Codename: News

"LOOKOUT FOR A BAND NAMED CODENAME!"

Our last show at The Khyber 5/22/08 was given a stellar review by the one and only Grateful Web! These music enthusiasts and concert reviewers have been on the scene reviewing shows, taking interviews, and promoting artists and festivals since 1995 - everyone & everything from Phish and The Dead to Jam Cruise and Bonnaroo. Follow the link to the article and feel free to distribute!

http://www.gratefulweb.net/gwebNews/gwebDesign/bandOfTheMonth.asp?articleid=1333&zoneid=4

Listen to the show!
http://www.archive.org/details/codename2008-05-22.at4040.flac16

We are happy to be collaborating with our good friends at Mixed Bag Productions on our future events & shows! Working with a multitude of different live music genres, Mixed Bag is known for being the most progressive independent production and promotion company on the East Coast. Joining a strong team of managers, promoters, producers, and event planners, as well as artists like Gongzilla, Mr. Ozwald, and The Macpodz, we're very excited about moving forward with Mixed Bag and continuing to bring you vibrant, memorable nights of our music!

Visit http://www.mixedbagproductions.com to learn more about the company and see all the great events they have lined up.

Jambands.com has given us a very nice mention! Check it out and more @

"From 'Digitown' to 'Funkytown'..."

http://www.jambands.com/News.phtml?newsfile=redesign_news334.html#8-24-23.

We are pleased to announce the addition of a new website to the Codename family - www.CodenameMusic.net. With live shows streaming 24 hours a day / 7 days a week, these new digs will also serve as an interactive database for our friends & fans to read our posts & announcements, and likewise create their own, as well as check up on setlists and review our shows. Go ahead and vote on what shows you want to hear streamed! Members can also send messages to each other, and, directly to the band too. This opens up an exciting new Codename forum and we look forward to communicating with everybody at CodenameMusic.NET!

You can catch a little bit of everything on Sonicology Volume II and we're real excited to share it with you. Taken from shows between 2005-2007, SVII is Codename's second live compilation release and is available for free at all shows.

01. Standard Candle (BB Kings / New York, NY 2006-12-02)

02. In the Wind (BB Kings / New York, NY 2007-04-20)

03. Tornado Warning > Improv 2 > 406 Zone (The Fire / Philadelphia, PA 2006-06-14)

04. Fiira (Knitting Factory / New York, NY 2006-07-18)

05. The Train (Perkins House / Collingswood, NJ 2005-08-19)

It begins this Friday, February 23rd, at THE FIRE in Philly and will end on December 31st. Current announced shows are running through the end of April, with plays at the Knitting Factory with friends MJ Project and The Indobox, Cabin Fever Phest with friends Juggling Suns and U-Melt, a 4/20 late show at Lucille's, & the Some Kind of Jam 2 festival to name a few. Copies of Sonicology for all. Don't miss one minute.

Pick up your free copy of "Sonicology" at all fall tour dates featuring live recordings of Tornado Warning, Chilled Briefly, Latin Tune, and Semuta.

We are excited to announce a very special late show to take place Saturday night, December 2nd, at B.B. King's Blues Club! We will be playing a 2-hour set following Umphrey's McGee's performance at the Nokia Theatre. Admission is FREE!

We are pleased to announce our upcoming show with our friends LOTUS to take place Wednesday, November 22nd, at World Cafe Live in our hometown, Philadelphia, PA. Tickets to the show are $14.00 in advance and $16.00 day of show. 2-years running now, the Lotus/Codename Thanksgiving Eve shows are not to be missed!

WXPN 88.5'S All About the Music chose "Chilled Briefly" as their famed Pick of the Day on Wednesday, 9/20. The third song on Tornado Warning, "Chilled Briefly" was featured throughout the day and XPN posted its blog with a picture of Codename on their website.

http://wxpn.blogspot.com/2006/09/philly-local-pick-of-day-92006.html

Codename will be performing the headlining set at this year's Oktoberfest at Ambler Main Street on Sunday, September 24. Come on out for a celebration of music, art, dance, and BEER! Down the road, Codename is happy to be a part of the CD release party of friend Brandon Meyer Trio, who hosts an evening of music at The Khyber Thursday, October 12th featuring Irene Malloy, Carlon, and Codename. Show begins at 9:00 - Codename performs an hour set beginning at 10:30PM.

Fire up those Pods people, you can now download CODENAME music on your very own iTunes.

Come on out to party at CODENAME's last show of the summer at the WORLD CAFE this Saturday night at 11:00PM. Tickets are $10.00 at the door. New songs, old songs, the Old New, friends, family, and special guests. Don't miss it!

We are pleased and very excited to announce the addition of Codename to this year's All About The Music Festival, July 21-23, at Wiggins Park on the Camden Waterfront. Produced by WXPN 88.5 FM, this ever-growing 3-day festival will feature Codename on SUNDAY JULY 23rd AT 12:00PM, as well as Lotus, The Brakes, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Yonder Mountain String Band, and more throughout the weekend. Come on out!

6-7-06 @ The Fire (Philly)
Taped by George Ewing
Originally streamed on BiscoRadio

Check it out on Archive.org!!

Set I (Disc 1)

01. Tornado Warning
02. Semuta
03. The Old New
04. Banter
05. The Latin Tune >
06. Drums > *
07. Free Cigs

Set II (Disc 2)

01. The Train >
02. Green Element >
03. The Train
04. Chilled Briefly >
05. 406 Zone
06. Fiira

* with Still Willis drummer Dean Gorfti

Codename Live!!

Some upcoming Philly shows will be broadcast live on the internet, so if you can't make it to the show, you can listen live from anywhere in the world!

The first show will be Wed. June 7 @ The Fire. You can listen live by clicking HERE

Check out the newest show on Archive.org:4/20/06 in Philly, opening for Strangefolk

Codename has been added to the lineup of great musicians playing at Dewey Beach's annual 2-day Hightide Jamfest. Codename will be playing an outdoor set the 2nd night of the festival. Other bands include Days Awake, John Ginty Band, and Fire By Night. Don't miss this great festival beginning Friday, April 21!!

Saturday March 4th at 8:30 will mark Codename's first appearance in the Big Apple. Come party for a night of music at The Lion's Den, 214 Sullivan St. between Bleecker and West 3rd. Admission is $10 and includes performances by Codename, Downtown Harvest, Taylor Carson, and Boston Lonely.

Codename is now being played by WXPN!! (88.5 in Philadelphia)

Go to http://www.xpn.org/request.php
and request a song from Tornado Warning!

Codename will be playing a live set on Feb. 28th at the World Cafe Live to be broadcast on WXPN!