CLAIRECORDS NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER '07 Welcome to the 33rd edition of the Clairecords newsletter, brought to you by autumn foliage and a harvest moon. ELECTRO GROUP Many thanks to East Village Radio (NYC, NY), WITR-FM (Rochester, NY), WUNH-FM (Durham, NH; #33, beeyotch), WNYU-FM (NYC, NY), KUSF-FM (San Francisco, CA), KDHX (St. Louis, MO), WMBR-FM (Cambridge, MA), 3WK (St. Louis, MO) and WMWM-FM (Salem, MA) for adding Good Technology to their rotations! If you’re still not hearing Good Technology’s contents from your favorite college or community broadcaster, by all means feel free to request it! Oh, and the North Bay Bohemian just ran this fantastic feature on the band; click here to see: http://www.bohemian.com/bohemian/09.26.07/music-electro-0739.html http://www.myspace.com/electrogroup IFWHEN The newest addition to Clairecords’ roster, Ifwhen emerged from the remnants of the beloved All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors. Featuring guitarist, vocalist and percussionist Merc, bassist Kentaro and keyboardist Mary MacDowell, the New York-based Ifwhen are readying their second outing of propulsive, discordant shoegaze-inflected noise, We Will Gently Destroy You, for a Nov. 6 release. Produced by Oktopus at Dälek’s own Deadverse Studios, We Will Gently Destroy You marks Ifwhen’s first domestic release. The band also teamed up with Dälek for the forthcoming Ifwhen vs. Dälek 12", which will arrive through Clairecords’ vinyl-only sister imprint, Claire’s Echo. http://www.ifwhen.com SECRET SHINE You’re already quite aware that former Sarah Records staples Secret Shine emerged from their nine-year hiatus back in 2005. With that in mind, we figured that this would be the ideal time to inform you that Clairecords will be releasing the Shinees’ next studio full-length—their first in since 1993-- in March or April of next year. And yes, there will be American tourdates. Reports guitarist Scott Purnell: “We actually went to the studio yesterday and put the first drum tracks down - we have a tight schedule of recording over the next couple of months but hope to deliver masters or at least a first mix to Dan by early November.” Copies of our 2004 After Years compilation, which collects much of the group’s Sarah output are still available for perusal and purchase through tonevendor.com, as are brand-new T-shirts. So if your memory of these fantastic ‘90s melody makers (and favorites of late BBC-1 broadcaster John Peel) is still on the faint side, this is the perfect time to get reacquainted with them. Do it now! http://www.secretshine.co.uk SEEFEEL Seefeel fans, set those turntables to stun! Hot off the heels of Too Pure’s revamped reissuance of the late, lamented London quartet’s 1993 opus Quique, we are beyond thrilled to announce that we’ll bringing this outstanding release to your hi-fi as a 4-platter vinyl set early next year. This fabtabulous offering will be limited to 500 copies (100 of them blue) and brought to you in beautiful gatefold packaging. Nearly 15 years after its debut, this daring exercise in ambient glory sounds every bit as ambitious as it did then, so don’t miss this rare opportunity to rediscover this long out-of-print masterwork in fantastic wax. http://www.myspace.com/seefeelmyspace TEARS RUN RINGS We at Clairecords are beyond excited to announce the addition of Tears Run Rings to our roster of melody makers. Featuring alumni of groups like Evening Lights and The Autocollants, this Portland-by-way of California fivesome deals in blissful noise guaranteed to appeals to fans of the Pale Saints and Secret Shine. Their debut full-length will be in your hands in early spring; in the meantime, their last outing, the Question & An Answer EP, is available for perusal and purchase at tonevendor.com. http://www.tearsrunrings.com/ THE BROTHER KITE The Pride of Providence have set a release date for The Moonlit Race EP: Nov. 6. And for our friends in the Great White North, TBK will once again be rocking Pop Montreal within an inch of its life, this time alongside Patti Smith, Ron Sexsmith, Pere Ubu, Magnolia Electric Co., Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Buck 65, the Watson Twins, Half Japanese and many, many more fascinating artists. Stay tuned to www.popmontreal.com for further details, and scroll down for dates! http://www.thebrotherkite.com * * * ALL YOUR PRESS IS BELONG TO US * * * ELECTRO GROUP “Underwhelming neo-shoegaze bands are a dime a dozen, but Electro Group—while they do owe the Boo Radleys and My Bloody Valentine a debt—first and foremost sound like Electro Group. Sure, they've got the thick layers of fuzzed-out bass and distorted guitar and semi-buried vocals, there's something punky about Electro Group; their songs are generally short, direct and driving rather than gauzy and dreamy.” – Sara Bir, North Bay Bohemian IFWHEN “Ifwhen is not one of those noise bands whose abrasion is offset with the ‘you don’t get it’ qualities of the highfalutin pretentious lot, because at heart, Ifwhen is a pop band. They reward ye seekers of providence, with almighty divine ear candy.” -- Ben Malkin, Perfect Sound Forever THE BROTHER KITE The Brother Kite’s Waiting for the Time to Be Right: Now that's what I call a head-trip in every key. The fact that the album art is all watery vistas is no mistake. The music comes at you in wave after wave: harmonies drenched in reverb smothered in guitar soaked in reverb wrapped in reverb-draped keys propelled by reverbed-out drums locking up with basslines that one can assume have been treated with more reverb. This is some serious American shoegaze action. ” -- Motif Magazine * * * CLAIRECORDS LIVE AND IN YOUR FACE * * * AIR FORMATION 10/20/07 Nottingham, UK- Junktion 10/24/07 London, UK- The Luminaire AIRIEL 10/03/07 KEXP Live in Chicago (listen live on www.kexp.org) 10/18/07 Chicago, IL- Empty Bottle w/ Adam Franklin 12/06/07 Chicago, IL- The Darkroom w/ Arks, Walking Bicycles IFWHEN 11/13/07 Providence, RI- AS220 w/ The Brother Kite SECRET SHINE 11/09/07 Bristol, UK- The Cooler THE BROTHER KITE 10/04/07 Montreal, QC- Green Room (Popfest Montreal) 10/05/07 Toronto, ON- Tiger Bar 10/12/07 Pawtucket, RI- Blackstone 11/12/07 Boston, MA- Great Scott 11/13/07 Providence, RI- AS220 w/ Ifwhen _____________________________________ CLAIRECORDS * Purveyors of Quality Noise http://www.clairecords.com http://www.myspace.com/clairecords