March 27, 2007
Ben Lurie/Freeheat Rocksellout.com Interview
Longtime Jesus And Mary Chain guitarist/bassist Ben Lurie
continues to promote the latest release from Freeheat "Back On The
Water" - he is featured in an interview from music site Rocksellout.com(with
previous PSR coverage of Linda Draper and The Voyces). Ben talks about the
past, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Sister Vanilla, and the future. Meanwhile,
Ben also appears on the soon to be released Sister Vanilla "Little
Pop Rock" LP on Chemikal Underground. A very limited single - "Can't Stop
The Rock" (Guardian Single Of the Week) and "What Goes Around" is out on
Monday 26th March. Buy the single at:
www.chemikal.co.uk and also check out www.sistervanilla.com
above photo: Ben Lurie in Australia ©2007 courtesy of the Ben Lurie collection
PSR News Briefs
Linda Draper's upcoming LP "Keepsake" is featured in Obscure
Sound music blog - (following cool features on Freeheat and The Voyces).
A breakdown of various tracks from the LP along with mp3's. Linda is also
gearing up for a her Thursday April 5th performance at The Sidewalk Cafe.
If you are wanting to pre-oder the CD, you can check out fine music outlets
like FYE
and Sam
Goody Check out more at myspace.com/lindadraper
and www.lindadraper.net. Lots of
Linda Draper news upcoming...
The Voyces are featured on the complimentary CD which comes with
the latest issue of Pop Culture Press(Spring Issue #64, with Little
Steven on the cover). The title track "Kissing Like It's Love" is featured
along with music from Graham Parker, The Trolleyvox, and more. The
band is also featured in music blog Shake
Your Fist (see also a feature on Linda Draper) .
Parasites And Sycophants
latest entries include, English Freakbeats disks, Kings of Leon, and more
Drive By Truckers, plus a new music player for your listening pleasure...enjoy...
above photo: Linda Draper ©2006, 2007 courtesy of the Planting Seeds Records Archives
March 20, 2007
The Voyces Best Seller On Barnes & Noble
The Voyces latest LP "Kissing Like It's Love" isn't due out until
May 8th, but it's already topping the charts over at
Barnes And Noble, positioning itself in the top 10 on this week's best
sellers list, outselling the latest LP from The Arcade Fire. Meanwhile,
the band has had some cool write ups at:
Obscure Sound and Dagger.
PSR News Briefs
Linda Draper appears over at Shake
Your Fist blog - breaking down some of the tracks on her latest "Keepsake"
LP. In Other Linda Draper news, her track "How Long" from the recent tribute
release "Easy To Be Free: The Songs Of Rick Nelson" (the track is also the
closing song on "Keepsake", in a new version)continues to get airplay via
California's KFJC 89.7 FM.
The Jesus And Mary Chain/Freeheat/Sister Vanilla are in the news
via Obscure Sound, with good
pieces on Freeheat's "Back On The Water" and tracks from JAMC 1985 classic
LP Psycocandy. Jim Reid has also been interviewed via the
Scotsman recently discussing the reformation of the Mary Chain, Freeheat
and Sister Vanilla. The
Sunday Herald has also confirmed the Jesus And Mary Chain have added
another festival date for August 31st at the inaugural Connect Festival
in the UK. Sister Vanilla and Checmikal Underground are set to release
"Little Pop Rock" on April 3rd. You can check out the interesting video
clip for "Can't Stop
The Rock." .
Parasites And Sycophants
has once again posted some fine reading material -check out the latest live
dates for UK band The Clientele and a great book review - The
Stone Roses self titled debut LP is covered in the critically acclaimed
33 1/3 series.
Above Photo of The Voyces courtesy of Christy Merry; The Jesus And Mary
Chain ca. 1987.
March 13, 2007
The Voyces On Rocksellout.com
Following fellow label mate Linda Draper - The Voyces(well
four out of five of 'em) sat down and answered a cool Q&A with the hipsters
over at www.rocksellout.com. Find
out the band's influences, current listening choices and really lots more.
More Voyces News
Voyces' guitarist Steve Dawson will make an appearance on NBC's Late
Night With Conan O'Brien" on Monday March 19th as part of critically
accalimed NYC artist Jesse Malin's band. For more info on Steve Dawson
visit him at myspace.com/stevendawson
or check out myspace.com/jessemalin.
The band is also finishing work on their first video "Kissing Like It's
Love" - but as soon as we could say "finish", they will be starting work on their
second promo clip - "You're In Charge Of Driving The Narcotics Trolley, And You're
Doing An Excellent Job" also from the upcoming album, "Kissing Like It's
Love". The video will star Shandi Sullivan from "America's Next Top Model" (Season
2). Filming is set to take place in Manhattan this April.
The Voyce's LP "Kissing Like It's Love" along with Linda Draper's
"Keepsake" are both available for presale at PSR's distro
Darla Records, along with Barnesandnoble.com,
amazon.com, cduniverse.com,
CircuitCity.com among others.
PSR NEWS BRIEFS
Linda Draper makes her debut appearance at
the legendary NYC venue The Living Room on Tuesday March 13th with
Americana/folk artist Atoosa and will be performing tracks from the new LP along with her latest material. Showtime is 7PM
PSR's Parasites
And Sycophants blog has a slew of updates in the last couple of
days with a review of the latest from Dean & Britta's "Back Numbers",
Black Rebel Motorcycle CLub LP news, The Wedding Present box set, and
more...
Above Photo of Steve Dawson courtesy of myspace.com/stevendawson
March 6, 2007
Linda Draper Is A Rocksellout?
Sell Out? Not a chance. With promotion of her latest LP "Keepsake" underway,
Linda Draper recently sat down for a quick Q&A with Wisconsin based
music blog rocksellout.com, revealing
some of her influences, her dream collaborations, mix tape tracks, and more
cool stuff. You can also check out the rest of their interviews here.
PSR News Briefs
PSR's "Nice Sounds" myspace.com/plantingseedsmusic
blog has it's latest installment up with news about PSR's releases,
Freeheat info, and more You Tube vids.
Parasites &
Sycophants blog has also been updated with even more news on The
Drive By Truckers, some new CD reviews, Top 10's along with more on
Coachella 2007 and more
Above Photo of Linda Draper ©2007 courtesy of the Planting Seeds Records Archives.
New York's Finest: Linda Draper "Keepsake" & The Voyces "Kissing Like It's Love"
Planting Seeds' long awaited pair of new releases are due to hit record
stores and fine music outlets worldwide on May 8, 2007. Linda Draper
appears with her LP "Keepsake" (PSRCD 048) while The Voyces make
their PSR debut LP with "Kissing Like It's Love" (PSRCD 049).
Linda Draper is back with her fifth LP (2nd full length for PSR) titled
"Keepsake" which she recorded and produced at NYC's Olive Juice Music studio
with co-producer Major Matt(Adam Green, Kimya Dawson, Jeffrey
Lewis). A preview single, "Traces Of" from the LP was released back
in the fall of 2006 with sparkeling reviews. Expect the same brilliance with her
10 track LP.
here's the track listing:
1. Shine 2. Keepsake 3. Cell Phone 4. Too Late 5. Traces Of 6. Kissing The
Ground 7. Sunburned 8. Among Every Stone That Has Been Cast 9. Full Moon
10. How Long
LP Tracks are available to preview/download via Linda's myspace site: myspace.com/lindadraper -
"Traces of" and "Shine." "Too Late" is also available to stream at myspace.com/plantingseedsmusic
site. Live dates in support of the LP are due shortly, as well as a digital
only exclusive EP - for up to date info check also www.lindadraper.net
The Voyces bring their ultra catchy pop in the form of a fine 10
song CD. Their follow up to hit single "Relate To Me" and the already classic
"The Angels Of Fun." "Kissing Like It's Love" has been in the works for
sometime, with the title track also due out for single release via exclusive
digital download with three non LP b-sides (due out late Spring/early summer
2007). Primary songwriter Brian Wurschum initially recorded the majority
of the LP himself then rounded out the sound/recording sessions with the
bands current line-up. 2007 appears to be a busy one for the Voyces. They
are currently gathering live dates in support of the new LP and are finishing
up their very first video for the title track. More news is sure to be upcoming.
Right now, please check out their myspace.com/thevoycesmusic
for a preview /download of tracks from "Kissing Like It's Love" - the title
track + "You're In Charge Of Driving The Narcotics Trolley..." you can head
over to the psr myspace and also listen to the very nice "Top Of My Lungs."
Track Listing: 1. Kissing Like It's Love 2. Hair Up High 3. You're In Charge...
4. Lovers In The Sky 5. Call It Home 6. Please Wash Away 7. Humming 8. Top
Of My Lungs 9. The Canyon Ladies 10. Where The Little Girls Still Throw
Roses
Both LP's are now available for pre-order at www.darla.com
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