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    August 31, 2010

TILES will be performing on the Ford Fiesta Stage at 5pm Sunday, September 5th during the 13th annual Arts, Beats & Eats Festival in downtown Royal Oak, MI. The entire festival runs September 3-6, 2010 and celebrates art, music, cuisine and humanity with more than 200 performances on ten stages; a highly ranked Juried Fine Arts Show; local restaurants with some of the finest cuisine in metro Detroit; and international, regional and local attractions.

Directions, location, parking info, and additional details are here.

    August 10, 2010

TILES will be performing at 5pm Sunday, August 29th during the 4th annual People's Arts Festival at the Russell Industrial Center, 1600 Clay Avenue in Detroit. Devoted to all aspects of the art community, the festival encompasses art, music, film and the rebirth of Detroit; and features more than 100 visual artists and craftspeople, over 60 bands and performers, plus film and fashion. Admission is free.

Directions, location, parking info, and additional details are here.

Russell Industrial Center Map.

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    May 28, 2010

TILES will be performing at 8pm Monday, June 21st at the 4th annual Detroit River Days Festival in downtown Detroit. The band will conclude their 90-minute set just before the Target Fireworks display is set to begin. Admission is free. This is a great opportunity to bring the whole family to the newly renovated riverfront to enjoy the festivities, catch a full headlining show by TILES (including new material), and stay for fireworks over the river.

Directions, location, parking info, and additional details are here.

The June 18-21, 2010 festival is presented by the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy to introduce the community and visitors to the transformed Detroit International Riverfront. The festival marks the opening of significant portions of the new Detroit RiverWalk and spotlights the river's history and cultural background with activities on land and water including: tall ships, live music, sand sculptures, river tours, carnival rides, jet-ski demos, kids activities, delicious food and much more!

    May 16, 2010

In November 2007 Chris spent a day at the Hotel St. Germain Des Pres in Paris doing press interviews in advance of the January 2008 release of "Fly Paper." One of the more unique interviews was courtesy of the www.morow.com website which was video taped. Unfortunately, technical problems had prevented the interview from streaming correctly causing it to disappear into obscurity. Well..., it's been repaired, resurrected and is now available for viewing. Chris discusses a bit of band history, how "Fly Paper" became a reluctant concept album, and gives a bit of back story on where all the Rush connections originated.

    March 18, 2010

Here is Jeff's latest YouTube video, although this is more of an instructional one rather than one based on a Tiles song:

    March 11, 2010

Jeff and Chris were interviewed a few weeks ago for a feature called "Bands Like Rush," co-sponsored by the Rush Is a Band website (...although such an endeavor may be better called "Bands Influenced by Rush" since there is only one Rush after all). Either way, the interview is available here in both audio and transcribed formats. Many thanks to Ben Sommer for corralling over 15 years of reminiscence into an organized dialog. Be sure and check out Ben's eclectic music while you're there and visit often as he interviews more bands.

Even though our news output has been a little light we've been busy getting our live recordings together and ready for mixing. So far, in no particular order, the pending track listing is: Remember to Forget; Modification; Taking Control; Cactus Valley; Patterns; Bass Segue #1; Sacred & Mundane; Hide in my Shadow; Dress Rehearsal; Bass Segue #2; Safe Procedures; Checkerboards; Hide & Seek; Capture the Flag; Landscrape; Bass Segue #3; Window Dressing (Pt. IV); Token Pledge; Dragons, Dreams, and Daring Deeds; and Another's Hand. We also plan to add Changing the Guard, Dancing Dogs, Analysis Paralysis, and The Wading Pool to round out the list along with a couple Special Guests. Stay tuned...

    January 5, 2010

Happy New Year!

As previously mentioned we contributed our song Hide & Seek (from 2008's Fly Paper CD) to A&E TV's hit series "Dog the Bounty Hunter." The specific episode (#152) entitled "Kid Stuff" will air this Wednesday, January 6th at 9:30pm EST. Additional show times and program details are available here.

To check out the clip, head here and go to PART 2 at about 5:06 in the clip.

In addition to new material, work continues on a series of live soundstage recordings that we hope to release as a special 15-year anniversary commemorative double CD sometime this year.

    December 18, 2009

Best wishes to everyone for an enjoyable Holiday season - and a healthy and prosperous New Year!