“Go For The Throat” Music Video

The Elected just released a music video for “Go For The Throat.”

The video is very unique and original — it features animation superimposed over live action.

Culture Collide Festival 2011

This year’s Culture Collide Festival takes place October 6th – 9th, 2011 in Los Angeles.

Bands include Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Liam Finn, Avi Buffalo, The Elected, Laura Jansen, Carina Round, and He’s My Brother She’s My Sister.

Buy a wristband for Culture Collide here.

The Elected: California House Shows

If you want to host an Elected house show and live between San Diego and San Francisco, click here.

Watch an acoustic/steel-drum/ukulele version of “Babyface” by The Elected:

The Elected: Rolling Stone Session

The Elected played an acoustic session at Rolling Stone.

Watch “Have You Been Cheated,” “You Got Lucky,” “Babyface,” “Born To Love You,” and an interview below:

“Look At Me Now”

Song of the Day is “Look at Me Now” by The Elected:

“Greetings in Braille”

Song of the day is “Greetings in Braille” by The Elected.

Watch a live version from last week:

The Elected @ Mercury Lounge: Concert Recap

The Elected (Blake Sennett) played at New York’s Mercury Lounge on Tuesday, May 24, 2011.

The band opened the show with a cover of “You Got Lucky” by Tom Petty going into The Elected’s song “Not Going Home”:

Highlights of the show included “Greetings in Braille,” an acoustic version of “Time is Coming” to end the show, and “Babyface” (see video clip below):

The best part of the concert was when Blake played a snippet of his Rilo Kiley song “August”:

Photos below taken by After The Show:

Photos property of After The Show.

 

 

The Elected + The Chances @ Troubadour

Michael Runion’s band, The Chances, have been added as an opening act for The Elected‘s record release show at the Troubadour on May 17, 2011.

For tickets, click here.

UPDATE: Click here to stream the entire Elected album, Bury Me In My Rings, a week early.

Be sure to listen to Track 3, “Look At Me Now.”

The Elected 2011 tour dates:

6/13 @ Sail Inn – Phoenix, AZ

6/16 @ Club Dada – Dallas, TX

6/17 @ Emos – Austin, TX

6/18 @ Fitzgeralds – Houston, TX

6/22 @ Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC

6/23 @ Red Palace – Washington, DC

6/24 @ Johnny Brendas – Philadelphia, PA

6/26 @ Maxwell’s – Hoboken, NJ

6/28 @ Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA

6/30 @ The Drake – Toronto, ONT

7/1 @ Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH

7/2 @ Schubas – Chicago, IL

7/3 @ Triple Rock – Minneapolis, MN

7/8 @ Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA

7/10 @ Bunk Bar – Portland, OR

7/13 @ Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA

7/17 @ Casbah – San Diego, CA

Troubadour in May

The Troubadour in LA has a plethora of great concerts lined up for the month of May.

Highlights include:

Thao and Mirah with Led to the Sea on 5/1

The Raveonettes on 5/5 and 5/6

Eisley on 5/15

The Elected on 5/17

For the full calendar, click here.

The Elected: LA and NYC Shows

The Elected (Blake Sennett + backing band) is playing shows in LA and NYC in May:

May 17th at the Troubadour (LA) and May 24th at the Mercury Lounge (NYC).

“Babyface”: