As part of John Varvatos’ Thursday Nite Live Series, showcasing emerging musical talent on the hallowed grounds of the former CBGB’s in New York City, OUTERNATIONAL took the stage with Chad Smith on the kit earlier this month. The show was an unbelievable success, and those who missed it can catch a glimpse and an interview the band did with Chad and Matt Pinfield this Friday, February 24, on 120 Minutes on MTV2.

Independent film 3 Days of Normal is one of the many web marketing projects we’ve taken on and we’re pleased to announce that they’ve released their trailer. The film stars Mircea Monroe and Jace Mclean in a tale about how some people’s perceptions of normal can reach to the extreme.

New York City’s Outernational has released Todos Somos Ilegales, a free 18 track genre-bending bilingual mixtape album featuring collaborations with Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, The Nightwatchman), Calle 13 (nine time 2011 Latin Grammy Winner) Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), plus special guest appearances by Tijuana songstress Ceci Bastida, transglobal tropical club DJ Uproot Andy and revolutionary leader Bob Avakian. This record is both sweeping and singular.

Todos Somos Ilegales translates as “We Are All Illegals” and the record is a scathing expose of a system that criminalizes those who produce the wealth it rests upon. Over the course of 11 songs and 8 film-scored interludes, Outernational weaves together stories of the shadowy southern borderland, bringing the isolation, desperation, raw terror and bitter irony of the American past and present into clear focus, uniquely contrasting that with the band’s revolutionary vision of an emancipated humanity and a liberated planet. This is a unique musical experience, cinematic in scope.

“Seeing is believing.  They are down for the cause.  They live it; it is no bullshit.  It’s awesome and humbling and inspiring all at the same time.  The new grassroots movement has Outernational for soil.” -Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Outernational just released a video for their cover of ‘When The Ship Comes In,’ currently featured on Amnesty International’s Bob Dylan tribute, Chimes Of Freedom. The song features legendary Traveling Wilbury and John Lennon collaborator Jim Keltner on drums, who has recorded numerous times with Dylan himself.

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The 2011 production of Jester’s Dead had a great run at the PIT in New York City, receiving praise from Joonbug.com, who wrote, “creators Rhett Henckel and Nat McIntyre showcase their ability to harness the language of Shakespeare for new audiences in what they call ‘Shakesparody.’” DNAinfo.com picked up on the trend as well, writing “the dialogue is an intricate mash-up of fresh-from-the-film lines and classic iambic pentameter from Shakespeare’s library of plays.”