CLAIRECORDS NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2008 Welcome to the 37th edition of the Clairecords newsletter, brought to you with a great big slobbery Valentine kiss. SMACK! IFWHEN Ifwhen’s video for “Hear Less” is available for your viewing pleasure at their Myspace outpost. Go download it now! Merc & Co. are also plotting a May tour to center around their appearance at the PopMayhem festival in beautiful Gainesville, FL, where they’ll perform alongside Holopaw, Brittle Stars, boyracer! and many other melody makers worth your time. If you’re able to offer assistance with shows in locales marked “TBA,” we’d love to hear from you. So start choppin’ already! http://www.ifwhen.com http://www.myspace.com/ifwhen SECRET SHINE The British are coming! The British are coming! Our favorite Bristolians’ next outing of shoegaze shock-and-awe, ‘All of the Stars’, will be hitting a music emporium near you April 8. It’s their first full-length since 1993’s ‘Untouched,’ and no, we could hardly be more thrilled. Two weeks’ worth of March tourdates have been confirmed to coincide with the band’s first appearance at South By Southwest (SXSW), with Tears Run Rings accompanying them. Dates below! It’s been almost two years since the Shinees last set foot on American soil (and the first time they’ve foraged their way up and down the Midwest), so if they play your provenance and you miss it, your regret will send you into a lifetime of emotional toil. New T-shirts are available for perusal and purchase at tonevendor.com , as are plenty of copies of our 2004 ‘After Years’ compilation for yourself and every single one of your friends! http://www.secretshine.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/secretshine TEARS RUN RINGS One of the newest additions to the Clairecords family, the Seattle-by way of Portland-by-way of Los Angeles foursome known as Tears Run Rings has settled upon a title for their debut on our upstanding imprint: Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never, due out in April. Previews of its contents can be found on the group’s Myspace page, and live dates with Secret Shine can be found below. http://www.tearsrunrings.com http://www.myspace.com/tearsrunrings THE BROTHER KITE The Pride of Providence will be joining Secret Shine at SXSW, and you know better than to miss out on that. After they finish ripping the Lone Star State a new one, TBK will retreat to their clandestine digs to begin work on their full-length follow-up to Waiting for the Time to Be Right. Dates below! And thanks to WUSB-FM (Stony Brook Univ., NY), WORT-FM (Madison, WI), WKDU-FM (Drexel Univ., PA) and WMBR-FM (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for giving The Moonlit Race EP such generous airplay! http://www.thebrotherkite.com http://www.myspace.com/thebrotherkite * * * WHAT ALL THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE ARE SAYING * * * IFWHEN “With mixing assistance from Oktopus (of hip-hop duo Dälek), Merc's singular vision of swirling, assaultive womb-rock has come to fruition.” - Jason Ferguson, Orlando Weekly SECRET SHINE “Bristol, England’s Secret Shine are fashioning their most expansive, alluring music… over 15 years after forming.” - Paul Regelbrugge, The Big Takeover * * * CLAIRECORDS LIVE AND IN YO’ FACE * * * AIRIEL 03/05/08 Chicago, IL- The Metro 03/19/08 Hollywood, CA- Club Moscow* 03/20/08 Los Angeles, CA- Spaceland* 03/21/08 Las Vegas NV- Art Bar* 03/23/08 San Diego, CA- Beauty Bar* 04/22/08 Nottingham, UK- Bodega Social Club** 04/23/08 Leeds, UK- The Brudenell Social Club** 04/24/08 Manchester, UK- Sacred Trinity Church** 04/26/08 Bristol, UK- The Louisiana** 04/28/08 Norwich, UK- Norwich Arts Centre** 04/28/08 Oxford, UK- The Cellar** 04/30/08 London, UK- The Social** 05/01/08 Galway, IE- De Burgos** 05/02/08 Dublin, IE- Button Factory** 05/03/08 Belfast, IE- Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival** 05/29/08 Chicago, IL- The Darkroom * w/ Film School ** w/ Ulrich Schnauss IFWHEN 03/23/08 Brooklyn NY- Galapagos Art Space 05/05/08 Washington DC- TBA 05/06/08 Norfolk, VA- TBA 05/07/08 Atlanta/Athens GA- TBA 05/08/08 Gainesville, FL- PopMayhem Festival 05/09/08 Atlanta/Athens GA- TBA 05/10/08 Mt. Pleasant, SC- TBA 05/11/08 Chapel Hill NC- TBA 05/21/08 Washington, DC- TBA MAHOGANY 04/04/08 New York, NY- Mercury Lounge w/ Dirty on Purpose 04/25/08 Brooklyn, NY- Glasslands SECRET SHINE 03/13/08 Austin, TX- End of an Ear (SXSW daytime in-store) 03/13/08 Austin, TX- Habana Calle 6 (SXSW showcase) 03/17/08 Fayetteville, AR- The Gypsy 03/18/08 St. Louis, MO- Apop Records w/ Stella Mora 03/19/08 Indianapolis, IN- Melody Inn w/ ROOMS 03/20/08 Milwaukee, WI- The Borg Ward w/ Brief Candles 03/21/08 Chicago, IL- The Note w/ STAR, Hostage Juliet 03/22/08 Des Moines, IA- Vaudeville Mews TEARS RUN RINGS 03/15/08 Los Angeles, CA- Club Violaine w/ Sway 03/17/08 Fayetteville, AR- The Gypsy 03/18/08 St. Louis, MO- Apop Records w/ Stella Mora 03/19/08 Indianapolis, IN- Melody Inn w/ ROOMS 03/20/08 Milwaukee, WI- The Borg Ward w/ Brief Candles 03/21/08 Chicago, IL- The Note w/ STAR, Hostage Juliet 03/22/08 Des Moines, IA- Vaudeville Mews THE BROTHER KITE 03/13/08 Austin, TX- Habana Calle 6 (SXSW showcase ) 03/15/08 Austin, TX- The Music Gym & Lounge (SXSW day party) w/ Plumerai ______________________________________________ CLAIRECORDS * Purveyors of Quality Noise http://www.clairecords.com http://www.myspace.com/clairecords