CLAIRECORDS NEWSLETTER JULY 2005 Welcome to the lucky-13th edition of the Clairecords newsletter! ** IF IT?S CLAIRECORDS ARTIST NEWS YOU WANT, THEN IT?S CLAIRECORDS ARTIST NEWS YOU?LL GET! (WHAT A BARGAIN)** AIRIEL Zeeshan Abbasi has departed the Airiel fold and we and the rest of the band hold no animosity whatsoever towards regarding that decision. (We?re just etching his name and likeness off every last EP in the office with a razor blade, no big deal. Hey. Kidding. Ow!) In even yet still more news, Airiel?s September tour of the East Coast will still go on as planned. Read further to find out when and with whom! http://www.airiel.com EAU CLAIRE WNYU-FM (NYC) rules for adding The Eau Claire EP to rotation! In other news, Jessica?s been a busy girl as of late, working on a.) a new solo album b.) another <> CD and c.) putting in a guest appearance on the next Rivulets album. Rachel, meanwhile, is enmeshed in the next Experimental Aircraft disc. http://www.eauclairemusic.com HARTFIELD Now that they?ve conquered the Land of the Rising Sun with Godzilla-meets-Mothralike fury, Tokyo?s Hartfield are crossing the turgid waters of the Pacific to show us what time it is. Close your eyes and hold out your hands, because it gets even better: They?re touring with Airiel. thebrotherkite may even join them on select dates. What? You?ve dreamed about a Clairecords multiband tour for forever and a day now? Well, we have, too, trust us. Scroll down for dates, Fujiyama mamas! http://www.hartfieldweb.com SCIFLYER Sciflyer?s long-awaited mini-album, The Age of Lovely, Intimate Things, comes out Aug. 16 and boy is it a scorcher! One small step for band, another giant leap for bandkind! An LP?s worth of tunes at a 45?s price, to translate for the vinyl collectors among you. The group?s rampage up and down the West Coast is underway as we speak, and you know better than to miss out on remaining dates! http://www.sciflyer.net THEBROTHERKITE Wanna make out with thebrotherkite? (And really, who doesn?t?) You?ll be able to do just that if you see everyone?s favorite Ocean State noiseniks perform in Arlington?or any other date on their forthcoming tour. Go see them if they play your hood, throw your underwear at them and buy everything at the merch table. In fact, do that with every Clairecords band on tour right now. (Did we mention some of our bands are touring right now?) Lather, rinse, repeat. http://www.thebrotherkite.com ** GIVE US ALL YOUR PRESS AND NOBODY GETS HURT ** EAU CLAIRE ?Sparse, shadowy and somewhat surreal spacerock suffused with sepulchral vocals. Certainly worth tracking down, and just the thing for lazy summer evenings on the lawn.? ? Alistair Fitchett, Tangents SCIFLYER ?The trio of Harvey Rabbit on drums, Kim Kennedy on bass and Steve Kennedy on everything else produce a haunting, hypnotic and melodic sound, equal parts spacey sonic effects and trance-like harmonics.? - Martin Stein, Las Vegas Weekly SILVER SCREEN ?Like many of life's happy little surprises, The Greatest Story Never Told turns out to be one of the greater stories to unfold.? - Lisa Green, Splendid ** CLAIRECORDS BANDS ROCK YOUR TOWN INSIDE OUT ** AIRIEL 09/17/05 Pittsburgh PA Shadow Lounge 09/18/05 Philadelphia PA PopNoise Festival 09/19/05 Long Branch NJ Brighton Bar 09/21/05 New York NY Sin-E 09/22/05 Washington DC Warehouse Next Door 09/23/05 Norfolk VA Relative Theory Records 09/27/05 Chicago IL Double Door HARTFIELD 09/17/05 Pittsburgh PA- Shadow Lounge 09/18/05 Philadelphia PA- PopNoise Festival 09/19/05 Long Branch NJ- Brighton Bar 09/21/05 New York NY- Sin-E 09/22/05 Washington DC- Warehouse Next Door 09/23/05 Norfolk VA- Relative Theory Records 09/27/05 Chicago IL- Double Door SCIFLYER 08/14/05 San Francisco CA- Cherry Bar 08/26/05 Roseville CA- The Owl Club THEBROTHERKITE 08/09/05 Hoboken NJ- Whiskey Bar 08/11/05 New Haven CT- Rudy?s Questions? Comments? Want to book one of our bands? Need an advance copy of something? On-air and/or print interview requests? Or maybe just a hug? Email susan@clairecords.com or dan@tonevendor.com. We here at Clairecords and Tonevendor want you to have all the best when it comes to your independent music needs. Want to unsubscribe? Hit ?Reply? and we?ll get you off. _______________________________________ Clairecords * Purveyors of Quality Noise http://www.clairecords.com http://www.myspace.com/clairecords