Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:13 AM
At 59 Hugh Cornwell still has the DIY punk attitude. His new album Hooverdam is available as a free download. The former main man of The Stranglers has embraced internet technology in a big way as a means to communicate with his fans - his website is available in twelve languages.
Cornwell writes rollicking melodies, with a vintage rock 'n' roll beat mashed with his trademark street cool vocals. He knows that he is Banging On At The Same Old Beat, but there's no need to change a good thing.
Hooverdam is released on Invisible Hands Music. Physical copies will be available on vinyl and as a triple-sleeved digi-pak CD/DVD, which will contain Hugh’s film “Blueprint,” featuring live studio performance inter-spliced with an interview with Hugh at the Tate Gallery in London. Release date: September 8.
Tracks:
- Please Don't Put Me On A Slow Boat To Trowbridge
- Going To The City
- Delightful Nightmare
- Within You Or Without You
- Rain On The River
- Beat Of My Heart
- Philip K. Ridiculous
- The Pleasure Of Your Company
- Wrong Side Of The Tracks
- Banging On At The Same Old Beat
MP3: Hugh Cornwell - Delightful Nightmare
MP3: Hugh Cornwell - Rain On The River
North American tour:
- 09/08 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
- 09/09 Long Branch, NJ @ Brighton Bar
- 09/10 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
- 09/11 Bordentown, NJ @ The Record Collector
- 09/12 New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
- 09/13 Boston, MA @ TT The Bear's Place
- 09/15 Montreal, PQ @ TBA
- 09/16 Hamilton, ON @ This Ain't Hollywood
- 09/17 Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club
- 09/18 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
- 09/19 Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall
- 09/20 Chicago, IL @ The Abbey
European tour
- 06/10 Frankfurt @ Nachtleben
- 07/10 Köln @, Luxor
- 08/10 Hamburg @ Grunspan
- 09/10 Berlin @ Quasimodo
- 10/10 Amsterdam @ Paradiso
- 15/10 Vilnius @ New York
- 13/11 Newcastle @ O2 Academy Newcastle
- 14/11 Glasgow @ Abc Glasgow
- 20/11 London @ O2 Academy Islington
- 21/11 Oxford @ O2 Academy Oxford
- 27/11 Manchester @ Manchester Academy 1
- 28/11 Birmingham @ O2 Academy Birmingham
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