news & updates

01.28.13

read a story about Posthaste and about the Maxwell's show in HMAG.com

12.4.12
buy the new album 60 songs, digital only and if that's not enough VE for you buy it the Posthaste Book with Untold Stories and Unreleased Songs from the First 11 Years.. Buy it here.

11.25.12
pre-order Val's new album "Posthaste" official release 12.4.12

11.17.12
Read about Val's bonding day with his brother as they hike the length of Manhattan. Click here to read the short story.

08.28.12
Val Emmich new album out today! Titled, Bulldozzzer. You can download at any price you choose or for free! Check it out all here. Also check out the new video from the new album, Tenderest.

06.15.12
- New show in NYC at the Rockwood Music Hall on 07.26!
- Added handful of autograph cd's sent in from Joe and Randy was kind enough to share his kickstarter package. Also added a photo of my own kickstarter package. Check them all out in the Autograph section(last page in the photo album).
Sorry it took long to get these up.
- check out the outgoing personal message Val wrote for me as a kickstarter reward in the VEFans tumblr site.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VAL EMMICH!! BEST WISHES FROM ALL YOUR FANS

Exuse me while I take a little vacation. Be back soon!

12.03.11
Val Emmich and The Veeries goes on tour with Good Old War! Click here for dates and info.

11.10.11
- Limited edition 7" Ton Papa is now for sale accompanied with an 11x17 poster. Also includes: Includes a high-quality download of the 2 studio outtakes from the vinyl plus 2 solo acoustic versions and an exclusive 6-minute video from the studio showing the recording of "Leave Yourself Alone." Or buy the whole thing as a download. Purchase at the official Val Emmich store.
- Aide Memoire was nominated in the "Beyond Asbury Top Record/Single/Release" category. The winners will be announced at the ceremony on November 13 at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ. For more info go here.

10.25.11
- Check out the photos from Val Emmich's private CD release party that was held in Hoboken, NJ on 10.22.11. Read about it and check out the photos in the Blog.
- Also, a big congratulations to Annette Apitz and the rest of the cast and crew on the film, Fighting Fish. The film won Best Feature Film at the La Femme Film Festival!
- Did you receive your Kickstarter package? Want to show them off? Please share your goodie with us! Send in your photos on the contact page. Thanks!

10.19.11
Proof We Were Here is an 80-page book that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 2011 album Aide Memoire. Features over 100 candid photos from the studio and the road, personal passages from Val's notebook, and in-depth analysis of every song. Available in softcover and hardcover. Purchase now on the new Official VE STORE page. SAVE 15% IF YOU ORDER BY 10/31. ENTER PROMO CODE "NEXTBOOK" AT CHECKOUT

10.12.11
Watch the video for Wooly Mammoths from the new album Aide Memoire. Watch here.
Also Thursday 10.12.11 win a chance to be invited to the PRIVATE cd release party in Hoboken, NJ on 10/22. First 5 to answer correctly will be invited along with a guest. That's 4pm today, watch out for it!

10.05.11
Fighting Fish starring Val Emmich will premiere in LA at the LA Femme International Film Festival on Oct 15th at 2pm in the Renberg Theatre. For more info click here.

10.01.11
Watch the 25 minute Behind-The-Scenes documentary at the making of the new album Aide Memoire which releases on Oct 11th. Also, there will be an accompanying 80 page book titled, Proof We Were Here. Look out for details.

09.25.11
The new album, Aide Memoire releases Oct 11th as a digital download and on CD at CDBaby.com which includeds a 16 page booklet documenting the band's trip. In the meantime, check out two new songs from the album by clicking on Listen on the top

09.05.11
Val will have a small appearance on Showtime's original series "The Big C" on Monday 09.12. Check your local listing for show times. Here's a trailer of next week's episode with Val's appearance.

08.27.11
The Rock The Schools benefit show in Gramercy Theatre on Monday Aug 29 has been cancelled due to the hurricane. Stay tuned for the rescheduled date.

08.19.11
Read the story behind Val Emmich's new album, "Aid Memoire" due out late Septemeber. Click here to read his bio

08.07.11
Val Emmich and The Veeries finished the tracking of his new album. Kickstarter backers will have the album on August 16th. Official release will be in September.

- two more photos added from opening night of VisionFest in NYC, FIghting Fish sreening on 06.22.11 in the Events Blog
- read a new interview with Val Emmich by Das Kulturhaus. Val talks about the new album and his kickstarter campaign. Read it all here
- Journalist and author Gary Wien will release his new book, "Are You Listening?" which lists the top 100 albums of NJ artists in the decade 2000 - 2010. Val Emmich has three albums on that list. The book release party is on August 12 at the Wonder Bar in Asbury Park, NJ

07.11.11
Back in March of 2008, Val attended the GEN Art Film Festival in NYC. Photos from the red carpet are in the Gallery. Now a video has surfaced. Check out this video of Val on the red carpet(very beginning) and find out his answer when asked if aliens exist(very end of video). Watch it here.

07.10.11
Check out the new Mountain Dew(international only) commercial Val is in. This was shot back in May in Slovenia. I say Val should be in action films. What do you think?

07.02.11
Rock The Concerts 2011 line-up has been announced! Ryan Cabrera and Tyler Hilton to co-headline. Along with Dion Roy, Val Emmich and Locksley, and hosted by Z100's Trey Morgan. This is an acoustic show to help raise funds for music programs in public schools. The show is on Aug 29 at Gramercy Theatre in NY. More info here.

06.25.11
- Congratulations to Val Emmich for the best lead actor nomination for Fighting Fish at the Independent Vision Awards. Read more about the awards here.
- posted in the Events Blog with photos about the screening of Val's film, Fighting Fish. Check it out in the Blog

06.10.11
- Announcing new Kickstarter goal $13,000 for 7" vinyl. In just a week Val reached $10,000 goal and we now have cds coming our way. Check out the new goal with new rewards at Val's Kickstarter page
- Yesterday, 06.09.11 in honor of Les Paul's 96th birthday, Google's home page was a playable guitar. You were able to create and record for 30 seconds, play it back with an accompanying URL. Well, I dared Val to write something off of it. He accepted my challenge. Not only did he play with the Google guitar but he also sang. Take a listen here
- Read a new article by Cathy at Songwriter's Monthly. She talks about Val's kickstarter campaign and the strength of fans. Read it here.

06.04.11
- New Kickstarter goal - $10,000 for CDs and names of backers on the liner notes! Let's keep it coming with the pledges. More details here.
- Read an article that talks about Val reaching is kickstarter goal in 24 hours and his wonderful fans.
- Read about Val's June 1st show from Maxwells in the Events Blog section. Hightlights, notes, photo and scanned handwritten setlist included in the Events Blog by Kiera. Thanks Kiera!
- Read a review of the whole June 1st show at hoboken.patch.com. Includes photo.
- Added two photos in Autographs section - scanned handwritten setlist from June 1st show(thanks Kiera!) and VE promo press photos(thanks Mariette!) *photos at the end of the gallery in Autographs.

06.02.11
- Congrats all around! Very proud of the fans and excited for Val. In less than 24 hours Val reached his kickstarted goal and we get a new album. Let's get an actual CD now! Val will post more details on that. Go to his Kickstarter page for more details.
- Read an article where Val explains more in depth about the process and reasons for Kickstarter. He also talks about the next album and his next acting gig. Read the article here.

06.01.11
Val Emmich officially launched his kickstarter campaign. Help him make his next album. Lots of goodies. Click here for details.

05.21.11
- Tickets for Fighting Fish screening in NYC is now on sale. Go here to purchase.
- Events section is back and with a new format! You can now leave comments and share entries on Facebook. Past events will be available as soon as the backdate option comes into fruition. In the meantime, you can check out the first post about the show from Knitting Factory May 3rd. Check out the photos and links to the livestream performance.
- the unofficial Merch is back! Now you can download the templates for free! Check them out here.

05.14.11
Fighting Fish starring Val Emmich directed by Annette Apitz will make its NY premiere June 22nd 8pm at VisionFest in Tribeca Cinemas. Ticket info will be available soon. To watch the trailer go here.

05.12.11
Check out Matt Schuman's new web miniseries "Conversations Between Two People Who Have Known Each Other For A Long Time" featured in Funny or Die. The debut episode, "Conversations #1 - Nouns & Verbs" stars Val Emmich. Watch it here. Don't forget to vote Funny!
- Val has been filming in Slovenia all week for a commercial. Watch a short clip of his first morning overseas.

05.04.11
Missed last night's live stream? Catch it here: Part 1 and Part 2

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