News and Upcoming Releases: Sept 22 - Thanks to all you scallywags who came out for Talk Like A Pirate Day! If you didn't have your sea legs and stayed at home, you missed a bucket of grog and some excellent piratical shanties! Please go to the Live page to check out our current fleet's tour dates. Thank ye! Sept 15 - TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY IS THIS WEEKEND! Sept 5 - Sorry for the lack of updates, folks! Click on our "LIVE" page to see Y!PR clients near your town! July 31 - Don't forget or we'll keelhaul ya! Yarrr! PR's second annual Detroit showcase, a FREE All-Day Pirate Extravanganza! The big day is THIS SATURDAY August 2, and the place is the Old Miami. Please check out the flyer below for details! See you there!!! July 24 - Check out the video for "Sweetie" by Everthus the Deadbeats: CLICK HERE July 23 - Head of Femur's "Jetway Junior" on NPR's Second Stage! CLICK HERE! July 22 - Shiver me timbers! We here at Yarrr! PR have been very busy with Comerica Cityfest in Detroit, as well as working on tours from Southerly, Mick Bassett & the Marthas, Fallou Dieng, Warren Teagarden, and more, not to mention new releases from IfIHadAHiFi, Chris Letcher, And the Moneynotes, and Crustacean Records. We also have some super exciting new stuff coming up from The Heligoats, Kill Kill Kill and others. But we'll take a break from work (don't worry, fleet, it's a Saturday) for Yarrr! PR's second annual Detroit showcase, a FREE All-Day Pirate Extravanganza! The big day is August 2, and the place is the Old Miami. Please check out the flyer below for details! See you there!!! June 27 - Check out CHRIS LETCHER on ROLLINGSTONE.COM! June 4 - If you went to a link for an EPK from an old email I sent you, and it didn't work, please insert '/z_archive/' and it should show up just fine. For example: yarrrpr.com/everthusthedeadbeats.html is now at yarrrpr.com/z_archive/everthusthedeadbeats.html - OR just go to the clients page and follow the links from there. Thanks so much! March 26 part 2 - Check out HEAD OF FEMUR on FoodNetwork.com's Simon Says blog! March 26 - Shiver me timbers! So much has happened in March that we can barely pull our pantaloons together to tell you about it! The Yarrr! PR/Greyday Records Pirate Elvis Party was a smashing success; the peanut butter and banana sandwiches were gone in less than 30 minutes! Head of Femur's Great Plains and Life in Bed's Passed and Presents both came out this week: sail over to our MP3 page to hear them for yourselves! More updates coming soon, as well as a long-overdue shanties episode! Take it easy, me hearties! March 3 - Check out this rad review of Everthus the Deadbeats at SCTAS.com February 15 - New MP3s up! New tour dates up! There's so much to say, best to check it out for yourselves! Also, be prepared to party your peg legs off at the Yarrr! PR/Greyday Records Third Annual Pirate Elvis Party in Austin during SXSW! The party is at Flamingo Cantina on 6th St on Wednesday, March 12 from 2-6 PM, featuring Heligoats, The Future Kings of Nowhere, Minmae, Southerly, and Chase Frank!!! January 31 - Reviews are already coming in for Head of Femur's Great Plains - check out the one from Babysue HERE! January 21 - Check out Chase on Is Good Radio! January 18 - From our friends at PONK Media, a new video from Detroit's Rachel and Junk. Enjoy! January 8 - Please keep your ears open for the new LP from Head of Femur! January 3 - Happy 2008, mateys! Loads and loads of good booty coming from Yarrr! this year, but you'll just have to wait and listen! In the meantime, check out the clients page for more!! December 17 - Don't forget to check out the new episode of Y!PR Shanties (podcast) and now that it's snowing (here, at least) and most of us are planning a trip home to see family and friends, to brave the crowded airports, train stations, highways, malls, what-have-you, never before has Testa Rosa's "Be Alone At Christmas (Here With You)" sounded so lovely and relevant.... Check it out here. Have a great holiday, everyone! December 10 - Did you know it's cold in Detroit?! Why didn't someone warn me? Oh, wait... I was warned a LOT 4 years ago, and 4 years later here I am! Still loving Detroit despite the ice, snow, and gray skies! Come cheer yourself up at the Painted Lady Lounge on New Year's Eve with JOHNNY POWERS! December 2 - Well, blow me down! Thar's a new batch o' shanties on this here ship. Listen now or we'll keelhaul ye, scurvy dogs! November 20 - No press is bad press, right? Check out a quote from Captain Becki Carr in USA Today! November 20 - New CDs coming atcha! Check out The Dig and The Exit Strategy! November 16 - Check out the videos we've just posted from Midtown Dickens and The Future Kings of Nowhere and then when you realize you haven't had enough of them, you can troll YouTube or 307 Knox's website for more! Enjoy!! November 8 part 2 - Please check out Y!PR bands on tour: The Gunshy is still touring behind the release of his critically acclaimed There's No Love In This War. Boy/Girl are playing in Durham with Les Savy Fav and will resume touring with Jucifer in January! Chase Frank is gearing up for the release of her Midnight Manor EP by playing some shows up and down the West Coast. Marla Hansen is headed to SCOTLAND! Midtown Dickens and The Future Kings of Nowhere are still working their darling butts off on the road. He can't tour because of extenuating circumstances, but Yarrr! PR is also getting the word out for the re-release of GG Allin's outlaw country album, Carnival of Excess- check out PONK Media's website for more. Last but not least, keep an eye out for a new EP from Boston's The Dig - coming soon! November 8 - Thanks so much for your patience. Yarrr! PR has lots of news to share with you, but it's late and we are tired. Even pirates need sleep! Love and rum, Cap'n Becki |