This record is about certain stories and time periods in our lives and the people that have graced those stories with their love and at times drama. No matter how you spin it though, it all truly comes from the heart. And it’s coming from a real place baby, so please just don’t take it away… We hope you dig it and love you for your patience and continued support of the Ghost. Thank you a million times cause the best is yet to come!

“The Domino Effect“ is AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD NOW, directly from our Bandcamp page, on iTunes, or any of your preferred online outlets.

1. Domino Effect 04:26 2. Cage 03:58 3. Easy On Me 03:54 4. Drowning 04:14 5. Modern Day Love Affair 04:31 6. Decisions 05:06 7. White Lies 04:00 8. Burden 04:23 9. Telling Stories 03:28 10. Return to Innocence 05:54

We’re honored that myISH, a new YouTube Music channel dedicated to discovering new music, premiered the official music video for Cage today, Monday, April 23, 2012. Please consider sharing it with your network and click to enjoy!

In other Cage related news, we’re proud to say for the past month the song has been charting in the Top 100 on the Commercial Triple A charts due to adds and spins from loyal stations in Boston MA (WXRV), Aspen CO (KSPN), San Francisco, CA (KFOG),  Atlanta GA (DAVE FM) and many others from coast to coast. Our #1 supporter WXRV had this to say:

 “Cage is a radio hit from the first note to the last note.  Incredibly catchy and full of hooks.  At “The River” in Boston, we’re already 125+ spins into Cage with great audience reaction and a station festival date already booked.  My chips are on Van Ghost to break out with Cage.  What are you waiting for?  Listen and hear for yourself!” - Mike Henry, Radio Consultant, Paragon Media Strategies

The Effect EP 1. Domino Effect 04:31 2. Burden 04:24 3. Modern Day Love Affair 04:32 4. Return to Innocence 05:54 5. Cage 04:01 Free Download

Van Ghost has also just released a few brand new videos! Our dear friends Ian Gelfand (American Pickers/Kings of Leon) & Grayson Ross (MTV/VH1) have teamed up to produce and direct an official music video for Domino Effect and our local video superstars Howey/Davis productions have put together Return To Innocence and Modern Day Love Affair videos using footage from Wicker Park Fest, North Coast Music Fest, & the Black Wednesday Affair at Schubas for our Thanksgiving 2011 show! Ian and Grayson also have a Cage video in the works that will be released in the coming months… so you’ve been warned!

To celebrate the release of the new EP & videos we are leaving on a March Tour of the South Eastern USA! If your town is not on this list don’t worry, we’ll be doing plenty more shows this year and are coming for ya!

On Jan 28th at the Congress Theater in Chicago, IL (for the first VG performance of 2012) join our very own Michael Harrison Berg and his longtime collaborator Chris Gelbuda for a rare and intimate acoustic duo set supporting some of our very favorite acts in Americana Music (Drive-By Truckers, Dawes, Joe Pug, Bailiff, & many others!).

If you are an aspiring songwriter and want a chance to perform at this event alongside VG and several others you have a few more days to enter the “Last Banjo Standing” Contest. (You do NOT need a banjo in your ensemble to enter or perform, it’s just a clever name). Here is the link hosted by our buddies over at DO312: http://do312.com/lastbanjostanding

Happy new year again and thank you all endlessly for your support in 2012, it is priceless and beyond appreciated.

Love,

Van Ghost

Bear Creek Music Fest in Live Oak, Florida, (one of our favorite fests in the country) is right around the corner! We play on Sunday Nov 13th on the Campground stage at 3pm. VG contributor Natalie Cressman will be joining us for that performance as well! Link HERE to see the full schedule!

Gonna be in Chicago the night before Thanksgiving? Get your best black & white duds ready for “The Black Wednesday Affair” at Schubas for our first headline show in our hometown in over a year! Silver Wrapper, Van Ghost, & Schubas all strongly encourage ALL black & white attire. The band will be participating and this can be anything from something “Domino” related to a cocktail dress to a zebra outfit to a wig or a masquerade mask with mardi gras beads and anything in between. Just ALL black and white. RSVP on Facebook, learn more and discuss costume ideas HERE. Longtime VG contributor Allie Kral will also be making an appearance to join us on stage that night!

Have we mentioned that Van Ghost loves you?

Grooveshark

TO ENTER TO WIN VAN GHOST’S PICK THE SINGLE CONTEST:

1. Log onto Grooveshark.com/thedominoeffect
2. Listen to Modern Day Love Affair, Domino Effect, Burden and Return to Innocence.
3. “Like” the band to vote
4. Hit vote and submit your favorite song
5. The song with the most votes WINS and will be selected as the band’s next single!
6. After submitting your vote, grab an exclusive FREE DOWNLOAD of the 4 tracks!

PRIZE:

Grand Prize: Winners chosen within the first 2 weeks (by August 22^nd)

• 3 users (+1 guest) win an ALL-ACCESS PASS to North Coast Music Festival, courtesy of Van Ghost!
• Offer includes free round-trip airfare, hotel, dinner with the band, and 1-year subscription of Grooveshark Anywhere.

Runner-ups: Winners chosen in the last 2 weeks

• 100 users will receive a free Van Ghost t-shirt and 3 months of Grooveshark Anywhere.

“It’s a privilege to partner with an innovative company such as Grooveshark to create a cutting edge, multi-media contest where EVERYONE wins. It allows us to connect to new and old fans, and no one goes home empty handed, since everyone can download all 4 songs for free! We thank Dustimmoff/North Coast Music Fest/Grooveshark for their support, and our fans for making this possible! We are lucky to be in an era of the music industry where contests are ruled by the fans, and creative web marketing over rules traditional radio and archaic promo campaigns. Distributing our music in such a progressive platform is seriously exciting!” says Michael Harrison Berg, of Van Ghost.

Alex Hoffman, Director of Artist Services at Grooveshark, adds, “Creating momentum is more important than ever for emerging artists. It not only transforms new listeners into fans, but if executed properly, also provides artists with actionable data that they can use to continue growing. We’re thrilled to help Van Ghost create momentum for their new album, by kicking off our first fan-sourced artist strategy promotion! This is an opportunity to engage and reward our users, guide an incredibly talented artist’s single selection, and further break down the barriers between artists and fans.”

“The Domino Effect” is produced by 8-time Grammy-Award winning Producer/Engineer/Mixer Justin Niebank. Having worked with such artists including Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, and Daughtry, Van Ghost is in great company heading into the festival circuit. With Justin Niebank at the helm, the band’s sound and network continues to develop and expand. Ian Gelfand recently directed the band’s latest music video for the title-track Domino Effect, now on Grooveshark.

About Grooveshark

Since 2006, Grooveshark has grown into the largest globally available on demand music streaming service. With more than 30 million monthly unique visitors, and a library of over 7 million songs, Grooveshark provides the ability for users to search and stream music, create and save playlists, as well as upload music to be hosted and shared across the cloud ar devices.

Good things come to those who wait… and Van Ghost is proud to announce that in the coming weeks, The Domino Effect, the single off the forthcoming EP will be available forFREE DOWNLOAD. Thank you so much for your patience with this and please check out the album cover designed by Brad Gordee to the right.  You can also read the press statement from our label Dustimmoff Music about the release at the footer of this message.

And we couldn’t really live with ourselves if we totally left you hanging… so, Van Ghost is pleased to bring you this brand spanking new Summer Camp live release as a totally FREE DOWNLOAD!

Grab it right now on http://vanghost.bandcamp.com!

The 12-track release features just shy of 1 hour of music. These special SCAMP shows were captured to a beautiful, receptive crowd with the musical support of our dear friend and Trey Anastasio band-mate, Jennifer Hartswick, trombonist/vocalist Natalie Cressman as well as the fiddle princess and honorary Van Ghost’er herself, Cornmeal’s own Allie Kral.

1. Coliseum 2. Wednesday 3. Bulletproof (La Roux cover) 4. ATX 5. Corinna (Taj Mahal Cover) 6. Fortune Teller 7. Tangled and Dark (Bonnie Raitt cover) 8. Do It For You 9. Decisions 10. Domino Effect 11. Easy On Me 12. Soulshine (Allman Brothers/Gov’t Mule Cover) Photo Credit: Jason Kaczorowski

Most importantly though we are gearing up for our free live video stream on Jambase this Friday June 17th as well as our 2 night stand (June 17-18) at the Connecticut Yankee with members of Big Light (Fred Torphy & Jeremy Korpas acoustic duo) & ALO.This will mark the long overdue West coast debut for Van Ghost and the farthest West we’ve traveled since our dates with the Derek Trucks Band that led us as far West as Denver about 2 years ago. Natalie Cressman will be joining us for the whole weekend too! Needless to say, we’ve got Cali-love and we’re coming for you! So you’ve been warned.

UPCOMING SHOWS

• 06/17/11 San Francisco, CA at JAMBASE.com

• 06/17/11 - 06/18/11 San Francisco, CA at Connecticut Yankee

• 06/30/11 - 07/03/11 Rothbury, MI at Electric Forest Festival BUY TICKETS

• 07/24/11 Chicago, IL at WICKER PARK FEST

• 08/19/11 Kinsman, IL at FARMFEST 450

• 08/20/11 - 08/21/11 Welston, MI at HOXEYVILLE MUSIC FEST BUY TICKETS

• 09/04/11 Chicago, IL at NORTH COAST MUSIC FESTIVAL BUY TICKETS

• 11/11/11 - 11/13/11 Live Oak, FL at Bear Creek Music and Arts Fest BUY TICKETS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Renowned producer Justin Niebank (Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Daughtry just to name a few) unveils the debut single from Chicago darlings Van Ghost.  Niebank’s new label, Dustinmoff Music along with partner, record company executive Timm Martin, will release Van Ghost‘s The Domino Effect, available via free download in just a few short weeks. Niebank has had quite a run as of late winning 5 grammys including “Album of the Year” and has worked on five of the #1 selling albums in the past 6 years. The Domino Effect is the title for the upcoming full length album, slated for a late summer release.  Niebank commented, “this is one of the two best new CD’s I have worked on in the past 2 years!”.  High praise, from someone who knows good music.  Check out “Domino Effect” from Chicago’s newest upstarts, Van Ghost!!