The Ural Winter suits my clothes…

Driving By Night Single Launch

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

I especially like the title! ;)

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 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 ...

Fighter on Simplemuzik Podcast

Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in downloads, news | No Comments »

Russell David featured "Fighter" & "Promise Me" on his Simplemuzik Podcast Episode 095. This episode, entitled "The Good Fight" centres around the thematic common ground between "Fighter", "Out of Tune Confessional" by Julius Caesar and the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. ...

Holly Golightly Support: Thursday 19th June!

Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in gigs | No Comments »

I’m very pleased to announce that my band and I will be supporting the awesome Holly Golightly next Thursday evening at Auntie Annies Porter House in Belfast. I’m a big fan of Ms Golightly so this show will be a ...

BBC Radio One Session Broadcast: Wednesday 4th June

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized, news | No Comments »

My band and I were in the BBC's Blackstaff House on Monday to record three completely live tracks for Rory McConnell's "BBC Introducing..." show. The session will be broadcast on the show on Wednesday 4th June. For more details on the recording ...

Free Downloads (Part Two of Three): “Slim Slow Slider”

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in downloads, releases | No Comments »

Hey folks, So, my cover of “That’s All There Is” by Nina Nastasia is no longer available for download, but do not fret as quite simply, that’s not all there is. We’re now into the second week of our free download ...

Free Downloads (Part One of Three): “That’s All There Is”

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized, downloads, releases | No Comments »

In the run up to the release of Fighter/God Says (the upcoming split seven inch single I'll be releasing with Escape Act) I'm going to be giving away some free music. For the next three weeks I'll be making three ...

Fighter 7″ Single Pre-Order and Free Download Tracks

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in downloads, news, releases | No Comments »

Hi folks, I’m very excited to announce that my new single “Fighter” will be release on limited edition 7 inch vinyl on 23rd June. It’s available for pre-order from today from this site. It’s being released through Penny Distribution and it’s a ...