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Bamboo Shoots on The CW's fly girls this Wednesday March 31 2010 8 / 9 central

starr — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:13:40 +0000

Bamboo Shoots on The CW's fly girls this Wednesday March 31 2010 8 / 9 central check out the Preview here tune in and comment let us know what you think!

Official UK Tour Press Release

adminn — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:24:00 +0000

NEW YORK RISING STARS BAMBOO SHOOTS TO TOUR UK WITH 3OH!3!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(NEW YORK, 28-10-2009) BAMBOO SHOOTS, American Epic Records artists are slated to begin their first-ever tour of the UK next week opening for hitmakers 3OH!3!. The tour will bring the foursome, whose music has been described as “Daft Punk meets Hall and Oates” to Wales, Great Britain, and Scotland over a week-long string of dates.

TOUR! and we're moving....to Tumblr

adminn — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:30:00 +0000

Hey everyone. So our posts have been pretty sporadic on here for a good reason--we've moved our blog to Tumblr - from now on, you can get all your Bamboo Shoots updates there (also on www.bambooshoots.com)! This blog will stay up for archival purposes for a while. PS- Don't forget to check out a show on our first national tour:

Dates:
Oct 23 Brooklyn NY Public Assembly
Oct 24 New York NY Fontana's (CMJ)
Oct 30 Clementon NJ The Cherrywood

Band of the Day...in Canada?

adminn — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:58:00 +0000

merci à nos voisins nordiques... :)
"What does your Monday afternoon need? A bit of good times? Some office chair-shaking dance-rock? Bamboo Shoots has it." (via The National Post Ampersand)

Announcing official Bamboo Shoots ringtones on iPhone and Verizon

adminn — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:54:00 +0000

Update: We've just been informed ringtones are available via the Verizon ringtones store (on your phone), with the same songs as the iPhone PLUS "Wrong All Along"!
Hey guys! iPhone users can now download Bamboo Shoots ringtones simply by going to the iTunes store on their phone and searching "Bamboo Shoots." "Hey Girl," "Where The Ocean Meets the Road," and "If You Should Die" are all available for $1.29 each. Just download on the spot and assign to that special someone. Enjoy! Please note, as of today these are only available via iTunes on the iPhone.

Street Teamers wanted!

adminn — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:10:00 +0000

Hey guys! Bamboo Shoots is looking for a hard-working, dedicated Street Team that wants to promote us, make more contacts, and have fun! We're looking for Street Teamers primarily in the Northeast region of the U.S, but really all over the country. For your help, we will give away prizes such as a FREE DOWNLOAD, FREE MERCH, and a GUESTLIST spot at a show of your choosing. Make sure also to check out our new tour dates (more coming soon as well) and let us know if you can help promote any of these.

Armour...now with digital booklet

adminn — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:20:00 +0000

Haven't downloaded Armour yet? Not to worry! If you look on iTunes, you might see (somewhat confusingly) that there are two versions of the album- the correct link is here, and includes a download of a digital booklet with pictures and lyrics.

Bamboo Shoots blog/press wrap up

adminn — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:47:00 +0000

Here's what everyone's been saying about us...

Epic Records Press Release on Armour

adminn — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:04:00 +0000

Epic Records posted a press release about the release of "Armour" which you can read here.

Avir wants YOU to buy Armour!

adminn — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Bamboo Shoots and Kofi Annan's TCK TCK TCK- free download

adminn — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:38:00 +0000

A while back, Bamboo Shoots joined Kofi Annan's TCK TCK TCK Campaign for global climate change. The campaign is geared towards this year's conference in Copenhagen. All of the artists involved recorded a cover of the 1987 Midnight Oil track "Beds are Burning." Get it as a free iTunes download here.

ARMOUR IS RELEASED!!!

adminn — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:21:00 +0000

Armour, Bamboo Shoots's major label debut is available NOW as a digital download at your favorite online music retailer. Pick it up on iTunes, Amazon.com or at www.bambooshoots.com TODAY!

5 days till Armour...what what! Get your copy now...

adminn — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:56:00 +0000

We can't believe Armour is out in 5 days! Finally! Pre-order your copy now at www.bambooshoots.com.

Bamboo Shoots attend "Age of Stupid" premiere in NYC and Shiv chats with Heather Graham

adminn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:25:00 +0000

(via http://shivhead.blogspot.com/)

Yesterday Bamboo Shoots and I were invited to attend the premier of the documentary, The Age of Stupid. It's about climate change, the war for resources, the ending of humanity if we continue to consume the way we do etc. It was pretty moving. Here's a link to a decent review in case you wanted to read more.

Upon arriving, we were escorted to walk the "green carpet" and posed for a couple pictures and did some interviews.

Bamboo Shoots Cover Series: We cover Ne-Yo

adminn — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:29:00 +0000

Notes on the Video:

About to Pop: Bamboo Shoots

adminn — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:36:00 +0000

Check out this interview with Avir and Shiv on Popeater, it's good stuff:

About to Pop: Bamboo Shoots

Less than two weeks to go!

adminn — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:06:00 +0000

Armour's almost here, folks... hitting your computer on September 29th. Be sure to pre-order your copy here and get a free 3 song EP of "Hey Girl," "Wrong All Along," and "Milk, Satin & Silk," while you count down with us to the big day!

We've also got a great new official website up at www.bambooshoots.com

Hey Girl Video Premiere

adminn — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:31:00 +0000

Coming soon...cooking with Frankie

adminn — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:54:00 +0000

Hey guys it's Shiv here, the drummer from Bamboo Shoots, and this is my first blog entry! Wanted to let you know that tomorrow, Wednesday September 9th, I'll be featured doing one of my favorite things - cooking! There's this blog site about music and cooking called The Young and The Hungry, and I've been invited to showcase some of my favorite recipes for a video shoot. This is a really interesting site by an eccentric guy called Frankie who has previously hosted bands to come in and cook for the show.

Choose our next cover

adminn — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:42:00 +0000

That's right...YOU can choose our next cover - go to our MySpace to vote for what song you think we'd do best. We'll be recording it with a video too. The choices:

Sweet Dream- Beyonce
Party in the USA- Miley Cyrus
I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
Love Game - Lady GaGa