A Reminder For Today Tuesday 1.29.08!
Just a quick couple of reminders:
The highly anticipated, and frequently jammed by me, self titled release from Chambersburg, PA’s, The Shackeltons, hits legal today! Seems like we’ve been waiting for an eternity for this one, and I say we because whether you know it or not, you have been waiting.
SEATTLE, WA – The highly anticipated selt-titled release, The Shackeltons, hit record stores nationwide today. The post-punk/indie quintet from Chambersburg, PA has received more than a little attention about this album. After being called “the best debut you’re likely to hear this year” by Aversion.com and “freakish and thrilling” by Rolling Stone, other sources began to take notice.
In the February issue of Spin Magazine, author Josh Modell writes: “A half-dozen times on their debut, the Shackeltons sound completely convincing, and that’s about six more times than most bands ever manage,” giving them a 4/5 star rating.
After a few weeks at radio, The Shackeltons reached #25 (and still climbing) on the CMJ Top 200 charts. With many stations nationwide adding this album, songs from The Shackeltons can be heard nationwide.
Label partner John Richards, who also hosts the morning show on KEXP, said “The Shackeltons debut reminds me of the first time I heard The Pixies. Its raw energy and pure independence from anything else going on music wise today. It makes you have to pay attention. Live, there is no one more exciting than this band. Period. This is why you start a record label!”
The Shackeltons was co-produced by Sam Jones, who is responsible for the Wilco documentary I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, and Tom Biller, who has worked with artists such as The Silversun Pickups, Kanye West, and Fiona Apple.
Even better though, the band will be here for SXSW 2008, which is quickly approaching, and you might catch them at a little party that myself and a few other folks are putting together. I promise I’ll have details soon.
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Something else of interest to some today is the Current TV premiere of “All Eyes On My Morning Jacket”. Once again, let me enlighten you as to what this premiere is about.
Tune in to Current TV to catch a glimpse of “My Morning Jacket’s” special performance with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra at last year’s Lollapalooza through the eyes of their fans during a one-of-a-kind “All Eyes On.” Current’sdcollaborative program enlisted the help of the band and their fans to shoot footage of “My Morning Jacket’s” festival performance usng video cameras, digital cameras and cell phones.
Tonight, January 29, 2008 premiering on “All Eyes On” at 10 p.m. PST / EST
That’s 9 p.m. here in Austin on Time Warner Cable channel 341.
