There’s a couple of things I wanted to let you know about.

Rooney will be touring in Germany in October. All the dates are up here as well as on Rooney-band.com. Tickets can be bought via artisttickets.com. This is the first time Rooney is touring in Europe since spring 2008, so make sure you go to a show if you can make it.

Taylor Locke & the Roughs are playing 2 shows in September. One in Las Vegas on the 17th and in LA on the 18th. You can see information about both shows under tourdates or if you visit tlatr.com.

Matt, Taylor and Ned (yes, I said MATT) will be joining Bleu & Mike Viola at 11pm (show starts at 9pm) for a special night with friends on September 22nd at the Hotel Cafe. Chris Price from Taylor Locke & the Roughs will also be joining them.

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There’s a Eureka trailer up on pop24.de with interview parts with Rooney.

There’s a video with Sarah and Ned up on The Nest’s website (under Real Home Tours).

Taylor and Louie have a new video up on their accurateportrayor vimeo

The Big To-Do from accurateportrayor on Vimeo. 

As for Robert, he has posted some videos and pictures via his twitter… Go check it out. www.twitter.com/rcschwartzman

Taylor Locke stage dives

I don’t know if you’ve heard it, but at the very last Hanson/Rooney show, Rooney came out while Hanson played Mmmbop. At the very end of the video Taylor jumps head first into the crowd (at 6:20). Kudos Taylor, hope you didn’t hurt anyone

Thanks to PortalHansonBR for uploading the Hanson Live Stream video and Get Your Rooney Wisdom for posting the link.

The pre-orders Rooney had up earlier shipped two days ago, and I know at least one person already got it.
So hopefully everyone who ordered it already have it by June 8. A day to celebrate

Rooney will be on the radio – Kruz 97.5 – on June 6th from 6-7pm. They’ll be playing an acoustic performance.
If you don’t live anywhere you can get that station, you can tune in and listen to it here.

Rooney will be doing an in-store performance at Best Buy in Thousand Oaks on June 8. This takes place at 6pm.

Rockthestreet (the people who now run the Rooney Street Team) has tweeted these pics/tweets.

with @rooneyband at last.fm getting ready for an acoustic performance! http://twitpic.com/1p6dqq

this just in: @rooneyband loves America! they “can’t get enough”… http://twitpic.com/1p6liy

now playing “go on” @rooneyband http://twitpic.com/1p6mqf

q & a time at last.fm with @rooneyband http://twitpic.com/1p6sd8

Also, Robert has been ustreaming from his iPhone

“Signing Eureka”

“New York, New York”
(crappy video, but okay sound)

The new single “I Can’t Get Enough” is now available on iTunes for $1.29.
ICGE on Amazon.com

Eureka

There’s also 2 pre-orders for Eureka up.

Eureka – $9.99

Eureka (Deluxe Edition) – $11.99

The deluxe edition contains 4 bonus songs :
Pity
I Don’t Wanna Lose You (Acoustic version)
Can’t Put Your Heart Around Everyone
Go On (Acoustic version)

I can’t buy or pre-order neither the single or any of the album, so I’m assuming it’s US only? I’d love to hear who’s able to buy and who isn’t.

Ears Wide Open: Rooney

buzzbands.la

I’m not sure there are a lot of Eureka moments on “Eureka,” the forthcoming third album by Rooney — Robert Schwartzman and mates, however, have become some of the most reliable purveyors of ’60s- and ’70s-leaning power-pop around. As by-the-diagram as the L.A. quartet’s new disc sometimes feels, Taylor Locke’s sharp guitar work, as well as “Eureka’s” honeyed melodies and sticky choruses, make it a perfect summertime companion. Just try to sit still during the bouncy “Can’t Get Enough.” The album is due June 8 via the band’s own California Dreaming Records.

||| Download: “I Don’t Wanna Lose You” (e-mail required)

Credit : buzzbands.la

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MP3 At 3PM : Rooney

Magnet Magazine

In anticipation of the June 8 release of Rooney’s third album, Eureka (California Dreaming), download first single “I Don’t Wanna Lose You” below, grab a few (dozen) Coronas, call all of your friends, take off your clothes, and hit the beach. The Los Angeles rockers have done it once again, blending classic pop melodies, dance beats and echoing guitar riffs to create the perfect background to the sandy summer nights of your youth. And not only does the music suit your reckless lifestyle, you believe Robert Schwartzman as he sings with the conviction of a newlywed about the importance of holding on to love, regardless of the difficulties it will inevitably entail.

Credit : Magnet Magazine

NOTE : YOU CAN PRE-ORDER EUREKA EVEN IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE US.
I know for a fact that people from Brazil, UK, Denmark and Germany have pre-ordered Eureka.

Shipping for the bundle (t-shirt + cd) to Europe is just under $10 ($9.81 I think), which makes it just under $35 in total (that’s about 28 euros in total).
Totally worth it.

You can pre-order a signed copy of Eureka here.

You can choose to get either the cd for $15, the vinyl for $17 or the shirt and cd for $25.

When you pre-order the bundle with the shirt, you’ll also get an instant download of the single “I Can’t Get Enough”.

You can order the pre-order from pretty much all over the world (Brazil and Europe for sure) – shipping for the bundle to Europe is just under $10 ($9.81 I think), which makes it just under $35 in total. Totally worth it

Tracklisting:

1.     Holdin’ On
2.     Can’t Get Enough
3.     Only Friend
4.     Into the Blue
5.     All or Nothing
6.     The Hunch
7.     I Don’t Wanna Lose You
8.     Stars and Stripes
9.     Go On
10.    You’re What I’m Looking For
11.    Not In My House
12.    Don’t Look Back At Me

First Impressions:

-Los Angeles pop rockers Rooney are releasing their third album on June 8. This is the group’s first release on its own label.     

-The album starts off with “Holdin’ On,” which is an up-tempo number and sounds like a typical Rooney song. It is very radio friendly and easily could have been the theme song to California Dreams if it were released in the ‘90s.  

-“Can’t Get Enough” is funky rhythmic track and singer Robert Schwartzman’s vocals show good range – could be something out of the G. Love catalogue, but better.  

-“Into the Blue” is a ballad featuring Schwartzman’s crooning over a piano and assorted other instruments. The song has Brian Wilson’s fingerprints all over it.

Key Tracks:

 “Holdin’ On,” “Only Friend,” “All or Nothing,” “The Hunch”

Predictions: 

Eureka shows how much Rooney’s songwriting has matured since its last album. Still maintaining its pop sensibility, these songs are crisper and the band isn’t afraid to take chances by experimenting with new sounds and styles. Don’t be surprised to hear some of these songs on the radio sometime soon.  

 CREDIT : FILTER MAGAZINE

Interview:
Rooney Steps Back, Regroups For Future

By GARY GRAFF
Of the Oakland Press
 

 It’s been a busy time of transition for Rooney.

The Los Angeles rock quintet left its record company, Interscope, after it wound down touring for its 2008 sophomore album “Calling the World.” Then, it started working on a third album that frontman Robert Schwartzman says “wasn’t exactly the record we wanted to make,” so the group took “a step back” before starting over again in March.

That album, titled “Eureka,” was recently finished, and Schwartzman — the son of actress Talia Shire, brother of actor/musician Jason Schwartzman and nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola — says Rooney was ready to get out on the road after a long stretch of studio time.

“We’ve been working a lot, recording, and we feel like we haven’t been able to get out and play for our fans,” Schwartzman, 26, says. “We want to get new music out, but we also want to be able to play shows.

“It’s nice for people to get something new from us and come to the shows. It makes it more of an event for us and our fans.”

“Eureka” isn’t due out until next year and will most likely be released independently by the band. To tide fans over, Rooney has put together a four-song EP, “Wild One,” culled from those recording sessions and featuring songs that didn’t make the final cut — but that Schwartzman says are hardly castoffs.

“The record is really diverse, and it shows a lot of different sides to our band and what we can do,” explains Schwartzman, who’s had several acting roles and was a guest vocalist on Demi Lovato’s “Party.” “We recorded 20 or so songs and we kept going back and taking a break and listening to what we had, reapproaching the record with new material.

“As we looked at the big list of songs, some of them didn’t fit together, but they were still great songs. We didn’t want to throw them away, and we saw that we could make a great EP as a piece of work on its own and get people ready for the album, too. That way it won’t feel like such a long time between albums.”

 Credit : GoAndDoMichigan.com

Thanks to Miranda for the link