Thursday, December 23, 2010

Manual Scan Setlist of September 9, 2010

Manual Scan
(Bar) Eleven
September 09, 2010


Set 1
Leaving Here
American Way
Shape of Things to Come
All Night Stand
I Can't Explain
For Your Love
Like Wow Wipeout
She's So Fine
I Can Only Give You Everything
The Last Time
But I'm Different Now
Sorry
Biff Bang Pow
Tie Your Mother Down

Set 2
I Can't Don't Want to Faster
Nothing Can Be Everything
Surrender
The Real Me
Slow Down
I Got A Line On You
Ballroom Blitz
I Need You
Smoke on the Water
Feel A Whole Lot Better
Yellow Pills
Nothing You Can Do
Leave My Kitten Alone
For Those
Come See Me
Jungle Beat
Shes Got Everything
New Difference
Plan of Action
Head First

Friday, July 2, 2010

LONG OVERDUE UPDATE - JULY 2010

See The Shambles' official website (http://www.theshambles.net) and add them at myspace and facebook for additional information.

Manual Scan returned to the studio for the first time in 22 years. 5 songs were taped for a special edition of The Pyles Sessions, broadcast on San Diego’s FM94.9and aired on March 20, 2010. Recorded at Signature Sound Studios, production was handled by producer / engineer, Alan Sanderson (Rolling Stones / Weezer). The band performed the following three classics and two covers:

1) Plan of Action
2) She’s So Fine (The Easybeats)
3) American Way
4) Nothing Can Be Everything
5) The Real Me (The Who)

http://www.fm949sd.com/local/index.aspx

The Shambles appearance on the Pyles Sessions, hosted by Tim Pyles and produced by Alan Sanderson (Rolling Stones / Weezer / Elvis Costello) will finally have an official release in 2010 on a promo only, limited edition disc which includes notes from Alan Sanderson, all six session tracks and nine additional bonus cuts from additional Live radio sessions:

1) (She’s Used to Playing With) Fire
2) Desde Ayer
3) Clouds All Day
4) All Sorts
5) Brilliant
6) San Diego Medley


Vampyrates Limited Edition Sketchbook and new merchandise are available for Kevin Donaker-Ring and Jeromy Cox’s Vampyrates comic book. Kevin & Jeromy will be at the San Diego Comic-Con / Bloodfire Comics Booth.
http://www.bloodfire.com


Kevin Donaker-Ring guests with the Jetset, playing lead on the Paul Bevoir tune, “Heaven & Mrs. Winter.” from England’s Cherry Red Records, Swings & Roundabouts: The Very Best of The Jetset"
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/cherryred/artists/jetset.php

Bart Mendoza pens new Pink Floyd comics anthology forward from Bluewater Productions which will likely also be at the Comic-Con 2010
www.bluewaterprod.com.

Blindspot News
New releases from Circa Now, Skid Roper, Dave Humphries and Skelpin. Skelpin recently won first place in the World Music category of the John Lennon Songwriting Awards with a song from this album, “The View.”

Singer-songwriter Marie Haddad has demoed a version of Bart Mendoza’s new song, “Falling,” for possible inclusion on her next album

www.myspace.com/blindspotrecordssd


The Shambles performed Cheap Trick’s classic album, At Budokan, in it’s entirety at Bar Pink in North Park/San Diego, on Saturday May 1, 10 p.m.

The Shambles - Bar Pink / May 1, 2010 setlist:
1) Hello There
2) Come On, Come On
3) Elo Kiddies
4) Lookout
5) Big Eyes
6) Need Your Love (w/ Adam Gimbel)
7) I Want You To Want Me
8) Surrender
9) California Man
10) Downed
11) Oh Caroline
12) Southern Girls
13) Goodnight Now
14) Aint That A Shame
15) Clock Strikes Ten
16) Auf Wiedrsehen



Town Criers, Manual Scan and members of the Penetrators performed at The Casbah on January 30.


The Shambles CD release show at the Casbah on Nov. 29 featured a second set of songs, each with a different guest from the local music community.

The following clips were posted online by Rosey Bystrak:

Clip #1 The Shambles with Steve Poltz, cover The Ramones "Sheena Is A Punk
Rocker"
http://www.youtube.com/user/LosShambles#p/f/0/4k7-nP1PLl4

Clip #2 The Shambles with Gary Hankins (Scarlet Symphony), cover Manual Scan’s
“Nothing Can Be Everything” and The Birds “Leavin Here”
http://www.youtube.com/user/LosShambles#p/f/11/fKuXHrVKlTc

Clip #3 The Shambles with Gregory Page cover The Beatles "I'm Only Sleeping"
http://www.youtube.com/user/LosShambles#p/f/9/EEFivLnaFSI

Clip #4 The Shambles with Lee Harding (Echo Revolution) cover The Kinks "All Day
And All Of The Night"
http://www.youtube.com/user/LosShambles#p/f/7/rCZ4OAx_lFg

Clip #5 The Shambles with Joey Harris (The Beat Farmers / The Mentals ) cover
The Rolling Stones "The Last Time."
http://www.youtube.com/user/LosShambles#p/f/8/wQbuJGXFH3Q

Clip #6 The Shambles with Wendy Bailey perform "Innocence Becomes You." Wendy
also plays guitar on Clip #1 ("Sheena....")
http://www.youtube.com/user/LosShambles#p/f/6/C8ypUexRH7k
Scan's "Nothing Can Be Everything" & The Birds "Leavin Here"


The Shambles / Blindspot Records Youtube Page has posted over five dozens videos including Manual Scan, The Shambles, Mark DeCerbo & Four Eyes, Skeplin, Anna Troy, The Risk, The Trebels, Wendy Bailey, The Nashville Ramblers and more!
www.youtube.com/user/LosShambles

Ray Brandes page has videos from The Mystery Machine, Crawdaddy’s and Tell Tale Hearts
http://www.youtube.com/user/raybrandes

Kenny Howes other band, Hautewerk was featured in Guitar World Magazine in 2009 plus they will have three songs in upcoming edition of Rock Band. The songs are from their 2006 album, Stop Start Again. Hautewerk’s songs will also be heard on various MTV programs.
www.hautewerk.com


Footage of Wendy Bailey & True Stories sessions at Studio West, March 4-5, 2010, soundtracked by Wendy's "I Swear, I Say" - look for Bart in the background of 1 clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlv7vOeqUg


Video clip of Anna Troy and Bart performing "I Will"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfofJDor0-Y


Bart Mendoza / Java Joes March 12, 2010 setlist:
1) In My Life
2) Clouds All Day
3) From A Window
4) Wouldn’t You Like To Be A Bear
5) There’s a Lot of Different Ways to Get To School
6) All Sorts
7) Carolina On My Mind / You Still Take My Breath Away
8) In Your Arms
9) What You Mean To Me
10) Can't Seem To Make You Mine
11) American Way
12) I Only Want To Be With You
13) Kids Are Alright
14) For Your Love
15) Blindspot / Innocence Becomes You
16) Where Have All The Good Times Gone
17) Everybody Wants To Go to Heaven (w/Dave Howard)
18) You Make Me Feel Good (w/Dave Howard)
19) I’m Looking Through You (w/Dave Howard)
20) Mystery Dance (w/Dave Howard)

a Shambles cartoon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5K2FGJ2HZo

Manual Scan mention:
http://cheunderground.com/blog/?p=3612

Monday, November 30, 2009

November 2009 Updates

A podcast by Bart:
http://www.piratepods.com/index.php


It was announced on FM94.9 that Manual Scan was back in the studio for the first time in 25 years, with Alan Sanderson producing (The Rolling Stones / Weezer / Elvis Costello) on Dec. 23 for a special FM94.9 "Pyles Sessions" broadcast in January 2010.



Manual Scan show on January 30, 2010
Manual Scan will be opening for The Penetrators, alongside The Town Criers (With Ray Brandes and Mark Z) and the Blues Gangsters on January 30, 2010


One of San Diego’s greatest holiday traditions, this annual airing of Rolling Stones seventies/eighties classic is still the best way to top off Christmas Eve. Exile on Kettner Blvd. takes place on December 24, 9 pm-ish, at The Casbah. This year’s line up includes an all-star band: Mario Escovedo (vocals), Joe Camacho, George Vidardi, Joey Guevara, Romy Kaye, Rick Wilkins, Jonny Viau, & Brian Cantrell. Mid-set the band changes gears to sixties Stones classics, with a change of musicians backing Escovedo, including Morgan Smith and Bart Mendoza on lead and rhythm guitar respectively. Special guests for the night include Steve Poltz and El Vez, so this will be quite a night. Free



The Shambles:
11/22 KUSI-TV 9:40 am
11/22 FM94.9 8 p.m.
11/24 CW-6-TV 9:30 am
11/29 FM94.9 8 p.m.
11/29 The Casbah 10 p.m.
12/12 Humphreys Backstage Lounge 8 p.m.

Additional dates of interest:
12/09/09 Bart (solo) / Ocean Beach HolidayToyDrive
12/11/09 Wendy Bailey & True Stories /Macys Horton Plaza
12/12/09 Wendy Bailey & True Stories / Claire De Lune
12/27/09 Wendy Bailey & True Stories / Lestats
01/09/10 Wendy Bailey & True Stories / The Ruby Room
01/30/10 Manual Scan / The Casbah


The November issue of the San Diego Troubadour has a rave review of "Forty One Sixty"



Forty One Sixty CD release show...
Sunday November 29 - FREE!
FM94.9 & The Casbah Present:

The Shambles (w/special guests) / CD Release for the album "Forty One Sixty"
Skelpin / CD Release for "Trip To Skye"
Lualta
The Shamey Jays
Canton Mudders (in the Atari Lounge)
+ Free Mexican Food From Lucha Libre
+ Giveaways
+ Live FM94.9 Broadcast in the Atari Lounge with your host, Tim Pyles!
Music starts at 7:30 pm - The Shambles at 9:30 pm / 21 & up
FREE ADMISSION - FREE FOOD !
2501 Kettner Blvd. San Diego / www.casbahmusic.com

The Shambles' Setlist:

1)I Can’t Don’t Want to Faster
2)More Than This
3)Fire
4)Thin Lines
5)Clouds All Day
6)Innocence Becomes You w/ Wendy Bailey
7)All Day & All of The Night w/ Lee Harding (Echo Revolution)
8)The Last Time w/ Joey Harris (The Beat Farmers, The Mentals)
9)I’m Only Sleeping w/ Gregory Page
10)Nothing Can Be Everything w/ Gary Hankins (Scarlet Symphony)
11)Leavin’ Here w/ Gary Hankins (Scarlet Symphony)
12)Sheena is A Punk Rocker / Steve Poltz


A new Manual Scan / Shambles post has gone up on the Che Underground site:
http://cheunderground.com/blog/?p=2450


new video clips
http://www.youtube.com/user/LosShambles

Friday, September 25, 2009

September 2009 Update

The Shambles official website has been updated (http://www.theshambles.net). Be sure to add them at myspace and facebook for additional information.

Forty One Sixty, The Songs of The Shambles & Manual Scan is now available from JAM Recordings, Kool Kat Music, Not Lame, CDbaby & Itunes.


Two New Promo Compilations feature The Shambles:

Jangle On, is a new compilation being made available to subscribers at Not Lame,
included amongst many others: The Shambles, The Spring Collection and many more.

The second annual Art Around Adams in June 2009 had a PR kit which included a
promo only compilation featuring The Shambles “I Can’t Don’t Want To Faster.”


The Shambles appearance on the Pyles Sessions, hosted by Tim Pyles and produced
by Alan Sanderson (Rolling Stones / Weezer / Elvis Costello) will finally have
an official release in early 2010 on this promo only, limited edition disc.

Details: Includes notes from Alan Sanderson, all six session tracks and nine
additional bonus cuts from additional
Live radio sessions,

1)(She’s Used to Playing With) Fire
2) Desde Ayer
3) Clouds All Day
4) All Sorts
5) Brilliant
6) San Diego Medley

and also contains nine additional bonus cuts from additional live radio sessions.


New York Magazine, Talent in Motion features Blindspot Records
http://timmag.com/Spring09/P14.php3


Recent Blindspot Releases:

Anna Troy - Live / Stereo 360 Sound, (Blindspot 123)
Wendy Bailey - It Ain’t Rocket Surgery (Blindspot ) Re-issue
Irradio – I Am The Horn (Blindspot )
The Bleeding Irish - Ar Doltas EP (Blindspot )
The Shamey Jays – Four of Your Pretty Packages (Blindspot ) A preview EP
The Shamey Jays – Your Pretty Packages (Blindspot ) full length

Upcoming Titles Include:
Skelpin – Title TBD
Mark DeCerbo & Four Eyes – Anthology Vol. 2 (1984 – 2006)
Dave Humphries – title tbd
Marie Haddad – title tbd
Wendy Bailey – title tbd
VA - Staring at the Sun VIII
VA - Staring at the Sun VIIII

Recent Press:
07/17/09 Goldmine Magazine- The Rave On column by John Borack gives The Shambles
album 20 Explosive Hits a rave review! (pg. 21)
05/27/09 Citybeat
05/28/09 The Reader
05/28/09 San Diego Union / Night & Day

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Current Live Schedule

August, 8 2009 10:30 PM - North Park Music Thing / Bart
Mendoza & Friends, Dave Humphries, Marie Haddad
, San Diego / North Park, California -




August, 9 2009 02:00 PM - Mission Bay Deli / Dave
Humphries
, San Diego / Mission Bay, California -




August, 9 2009 08:00 PM - Surf ’n’ Saddle / Joe Mendoza
aka The Spring Collection
, Solana Beach, California - Free




August, 13 2009 08:00 PM - Hensley’s Flying Elephant /
Skelpin
, Carlsbad, California -




August, 15 2009 07:30 PM - Main Street Station / Anna
Troy
, Guernville, California -




August, 15 2009 09:00 PM - Dreamstreet / The Bleeding
Irish
, San Diego / Ocean Beach, California -




August, 16 2009 08:00 PM - Surf ’n’ Saddle / Joe
Mendoza aka The Spring Collection
, Solana Beach, California - Free




August, 18 2009 08:00 PM - The Pannikin / Anna Troy
, San Diego / La Jolla, California -

All Ages


August, 18 2009 09:00 PM - Humphreys Backstage Lounge /
Anna Troy
, San Diego / Shelter Island, California -




August, 20 2009 08:00 PM - Hensley’s Flying Elephant /
Skelpin
, Carlsbad, California -




August, 23 2009 08:00 PM - Surf ’n’ Saddle / Joe
Mendoza aka The Spring Collection
, Solana Beach, California -




August, 27 2009 08:00 PM - Hensley’s Flying Elephant /
Skelpin
, Carlsbad, California -




August, 30 2009 08:00 PM - Surf ’n’ Saddle / Joe
Mendoza aka The Spring Collection
, Solana Beach, California - Free




September, 4 2009 08:00 PM - Swedenborg Hall / Wendy
Bailey
, San Diego, California -




September, 4 2009 09:00 PM - The Belly Up Tavern / Anna
Troy w/ Johnny Winter
, Solana Beach, California -




September, 6 2009 08:00 PM - Surf ’n’ Saddle / Joe
Mendoza aka The Spring Collection
, Solana Beach, California - Free




September, 12 2009 12:00 PM - Artwalk by the Bay / Dave
Humphries
, San Diego, California -




September, 13 2009 08:00 PM - Surf ’n’ Saddle / Joe
Mendoza aka The Spring Collection
, Solana Beach, California -




September, 18 2009 06:00 PM - Indy Irish Fest / Skelpin
, Indianapolis, Indiana -




September, 19 2009 08:00 PM - Indy Irish Fest / Skelpin
, Indianapolis, Indiana -




September, 19 2009 09:00 PM - Lestats / Anna Troy w/
Robin Henkel & the Buddy Wuddy Blues Show
Adams Avenue, San Diego / Normal Heighs, California -


Wendy Bailey & True Stories
9/19/2009 O’Connell’s

True Stories Setlist:
1) Harmless
2) I Swear I Say
3) Nothing Left To Say
4) Better Days
5) Cant Seem To Make You Mine
6) Was A Time
7) You Still Take My Breath Away
8) What You Mean To Me
9) Comets Tomorrow
10) I’m The One
11) Mystery Dance *
12) Tow The Line
13) Certain Appeal
14) Temptation Eyes *
15) She Walks Groovy




September, 20 2009 12:00 PM - Swedenborg Hall / Wendy
Bailey
, San Diego, California -




September, 20 2009 12:00 PM - Swedenborg Hall / Wendy
Bailey
, San Diego, -




September, 20 2009 08:00 PM - Indy Irish Fest / Skelpin
, Indianapolis, Indiana -




September, 20 2009 08:00 PM - Surf ’n’ Saddle / Joe
Mendoza aka The Spring Collection
, Solana Beach, California -




September, 26 2009 02:00 PM - Adams Avenue Street Fair
- Lestat’s / True Stories (Bart, Wendy, Danny & Billy)
, San Diego / Normal Heights, California - FREE




September, 27 2009 11:00 AM - Adams Avenue Street Fair
/ Wendy Bailey
Adams Avenue, San Diego / Normal Heights, California - FREE




September, 27 2009 08:00 PM - Surf ’n’ Saddle / Joe
Mendoza aka The Spring Collection
, Solana Beach, California - Free




October, 1 2009 06:00 PM - AP Stumps / Anna Troy
, San Jose, California -




October, 2 2009 09:00 PM - The Knitting Factory / Wendy
Bailey
, Los Angeles, California -




October, 4 2009 08:00 PM - Surf ’n’ Saddle / Joe
Mendoza aka The Spring Collection
, Solana Beach, California - Free




October, 24 2009 08:00 PM - Catalina Festival of World
Music / Skelpin
, Avalon, California -

New Release and More News

Due Sept. 5, 2009 : "Forty One Sixty: The Songs of The Shambles" (JAM/ Blindspot Records 109)
"Forty One Sixty: The Songs of The Shambles" (JAM/ Blindspot Records 109)
Release date September 5 2009
24 worldwide artists perform songs written by The Shambles.

Details: Features artists from Spain, England, Serbia, Canada, Sweden, Australia and the U.S.
Some tracks are previously released. Lots of exclusive songs are included. Two tunes aren't sung in English. One scored a prize*.

Includes appearances from power-pop all star (and actor) Robbie Rist (The Brady Bunch, TMNT, etc), 70’s UK Mod legend Anthony Meynell (Squire), 80’s British indie heroes Yeh Yeh, Risk frontman Mark Le Gallez, Mike Kamoo (Lights On / The Stereotypes), Ray Brandes (The Tell-Tale Hearts), Victor Penalosa (The Quarter After/ The Fuzztones), Earle Mankey (Sparks), Patrick Dennis & Christopher Hoffee (Steve Poltz) and many more.


TRACK LISTING:

1) Static Halo (San Diego) – The American Way (Mendoza)
2) Yeh-Yeh (England) – And We Still Feel The Same (Mendoza)
3) Mark Le Gallez & The Eddies (UK/US) - Don't Know Where To Start (Donaker-Ring)
4) Liebling (Denmark) – Survive* (Riddervold/Mendoza) (2003 EMI Publishing Award)
5) Happy Losers (Spain) – Blurs Somewhere (Mendoza/Morris)
6) The Lola's (Alabama) – I Can't Don't Want To Faster (Mendoza)
7) The Sleepwalkers featuring Action Andy (San Diego) – Days & Maybes (Mendoza)
8 ) The Kingpins (Canada) – Plan of Action (Mendoza)
9) The Anna Troy Band (San Diego) – 31968 (Mendoza)
10) Eva Braun (Serbia) – Blindspot (Mendoza/Morris)
11) The Andersons featuring Robbie Rist (Los Angeles) – Rain or Shine (Mendoza/Morris)
12) Mod Fun (New Jersey) – Nothing Can Be Everything (Mendoza)
13) The Ringles (Illinois) – Innocence Becomes You (Mendoza)
14) Rachael Gordon (San Diego) – Fun at Your House (Mendoza/Morris)
15) Jeremy (Michigan) – I Believe (Mendoza/Morris)
16) Marie Haddad (San Diego)– Where You Are (Mendoza/Morris)
17) The Hipnotes (Michigan) – Change (Donaker-Ring)
18) Sugarplum featuring Anthony Meynell (England) – Confidence & Love (Mendoza)
19) Herb Eimerman (Illinois) – All Sorts (Mendoza/Morris)
20) Afterglow (England) – Of Heart & Soul/For Jamie (Mendoza)
21) The Eddies (Los Angeles) – Jungle Beat (Mendoza) version 1
22) The Truckee Brothers (San Diego) – The Waiting Game (Mendoza)
23) Cockeyed Ghost (Los Angeles) – Brilliant (Mendoza)
24) Mega Super Ultra (Illinois) – Confidence & Love (Mendoza)

A worldwide collection of songs originally recorded by long running American rock group’s Manual Scan and the Shambles. The connection between the two bands is vocalist Bart Mendoza and guitarist Kevin Donaker-Ring, mainstays of both combos, who have now been performing together for over 30 years. While the tunes were originally a rock 'n' roll, garage, mod, power-pop hybrid these recastings are stylistically diverse. Witness San Diego twang and stomp favorites the Sleepwalkers take on "Days and Maybe's", here recast as a Mexican cumbia, or Spanish rockers The Happy Losers energetic romp through “Blurs Somewhere.” Then there's the blistering power-pop of Los Angeles based Cockeyed Ghost, and a terrific "Plan Of Action," updated ska style by Canada's Kingpins. Seventies British mod hero Anthony Meynell (Squire) was a big influence on the band's songwriting, and here Meynell returns the favor with his new group Sugarplum and a brilliant rendition of "Confidence & Love." Meanwhile top pop rockers the Anderson's contribute one of the biggest surprises here, an otherwise unreleased tune from Mendoza's archive. It's a truly eclectic collection. Mendoza penned most of the material here, but long time followers of the band will be thrilled to find additional songs from Donaker-Ring. While a few numbers have been previously released, the majority of the music here is brand new and includes artists from Spain, England, Serbia, Canada, Sweden, Australia as well as the U.S., all adding up to an inspired new take on the music of Manual Scan & The Shambles.

Online purchasers can find the album at JAM Recordings (www.jamrecordings.com), Kool Kat Musik, Not Lame, CDbaby and I-Tunes.


For more information please contact:
JAM Records www.jamrecordings.com
Mendoza mendozab@juno.com
The Shambles www.theshambles.net
The Shambles www.myspace.com/theshambles
www.myspace.com/fortyonesixtysd


4160 Songs of the Shambles now at JAM (online) & M-Theory (retail)!
M-Theory Records in Mission Hills / San Diego (next to the library on
Washington Street) now has advance copies of Forty One Sixty: The songs of The Shambles in stock! Only $9.99 plus, at this location only, you score a free bonus disc , containing an exclusive Shambles track, with purchase!


M-Theory Music
915 W Washington St
San Diego, CA 92103-1806
(619) 220-0485
www.mtheorymusic.com








The Spring Collection, The Shambles reviewed in Goldmine by John Borack

The Spring Collection
The Spring Collection’s new one, titled In Between
(Blindspot Records), is another low-key, below the radar
treat, with leader Joe Mendoza (brother of Bart Mendoza
from longtime mod-pop stalwarts The Shambles) offering
up 13 swell examples of his hyper-melodic style, all
sung in a winning, everyman voice with plenty of
Rickenbacker jangle. Covers of the Everly Brothers, UK
mod gurus Squire and The Jetset, and The Byrds (an
unplugged take of “Mr. Spaceman”) fit in nicely.


The Shambles
An entertaining all-covers record by The Shambles. 20
Explosive Hits (Black Cherry Group) is a ball from start
to finish, cobbling together 22 tracks dating from
1992-2007 that were released as singles or recorded for
various comps and tributes.

It’s certainly a varied record, with nifty versions of
tunes by everyone from The Birds (Ron Wood’s first
group), The Zombies, Oasis and the Monkees to Connie
Francis (a storming, yet sweet, version of “Warm This
Winter”), Sam Phillips, Neil Diamond and the Cardigans.
Any band that can pull off a version of the Mary Tyler
Moore Show theme (dolled up here as a warm, jangly
treat) as well as Ringo Starr’s “Snookeroo” and even
“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” — in a medley with “Rhythm of the
Rain,” for corn’s sake — is worthy of attention. Genius
move: taking the Raspberries’ countrified “Might as
Well” and turning it into a nice little power-pop number.


John Borack / Goldmine - Rave On Column



Anna Troy is the cover artist in the July issue of the
San Diego Troubadour !

Dave Humphries is working on his follow up to "...and so
it goes..." with Mike Kamoo once again at the board- he
was featured in The San Diego Reader on July 4 !

New "Blindspot Showcase" series at the House of Blues on July 5.

Skelpin's new album won't be titled "The Singing Bird"
after all- new Title TBA, but the band has just wrapped
the disc, with Alan Sanderson (Weezer/Rolling Stones)
behind the board!

Work on Staring at the Sun VIII has begun.... look for a
Winter release

Monday, June 15, 2009

June 2009 News Updates

Personnel changes:
True Stories lost bassist Joe Poma, but has gained guitarist Wendy Bailey

Orrick has left Manual Scan / The Shambles

Tim Blankenship is now playing with Manual Scan

Kenny Howes has switched to bass for The Shambles



Band photos:
http://cheunderground.com/blog/?p=1874#more-1874

http://cheunderground.com/blog/?p=1911#more-1911




A video posted of Mod Fun playing "Nothing Can Be Everything":

http://www.facebook.com/n/?video/video.php&v=1152629648632&mid=82159fG210
e567cG1b58505G1d