Chicago, IL, rock band Empires have announce the release of their second full-length album, Garage Hymns, out June 12 on the band’s own label History Records. They are offering a new song, “Can’t Steal Your Heart Way,” for free download at www.weareempires.com. The song comes from their latest EP of the same name. The band [...]
With an overwhelming response from both fans and critics, Chicago four-piece EMPIRES have advanced to the next round of Rolling Stone Magazine’s “Choose The Cover” contest. Check out new songs “Night Is Young,” “Hard Times” and “Hells Heroes” at http://www.rollingstone.com/choosethecover/artists/empires By rating Empires five stars on the link above, you can help the band become [...]
Chicago, IL rock band Empires are one of the top eight acts to advance to the next round of Rolling Stone Magazine’s first-ever “Do You Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star?” Empires also traveled to New York City the week of March 7th to record two new songs with producer Machine (Fall Out Boy) [...]
Just a quick reminder that Empires is up for the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine. If you like them, you can vote for them here: http://www.rollingstone.com/choosethecover/artists/empires Voting for round 1 ends Wednesday March 2nd at 11:59pm (EST). Check out the video for new song “Hello Lover” – http://www.weareempires.com/blog/video-hello-lover/ And the video for “Bang” – http://vimeo.com/16953996
Empires has been picked as one of the 16 unsigned bands competing to be on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine. The deets are here: http://www.rollingstone.com/choosethecover/artists/empires It’s a weird voting system FYI. You need to highlight the stars next to the band’s name. Go vote for your favorite. Hopefully it is Empires and not the [...]
Empires, Bang EP, Self-released How in the world did it take me this long to discover Chicago rock soon-to-be powerhouse Empires? This quintet, which is comprised of ex-members of The Academy Is… as well as other Chicago rock acts, released their debut full-length, Howl, in 2008 offering the album for download for free through their [...]