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When stopping by the Tullycraft blog today, I was greeted by some very saddening news. It seems that Tullycraft have decided to throw in the live show towel! Noooooooooo! Now, as much as I can understand their reasons, I'm still quite broken up about this because I've never had the opportunity to see them live. They are still going to be playing a final show at this year's San Francisco Popfest, but I simply don't have the mean$$$ to make it across the country this Summer. I guess there's always YouTube :( Fortunately they will still be recording music – had I read that they were 100% done for good I just don't know how I would have coped.

These will be Tullycraft's last two shows:
Saturday, April 4 at The Crocodile (Seattle, WA)
Tullycraft w/ "Awesome", BOAT, iji

Saturday, May 23 at The Richshaw Stop (San Francisco, CA)
Tullycraft w/ My Teenage Stride, Northern Portrait, The Magic Bullets, The Smittens

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In other less-sad news, One Happy Island are touring en route to SXSW! and they're playing in Baltimore this very Friday the 13th! Scary! If you happen to live in or around Baltimore, MD like myself, you would do very well to not miss this!

The Dates!
Thursday March 12, New York City, NY - Piano's; 11pm, www.pianosnyc.com
Friday March 13, Baltimore, MD - El Rancho Grande, 9pm, www.myspace.com/itsabigranch
Saturday March 14, Indianapolis, IN - Birdy's, 9pm, http://www.birdyslive.com/
Sunday March 15, Chicago, IL - The Darkroom, 7pm, http://www.darkroombar.com/
Monday March 16, St, Louis, MO - CBGB, http://www.myspace.com/cbgbstl
Tuesday March 17, Memphis, TN - The Buccaneer,
http://www.myspace.com/buccaneer_memphis
Wednesday March 19, Houston, TX - Sound Exchange,
http://www.soundexchangehouston.com/
Thursday-Friday March 20-21, Austin, TX - SXSW*
Saturday March 21, Austin, TX - Waterloo Cycle, 3pm
(w/the Besties, Casper and the Cookies, etc.), http://www.waterloocycles.com/

*They will be playing various private parties at SXSW. If you are interested in seeing them, email Brad at brad [at] onehappyislandmusic [dot] com for details.

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The Special Places!

The Special Places are the charming and lovely duo of Jenny Mears and Corianton Hale of Tullycraft! They played their first official show ever this past Saturday in Seattle! The back and forth vocals and bantar between them the whole time is just adorable – I really hope they'll be recording soon, or playing more, or something! This is just too promising! Watch!

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Video: The Owls: "The Way On"

I posted the first single, "Peppermint Patty" from The Owls' new record Daughters and Suns a few weeks – or more than a few weeks – ago, and since then the whole record's been really growing on me. The band's just finished up a video for one of my favorite songs on Daughters and Suns, "The Way On." You can grab the record from Magic Marker Records RIGHT NOW!



Again, if you missed it before, here's the excellent "Peppermint Patty":
[MP3]: The Owls :: Peppermint Patty (Highly Recommended!)

P.S. Buy the new Tullycraft while you're at it!

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New Video Tullycraft Video! "Georgette Plays A Goth"

Yessssssssssssssssssss!!! New video for one of my favorite songs on the new record!

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Tullycraft: "The Neutron"

Tullycraft!!!

I'm still waiting on a few more records that are supposed to see the light of day this year, but good luck to them, because it's gonna pretty hard to top Tullycraft's new harmony-soaked, behemoth of an indiepop record. From beginning to end, Every Scene Needs A Center is ridiculously infectious. It only takes only one listen to get any given song stuck in your head, and that's always been Tullycraft's true gift. The gift of the incredible pop hook, typically (though not always) backed with an undeniable two to five part vocal harmony, no doubt stuck in the most perfect spot imaginable. Oddly enough, it's for that very reason that Tullycraft seems to push away possible fans. For reasons I myself will never understand, some people just refuse to feel that much joy rush through their body at one time; and no song on the new record bring me more of that joy than the utterly brilliant "The Neutron." I mean, I don't even know what to say about that chorus, other than "THANK YOU!" Pop song of the year? Who knows yet. It's definitely among the best.

[MP3]: Tullycraft :: The Neutron (More recommended than most everything!)

Every Scene Needs A Center is out October 23 on Magic Marker Records and hearing it will make your life at least 79% better, guaranteed. The record release show is on October 18 at the Crocodile in Seattle, WA with the Math and Physics Club and Patience Please. If you're anywhere kind of near there, you better show up!
Tullycraft on MySpace!

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New Tullycraft! "The Punks Are Writing Love Songs"

THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME! The day we've all been waiting for is here; the new Tullycraft single has arived. Not only is it here, but it's nothing short of amazing! "The Punks Are Writing Love Songs" is a picture perfect Tullycaft song; you've got the fast jangly guitar and the always creative harmonies, but then we hear what may just be the catchiest pop hook of the year, topped off with enough HEYs to make your head spin. So hurry up – download it, put in the car, and drive the road with your fist in the air. The upcoming LP, Every Scene Needs A Center, will be out October 23rd (two days before my birthday!) on the always wonderful Magic Marker Records!

[MP3]: Tullycraft :: The Punks Are Writing Love Songs (Highly Rec'd!)

Here's a clip of another excellent new song, "Georgette Plays A Goth":



Tullycraft on MySpace!

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