New Song/Video
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in downloads, news, videos | No Comments »Following a very productive trip to the US, the writing for the new album is nearly complete. I've been demoing new material and in the coming weeks Rocky O'Reilly and I will be doing a few preliminary recordings and some ...
Home Again but Not the Same…
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in gigs, news | No Comments »So that’s that then; home again. But what an experience. Six cities, four aeroplanes, five Greyhound buses and two trains. I saw more live shows than I can put a figure on and I performed six times myself (with a ...
Fighter reviewed by The Devil Has The Best Tuna
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Reviews, news, releases | No Comments »Another review of Fighter is now online at the ace The Devil has the Best Tuna Blog: BOXING CLEVER:Â Tom McShane Genre: Indie / Alternative From: Belfast, Northern Ireland United Kingdom Tom Mcshane is a singer songwriter from Northern Ireland who takes you on ...
Back to the Studio
Sunday, August 17th, 2008 Posted in Recording, news | No Comments »I’m going into the studio with Rocky today. The plan is to begin recording two or perhaps three new songs. This recording session isn’t going to be very intensive, my plan is to take a relaxed approach where I record ...
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;Â TOM MCSHANE - FIGHTER - PENNY DISTRIBUTION Slow burning lament, touched with melancholy and exploding into falsetto when the emotion calls for it, a touching song ...
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 ...
Irish Tour: Part One
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in gigs, news, releases | No Comments »To support the release for the Fighter/God Says single, Escape Act and my band have embarked on a series of shows around Ireland. It’s a sort of joint headline tour, though the dates are spread out over several weekends so ...