"Set
For Life," The Villas rave-reviewed follow-up
to their rave-reviewed debut CD "Secrets" is NOW
AVAILABLE @ online & retail record stores NATIONWIDE, and,
RIGHT HERE.
Read all about it! See "Interview with
The Villas" >>>
THE
VILLAS song "Always Ending" from The Villas
debut CD "Secrets" is
featured in its entirety as the closing song on Episode
2 of the Dawson's
Creek 4th Season DVD, released by Sony Pictures
Television. THANKS to Filthy Mouth Music/Genuine
Artists, LA/NYC, for brokering the deal.
Read Nick Dedina's Bio-Review-Blurb
on THE VILLAS @ Rolling
Stone ...
THANKS, Chris
M Junior, for picking THE VILLAS song "Way
To Go" as one of your Top 10 fave singles in
the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop
Critic's Poll.
THE VILLAS have been selected to join the
It's
About Music.com E-Label stable
of artists. Thanks
DEAN
SCIARRA, for spotting
us and wanting to distribute Villas songs and Villas CDs.
THE VILLAS were selected to perform at Little Steven
Van Zandt's "Underground Garage" Battle
Of The Bands, Philadelphia playoff, at The
Pontiac Grille on South Street, in Philly. Little
Steven's Underground Garage
THE VILLAS were nominated for "Local Band of
The Year" by the DJ Staff at WXPN, Philadelphia! WXPN
website
THANKS! WXPN PHILADELPHIA!
...for having THE VILLAS in for an on-air
"Leicht Lunch" recently. Here's Bill & Angie
with WXPN's HELEN LEICHT (left) and DAVID
DYE (right). WXPN
website
THE VILLAS POP SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
THANKS, KBAC! Santa Fe! For inviting THE
VILLAS to play your 1st Annual SUMMER BLAST
at the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater. We had a summer blast sharing
the stage with LUCINDA
WILLIAMS, Indigenous, Third
World, Koko Taylor, and LOS
LONELY BOYS.
"Villas ... "Way To Go" ...
I love this track!" Ira Gordon, Program Director,
KBAC, Santa Fe,
NM
RADIO
RADIO NEWS FLASH!
THE VILLAS song "Way To Go" was chosen for inclusion
on the Triplearadio.com
CD Sampler #4, shipped to radio program directors, music directors,
and specialty show DJs across the USA.
RADIO RADIO NEWS
So far, nine (9) different songs from THE VILLAS new "Set
For Life" CD have garnered playlist "adds" and airplay
on these cool radio stations across the USA ...
* WXPN, Philadelphia, PA
* KCRW, Santa Monica, CA
* KSCU, Redwood City, CA
* KOTR, San Luis Obispo, CA
* WDIY, Bethlehem, PA
* WLVR, Bethlehem, PA
* WMUH, Allentown, PA
* WZZO, Allentown, PA
* KBAC, Santa Fe, NM (Added to Playlist!)
* KWVA, Eugene, OR
* KRVM, Eugene, OR
* KCLC, St. Charles, MO (Added to Playlist!)
* WMNF, Tampa, FL
* WPRK, Winter Park, FL
* KFAN, Fredericksburg, TX (2 Songs Added to Playlist!!)
* WXRV, Haverhill, MA
* WERU, Orland, ME
* WBCG, Punta Gorda, FL (Added to Playlist!)
* WKZE, Sharon, CT
* KRCL, Salt Lake City, UT
* WMFO, Boston, MA (Added to Playlist!)
* KNBA, Anchorage, Alaska
* KKCR, Princeville, Hawaii
* KEAO, Lahaina, Hawaii (Added: 476 spins in 28 weeks!)
* KAXE, Grand Rapids, MI
* WFHB, Bloomington, IN
* WQNR, Auburn, AL (2 Songs Added to Playlist!!)
* WYSO, Yellow Springs, OH
* WITR, Rochester, NY
* KVNF, Paonia, CO (Added to Playlist!)
* WMKY, Morehead, KY
* WFPK, Louisville, KY
* WQRZ, Bay St. Louis, MS (CD played in its entirety, 11/14)
* KDBB, Park Hills, MO
* KDNK, Carbondale, CO (Added to Playlist!)
* WVOD, Wancheese, NC
* WNCW, Spindale, NC
* WJHS, Columbia City, IN (Added to Playlist!)
* WXXE, Syracuse, NY
* WDHA, Madison, NJ
* WFMU, Jersey City, NJ
* WCNI, New London, CT (Added to Playlist!)
* WBZC, Pemberton, NJ
* WYEP, Pittsburgh, PA
* WVIA, Scranton, PA
* WTMD, Towson, MD (Added to Playlist!)
* Jangle Radio (Internet), Kilgore, TX
... with special thanks to RAY PAUL @ PERMANENT
PRESS
RADIO PROMOTION
Phone: 585.764.0150
Email: raypaul@permanentpress.net
Interview with The Villas
Hugh Trevor Padgett telephoned THE
VILLAS Bill Villa and Angie Villa recently, here's what
happened...
HTP: Hello, Villas!
BV: Hiya, Hugh.
AV: Hi …
HTP: Your splendid
new CD is called "Set For Life," tell me, did
you two win the lottery?
BV: Nah, who needs
money.
AV: Our CD’s
title is meant to be ironic, and sarcastic …
BV: And a little
defiant.
AV: Yeah, it's
like give us our guitars and amps, our songs, a roof over
our heads, our families, and we're Set For Life.
THE
VILLAS
GET SIGNED Blue
Buddha Entertainment, Los Angeles, headed up by former
EMI-Capital Records mover & shaker Charles Levan, has
signed The Villas to an exclusive contract to license The
Villas music for use in film, television, and advertising.
"We Spin It Often."
-Amy & Ed Stasium Ed
Stasium sez ... "The Villas take a breath of
fresh Pennsylvania air and add a bit of new spice to the
otherwise mundane and repetitive pop music scene. It's
a lovely CD, we spin it often."
Editor's Note: Ed Stasium produced
The Ramones, Marshall Crenshaw, The Smithereens, Living
Colour, Soul Asylum, Reverend Horton Heat, and many many
mo ... see Ed's AMG litany of producer, engineer, and
performer credits here
...
THANKS, Jared Gulick, 20, for naming THE
VILLAS "Set For Life" CD as one of your "Best
Of Year" picks in the Northampton County Area
Community College (NCACC) Commuter
Newsletter. Read Jared's Villas Interview.
