FootHooker Pilot
You can see the pilot episode of the show FootHooker (starring Twilight Singers bassist Scott Ford) over at YouTube. It’s a fictionalized reality show following an eccentric rock band. Think “The Office” with guitars. Part 1 is embedded below to get you started.
Staggering Statistics & Wussy Team Up
Staggering Statistics and Wussy will be performing Dec 1 at Little Brothers in Columbus, OH.
Wussy will be recording their new album with John Curley at Ultrasuede in Cincinnati. Be sure to head over to Wussy’s myspace page for more info on what the band is up to (and check out their player, will ya?).
Afterhours Dates
Afterhours will begin their Double Decker Winter Tour on December 1. The tour will take the band throughout Italy with select dates outside their home country. The support act will be Giovanni Ferrario (Micevice).
Italia 2006
01/12 RONCADE (TV) – New Age Club
02/12 MILANO – Rolling Stone (Rock Tv Night)
03/12 MILANO – Rolling Stone
06/12 ROMA – Teatro Tendastrisce
07/12 ORZINUOVI (BS) – Buddha
08/12 CODEVILLA (PV) – Thunder Road
09/12 TANETO DI GATTATICO (RE) – Fuori Orario
10/12 SESTRI LEVANTE (GE) – Piscina dei Castelli
12/12 FIRENZE – Auditorium Flog
13/12 FIRENZE – Auditorium Flog
14/12 NAPOLI - Palapartenope
15/12 SILVI MARINA (TE) – The Village
16/12 SENIGALLIA (AN) – Mamamia
19/12 TORINO – Hiroshima Mon Amour
20/12 TORINO – Hiroshima Mon Amour
22/12 BUSSOLENGO (VR) – Gate 52
23/12 CARDANO AL CAMPO (VA) – Nautilus
Europe 2007
26/1 Luxembourg – d-qlick
27/1 Luxembourg – d-qlick
29/1 London – Barfly
31/1 Birmingham – Barfly
01/2 York – Fibbers
02/2 Glasgow – Barfly
03/2 Liverpool – Barfly
Afghan Whigs Autographed CDs at eBay
eBay: Afghan Whigs CD 3 Pack - Autographed
Up for auction at eBay, three Afghan Whigs CDs, two of which are signed by the original band members: Gentlemen (Autographed by Greg, John, Rick and Steve), Turn On The Water, and My World Is Empty Without You (Autographed by Greg, John, Rick and Steve)
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Vote for eMusic’s Best of 2006
If you’re an eMusic customer (and if you aren’t, you should be), head on over to vote for the best albums of 2006. You can only vote for albums on eMusic; but that shouldn’t prevent you from choosing 5 standout albums from 2006.
Just for kicks, here’s my quick Top 5.
The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
Afterhours - Ballads for Little Hyenas
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
The Drive by Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
Afterhours News
From the band’s myspace.com blog
We are at the Meeting of Indie Labels in Faenza, where we have collected today an award for Best Band (two years in a row) and another one, sponsored by “Rocksound”, for the best tour abroad.
Also, our “The Thin White Line” has been used from MTV U.S.A. for the syncronization of episode 103 of “Untitled Dance Project”, produced by Jennifer Lopez.
Australia/New Zealand Dates Confirmed
Greg Dulli’s first-ever performances in Australia and New Zealand have been confirmed via the Twilight Singers official website. Following the tour, Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan will continue work on their Gutter Twins project.
Jan 11 Studio/Auckland NZ
Jan 12 Prince of Wales/Melbourne AU
Jan 13 Metro Theater/Sydney AU
Jan 14 The Zoo/Brisbane AU
London 06 Review - Guardian
Guardian Unlimited Music
Betty Clarke
4/5 Stars
The nearest grunge came to glamour was Kurt Cobain’s baggy cardigans, with the furious tossing of long, lank hair passing for stage-craft for the likes of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. But nestling amongst the nihilism and drug-induced stroppiness of the Seattle scene stood the debonair leader of the Afghan Whigs, Greg Dulli.
Dulli was as much Rat-Pack raconteur as Generation-X rocker. Cigarette in hand, he’d opine, charm and entertain, his old-fashioned showbiz contrasting with the modern darkness of his songs. Nearly two decades on, and after releasing four albums under the guise of the Twilight Singers, Dulli remains the consummate showman. “I’m on my knees for you!” he shrieks, proffering himself to the crowd and turning his music’s seedy introspection into spectacle. His taste for unexpected covers, made apparent on the wonderful She Loves You album in 2004, remains too. There’s snippets of Amazing Grace, Echo and the Bunnymen’s The Killing Moon - turned blisteringly raw by Dulli’s sandpaper vocals - and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.
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The arrival of fellow grunge survivor Mark Lanegan throws Dulli’s exuberance into sharp relief. The duo are making an album, and Lanegan is now an official member of the Twilight Singers. On Live With Me from the band’s recent Stitch in Time EP, Lanegan’s rich voice is perfection, his stillness and intensity startling. His murderous passion on Where Did You Sleep Last Night? survives Gulli’s attempt to make his stoical friend crack a smile by standing at his shoulder and staring at him, and Lanegan’s role as the straight guy to Dulli’s all-round entertainer looks assured.
SPIN.com Thanksgiving
SPIN.com: Greg Dulli, Freaking Flicks, and Silly Hats
I had the opportunity to see Greg Dulli and his band at Brooklyn’s Warsaw last week, and it served as an excellent reminder of two things. The first is that once I turn 30, I’m officially banning myself from rock clubs, because there is rarely anything more embarrassing than an old guy at a show. The second, though, is more important: Dulli is my favorite musician of all time. You can keep your Dylans and Bowies and Dursts — I’ll take Dulli’s brash, ballsy croon and sexual grind. Whether with Afghan Whigs, the Twilight Singers, or on his own, he has never let me down. The show was excellent — Dulli absolutely killed the best tracks from the Singers’ fantastic new album Powder Burns, and also whipped out a bunch of excellent covers: Leadbelly’s “In the Pines” (featuring Mark Lanegan on vocals), Echo and the Bunnymen’s “Killing Moon,” and in an homage to Brooklyn, TV On the Radio’s “Wolf Like Me.” Bonus Dulli moment: During the set, some guy threw some ice at the stage, and Dulli asked “Why would you throw ice at me, motherfucker? Somebody hit that guy!”
A Stitch in Time - STV
STV
Article by Charles McGarry
This EP winds 2006 up nicely for the Twilight Singers. Following almost unanimous applause for their latest LP, the band encored by playing relentlessly for the second half of the year. Unsurprisingly, by the time they made it to Cabaret Voltaire with Mark Lanegan in tow over the summer they may have looked a bit knackered, but their show was nevertheless sublime. Featuring one Twilights track and four weighty collaborations with players such as the aforementioned Lanegan, Joseph Arthur and estranged longterm songwriting partner Rick McCollum, A Stitch in Time is substantial testimony to the fact that Twilight Singers specialise in providing drowsy narcoleptic acid jazz and straight up euphoric adrenaline shots to the heart – there is no in between. Blazing Hendrix riffs shroud the McCollum collaboration in the beauty of classic Whigs flavour, while the slow burning metronomic perfection of Massive Attack cover ‘Live With Me’ and the spacious groove of ‘Flashback’ respectively punch home the most intense and soothing vocal deliveries that Lanegan has committed to tape for some time. Almost aptly, last track, ‘The Lure Would Prove Too Much’ is the only dwindling, unfocused ditty to detract from this otherwise outstanding package.
The Gutter Twins: Saturnalia The long awaited debut from Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan
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