CLAIRECORDS NEWSLETTER APRIL 2009 Welcome to the 48th edition of the Clairecords newsletter, brought to you by Kleenex-brand tissues and a box of Alavert. ACHOO! AUTODRONE New York’s finest (next to Ifwhen, natch) are hard at work hammering out new tracks for your listening enjoyment, and the Prids benefit album (Connect the Dots) on which they appear is waiting for you at the nearest independent music emporium. Autodrone has also posted a link to a downloadable unreleased live cut on their Facebook group, located here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Autodrone/60898092884. http://www.myspace.com/autodrone AVERKIOU Gainesville’s greatest are back from their whirlwind tour of the East Coast, and boy was it a scorcher! Late-spring tourdates are in the planning stages, so if you’d like the Fab Five to play your provenance, drop us a line! Triple-R Independent Radio in beautiful Melbourne, Australia has discovered Throwing Sparks, and we simply adore them for doing so. http://www.myspace.com/averkiou SILVER SCREEN There’s plenty going on in the Silver Screen camp: As Cris Miller reports, the next album is rapidly taking shape. Titled When You and I Were Very Young, it’s expected to be finished in June. Details to come. In further news, “I will be taking vacation In Bali and West Java, Indonesia. Part of it is recreation, and part of it will be promoting Silver Screen music to a potential southeast Asian audience. There is a possibility I will be on a radio show in Indonesia for an interview and perhaps Silver Screen acoustic performance.” http://www.myspace.com/thegreateststorynevertold THE BROTHER KITE Left Coast residents take note! The Pride of Providence have wrapped up work on their third album, and are heading westward to Los Angeles to mix it with Thom Monahan, whose name is likely familiar to fans of the Pernice Brothers, Devendra Banhart and J. Mascis and the Fog. Catch a sneak preview at The Brother Kite’s Myspace outpost, and don’t you dare miss them live! http://www.thebrotherkite.com http://www.myspace.com/thebrotherkite * * * WHAT ALL THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE ARE SAYING* * * AVERKIOU “Throwing Sparks is packed with production straight from the playbook of Kevin Shields, with a visceral, Spector-esque wall of sound that cuts thin and lean right down the center.” -- Matt Cohen, Delusions of Adequacy GUITAR “Guitar’s abstract and amorphous borders are not the result of a monolith of sonic obliteration. They have gentle curves in their feedback loops, and often play ornate, delicate melodies as brittle as a glass menagerie alongside the loud stuff.” --Timothy Gabriele, Popmatters.com * * * CLAIRECORDS LIVE AND IN STEREO!* * * AUTODRONE 05/02/09 Brooklyn, NY- Public Assembly 05/22/09 NYC, NY- Le Royale w/ Violet Hour AVERKIOU 05/23/09 Gainesville, FL- The Atlantic 08/16/09 Gainesville, FL- Pop Mayhem MALORY 10/14/09 Berlin, DE- Bang Bang Club 10/16/09 Regensburg, DE- Gloria 10/17/09 Dresden, DE- AZ Conni 10/18/09 Hamburg, DE- Gruner Jager PARK AVENUE MUSIC/HEARTS + HORSES 06/07/09 Sacramento, CA- Luigi’s Fun Garden THE BROTHER KITE 06/01/09 Cambridge, MA- Middle East w/ True Widow HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING? (A peek inside the inner sanctums of your favorite Clairecords stars!) CRIS MILLER (SILVER SCREEN) “Lately I love drinking Manhattans! The key is a tasty bourbon... no Jim Beam allowed unless you're in a pinch. The recipe for Manhattans I make here at home: 2 parts bourbon, pref. Maker's Mark, Knob Creek if you like it a bit sweeter. 1 part sweet vermouth (Rosso) 4 quick shakes Angostura bitters 1 blood orange, cut in halves, squeeze one half into the mix. Shake with plenty of ice, and strain. Enjoy responsibly.” ______________________________________________ CLAIRECORDS * Purveyors of Quality Noise http://www.clairecords.com http://www.myspace.com/clairecords