Tapulous

No, you don’t need to pinch yourself. This is definitely not a dream. This is the real-life release of the newest, biggest, hottest, coldest, girl kissing-ist app of the entire year. That’s right party people, this is KATY PERRY REVENGE!

The latest in our smash-hit line of Tap Tap Revenge special editions, Katy Perry Revenge is overflowing with all your favorite songs from the world’s most fabulous and fashionable performer. Your crush on this pretty Ms. Kitty will kick into overdrive when you start tapping and dancing to this undeniably sensational selection of her top tracks, hand-picked to make you lose control.

Hits include:

• California Gurls
• I Kissed a Girl
• Hot N Cold
• Teenage Dream
• One of the Boys
• Thinking of You
• Waking Up In Vegas
• Firework
• Last Friday Night
• Circle the Drain

But that’s not all! When your fatigued fingers start to fail, you can take a break over in the VIP Katy Perry Chat Rooms. Head behind the virtual velvet-rope and discuss all things Katy, plus explore other exclusive content including a gorgeous gallery of glossy Katy Perry pix.

24 Hours of Katy: California Challenge!
How many challenges can your tapping fingers survive in just one day? You’ll find out soon! Send challenges on California Gurls, I Kissed a Gurl, and Hot N Cold- each challenge on these songs enters you to win 500 credits to use on premium content in TTR3. 100 users will win! And it’s only 24 hours, so send them by Friday at noon PST or miss your chance! See full contest rules here, and stay tuned for deets on a Katy Perry mega-contest starting tomorrow!

When you’re ready to play, don’t delay – Get some Katy Perry today!

Hey Philly! You done done it again!

You have selflessly given us so much great music in the past: Schoolly D. Hall and Oates. G. Love. The Motownphilly movement of Boyz II Men. The Hooters. The soundtrack to Mannequin.

And that one guy, I can’t remember his name. From West Philadelphia, born and raised. On the playground is where he spent most of his days. Moved to Bel-Air. Later got jiggy with it. And then saved the planet from an alien invasion. SEVERAL times.

Now dear Philadelphia, you have given birth to another dope-beat-dropping, mad-lyric-spitting, genre-bending musical sensation: CHIDDY BANG!  The undisputed kings of the underground party jam, Chiddy Bang are blowing up the charts and ushering in a new movement in the world of alternative rap. This dynamic duo is laying it all in the groove, combing elements of electronic, pop, and afro-beat into their songs, while using wildly creative samples from MGMT, Passion Pit, and Tom Waits.

At just 19 years of age, frontman Chiddy Anamege and DJ Xaphoon Jones are being heralded as the future of hip-hop, and are working their butts off to fulfill that honor. Take a look at a portion of their upcoming tour schedule to get a taste of how hard they’re after it:

Oct 4 – Parklife @ Botanic Park, Adelaide, Australia

Oct 7 – Verizon Arena, Manchester, NH, USA

Oct 8 – Chi Phi, Athens, GA, USA

Oct 9 – Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, RI, USA

Oct 10 – Solus w/ Tinie Tempeh, Cardiff, UK

Oct 12 – Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA

Oct 14 – O2 w/ Tinie Tempeh, Newcastle, UK

Now geography wasn’t my strongest subject, but I don’t think any of those cities make a straight line. Either their blind booking agent is routing the tour with a dartboard, or these guys have successfully cloned themselves! So do them a favor: Get out and see their roof-raising live show, and bring them a bottle of water so they don’t dehydrate on all those plane flights.

Plus, Chiddy’s bringing you a sweet new contest this week! Score over 120,000 on “Opposite of Adults” in TTR3, and you’ll be entered for a chance to win a $200 iTunes card and a Chiddy Bang t-shirt. As always, only US residents 13 and over are eligible. Check full contest rules here.

Get tapping with Chiddy Bang today! For all the latest news, tunes, videos and tour dates, head over to www.chiddy-bang.com. Check out their already released EP, Opposite of Adults, on iTunes now!

The Band: ANBERLIN

The Song: IMPOSSIBLE, from their upcoming album “Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place,” out September 7th, 2010.

The Deal: OK, here’s the deal. Ever since we grabbed this track from iTunes, we can’t stop listening to this song. It is having a deep, profound effect on the Tapulous office.

There’s just something about a song that kicks off with a fast-picking delayed guitar line that hits us deep in the chest, and makes our heart race like the first-time thrill of a school-yard crush. Once “Impossible” plunges that joyous, wild, and unpredictable feeling into your consciousness, you’re going to find yourself acting out in completely unrestrained and uninhibited ways, just as we have here at Tap Tap HQ.

There have been a lot more top-down drives to the coast, edging up the speed on Highway 1 while chasing down sunsets. More employees have been spotted running full-speed through vibrant green grassy fields, fresh with the morning dew, singing at the top of their lungs. More phone calls are being secretly made to ex-girlfriends and boyfriends, trying to recapture a lost fire and passion that is being stoked by the raw emotion of this song.

For those of you not in the know, there will definitely be a “Where have these guys been all my life?” moment with this song. Since their humble punk-rock beginnings in Central Florida, the 5 members of Anberlin have ground out a steady climb to international success, earning a legion of dedicated fans along the way. With the help of producer Brendan O’Brien (Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine), Anberlin has taken it to the next level on their new album, and are on the cusp of super-stardom. When asked about the possible impact of the new album, lead singer Stephen Christian replied, “I feel like we’re on the brink of something… either world domination or destruction, but either way we’re on the brink.”

But wait! There’s more! Submit a score above 75,000 on “Impossible” by next Wednesday, Aug 18 and you’ll be eligible to win an iPod Touch or a signed copy of “Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place.” As always, only US residents 13 years of age or older are eligible- see full contest rules here.

Attention people of Tap Tap Revenge: Consider yourself warned. On Friday the 13th, your whole world will be rocked.

That’s because the coolest, most mind-bending movie of the last thousand years is being released into theaters everywhere: SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD. In case you’re reading this from your home under a rock, let’s go over the facts: Michael Cera plays the title character, a garage-band bass player who falls hard for the girl of his dreams, Ramona. But before he can have her, he must defeat her 7 evil exes, who have banded together to stop him. It’s jam-packed with over-the-top action, comic book art, and vintage video-game graphics.

This is THE must-see movie of the year. Do yourself a solid. Head over to scottpilgrimthemovie.com and check out the all trailers, including special video remixes by DJ Osymyso, cast profiles, and more. And you can download the FREE game “Pilgrim‘s Punch-out” for your iPhone/iPad.

And of course, the movie has a simply amazing soundtrack, featuring Beck, Frank Black, Metric, and more. We’ve grabbed one of the standout songs, “Scott Pilgrim” by Canadian indie-poppers PLUMTREE, as the center of our insanely humongous contest, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. TAP TAP REVENGE!

THE CONTEST:
Every day, there will be a new theme for the featured track in Tap Tap Revenge to match one of the evil exes Scott must defeat in the movie. The top 3 players from each day will qualify to participate in a LIVE BATTLE at the end of the week. They will fight to the finish, and when the dust settles, we will crown a winner and shower them with prizes: a signed Plumtree album, a t-shirt like Michael Cera wore in the movie, and a shiny new $250 iTunes Gift Card. Check out the official rules here. Apple is not a sponsor of this contest.

Meanwhile over on Facebook, you’ll vote on which of the evil exes YOU love to hate the most. The highest scoring one will have that theme permanently attached to the track.

Now let’s meet the EVIL EXES Scott must face…

	The first of Scott’s furious foes, Matthew Patel is the original evil ex. Despite his menacing guy-liner and angular emo hairstyle, he stil has the common decency to email you a warning of your impending butt-kicking.
	Lucas Lee: Backed up by his morphing gang of stunt doubles, this meat-headed Hollywood hotshot’s desire to pummel Scott is eclipsed by only one thing: his overwhelming love of himself.
	The 3rd blast from Ramona’s past, Todd Ingram is the bassist for Clash At Demonhead, the more popular rival band of Scott’s group Sex Bob-omb. With what weapons will he battle: his fists, or his telekinetic mind powers?
	They’re not all ex-boyfriends. Meet the scorned Roxy Richter, a half-ninja armed with a razor-edged belt and a bad attitude. Now that Ramona is no longer bi-curious, Roxy is bi-furious.
	So it turns out Ramona dated twins. AT THE SAME TIME! Meet Kyle Katayanagi, the first half of the diabolical Katayanagi duo. A super-charged electro artist, Scott better watch out for that sonic boom.
	The fiendish other half of the Katayanagi twins, Ken Katayanagi has his sights set on slicing up Scott. When this perilous pair crank their custom-made amps up to 11, you’ll know that it’s on like Donkey Kong!
	The leader of the League of Evil Exes, Gideon Gordon Graves is so bad-ass he has his own secret lair, complete with a pyramid throne. If Scott can defeat this final former flame, Ramona will surely be his!

With July speeding by and August just around the corner, the end of summer blues are setting in. We here at Tapulous firmly believe in an eternal summer, so we’re bringing you the ultimate pump-up this week… a track with such sick beats that you can’t help but get on your feet and dance it out. That’s right: it’s Flo Rida!

This week, get “Club Can’t Handle Me,” a hit single from the new Step Up 3D Soundtrack! Tap on over to the Tap Track Store to score your free track. Once you’ve mastered the tap tracks, move on to the sweet dance moves from the movie (sneak peek them now on youtube). Tapping is like dancing with your hands, after all. Join the Party!

While you’re at it, check out the sweet Step Up 3D app for iPhone/iPod Touch! You can use it study up on your moves, plus check out videos, pics, and buzz from the movie before it launches… all for free. Get it now!

If you’re a Tap Tap party-person, you are truly living in a golden age. Right this second, you can plug a 1/8th-inch line into your iPhone/Touch, launch Tap Tap Revenge, and literally throw down the sickest dance party while you rock your way to the top of the standings. Can the floorboards survive your Taptastic house-party mega-mix? Let’s see…You can warm it up with some Lady Gaga to get the crowd, roll that into some Jason Derulo, and follow up with that Mike Posner joint. Then kick it back in high with Ke$ha and Flo Rida, and keep it going with Taio Cruz and a little T.I. YIKES, I wanna go to this party!

And now, ladies and gentlemen, we are slipping you the secret weapon. There will come a point when the party reaches its crescendo and achieves full throw-down status, when the crowd will stand with baited breath, waiting to see if you blow the off the mother, or turn into DJ Trainwreck. And that’s the exact moment you drop “EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR” by CASCADA. The place will go nuts, guaranteed.

The titular track from Cascada’s third studio album, “Evacuate the Dancefloor” is nothing short of a global phenomenon. It has topped charts all around the world, and helped this German eurodance group sell over 14 million copies of their three records. Formed in 2004 by singer Natalie Horler along with DJ’s Manian and Yanou, Cascada is not resting on their success. They have just released the blazing hot “Pyromania,” another block-rocking jam that is part of the brand-new CASCADA PREMIUM TRACK-PACK, along with “Evacuate the Dancefloor.”

So if you’re ready to get this party started right, and get it started quickly, then you know what to do: Get yourself some Cascada, and get it on!

The Cascada Contest

This week, one Grand Prize winner gets an IPOD TOUCH AND 3 CASCADA ALBUMS! Five runner up winners get their own signed copy of Evacuate the Dancefloor on CD!

How to win: Download and play Cascada’s “Evacuate the Dancefloor” in Tap Tap Revenge 3. Each score you submit above 100,000 points gets you one entry into the contest. You can play on any difficulty you want — as long as your final score is OVER 100,000 points. At the end of the contest, we’ll throw all the entries into a hat and draw the winner.

The contest runs from Friday, July 23rd at 12:01 AM until Sunday, July 25th at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. You must play “Evacuate the Dancefloor” in Tap Tap Revenge 3, during the contest period for entry. To make sure scores submit, play on a solid internet connection. For more details click here. Apple is not a sponsor of this contest.

Let’s dip into the Tap Tap Mailbag, shall we…

Q: “Dear Tapulous, how do you come up with all your brilliant ideas?” Walter, Anaheim CA.

A: Good question, and here’s a true story about our latest development. Here at Tapulous HQ, we pull in the best and brightest (and most beautiful) people from all over the world to come slave away on develop our super-apps. Since it is World Cup season, we have the TV going 24/7 in the lounge, with each international team represented by their own employee cheering section. And as is the inevitability with the tournament, there comes a moment when every team tragically loses, followed by an anguished cry of “Change the channel!” directed at the television.

After nearly a month of “Change the channel, change the channel!” echoing through the hallways in a variety of accents, those words sank subliminally into all our brains. So when Andrew asked “What’s next?” at this week’s development meeting, everyone screamed back in unison: “CHANGE THE CHANNEL!” And that’s what we decided to do. Brilliant, huh?

We’re happy to announce an ONLINE CHANNEL REMIX! Every online music channel will be getting 3 FRESH NEW FREE SONGS to challenge your skills and rock your world. Each day for the next 10 days, a different channel will be in the spotlight and receive an injection of killer new tracks.

To celebrate this massive musical makeover, we’re giving away a free download of “45 “by OZOMATLI, one of the featured bands on the Downtown Records channel. For over 15 years, Los Angeles’ own Ozomatli has been using their unique brand of multi-cultural, genre-colliding music to change the world, one note at a time. In 2007 they were named Cultural Ambassadors by the U.S. State Dept., a role which brought their vibrant, inspirational live show to all corners of the planet, including Nepal’s first-ever Western musical concert.

Download and play “45” by Ozomatli right now or check out the song on iTunes! Then head over to online channels and check out the changes! Many thanks to Downtown Records and all the online channel providers for the brand new influx of tunes!

Wow, it’s a remarkable day for Tapulous. Today, we announced that we are joining Disney. We will be a key part of Disney Interactive Media Group, spearheading their drive to be the leader in mobile entertainment.

As part of Disney Interactive Media Group, we’ll develop more games, more quickly and with the resources of the world’s leading entertainment company. We will continue to develop apps that live at the intersection of music and gaming, but we’ll also push into new and exciting areas of mobile social entertainment. We’re literally bursting with ideas for new apps!

The last two years we’ve been on an amazing ride. We started Tapulous because we love the iPhone. We believed it would change everything, and we wanted to build fun, beautiful apps that tapped into its incredible entertainment power. And we did…

Tap Tap Revenge has been a success beyond our wildest dreams. It’s still the most popular game series on the App Store, with over 35 million downloads and a billion songs played! But it’s about more than numbers…almost everyday I meet players who are crazy for the game, just like me!

There’s a lot of people to thank:

-Our fans, who passionately play our games and spread the word.

-My talented and tenacious team. Led by Andrew Lacy, Tim O’Brien and Jessica Kahn, they have consistently created beautiful, innovative games with two parts creativity and one part force of will.

-Our investors, who have always believed in and trusted us.

And, last but not least, the artists who create the music that makes life richer-and gives us all something to tap to!!

To my new co-workers at Disney, I look forward to meeting you, collaborating with you and building something that’s special together. We are surrounded by amazing technology that we’ll use to surprise and delight consumers.

Tap on!!!
Bart Decrem

More info: http://bit.ly/ciTqVe

Alright Tap Tap fans, it’s a fresh new week, which means we’ve got another fresh new FREE featured track to bend your fingers and blow your mind. We’ve traveled right up to the cutting-edge to grab SUPERBAD (11:34) by Travie McCoy, and we’re absolutely certain you’re going to dig it.

How’s your summer going? Because no matter how good, chances are it’s not quite up to par with Travie’s. He’s decided to take a break from kicking butt as the lead singer of the Gym Class Heroes to release his own solo joint, and evidently he knows exactly what he’s doing. To prove that point, we give you SUPERBAD (11:34), a song so wildly original and sonically unique they’re having to invent new genres just to classify it, like emo-hop and trip-rock.

From the immediate hook of the opening delayed guitar line through the stuttering beats and lush choruses, Superbad (11:34) stuns you like a surreal dream, taking you on an epic aural journey into your own mind. It’s as if Robert Smith from the Cure’s son grew up listening to Linkin Park and A Tribe Called Quest, became a superhero, and recorded his own theme song.

You’ve gotta be loving Travie McCoy RIGHT NOW!  I mean c’mon, the guy changes names more often than most people change socks, from Travis to Shleprok and now Travie. In honor of his position as featured artist of the week, we are now officially Tap Tap Rebango.

In fact, we’re so psyched on him that we’re adding a Travie McCoy premium 2-pack to the Tap Tap Store, featuring “Need You” and the red-hot “Billionaire,” the song that’s launched a million YouTube tributes. Download it today, and enjoy the summer of Travie.

The Travie McCoy Contest

UPDATE: Congrats to the winners! Grand prize winner: goobadoop. Runner-up winners: Pinky1999, tapper6845041, zjad, R0bijntje, devin436

This week, one Grand Prize winner gets a signed Lazarus CD, poster and 2 tickets to an upcoming Travie concert!!! Five runner up winners get their own copy of a signed Lazarus CD!!!

How to win: Download and play Travie McCoy’s “Superbad (11:34)” in Tap Tap Revenge 3. Each score you submit above 100,000 points gets you one entry into the contest. You can play on any difficulty you want — as long as your final score is OVER 100,000 points. At the end of the contest, we’ll throw all the entries into a hat and draw the winner.

The contest runs from Friday, July 2nd at 12:01 AM until Sunday, July 4th at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. You must play “Superbad (11:34)” in Tap Tap Revenge 3, during the contest period for entry. To make sure scores submit, play on a solid internet connection. For more details click here. Apple is not a sponsor of this contest.

We’re thrilled to announce the arrival of our latest special release, the hard-rocking, fast-tapping NICKELBACK REVENGE! Blast your speakers with 11 of the biggest hits from these international superstars, including HOW YOU REMIND ME, PHOTOGRAPH, ROCKSTAR, and more.

Download Nickelback Revenge now.

Featuring all the fast-paced, blood-pumping gameplay you’ve come to expect, NICKELBACK REVENGE is the latest installment in our premium app series, joining other top titles such as Nirvana Revenge, Lady Gaga Revenge, and Metallica Revenge.

Through 6 albums over their 12 year career, Nickelback has sold a jaw-dropping 30 million albums, cementing their position as one of the most popular bands of the new millennium.  And now you can tap and shake to all fist-pumping anthems, grinding rockers, and super-power ballads that have taken them to the top. Tap like a rock star with NICKELBACK REVENGE!

Get the app now on the app store.

NICKELBACK REVENGE GIVE-AWAY!
We’re so excited for you to get your fingers on Nickelback Revenge, we’re giving 25 FREE CREDITS to the first 2500 people who download it. Plus, you’ll be entered in an early-bird contest for a chance to win a Gibson Flying V electric guitar autographed by Nickelback themselves! But don’t delay: ONLY the first 2500 get the credits and a shot at the prize!

CAN YOU OUTPLAY NICKELBACK?
Sure, we all know the members of Nickelback are super talented, and can consistently launch rock and roll smash hits to the top of the charts. But the real question is: Are they any good at Tap Tap Revenge?

We’re going to find out how the guys in Nickelback stack up against the Tap Tap Revenge community with our special “CAN YOU OUTPLAY NICKELBACK?” contest. Each week, you’ll get a chance to try to beat one of the band members high scores on their favorite Nickelback Revenge track, for a chance to win some awesome prizes.

But be forewarned! The band has been spending countless hours holed up in the back of the tour bus, flexing their fingers, honing their skills, and perfecting their Tap Tap chops. You better bring your “A” game if you want to beat them on their own songs and take home one of the weekly prizes. So get Nickelback Revenge today, and start practicing!

For more details, click here. Apple is not a sponsor of this contest.