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Archive for July, 2008

Fighter reviewed by Subba-cultcha.com

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Reviews, news, releases | No Comments »

A brief but very kind review of Fighter appears in the single review section of Subba-cultcha.com;  TOM MCSHANE - FIGHTER - PENNY DISTRIBUTION Slow burning lament, touched with melancholy and exploding into falsetto when the emotion calls for it, a touching song ...

Stendhal Festival 16th August

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in gigs | No Comments »

I'm pleased to announce that I'll be performing at the Stendal Festival on Saturday 16th August along side the likes of Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly., David Kitt and a host of others. For the full line-up check out www.stendhalfestival.com.  Tom

Irish Tour: Part Four

Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

There are a couple of things I’d like to write about quickly while I have the chance. I’ve been totally swamped over the last few weeks and I’ve not been very successful at finding the time to get caught up ...

Driving By Night Single Launch

Sunday, July 20th, 2008 Posted in gigs | No Comments »

I especially like the title! ;)

Live at the Cathedral Quater Arts Festival… on NVTV

Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in downloads, gigs, news | No Comments »

Two tracks from our stripped back performance at the AU Magazine show at the CQAF have been included in the NVTV broadcast of the concert. Also featured are the awesome And So I Watch You From Afar and, one of ...

Hot Press Review

Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in Reviews, news, releases | No Comments »

TOM MCSHANE 'FIGHTER' (Penny Distribution) Spot of lo-fi alt country from Northern Ireland, anyone? Tom McShane channels the likes of Uncle Tupelo and Smog on this great track, which eloquently tells the story of a boxer's inner conflict. Only deep martial drums ...

Irish Tour: Part Three

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in gigs, news | No Comments »

I’ve been in the car almost all day. My job involves much driving at the moment and the advantage of this is that I get to listen to the radio loads. Usually I listen almost exclusively to the BBC’s Radios ...

Irish Tour: Part Two

Sunday, July 6th, 2008 Posted in gigs, news | No Comments »

It’s been pretty busy in the run up to the release. Rich at Volver and Nick at Penny have both put in a lot of man-hours to getting coverage for the single. Now their hard work is paying off. We’ve ...