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Kingsley Flood’s latest full-length, Battles, was released Feb. 5, 2012.
Honors • 2012 Americana Artist of the Year, 2010 New Artist of the Year, Boston Music Awards; • 2011 and 2010 Best Roots Act, Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll
Notable Press • Rolling Stone premiere of “Down,” 12/28/12 • MTV Buzzworthy premiere of “Pick Your Battles,” 1/23/13 • American Songwriter premiere of “The Fire Inside,” • Magnet Magazine download of “Down,” 1/15/13 • Esquire Magazine “Future of American Music” playlist, 4/5/12 • Metro, “Hard won Battles for Kingsley Flood,” 2/5/13 • Boston Globe, “Rowdy or reeled in, Kingsley Flood are ready for the national stage,” 2/3/13 • Boston Herald, “Kingsley Flood chooses Battles wisely,” 2/1/13 • Boston Phoenix, “Kingsley Flood declare new Battles,” 2/1/13 • AOL Spinner, “Kingsley Flood take on the American Dream with ‘Mannequin Man,’” 12/7/11 • Paste Magazine video premiere, 7/19/11 • National Public Radio (Song of the Day), “Kingsley Flood: Call of the Wild,” 5/16/11 • National Public Radio (Weekend Edition), “Kingsley Flood: Pushing Past Americana,” 8/22/10 • Improper Bostonian, “Annual round-up of the city’s rising musical stars,” 8/11
Quotes • Boston Globe: “Battles underlines the difference between a local band ascending to a national stage and one that’s finally ready for and deserving of it.” • Boston Herald: “…the best live band in Boston” … “a Rolling Thunder Revue with a punk rock sneer.” • New Yorker: “…a modern brand of Americana.” • AOL Music: “Rambling rhythms, blistering guitar work and impressionistic, Dylan-esque lyrics” • NPR: “…a vintage radio feel and the momentum of a great live show.”
Live Radio Performances • Sirius XM- The Loft (April 2012), WBUR- Boston, MA (12.5.11), National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition (8/22/10), WRUR- Rochester, NY (12/10/10), WMPG- Portland, ME (10/8/10), WMBR - Cambridge, MA (4/17/10, 7/13/10), WMFO- Medford, MA (3/31/10), WZLX- Boston (3/29/10), WERS- Boston (3/23/10).
Licensing • Education First: “I Don’t Wanna Go Home,” in promo video, January 2012 • Converse: “I Don’t Wanna Go Home” in South by Southwest Promo video, March 2011 • WBZ Channel 4 (Boston): “Cul de Sac” in news promo from July 2010 to July 2011.
Sales Notes • Amazon: 2012: #1 bestseller in Roots-Rock (1 week), 2010: #1 bestseller in Roots-Rock (2.5 weeks), top five in Folk-Rock (2 weeks), top ten in Folk (2 weeks) • iTunes: #49 bestseller (Aug. 22, 2010)
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