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Thu, July 30
CD RELEASE PARTY!
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The Informants will forever fondly remember 2008 as the year the band arrived . Following the November 2007 release of the band's critically acclaimed debut recording, Stiletto Angel , the Informants quickly established themselves as rising stars on the burgeoning Denver music scene. While Westword was busy including Stiletto Angel among its "Best 2007 Denver Releases," naming the Informants " Denver 's Best Bar Band," and honoring them at the 2008 Westword Music Showcase Awards with the "Best Blues Band" award; critics and radio programmers around the world were offering the band a taste of mainstream success. Stiletto Angel's distinctive, universally appealing modern roots sound caught the ear of House of Blues Radio Hour host Dan Aykroyd, who featured the title track as the "Blues Breaker" song of the week and said of the band, "they will not be Denver's little secret for long." He was right. Since then more than 300 radio stations worldwide have added the CD to rotation, including a rare #1 debut at WPTS-FM Pittsburgh. Toss in a couple dozen rave reviews, a recent television feature on the Altitude Network music program On Stage , a radio licensing deal, a song in a surf flick, and a recent semi-finalist nomination by the Blues Festival Guide for "2009 Blues Artist on The Rise," and suddenly the Informants are an international sensation.