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Monday, June 22, 2009

Welcome To Ashley: Absent Man

photo: Zoran Orlic

Welcome To Ashley have tried to cram all of their musical heroes into a four-track EP called Absent Man. This Chicago band has internalized all the major all the cool vintage UK New Wave bands with singer Coley Kennedy channeling the trembling vocalization of Johnny Rotten in his PIL-phase.

With their Nashville roots this band it's no wonder that they get it just right with the backbeat - dry laidback drums courtesy of Sherrlia Bailey and crawling bass by Jeremy Barett. With guitar player Pete Javier waving jangling soundscapes a la Johnny Marr - yes, with quite a lot of treble - Absent Man is a serious contender for the late night programming of alternative radio stations.

Coley Kennedy: vocals
Pete Javier: guitar
Jeremy Barrett: bass
Sherrlia Bailey: drums

Absent Man is a self-released EP. Buy it from the band's website.

Tracks:

Absent Man
Trust In Me
Nothing But Grey Skies Ahead
Band, You're Dead

MP3: Welcome To Ashley - Bang, You're Dead

Live dates:

06/26 Cedars Lounge, Youngstown, OH
06/28 Arlenes Grocery, New York, NY
06/29 Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn, NY
06/30 Lit Lounge, New York, NY
07/01 The Khyber, Philadelphia, PA
07/08 Double Door (free show), Chicago, Illinois
08/12 Schuba’s (JMA Showcase), Chicago, Illinois

» myspace.com/welcometoashley

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Living Colour: new album "The Chair In The Doorway" 09/15

photo: Bill Bernstein

Legendary rock band Living Colour have finished recording their new studio album The Chair In The Doorway. Release date: September 15th.

Living Colour will release their first new studio album in five years entitled The Chair In The Doorway on September 15 via Megaforce Records. The legendary downtown NYC rock band, who exploded out of CBGB’s in the late ’80s, landing all over MTV, the cover of Rolling Stone and stadium stages around the world with their Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum debut album Vivid, are back and “fierce” as ever.

Original members Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, Will Calhoun and (since 1993) Doug Wimbish gathered at Sono Studios outside of Prague in The Czech Republic during the fall of 2008 and spring of 2009 to write and record what would become The Chair In The Doorway. The results stretch from the modern soul anthem “Behind The Sun” to the politically-charged, heavy rock of “DecaDance” to the sacred steel blues of “Bless Those.” The artwork for The Chair In The Doorway was compiled from thousands of contest entries by fans from around the world.