Backyard Tire Fire

“Good to Be” live at KINK.fm Portland, OR, with Steve Berlin on toy piano

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:28:57 +0000

“Good to Be” is Amazon’s Song of the Day today – Monday 3/8

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:34:07 +0000

We’re excited that Amazon selected “Good to Be” as their song of the day for today, Monday 3/8. What that means is that for today only you can download “Good to Be” for free!!! Spread the word to your friends that might dig Backyard Tire Fire. Download “Good to Be” here.

Radio, radio – instudios/webcasts with KHUM Arcata & KINK Portland

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:42:30 +0000

Catch us on the airwaves or streaming online on two great rock & roll stations:

Thursday March 4th @ 4pm PST – 104.7 KHUM, Humboldt County California, radio without boundaries. Listen/Watch Here

Friday March 5th @ 3:30pm PST, 101.9 KINK, Portland, OR, true to the music. Listen/Watch Here

Tire Fire Heads West Contest

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:44:28 +0000

Backyard Tire Fire returns for their first West Coast tour in over two years in support of their new record, Good to Be.

Tourdates:
3/2/10 Los Angeles, CA, The Mint
3/3/10 San Francisco, CA, Hotel Utah
3/5/10 Portland, OR, Mississippi Studios
3/6/10 Spokane, WA, Empyrean – presented by KPND 95.3
3/7/10 Missoula, MT, Top Hat – presented by The Trail 103.3
3/8/10 Bozeman, MT, Filling Station
3/9/10 Billings, MT, Railyard Ale House

Backyard Tire Fire is offering a free mp3 of both the single “Good to Be” as well as an exclusive original demo recording of the song to help spread the word about the tour. In order to receive the mp3s you’ll need to tell 5 friends who you know will most likely dig hearing about the band and live in these markets about the tour.

You can spread the word via email, Facebook, Myspace or any other social networking medium. Once you’ve informed 5 friends about the shows just email spreadthetirefire@gmail.com with info on who you told (names and cities) and you’ll be emailed a download link for the mp3s.

Good to Be released today!

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:56:16 +0000

Good to Be is out today! Stream the entire record below! If you haven’t picked it up already we suggest you call your local record store, ask them if they’re stocking Good to Be then drive over and purchase it, the old fashion way! We’re also being carried by Best Buys and Border’s nationally. You can purchase it online here:

Amazon
Amazon mp3
iTunes
Backyard Tire Fire Store

Blurt Feature

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:49:25 +0000

Thanks Andy Tenille and Blurt Magazine for the great feature. You can read it here:

Blurt Online

Here is a juicy quote to get you started:
“We’re a fuckin’ rock ‘n roll band, man,” Ed says definitively. “This isn’t a hippie band. We don’t have that word-of-mouth granola factor. We’re certainly not a bunch of ringers that are gonna wow you with our fuckin’ chops. And we’re not some flavor-of-the-month indie hipster band with tight jeans, thick-rimmed glasses and whiney voices that gets on the right blog and blows up overnight. We don’t really fit into any of these categories, or whatever, which is kinda like Lobos. Maybe Steve saw that in us.”

“Good to Be” Video

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:05:03 +0000

We’re excited to unveil our new video for “Good to Be”. It was created by our unofficial 4th member Scott Tipping and it features our unofficial 6th member, Charlie the Dummy. It also chronicles our life on the road. Help it spread by re-posting on your Facebook and Myspace pages!

Good To Be from Backyard Tire Fire on Vimeo.

Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin talks about the making of Good To Be

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:29:36 +0000

Grammy winning producer Steve Berlin talks about working with Backyard Tire Fire from Backyard Tire Fire on Vimeo.

Protected: Exclusive Early Good to Be Access

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:18:03 +0000

Good to Be National Tour Announced!

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:07:27 +0000

Our favorite Chicago radio station WXRT just announced our Double Door show in Chicago on February 13th, tickets are onsale this Saturday, January 9th @ 12pm CST on Ticketmaster! Now we’re very excited to announce our national Good to Be tour. You can check out full details on our tourdates page!