World Chicago IL 60651
Record Emporium Chicago IL 60657
Metal Haven Chicago IL 60657
Borderline Music Chicago IL 60657
Suburbs of Chicago:
Rainbow Records Barrington IL 60010
Full Cyrkle Crystal Lake IL 60014
Paradise Records Highland Park IL 60035
Cd City Highland Park IL 60035
Gardner's Waukegan IL 60085
Stuck in the 70s Melrose Park IL 60160
Record Breakers Hoffman Estates IL 60195
Compact Disc Source Evanston IL 60202-1124
Crows Nest Cresthill IL 60435
Disc Replay of Crest Hill Crest Hill IL 60435
Threshold Music Tinley Park IL 60441
Rolling Stones Norridge IL 60706
Southern Illinois:
Ross' Chicago Records Kankakee IL 60901
Co-Op Records Moline IL 61265
Rock N Records Maycomb IL 61455
Co-Op Records Brimfield IL 61517
Co-Op Records Pekin IL 61554
Co-Op Records Pekin IL 61554
Co-Op Records Peoria IL 61606-1200
Co-Op Records East Peoria IL 61611
Dead Pan Alley Music Normal IL 61761
Chart Records & Tapes Danville IL 61832
Slacker's Alton IL 62002
Slacker's Glen Carbon IL 62034
Vintage Vinyl Granite City IL 62040
Unique Audio/Video & More Greenville IL 62246
Slacker's O'Fallon IL 62269
G-B Records Decatur IL 62523
Revolution Records Jacksonville IL 62650
Recycled Records Springfield IL 62701
JD's Music Emporium Centralia IL 62801
PMAC Music Carbondale IL 62901
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"a live band whose music oozes an almost Philadelphia soul sound with layered grooves punctuated by rhymed lyrics about a world where hope exists alongside darkness, and women are seen as complete human beings."
-- David Jakubiak for The Chicago Sun Times --
Animate Objects' song, El Dorado, won Best Hip Hop Song in the 2008, 7th Annual Independent Music Awards song contest.
Now available for download at Apple's iTunes Music Store:
$10
ANIMATE OBJECTS: Riding In Fast Cars With Your Momma
Combining the best elements of hip-hop, soul, RnB, funk and jazz this album demands to be heard.
Get your copy today!
PRESS
Animate Objects : Press, News, Reviews
Urban Mainstream, Oct '07
UBO Magazine, Oct '07
Innocent Words, Aug '07
Pound Magazine, Aug '07
Rock 'N Vote, 2007
Sun Times, Feb '07
2005 IMC Award Winner: Best Hip Hop Band
2007 Metromix Rock 'N Vote Champion
2007 iGo Car Sharing Urban CD Compilation Champion
2007 Going.com Chicago Champion
2007 September Urban/Hip Hop AirGod at AirSpun.com
2007 Independent Music Award Winner (Best Hip-Hop Song) for 'El Dorado'
ABOUT ANIMATE OBJECTS
Hailing from the Musical Mecca of the Midwest, Chicago, Animate Objects embodies the spirit and soul of the new generation of Hip-Hop music. By integrating EMCEES, DJ's, and live instrumentation Animate Objects clearly defines itself as a leader in Chicago’s vibrant and rapidly emerging live Hip-Hop scene.
Led by EMCEES CZAR Absolute, and Wondur, the band creates an interactive experience that has left audiences captivated. Whether with melodious harmonies on the keys, kinetic guitar riffs, or sophisticated cross rhythms on the drums, the band has intoxicated crowds with a sound buffet as diverse as its cultural background. Priding itself on a healthy knowledge base and its professionalism, the band has won the praise of peers and critics while performing at some of Chicago's most historic and legendary venues such as Millennium Park, the Double Door, Elbo Room, Hot House, and Subterranean. Defining itself by staying true to the origins of Hip-Hop while daringly forging the future of a musical generation, Animate Objects is sure to fuse its organic sound with your soul.
Formed in 2003, Animate Objects is an amalgam of Chicago’s finest Hip-Hop players and song writers. Merely two weeks after forming the Objects won the Triangle Battle of the Bands, sending them on their way to the top of the local music scene. Animate Objects served as a champion contributor to the local music scene, helping lay the foundation of the first student run record label in the Big Ten, Green Street Records. They helped usher the record label to acclaim as its historic story was brought to the eyes of the nation in Billboard magazine (March 23, 2004).
The band has received critical accolades from independent music aficionados and novice listeners alike while opening for national acts such as Digable Planets, Soul Position, Jneiro Jarel aka Dr. Who Dat, Illogic/DJ Przm, and European super-group VOO VOO.
The Objects recently released their debut album, “Riding in Fast Cars With Your Momma”, and the group has received positive media reviews from the Chicago Sun Times, Metromix/Chicago Tribune, and music industry professionals such as Patricia Brower & Eugene Foley. Winners of the 2005 WPGU/Buzz Local Music Award for Best Hip Hop Band, the Metromix/Chicago Tribune 2007 Rock N’ Vote, and the 2007 iGo Audio Emissions debut CD contest, the Objects are certainly on the rise, with bigger and better achievements expected in 2007 and beyond.
Now Featured On:
www.extraplay.com front page feature!!!
CJAM 91.5 Windsor Radio
www.extravagangstaradio.com
AirSpun.com - check out http://www.airspun.com/AnimateObjects
AirSpun.com's AirGods Competition - Vote Now at AirSpun.com!!
Podsafe Music Network - Check out music.podshow.com
OurStage.com's Quarterfinals for August - R&B Category (El Dorado)
Soon to be featured on an exclusive AudioPopcorn.net Podcast
WXRT's Local Anesthetic w/ Richard Milne
WPGU Radio, located in Champaign, IL
WEFT Radio, located in Champaign, IL
NPR Public Radio
WGHH Radio
mixtapeshow.net
1mc.us podcast (the weight)
WLIVE radio
Friday Night Dance Party podcast - 8/31/07
Skunk Smells podcast - 9/2/07
Crossfire Radio
Sidewok radio
Rebel City Music - Front Page Feature
the PHILLer podcast
Radio Indy
Radio Indie
Last.fm
newartistradio.net
www.extraplay.com
www.artistlaunch.com
Illinoise Radio - airing on WEIU FM
indie-music.com
Off the Beat-n-Track Radio Show - aired on WKZE in Red Hook, NY; WHAY in Whitley City, KY; WBSD in Burlington, WI; and http://robinhoodradio.com; also offthebeat-n-track.com/radio_show.html or http://myspace.com/offthebeatntrack
as well as M3 Radio @ www.m3radio.com - Number 1 in Hip-Hop Category!!
with much more to come...
Contact Animate Objects: To send a message to the band, email us at
animate.objects@gmail.com
and we'll get back to you ASAP.
tempting you into going out tomorrow night.... funky buddha lounge $5 say lovers in arms at the door, dance your ass off. 10p.m. sharp or you'll miss us! peace :) LOVERS IN ARMS
