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Vodka Tonic Media

a grassroots heart...a 21st century mind

About Me


"The reason the mainstream is thought of as a stream is because of it's shallowness." ~ George Carlin


Is Vodka Tonic Media a record label?
An internet radio and podcasting network?
A management firm?
A concert promoter or booking agent?
A radio promoter?
The answer is yes, no, and some of the above.
Vodka Tonic Media dwells in two fields of business.
First, we are in the business of ruffling feathers. Second, we are in the business of getting shit done.

Vodka Tonic Media is not a record label in the traditional definition. We are a music based collective with a label back-end that offers promotional and project management services for unsigned bands interested in self-releasing their recordings.

We don’t sign bands, we partner with them.
We don't pretend to sell artist empowerment, we just help to facilitate it.

Our efforts resemble grassroots ethics that are both traditional and forward thinking. Our inaugural slogan is “A Grassroots Heart, a 21st Century Mind”. We learned a great deal from our forefathers of the 80s grassroots indie/punk label scene (Greg Ginn, Lisa Fancher, Miles Copeland, Greg Shaw, etc) and we recognize the new innovators of today; people like the fine folks at Saddle Creek and Terry McBride of The Nettwerk Group.Our services are not for everyone. We have no interest in hip-hop, R&B, or mainstream country. Vodka Tonic Media preys on rock n roll, especially if it’s free from the current corporate agenda of the RIAA and the major labels. We tag our preferred subgenres under one abstract umbrella: “INDIE RAWK”. The music we support is raw, timeless, and performed with balls as big as Pluto.
Vodka Tonic Media was established in November 2004 when founder Vil Vodka re-formatted a 5 year old LIVE365 station, renamed it Vodka Tonic Radio, and called the 24/7 stream the cornerstone of a new venture. Earlier that month Vil had played his last show as rhythm guitarist for Phoenix’s glam-punk warriors Blanche Davidian. Previously, he had performed with several local bands in Arizona, and released punk rock music under the label name Social Retardance. Always known as being the pimp and promotional genius of any band he was involved with, Vil decided to create a entity that can better serve the music and bands he loves.

It’s almost 2 years later and, although we have done so much, we are barely getting started.
Artists and bands wishing to be a part of our collective should contact us through our CONTACT PAGE

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/14/2004
Band Website: vodkatonicmedia.com
Band Members: Among the artists that we have serviced and worked with:
Blanche Davidian
Thee Oh No's
Pinky Tuscadero's White Knuckle Ass Fuck
Destruction Unit
Digital Leather
Sex For Cigarettes
The Cutters (aka The Swears)
Billy Druid's Atomic Gospel


Influences: INDIE RAWK
Sounds Like:

The Following Bands Are Currently In Rotation on Vodka Tonic Radio: A-Frames, A.D.H.D., Adolescents, Adult., Alice Donut, American Death Ray, Andre Williams, Antique Scream, Army of Robots, Art Brut, Aztex, Backyard Babies, Bauhaus, Beat Angels, Bellrays, Bhopal Stiffs, Big Midnight, Billy Druid's Atomic Gospel, Birdland, Black Angels, Black Halos, Black Lips, Black Sunday, Blanche Davidian, Blondie, Bloody Hollies, Blues Brother Castro, Boss Martians, Bow Wow Wow, Brian Eno, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Buzzcocks, Caesars, Cars, The Casanovas, Cheap Trick, Chocolate Watchband, Christian Death, Clash, Clinic, Code of Honor, Consumers, Cramps, Crime, D Generation, D.I., The Damned, Dandy Warhols, Daniel Ash, David Bowie, Dead Meadow, Dead Moon, Dead Boys, Deathray Davies, Destruction Unit, Devo, Dickies, Digital Leather, Dimestore Haloes, Dirtbombs, The Drags, Echo & the Bunnymen, Electric Frankenstein, Epoxies, Exploding Hearts, F-Units, Flaming Stars, FM Knives, Friends of Dennis Wilson, Fountains of Wayne, Gary Numan, Generation X, Ghostland Observatory, Glass Heroes, The Godfathers, The Goldstars, The Goodboys, Greenhaven, Greenhornes, Guana Batz, Gun Club, Gun Shys (aka The Shys), Haggis, Hard Lessons, Hellacopters, Hellsuckers, Hitchhikers, Holics, Holly Golightly, Hoodoo Gurus, Hypnotwists, Impossible Ones, Interpol, Invisible Eyes, James Chance & The Contortions, Japanther, Jay Reatard, Jeff Dahl, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Joey Ramone, Johnny Cash, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Kaiser CHiefs, Killradio, Kinks, Kiss, Ladytron, LCD Soundsystem, Libertine, Link Wray & his Raymen, Lords of Altamont, Lords of the New Church, Lost Sounds, Louis XIV, Love Me Nots, Manic Street Preachers, Marked Men, MC5, Meteors, Mission Creeps, Modern Lovers, Modey Lemon, Monster Magnet, Mooney Suzuki, Murder City Devils, Naked Raygun, Napalm Stars, Negative Trend, Neko Case, NEU!, New Christs, Nomads, Outrageous Cherry, Pailhead, Pegboy, Phatom Limbs, Pink Fairies, Pink Spiders, Pixies, Plan Nine, Pretty Things, Public Image Ltd., Pulp, Queen, Raconteurs, Radio Birdman, Ramones, Red Hearts, Red Planet, Red Rockers, Replacements, Reverend Horton Heat, Richard Panic, Richmond Sluts, Riverboat Gamblers, River City Tanlines, Rock 'n' roll Soldiers, Rolling Stones, Rubber Maids, Screamers, Screeching Weasel, Secret Machines, Secretary Bird, Seeds, Sex For Cigarettes, Sex Pistols, Shattered Faith, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Sir Winston & the Commons, Skids, Social Distortion, Soft Boys, The Soft Explosions, Sonic Thrills, Sonics, Sparks, Specimen, Spiders, Stellarscope, Stompers, Iggy/Stooges, Street Walkin' Cheetahs, Suicide, Superbees, Supergrass, SVT, T.Rex, T.S.O.L., Teenage Frames, Terror Visions, Test Pattern, The Adored, The Bees (Band of Bees), The Bomb, The Boys, The Cutters (aka The Swears), The D4, Thee Emergency, The Ends, The Girls, The Gris Gris, The Knack, The Lashes, The Madcaps, The Makers, The Nice Boys, The Pandas, The Pattern, The Ponys, The Pop Group, The Sleepers, The Spits, The Strays, The Treliks, The Weegs, Thee Emergency, Thee Oh No's, Three O'Clock, Tokyo Electron, Tokyo Sex Destruction, Tori Cobras, Towers of London, Tripping Daisy, Tsar, Tubeway Army, Turbonegro, Ultravox!, VCR, Vibrators, Von Bondies, Von Erich Suicide Mission, The Waldos, Warrior Soul, Weirdos, White Demons, White Stripes, Wildhearts, Wipers, Wire, The Wongs, X, Young Heart Attack, Zolar X


See the playlist here!
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Bands looking for free promotion, read this

In 2008, Vodka Tonic Media is going to go full force with their "Free Mp3 of the Week" program that was launched in 2006 but never quite followed through. We are looking for bands in the garage rock, ...
Posted by Vodka Tonic Media on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:51:00 PST

Re-thinking the biz model...recent articles inspire..or un-inspire

Some recent links worth reading. I learned about these links from my RSS feeds for Hypebot and IndieHQ.Wired: Vinyl is the final nail in the coffin for CD:http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/comm...
Posted by Vodka Tonic Media on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:35:00 PST

Deciding the future of Vodka Tonic Radio

First some history. I have been a Live365 personal broadcaster for over seven years. At first I had a free account that most everyone had when the service first began. A year or so later Live365 began...
Posted by Vodka Tonic Media on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:51:00 PST

Asphalt Dancefloor redux

From this point forward Vodka Tonic will be selling the Tales From The Asphalt Dancefloor compilation in a "Vinyl + CD" combination format. We are taking our existing inventory of CDs (full color dig...
Posted by Vodka Tonic Media on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:10:00 PST

Orange Sunshine related press

Back in August Blanche Davidian got a nifty write-up in the Phoenix New Times that inlcuded both an interview and a review of the new album Orange Sunshine. Click to read: NEW TIMES WRITE-UP and ORANG...
Posted by Vodka Tonic Media on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:41:00 PST

The latest release from Vodka Tonic is available today!

Today (Sept 11) is the street release date for the long awaited second album from Blanche Davidian, ORANGE SUNSHINE.We just made the second single "Queef Action" available for free download on Myspace...
Posted by Vodka Tonic Media on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:28:00 PST

BLANCHE DAVIDIAN NEWS & UPDATES

The Album Release Party is this Friday.We just added the entire album in rotation on Vodka Tonic Radio. You can access the 24-7 stream by clicking here: http://www.live365.com/stations/vil_vodkaOur fi...
Posted by Vodka Tonic Media on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:37:00 PST

We are here!


Posted by Vodka Tonic Media on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:11:00 PST

Details about our Album Listening Party Aug 7th.

Here are the details behind this event:*The album is being manufactured as we speak, however we will not post anything on MySpace, Pure Volume, etc until Aug 8th. Not even CD-R copies are in circulati...
Posted by Vodka Tonic Media on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:04:00 PST

Is the costs of digital distribution really near zero? My chance to prove different.

Is the cost of distribution really nearing zero?This is what I hear. I read it in Chris Anderson's book The Long Tail. I also hear that it's the aggregators and online retailers that will benefit from...
Posted by Vodka Tonic Media on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:52:00 PST