October 22, 2008 — Seattle, WA and Brooklyn, NY—Ryan Adams & the Cardinals and leading social music discovery service iLike announced that Cardinology, the band’s highly-anticipated and critically acclaimed collection of all new studio material for the Lost Highway label, will stream in its entirety for 48 hours exclusively on iLike beginning today (October 22), which is a week before the album’s release (on October 28).
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals will also personally introduce Cardinology to their fans via original video content that iLike will syndicate to iLike.com, Facebook® and other leading social networks and online platforms beginning on the album’s release date. A few hand-selected iLike users who are fans of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals will also have a chance to gain entrance to a surprise event in New York City on October 28. More details will be announced in a special iLike bulletin on October 27, the night before Cardinology’s release.
This is Adams’ first album in more than a year, which is unusual for the prolific artist. Like its predecessor Easy Tiger, which Time Magazine hailed as “a career breakthrough,” Cardinology is a concise and focused collection of twelve unadorned tracks. In a four-star review of Cardinology, Rolling Stone Magazine calls the album “a near-classic” and goes on to say, “Drunk on melody, high on musical history, but all his own, the record throbs with great playing and singing, and thrums with hope without pimping easy platitudes. It’s one of the best things he’s ever done.”
“I believe this album is destined to become a classic, and to be selected by Ryan Adams & the Cardinals for its exclusive world debut is thrilling,” said Ali Partovi, CEO of iLike.
In addition to being available on iLike.com and iLike’s leading Facebook app, Cardinology will debut through the iLike Sidebar for iTunes, as well as on iLike’s leading apps on Orkut, Bebo and hi5 (the biggest social networks in Latin America and Europe).
To listen to Cardinology, go to: www.iLike.com/ryanadamsandthecardinals beginning on October 22. To learn more about iLike’s free content syndication model for artists, please visit: www.iLike.com/forartists. Fans who pre-order Cardinology on iTunes will receive a bonus track and an instant download of the first single, “Fix It.”
About Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Cardinology
The Cardinals--Ryan Adams (vocals, guitar, keys), Neal Casal (guitar, vocals), Chris Feinstein (bass, vocals), Jon Graboff (pedal steel, vocals) and Brad Pemberton (drums)--have confirmed an October 28 release for Cardinology. They will return to their TV-home-away-from-home, THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, the following evening (October 29).
Track Listing:
Born Into A Light
Go Easy
Fix It
Magick
Cobwebs
Let Us Down Easy
Crossed Out Name
Natural Ghost
Sink Ships
Evergreen
Like Yesterday
Stop
For more information on Ryan Adams, please go to: http://www.cardinology.com/
About iLike, inc
iLike is the Web's leading social music discovery service and the dominant music application on the Facebook® and other leading platforms. With more than 30 million registered users, iLike helps people share music recommendations, playlists, and personalized concert alerts. The iLike Sidebar for iTunes and Windows Media Player suggests new music, creates automatic playlists, and connects people through music. iLike offers musicians and labels a convenient Artist Dashboard from which to reach fans and manage their presence across multiple channels including Facebook, iLike.com, iLike Sidebar plugins for iTunes and Windows Media Player, and iLike’s iPhone application. By leveraging iLike's vast database of music lovers and their favorite artists, iLike helps artists communicate with fans and cultivate the viral spread of their music. iLike, inc also runs indie music site GarageBand.com.
Contact:
Emily Glassman
iLike
Email: Emily@iLike-inc.com
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