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AWARDS & EXTRA-HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Fender Music Instruments Corporation Spotlight artist

“Hardest Working Indie Asian-American Band Done Good 2007” - SEFTRE

“Top 5 Best Asian-American Albums released in 2007” - AsiaXpress

“Best Local Albums 2007” - The Willamette Week

“Top 10 Best Stories 2007 (The Slants Feature)” - AsiaXpress

Editor’s Hot List December 2007 - Shojo Beat

Song of the Weekend 11/21/07-11/23/07 - 947 KNRK

Band of the Week 12/20/07-12/27/07 - The Portland Mercury

1st Place in every round of Bodog Music Battle of the Bands (nationwide, with 4500+ bands)

 

PRESS COVERAGE OF THE SLANTS...
(a somewhat complete list, updated 01/16/08)

TELEVISION:

COMCAST On Demand
Koin News 6 (Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA)
Anime TV (Tijuana, Tecate, Ensenada, and Rosarito, Mexico)
"In the Garage" show on Vlaze.com
Hollywood Previews/Access Atlanta (Los Angeles, CA)
Space Shower TV (Japan)
Pirate Satellite TV


 
ON THE RADIO:

OPB Radio - broadcasted on 29 stations in 26 different cities - Interview/Feature
90.7, 100.7, 91.9 KBOO (Portland, OR Corvallis,OR & Columbia George, OR) - Live Interview
94.7 KNRK (Portland, OR) - Featured on "Get Local" and Song of the Weekend
101.1 KUFO (Portland, OR) - Featured on "Viva La Luna" (twice)
97.9 FM KNRQ (Eugene, OR)
Tainted Reality Radio Network (New England area) on “Wild Zero” show
1610AM (Boston, MA) - Featured on the "J-Show" with DJ2thirteen
89.5FM C89 (Seattle,WA)
90.3 FM KEXP (Seattle, WA)
 


IN PRINT (Features, Interviews, Reviews, etc. - not just show listings):

The Asian Reporter (Numerous articles, write-ups, and show previews) (Northwest USA)
Asian Week (Feature and Arts & Entertainment breifs) (San Francisco, CA)
Asian Americn Press (Feature and several mentions/press releases) (Midwest USA)
The Oregonian (Arts & Entertainment - reccomended shows) (Portland, OR)
The Willamette Week (Numerous articles, write-ups, best local album 2007) (Portland, OR)
LA Weekly (Show Preview) (Los Angeles, CA)
Shojo Beat ("The Hot List") (international - United States, Mexico, Canada)
Seattle Post Intelligencer (Feature in SeattleNoise) (Seattle, WA)
The Stranger (Top Picks show/Show Preview) (Seattle, WA)
Seattle Weekly (Show Preview) (Seattle, WA)
Eugene Register Guard (Feature) (Eugene, OR)
Eugene Weekly (Eugene, OR)
Portland Mercury (several staff pick shows, band of the week) (Portland, OR)
AsiaXpress (Feature, also in top articles of 2007, Best 2007 album) (Aurora, CO)
Anime Food Magazine (nationwide USA)
Buko Magazine (Northwest USA)
Koream Journal (international - Korea, United States, Canada)
The California Aggie (Show Preview) (Sacramento, CA)
Rock On—Rock n’ roll anthology book featuring Simon Young’s autobiographical experience
Music Connection Magazine
The Christie Darlington Autobiography (forward by Simon Young)



ONLINE:

Anime Web Turnpike (Show review)
Slant Eye for the Round Eye (Numerous features, and "Hardest Working Band" award)
Angry Asian Man (Feature, album review)
Power and Politics (Album review)
Anime News Network (Numerous articles, press releases)
JRock Events USA (Interview, Show Review)
Fresh Off the Box (Video interview)
LivePDX.com (interview)
J! Ent (Feature and numerous press mentions)
Fender Music (Spotlight artist)
Eastwood Guitars (Video of the month)
Palestra College Network (video feature, show preview)
Seattlest.com (Show Preview)
Edmonton Journal: Mahspace (Album Review
PDX Pipeline (Feature)
pdxpole.com (Feature, Album Review, numerous show previews)
Mastan Music Hour (Song Feature in podcast radio show)
CrowChow Radio (Interview and live performances)
PDX Pop Tomorrow (Featured artist, sample song)
 

OTHER ONLINE/PRINT (Numerous mentions, press releases, etc.):

Corvallis Gazette Times
Jrock Revolution
PDX Magazine
Animation Liberation
Aftercon.com
Oregonbeat.com
Otaku News
Animecons.com
A Fan's View

SPONSORS, ENDORSEMENTS, & HOOK-UPS:
AnimEigo
Brand X
Charvel Guitars
Eastwood Guitars
EPSA Music
EVH Gear
Fender Guitars
Gretsch Guitars and Drums
Guild Guitars
Guitar Center
Hello Kitty Fender
Jackson Guitars
Jim Dunlop
Knucklehead Strings
Mesa Boogie
Multnomoah Public Library
Olympia Guitars
Orphium Music
Printing Conexions
Red Bull
Sabian
Seymour Duncan
Starcaster Guitars
Sushi Sushi
SWR Amplification
Tacoma Guitars