SXSW Announcement!

Tractor Beam is proud to announce that The Klezmatics "Wonder Wheel" (Lyrics by Woody Guthrie) has won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album Grammy Award! Thanks to the Woody Guthrie Foundation & Archives and everyone that has supported such a history-making project!

The Apples in stereo at SXSW 2007 Austin, Texas

Thursday, March 15 at 3:00 PM CMJ 1000th Issue Celebration Party!
Speakeasy (412D Congress bet 4th and 5th)

Thursday, March 15 at 7:00 PM KEXP / SXSW
Austin City Limits/KLRU television studios

Friday, March 16 3:00 PM Yep Roc Day Party
Habana's Annex (708 East 6th St.)

Friday, March 16 at 1:00 AM Yep Roc Showcase
The Dirty Dog (505 E. 6th St)

Saturday, March 17 5:00 PM Mess With Texas Party
Red Seven, 611 E. Seventh St

Tractor Beam Update - Winter 2006/2007:

The Apples in Stereo
"New Magnetic Wonder"
February 6, 2007

The Apples in stereo's new album "New Magnetic Wonder" will be released on February 6, 2007 via a co-venture between Elijah Wood's new label Simian Records, Yep Roc Records and Elephant 6. Amongst many other elements, it features the "Non-Pythagorean Musical Scale," a brand new scale created by The Apples' Robert Schneider based on natural logarithms and his love of mathematics.

The Apples will release thier first-ever holiday song, entitled "Holiday Mood" via online resources on November 14, 2006.

The Klezmatics Launch The First Annual "Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah Tour 2007"

The Klezmatics embark on "Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah Tour" encompassing all dates during the holiday season, but concentrating around their December 4th, New York City show at Abrons Arts Center. More tour info is available here.

The Klezmatics CD "Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah" (JMG) featuring new Hanukkah songs, is a guaranteed holiday music pleaser, is available everywhere and is the perfect compliment to their "Wonder Wheel" (Lyrics by Woody Guthrie) CD released in the Summer.

Buy the CDs via JMG Records or download via iTunes.

Space Needle
"Recordings 1994 -1997"
Out Now on Eenie Meenie / Tractor Beam,

If the indulgent guitar rock of the early '90s was the party, Space Needle was the sound of its hangover. Mixing ballads with noise, they sounded like a melange of three guys writing sensitive love songs in a room while another trio improvises free noise freakouts down the hallway. Why aren't they better known? The answer has everything to do with circumstance, career path, context, and all the other reasons great bands never fully get their due until long after their demise. Seeing how apparently everyone else has caught up with them (see Animal Collective and Black Dice for starters) the time seems right for a retrospective.

Buy the CD via Eenie Meenie or download via iTunes.

Robbert Bobbert & The Bubble Machine

Robbert Bobbert & The Bubble Machine makes its debut performance at Joe's Pub, Saturday, November 4th at Noon. This teaser performance during CMJ is Robbert Bobbert's NYC debut. Robert Bobbert (AKA Robert Schneider from The Apples) will be releasing his debut children's album in 2007.

Check out the Robbert Bobbert Myspace page here.