Tom McShane

A Little Solidarity Saturday 15th November

I have some news of a last minute show I’ll be playing tomorrow as part of the A Little Solidarity festival in Belfast. I’ll be playing an acoustic set in the Yurt (a temporary venue at the QUB Students’ Union), along with Cat Malojian, Cara Cowan, Heliopause, Robert Holmes and Johnny Black. Over in the Mandela Hall Oppenheimer, And So I Watch You From Afar, Fighting With Wire, Panama Kings, General Fiasco and many more will be performing. The acoustic shows will be kicking off at 13:00 and I’ve been given to understand that I’ll be on at 17:00. There are two shows in the Mandela, a matinee show for 13:00-18:00 and the evening show from 19:00 to late. Tickets are £10. For more info see: http://www.myspace.com/andsoiwatchyoufromafar  I hope to see you there!   Tom

Kitty & the Can Openers

Tomorrow evening I’ll be playing a solo set in support of my very good friends, Kitty and the Can Openers who’ll be launching their excellent debut EP. Also performing will be Joe Echo (AKA Ciaran Gribbon, formerly of Leya). 

See you there!

Tom

Nell Bryden Support

Tonight, Tom will be performing with New York singer/songwriter Nell Bryden in the Black Box in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter. Doors open at 8pm and admission is a very reasonable £6.

White Hinterland (Portland OR) with Tom McShane *Tonight*

Hi Folks,

Just to let you know I’ll be playing a show in Belfast tonight with an awesome Portland band called White Hinterland.

The gig will take place in Auntie Annies Porter House on the Dublin Rd in Belfast. Doors are at 9pm and it’s £5

Please check these folks out, they really are something very special.

White Hinterland

See you tonight!

Tom

Fighter reviewed by The Devil Has The Best Tuna

Another review of Fighter is now online at the ace The Devil has the Best Tuna Blog:

BOXING CLEVER: Tom McShane
Genre: Indie / Alternative
From: Belfast, Northern Ireland United Kingdom

Tom Mcshane is a singer songwriter from Northern Ireland who takes you on a tour of his emotions with his heart firmly pinned to his sleeve. Like a mellow, melancholic David Ford or Will Oldham if he’d been brought up on the streets of Belfast instead of Kentucky Tom reaches right into your chest tugging at your heart and leaving you breathless. Such honesty is rare in a scene that emphasises style and fashion over passion and should be treasured by anyone with a passion for music.

Tom has recently released a single, ‘Fighter’, a lo-fi tale of a son following his boxing father into the ring. ‘Fighter’ was released as a split 7″ single with fellow Belfastians, the altogether more mainstream sounding indie pop trio Escape Act (of which more tomorrow).

If you’ve grown tired of run of the mill singer songwriters like David Gray then Tom McShane has arrived to restore your faith.

Thank you kindly, sir!

Tom

Fighter reviewed by Subba-cultcha.com

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 from an artist with a pure soul…

Jeremy Chick, Subba-cultcha.com, July 2008

Thanks, Jeremy!

Tom 

Stendhal Festival 16th August

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

Driving By Night Single Launch

I especially like the title!

Live at the Cathedral Quater Arts Festival… on NVTV

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 my personal absolute favourite new bands, the Benjamins. I blogged about it at the time and you can read that post here.

Tom

Hot Press Review

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 resonate beneath McShane’s timeless voice for much of the track, with a simple but devastatingly effective little guitar lick cropping up every now and then too. An extremely promising taster.

Stephen Errity // Hot Press // Volume 32, Issue 13 // 16th July 2008

Thanks Stephen!