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07.07.10

Over the past weekend Burnheart's Bar in Bayview, WI held their third annual Pabst Blue Ribbon Street Party. Chris Demay was there playing a beautiful little set on the side stage with multi-instrumentalist and The Championship member Allen Cote. Fan-Belt wrote a nice piece on the event. Check it out here.

06.14.10

The kind folks over at Blogcritics.org reviewed Moving at the Speed of Darkness. I would like to give props to Jeff Perkins, the articles author, for doing his research. You can read the full article here.

06.08.10

On Friday, June 4, 2010 The Championship performed at the first annual Verge Music Festival in Milwaukee with Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward’s project She & Him. The Milwaukee press was everywhere and The Championship got a few mentions in various articles about the festival. Check out the links below:

The Onion's A.V. Club

UWM Post

Fan-Belt

Third Coast Digest

On Milwaukee

06.07.10

We are excited to announce that The Championship is currently in the studio writing and producing their fourth Bear Rifle Records release. The album is untitled as of yet, and a release date won't be scheduled until futher notice. We'll have more details for you as the process unfolds. Check back throughout the summer for photos, sound clips, and perhaps some film!

04.07.10

The Championship got picked for the 5 Albums You Need To Be Listening To, But May Not Be! in Love Sound Magazine! See for yourself here.

03.29.10

Hey everyone. It's been awhile since we've posted anything. Chris DeMay has a few tour dates set for your enjoyment. They are as follows:

April 7, 2010 - The Cactus Club w/ Cotton Jones & White Pines - Milwaukee, WI

April 18, 2010 - Tonic Tavern - Milwaukee, WI

May 14, 2010 - The Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI

The Championship also has a few dates:

April 14, 2010 - The Rathskeller w/ Alberta Crossing - Madison, WI

May 7, 2010 - 7th Street Entry w/ The Alarmists - Minneapolis, MN

May 14, 2010 - Quencher's w/ Will Phalen and the Stereo Addicts - Chicago, IL

May 15, 2010 - Mad Planet w/ Will Phalen and the Stereo Addicts - Milwaukee, WI

May 28, 2010 - The Green Room Pub - Sheboygan, WI

May 29, 2010 - The Hitching Post - Valmy, WI

June 4, 2010 - Verge Music Fest w/ Three Days Grace, Eagles of Death Metal, She & Him, Nico Vega, & more - Milwaukee, WI

July 11, 2010 - Bastille Days w/ Corey Chisel and the Wondering Sons - Milwaukee, WI

August 1, 2010 - Riverside Ballroom w/ Lucero - Green Bay, WI

02.25.10

Holy crap we won an award! Two actually. The Championship was hornored the "Most Memorable Live Show" and "Song of the Year" awards at the 2010 Milwaukee Music Awards held by Radio Milwaukee. See for yourself here.

02.23.10

More good press for Chris DeMay! The UWM Post's article Chris DeMay Rises Above says very flattering things about his new EP. Check it out here.

02.18.10

A month or so back Joe Crockett and Allen Cote of The Championship did an acoustic performance and interview for Mind Pool Production's Open Mic series. Check out the final product above. To see other videos by Mind Pool go to their YouTube page here.

01.28.10

Alright folks. Here's a few more pieces of press for Chris DeMay. The Shepherd Express interviewed Chris for this weeks Local Music section. They talk a little about the recording process for Bigger Than Small and other goodies. Check it out here.

Allen Cote also did an interesting interview with Chris for WMSE's Sonic Diet. Check that out here

01.26.10

The Onion's A.V. Club interviewed Chris DeMay about Bigger Than Small and his upcoming CD release show at Linneman's. Check it out here.

01.25.10

On Milwaukee talks a little bit about Chris DeMay's Bigger Than Small. Click here for more details.

01.22.10

If you're in the Milwaukee area on Friday, January 29th make sure to check out Chris DeMay's EP release party at Linneman's Riverwest Inn. Show starts at 10PM. Openers include Conrad Plymouth and a record spin by WMSE D.J. Shopkeeper Ken. Earlier that day Chris will be performing live in the studios of 88Nine Radio Milwaukee for their 414 Music program at 5:30PM.

01.15.10

The Championship makes number 28 in 88Nine Radio Milwaukee's Top 100 songs of the year with The Sword! To see for yourself click here.

01.06.10

We would like to announce that we will be releasing Chris DeMay's Bigger Than Small EP early! Instead of waiting until January 26th, you can get your copy right here on Tuesday, January 12th. We are currently accepting pre orders which will ship on the 12th.

01.05.10

Milwaukee music pros list their Top 5 Desert-Island Picks for Third Coast Digest. The Championship made two of those lists. Check it out here

01.04.10

Welcome to the brand new Bear Rifle Records website! We've worked long and hard to make it look pretty for you. Look around and let us know if you notice any mistakes.

01.01.10

Bear Rifle Records would like to welcome Chris DeMay to our roster. His beautiful EP Bigger Than Small will be available in stores and online at Bear Rifle Records dot com on Tuesday, January 26th. The press has already begun to write nice things about this upcoming release. Check out the links below.

Muzzle of Bees wrote some kind words about Bigger Than Small here.

Scene Magazine also put in a good word here.

To listen to the new tracks and find out when Chris will be playing near you, check out his MySpace page here.

07.20.09

The Championship's Moving at the Speed of Darkness has garnered a bit of press over the months. Follow the links below to read what they're saying.

Erin Wolf of Fan-Belt dot com tells us her opinion of MATSOD here.

My Old Kentucky Blog says it perfectly here.

Steve Hyden of The Onion's A.V. Club always has nice things to say about The Championship. See what he says about MATSOD here.

Joe Crockett did an interview for the UWM Post a few months ago. Check it out here

The MinnScene reviews a show The Championship played with their friends The Alarmists at The Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, MN. You can find that here

07.15.09

Here's a video of The Championship playing the song Midnight Gold at Summerfest from their sophomore release Midnight Golden.

06.29.09

Here are some photos of the Bear Rifle Records listening party at Blackbird Bar for The Championship's Moving at the Speed of Darkness EP. To view more photos click here. Photos courtesy of Corey Hengen.