Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Sorry for the lack of updates. There has been a lot of stuff going on in a lot of directions, but the music is being taken care of and recorded.

A new cd is being recorded. Will update as soon as possible.

But while you are waiting, please, please, please visit:

blowupradio.com

to see my continuing article, "Not the Yearbook You Expected," about my life in music.

Talk to you soon,
Mike

Monday, May 30, 2011

Hey everyone. Sorry for not posting sooner. The delay has been for good reason, but I have a few bits of news:

1)While I am still shopping the rock opera, a new band has evolved: Hell and Reason. It has Erin Zinberg on vocals, Mark Empire on drums, and yours truly doing the rest. We are in the middle of recording a new album right now. The track listing, while not in order, is as follows:

(vocals by Erin)
Grey Parade
Digital Dust
Unchain My Heart
Stone in Hand
I Believe
Right in Front of You
Between Hell and Reason (2011)

(vocals by me)
Better Better Best
I'm Losing You
Sympathy

We have done the music live at a few places and it has all gone over well. Lyrically and melodically, I am very, very proud of this album. The songs simply arrived like gifts. I will be talking to a young director this week about a video shoot or two this summer. If all goes well, it should mixed and mastered by late Summer. We have a new manager for the band, so expect lots of NYC shows.

#2)I am also working with the amazingly talented young composer from Philly, Mike Eppel, on an ambient album. He and I met about it again yesterday and the framework is up. I do not want to say much about it except that we will be going into a realm that I have always wanted to go, using Brian Eno's ambient work as a vague reference point.

#3) And yes, the acoustic album will come right after.

Along with all that, I have been asked to do some prose writing for a few people. I hope to hit the laptop soon and share some words of past, presest, future, and other.

I am looking forward to a new year of lots of new good work. Who knows? I may even get a Twitter account!!

Returning,
Mike

P.S. While the entire rock opera will be up on You Tube within about a month, here are two selections from it:

Mystical Rose

Pull You into Me

Please give me as many views as Rebecca Black!

March 22, 2011

Absolutely, positively, and without a doubt, news about upcoming projects for 2011 will be posted here by Sunday evening. Be sure to come back, because I guarantee you'll be surprised!

Just a reminder, there will be no Tumulty's show this Friday, nor ever again. However, if you want us back, please feel free to call Tumulty's and ask for us.

February 26, 2011

Photos from the Tribe's last ever show at Tumulty's Pub, February 25, 2011:

More important news to follow soon... please come back.

November 1, 2010

Lots of new shows, including performances of the rock opera After the Valentines, have been added to the shows page. The Tribe looks forward to seeing you at as many as possible!

June 7, 2010

The Post-Modern Tribe will be performing "After the Valentines" again at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick on August 7. At this performance, they will also be making a live recording and videotaping of the rock opera which will hopefully be released by the end of 2010. Stay tuned to the website for more updates!

May 10, 2010

Mike Kovacs and the Post-Modern Tribe will take part in a benefit concert for Christopher Joyce on May 22 in Metuchen, New Jersey. The band will be performing Act I of their Rock opera "After the Valentines" as part of the a benefit concert to help pay the huge medical bills of Christopher Joyce who suffered a severe stroke on January 17. See the shows page for all the details!

January 25, 2010

You won't want to miss the Mike Kovacs and the Post-Modern Tribe show this Friday at Tumulty's Pub. Not only will you get to see the Tribe, you will also be treated to the long-awaited reunion of If Darwin Played Drums! See the shows page for all the details.

November 23, 2009

Due to a Thanksgiving party being held at Tumulty's that night, there will be no Mike Kovacs and the Post-Modern Tribe show this Friday (November 27). Please enjoy your holiday, and be sure to check back to see when additional shows are added.

November 18, 2009

Mike Kovacs and some of the Tribe will be on WRSU Friday, December 4, 10 PM - 12 AM on Overnight Sensations. Tune in to hear them at 88.7 fm.

Also, the band will be getting airplay on radiougly.com

November 8, 2009

Burn the Roses makes top slot on blog podcast!

Rock and Roll Report Podcast

October 27, 2009

We've got new covers, including a new Led Zeppelin one, for Friday's show at Tumulty's! Come on out and see what we'll be doing.

August 23, 2009

Mark Keane, the amazing bassist who performed the rock opera, is leaving for his homeland of Ireland which means we are in need of a new bassist. If anybody knows of someone they think would like to be the bassist for the Tribe, please let Mike know ASAP.

Also, a new blog entry is up.

August 13, 2009

First news first: Rest in Peace, Les Paul. Thanks to my wonderful friend, Mike Kolber, I got to meet Les Paul and have him sign one of my guitars.

Tomorrow and Saturday we will be playing Bingfest in Grafton, New Hampshire. It looks like it's going to be one hell of a wild weekend. I need to catch the improv on Sunday at NYC in order to graduate from my improv class. Thank God for Red Bull.

Just got news today that the video from the rock opera turned out well. We'll be getting the footage sometime late next week. Some photos from the rock opera will also be going up shortly.

August 3, 2009

The debut of the rock opera "After the Valentines" was a smash success! Please see Mike's blog entry about it.

Also, if you have any photos from the show that you would like to submit and have posted here at the site, please send them to postmoderntribe@gmail.com!

July 7, 2009

Tomorrow is the first large-scale tech run-through for the rock opera at Aarius studios.

Also, stop by and visit the After the Valentine's facebook page!

Finally, a new blog entry is up.

June 22, 2009

Don't forget, Mike Kovacs and the Post-Modern Tribe has a Myspace page. It features several songs from the upcoming rock opera After the Valentines, as well as lots of photos and band info. Plus, you can leave comments for the band! If you haven't made us a friend already, please head over to our Myspace page and add us! Hope to see you there.

June 22, 2009

It's official... the long-awaited, multi-media rock opera After the Valentines will be debuted at the George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Ave, in New Brunswick. See the shows page for more details. This will also be the cd release show for the double cd release!

Any questions, feel free to ask.

April 3, 2009

Music for the cd mixed and mastered. Rock opera video being completed. There may be a video for Burn the Roses coming soon.

July 14, 2008

Mike Kovacs and the Post-Modern Tribe have won the second round of the Shure/Sam Ash Original Sessions National Band Search !!!! All of us would like to thank everyone who showed up and supported us and were so patient with us going on MUCH later than expected. More details will be passed on about where and when the next round will be held.