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Lionize Nominated For Two High Times Awards

agentogden — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:06:03 +0000

Lionize has just been nominated for TWO different HIGH TIMES magazine 2010 Doobie Awards. Best Reggae/Soul Record for SPACE POPE and Best Underground Artist of the year. We will be celebrating this with a performance at the Official High Times South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX on March 21st. 12 noon at EMO’s. Show and Award information posted below. Lionize is up against Matisyahu, Easystar Allstars and Tarrus Riley for the award. See you in Austin!

List of Nominees

Lionize Featured in Jan 2010 Issue of MCLA The Lax Mag

Lionize — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:23:16 +0000

Lionize is featured in the January 2010 issue of MCLA The Lax Mag. Odd to be in a sports magazine, but the magazine’s top guys are music fans and Nate happened to play a little lacrosse back in the day.

excerpt from the interview:

AO: First time I met you, it was probably about a year ago, you were wearing a lacrosse T-shirt and being from Baltimore, MD area, does that make you a player at some point in your life?

NB: Yeah. I played my junior and senior of high school and then one year post high school. But I played year ‘round in the regular season and indoor and outdoor in the off-season.

For more information on MCLA The Lax Mag check our their website.

A time lapse video was made of the creation of the January 2010 cover and “Mummies Wrapped in Money” is featured as the background music.

Happy New Year

Lionize — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:57:52 +0000

We’d like to wish everyone a happy new year. Lionize had an incredible time in 2009 playing with some of our favorite bands and going to a ton of new places. After a a great november with Lee Scratch Perry and a rad ass NYE Tour with Clutch in December, we are now back in the studio finishing up our new album with Producer J.Robbins at the Magpie Cage in Baltimore, MD. We are pleased to announce that we will be doing our first ever remixed-dub tune with our friend Chali 2na (Jurrasic 5/Ozomatli) at the hip-hop helm of the track. There will be some more guests on the record, but we will announce those when the time is right. We are also going to be doing some really great shows in the coming winter/spring months including a stop at the SXSW Festival in Austin, TX. Stay tuned for more news on that as well. Along with the announcements of upcoming tours and festival stops, we will be revealing news on tons of new live footage and audio featuring old songs and the newest ones from our upcoming release. Thanks again for the continued support, and be on the look out for more news about the new record and new tour dates coming up very soon.

Heavy Planet Album of the Week

Lionize — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:31:40 +0000

The Heavy Planet Stoner Rock Blog picks “Space Pope And The Glass Machine” as album of the week.

“Awesome concoction of Stoner Rock/Funk/Reggae…”

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Refund This Guy’s Money

Lionize — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:55:26 +0000

Berry Anderson of the Kansas City Pitch reviewed the Lee Scratch Perry show, at the Beaumont Club, in the “Last Night’s Show” section.

“Lionize was right behind him, smoothly nailing the jammy tempos and beats. Despite what I said above, I do have to give them props. However, I thought the look on Bergman’s face while he was playing was fuckin’ priceless. He looked like he was either ready to cry or murder someone. Playing backup for Lee Perry couldn’t have been an easy undertaking.”

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Lionize Launches New Website

Lionize — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:53:26 +0000

Lionize borrowed the skills of Agent Ogden and Will Duderstadt to build a new band website. “We thought you guys should have a site that matches the quality and intensity of your music.”

Summer Tour with Clutch and Wino

Lionize — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:57:43 +0000

Lionize will join Wino and Clutch on the road late this summer for a five week tour. With 26 dates that cover the Northeast, Midwest and Southeast, Lionize will surely gain some new fans as they support their latest effort Space Pope and the Glass Machine. See All Tour Dates »

Tour with Lee Scratch Perry

Lionize — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:28:21 +0000

Lionize will embark on a tour with Lee Scratch Perry over the next two weeks. Starting in Los Angeles, CA and ending up at Dubfest in Miami, FL. See All Tour Dates »

New T-shirts and Merch

Lionize — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:00:30 +0000

Check out the new T-shirts for sale at www.indiemerchstore.com.

Lionize in High Times Magazine

Lionize — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:18:24 +0000

High Times Magazine gives Lionize some love in the Buzz Department of the February 2009 issue.