July 23, 2007
Young Irish troubadour Fionn Regan has packed up his acoustic guitar and is coming over to play a handful of US shows to celebrate the July 10th release of his debut album The End Of History(Lost Highway Records). Already a rising star in the UK with comparisons to the likes of Bob Dylan and Damien Rice, Regan has been nominated for the coveted 2007 Mercury Music Prize.
Check out the Be Good Or Be Gone video and The Underwood Typewriter audio. Tour Dates: July 21 Camden, NJ - Wiggins Park 24 New York, NY – Joe’s Pub 26 Toronto, ONT – Rivoli 28 Chicago, IL – Schuba’s 31 Seattle WA – Sunset Tavern
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July 19, 2007
Siouxsie (of Siouxsie and the Banshees) has always walked to the beat of her own drum. In the process, she's created relevant and contrasting releases over 3 decades. From her emergence during the late 70's Punk scene in the UK to her current work, she has remained true to a uniquely compelling aesthetic and evolving sound quality.
Mantaray (Decca Records) is the debut solo album (her first recording without The Banshees or The Creatures) and it gets a stateside release on October 2, 2007.
Mantaray, produced by Steve Evans (Robert Plant) and Charlie Jones is fresh and contemporary while remaining immediately recognizable. Incorporating industrial rhythms, modern glam and other organic elements, Siouxsie's iconic vocals are showcased in newly expansive sound across the whole album.
Mantaray tracklisting is as follows:
1. Into a Swan
2. About to Happen
3. Here Comes that Day
4. Loveless
5. If it Doesn't Kill You
6. One Mile Below
7. Drone Zone
8. Sea of Tranquility
9. They Follow You
10. Heaven and Alchemy
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Decca, Siouxsie
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July 09, 2007
Having released one the warmest records of '07, THE BESNARD LAKES - those almost-famous disseminators of gorgeous but grounded experimental pop music - are returning to the United States in July having just returned from their first European tour.
Their full-length album on Jagjaguwar (also see David Vandervelde), called "The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse", that quickly made it onto numerous and budding best-albums-of-the-year short-lists by a whole range of music-listening pedigree -- critics, casual and not-so-casual rock listeners, garden variety pop fans, and headphone junkies. Pitchfork recently wrote: "...almost every song builds to a crucial moment where the Besnards bravely step out of the shadows, and in the process, transform from being a merely good band
to a great one."
Check out, "And You Lied To Me".
Tour dates:
07/12/07 Cambridge, MA - T.T. the Bear's Place
07/13/07 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
07/14/07 New York, NY - City Sol w/ Les Savy Fav Land of Talk
07/15/07 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's w/ Dirty on Purpose
07/16/07 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's w/ Dirty on Purpose
07/17/07 Washington, DC - Black Cat (backstage) w/ Dirty on Purpose
07/18/07 Chapel Hill, NC - Blend w/ Dirty On Purpose
07/20/07 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center for the Arts w/ Dirty on Purpose
07/21/07 Bloomington, IN - Uncle Fester's w/ Dirty on Purpose
07/23/07 Chicago, IL - Schuba's w/ Handsome Furs
07/24/07 Chicago, IL - Schuba's w/ Handsome Furs
07/26/07 Cleveland, OH - Beachland
07/27/07 Buffalo, NY - Big Orbit's Soundlab
Watch out for the new 12-inch, "Casino Nanaimo", set for release on September 11th.
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Besnard Lakes, David Vandervelde, Mercury Lounge
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