Exits & All the Rest wins an IMA for Best Indie/Alt Rock Album!

May 2, 2012 — Company Of Thieves, JD McPherson, Girl In A Coma, Birdy Nam Nam, Pokey LaFarge And The South City Three, Scott Biram, Spottiswoode & His Enemies, Amy Correia, The Wilders, Michael Torke, The Soul Of John Black, and The LeBoeuf Brothers are among the diverse self-released and independent label talent named today by Music Resource Group (MRG) as the Judge-determined Winners of The 11th Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the influential international awards program for independent bands and fans.

The Winners in more than 70 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories winnowed from thousands of submissions from around the globe, were determined by a panel of influential artists and music industry pros including Keith Richards, Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Del McCoury, Ozzy Osbourne, Bettye LaVette, Jim Lauderdale, Joshua Redman, Shelby Lynne, Kevin Lyman (Warped Tour), Alan Light (Live From The Artists Den), Jason Olaine (Jazz At Lincoln Center), and Evan Schlansky (American Songwriter).

For the first time in The IMAs 11-year history, Judges declared a tie in 2 Album categories. A Passing Glimpse”, the latest LP from Pharis and Jason Romero, and “Middle Of Everywhere” by Pokey LaFarge And The South City 3 earned top honors for their Americana Albums; and in the Indie/Alt. Rock Album category, the latest Company Of Thieves album “Running From A Gamble” tied for the winning spot with Girl In A Coma’s album “Exits And All The Rest.”

 Details and complete list of Winners, Nominees and Judges available at: www.TheIndependentMusicAwards.com.

Fan Online Voting Will Determine The 11th IMA Vox Pop Winners

Music fans have until midnight Friday, July 20th to champion their favorite Nominees and determine The 11th IMA Vox Pop Winners by voting online at  www.IndependentMusicAwards.com/imanominee/11th.

Girl In A Coma Announces West Coast Tour!

Nominated for Best Independent/Alternative Rock Album
and Best Independent/Alternative Rock Song at the
Independent Music Awards!
 
Today we’re thrilled to announce a headlining West Coast tour in April/May, with support from PIÑATA PROTEST (accordion powered punk rock) and SARA RADLE (formerly with The Rentals and Lucy Loves Schroeder). Tickets will be on sale tomorrow, March 13th.

10 Year Anniversary Concert & Screening

Tickets for our Concert at Guadalupe Plaza are on sale now. Joining us for the concert is David Garza. The concert is opening night for San Antonio's Cinefestival.

Come celebrate the 10th anniversary of our first show at Sin 13 when Nina was only 13 years old. We will have limited edition posters by Tattooed Boy at the concert. 

Guadalupe Plaza
1327 Guadalupe St. San Antonio, TX 78207 A
Ages • $10 adv/ $15 dos
Doors at 7:30pm 
Special Guest: David Garza 
Tickets available at: Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center or online 

**Please note only concert tickets are available. The Cinefestival screening of Jammin has sold out! Thank you, San Antonio! 

Girl In A Coma: Tiny Desk Concert

January 30, 2012 The San Antonio trio gets back to basics to explore its songs' forms and the soul of its lyrics.

By Felix Contreras

One of the best features of our Tiny Desk Concert series is the occasional opportunity to hear a band perform its songs as they were written: with just an acoustic guitar and unamplified voices. That's the case with Girl In A Coma. In an interview, singer Nina Diaz said she writes the band's songs by closing herself off with just a notepad and her acoustic guitar. Which is slightly different than what we get on the band's albums: loud, crunchy guitars and seamless interplay between Phanie Diaz's drums and Jenn Alva's melodic bass work.

For the three songs Girl In A Coma performed during a recent stop in the NPR Music offices on a short East Coast tour, the San Antonio trio deftly gets back to basics to explore not just the form of its songs, but also the soul of its lyrics. You don't easily forget Nina Diaz's voice after you hear it for the first time, and as her songwriting skills grow, so do her vocal performances — it feels as if there's less effort and more emoting.

Nina's sister Phanie Diaz and bassist Alva pull off what I've found to be the Holy Grail of music-making: playing as one rather than merely accompanying each other. Being on stage for a long period of time with the same musicians creates a form of unspoken communication. Girl In A Coma's great songs and riveting performances all benefit from a sense that, while one member writes the songs, all three inhabit them.

Check out the video interview and article on Girl in a Coma featured on the front page of CNN.com today! Part of CNN's In America series, the interview took place last summer when the band opened for Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at the Coney Island Summer Concert Series. 

Hello Everyone!

It's been awhile since we blogged but here is a quick one for ya. Jenn is working on a video so we should have that soon. Tour has been great! We started off playing the biggest show yet in San Antonio to over 2500 people! Dallas, Brooklyn,NYC, Chicago were some of the highlights of the tour. Got to see Joan at our NY show. Made some awesome new friends, our tourmates The Coathangers. They left us already and we miss them so if you have a sec go and check them out. Right now we are on tour with Black Box Revelation, a Belgium rocking band. Yesterday we joined up with Fences who will be with us the rest of the way.

SADLY, we had to cancel Denver. Along the way Nina picked up a nasty bug which lead to a sinus infection. She is recovering now and we should be all ready to go in time for Utah.

We got to play some tunes for the Carson Daly show and even charted on Billboard's Hotseekers charts! Thank you to everyone who has bought our new record Exits & All The Rest! Help us continue spreading the word about the album. We are just getting started! We have a lot more to come and a lot more touring to do for this record... and we promise to be back Denver!

We love you all and hope to see you out on the road!

Girl in a Coma regrets to announce that the show tomorrow night (11/23/11) at Marquis Theater in Denver is canceled. Nina is sick and lost her voice last night during the show in Minneapolis. Doctor's orders that she gets some rest so that she can heal. The rest of the tour will continue as scheduled. 

Tune in to NBC to see Girl in a Coma on Carson Daly this Wednesday night, November 9^th at 1:35 AM EST/ 12:35 CST (technically Thursday). The band will be featured in a spotlight segment including an interview and performances of songs off their new album Exits & All the Rest. 

Phanie D will DJ the after party hosted by Blackheart Brigade in New York City.  Click for details.