{"id":645,"date":"2008-08-14T14:11:06","date_gmt":"2008-08-14T18:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=645"},"modified":"2008-08-14T14:30:17","modified_gmt":"2008-08-14T18:30:17","slug":"vote-for-the-best-unfiltered-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/14\/vote-for-the-best-unfiltered-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote for the Best Unfiltered Band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>For Immediate Release   <\/strong>                                                   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Vote for the Best Unfiltered Band; UFO Hefeweizen and<\/p>\n<p>Sonic Bids Search For the Freshest Sound in the Northeast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>August 14, 2008 (Boston, MA) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c UFO Hefeweizen, the Harpoon Brewery\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s UnFiltered Offering and the northeast\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s original wheat beer, has partnered with Sonic Bids, the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s preeminent music booking site, to discover the region\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best UnFiltered sound.  The 2008 Best UnFiltered Band Search, an online battle of bands, is a fusion of fresh beer and fresh music. <\/p>\n<p>Starting in mid-June hundreds of the region\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most talented, up-and-coming bands entered song submissions on the Sonic Bids website during the six-week entry period.  A panel of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153UFO Music Specialists\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed each band\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s entries and selected the 10 bands that most embody the UFO Hefeweizen vibe. <\/p>\n<p>Now it is up to the beer and music-loving public to decide which of the 10 finalists will be crowned the 2008 Best UnFiltered Band in the Northeast.  The voting is open to the general public on the Harpoon Brewery website, www.harpoonbrewery.com, starting on August 25th.  Voters are invited to listen to each of the 10 finalists\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 entries and select their favorite UnFiltered sound.  The voting period ends on September 12th. <\/p>\n<p>The winner of the 2008 Best UnFiltered Band Search will be announced on the newly launched UFO Hefeweizen website, www.UFOHefeweizen.com, on September 15th, 2008.  The winner of the competition will receive the following:<\/p>\n<p>    * A paid performance slot at the annual Harpoon Summer Session 2009 ($1,000 plus accommodations and hospitality)<br \/>\n    * A full day of studio time at MixOne studios in Boston<br \/>\n    * A year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s supply of UFO Hefeweizen<br \/>\n    * A one-year feature on the new UFO website, www.UFOHefeweizen.com<br \/>\n    * A free mp3 download offered on www.UFOHefeweizen.com<\/p>\n<p>Each of the 10 finalists will be featured for one month on www.UFOHefeweizen.com as a UFO \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Band of the Month\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and will receive a UFO gift package, and a one-year supply of UFO Hefeweizen.<\/p>\n<p>UFO is a German style of beer called Hefeweizen. Unlike most beer styles, hefeweizens are unfiltered, so the yeast remains in the beer. With UFO, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nothing held back, nothing filtered away.  For more information about UFO Hefeweizen, visit www.harpoonbrewery.com.<\/p>\n<p>Until September 15th\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 www.UFOHefeweizen.com.  <\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Immediate Release Vote for the Best Unfiltered Band; UFO Hefeweizen and Sonic Bids Search For the Freshest Sound in the Northeast August 14, 2008 (Boston, MA) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c UFO Hefeweizen, the Harpoon Brewery\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s UnFiltered Offering and the northeast\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s original wheat beer, has partnered with Sonic Bids, the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s preeminent music booking site, to discover the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[75,21],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions\/648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}