bright penny - first report

Uncut's Deputy Editor and longtime Liam Hayes supporter is the first to write about Bright Penny over at his Wild Mercury Sound blog

patrick cleandenim - delusions of adequacy

Delusions of Adequacy have given Patrick Cleandenim's Orange Moonbeam Floorshow an excellent review here

simon raymonde/bella union - interview

There's a really interesting interview with Simon Raymonde of Bella Union at the Cherry Red TV website which you can also watch a bit more easily here

alternative ulster and andrew morgan

bright penny tracklisting

Take A Chance
If I Could
White Telescope
I Sing Silence
Look Up, Look Down

We Made It
So Much Music
Getaway
The Goose Is Out
O Street

andrew morgan - new band of the day- the guardian

Paul Lester of The Guardian is getting very excited about Andrew Morgan's Please Kid, Remember. This has got to be one of the best write ups in Broken Horse history, wow!

bright penny - promo copies

Here's a picture of some of the Bright Penny promo CDs that have just landed on the Broken Horse desk. These will be going out to all the prominent movers and shakers of the UK music press this week.

Andrew Morgan - PKR 9/10 review - Clash magazine

Geoff Travis interviewed by Jeffrey Lewis

An interesting interview with Geoff Travis by Rough Trade artist Jeffrey Lewis can be found over at The Guardian's website

Patrick Cleandenim - Motorik

Taken from the new album Orange Moonbeam Floorshow which is now on sale

Liam Hayes & Plush - Bright Penny

Broken Horse has just taken delivery of the new & long awaited album by Liam Hayes & Plush - Bright Penny. More news about this incredible record soon but in the meantime, you can take a peek at the master discs sent all across the ocean by Peerless Mastering

Andrew Morgan - Too Cool To Die

Robert Bennett from Too Cool To Die has given Andrew Morgan's Please Kid, Remember a rave review

orange moonbeam floorshow slipcase!

Patrick Cleandenim Hotel Gansevoort 7" - now available via rough trade

hotel gansevoort / stage fright

Release Date: 11/05/2009

'hotel gansevoort' and 'stage fright' by patrick cleandenim is a super limited edition of 300 copies. at the moment it's available from patrick at his shows and via few special shops. the single is on patrick's own sphinx label and each single is hand stamped. 'hotel gansevoort' is a delicious slice of 80's orchestral pop that sits somewhere between patrick wolf, japan and david bowie.


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A.C Newman on Letterman

patrick cleandenim hotel gansevoort 7" available now

Hotel Gansevoort/Stage Fright by Patrick Cleandenim is out now in a super limited edition of 300 copies. At the moment it's available from Patrick at his shows and from Other Music in New York. The single is on Patrick's own Sphinx label and each single is hand stamped. Broken Horse hopes to have copies for sale by the end of next week.


Now available online direct from Patrick Cleandenim here

AC Newman - press clippings

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The Independent (Friday)

Uncut

Q

Plan B

The Independent (Saturday)

AC Newman - The Palace at 4AM

ac newman on his solo career and the new pornographers

AC Newman - press so far....

“Like all Newman records, it shows off his smarts and maintains a strong hook quotient…” –Rolling Stone

“The Canadian power-pop ace unleashes another battery of hooks with blasts of vocal harmonies (‘Like a Hitman, Like a Dancer’) and dabs of organ (‘Elemental’).” –Spin

“Get Guilty is a baroque-pop gem, on which he displays remarkable tonal control via crafty arrangement.” –Paste

“Nobody weaves melancholy into melody the way he does, and these new songs have a sprawling, beguiling calm.” –Elle

“[Newman summons] a collective grandeur from guitars, moaning cellos, and shimmering cymbals in songs like ‘Changeling,’ whose bitter musings sting like a fresh slap.” –Marie Claire

“Get Guilty is a stirring set of memorable power-pop…” –The Onion

“In his lyrics, arrangements, and delivery, there’s always much more going on than can be viewed at a distance… Newman’s singularity as a songwriter lies in more than histrionics. Like Wonder, Guilty has its share of up-tempo tracks, yet its real pleasures are idiosyncratic, revealing themselves the more attentively and often you listen.” -Pitchfork

“The defacto leader of the New Pornographers treats back-up refrains and big-beat percussion as conduits to Brill Building grandeur and breathless romanticism. [Get Guilty] attests to this continuing quest for tuneful bliss.” –The Absolute Sound

“Another collection of infectious pop songs.” –SOMA Magazine

“[In New Pornographers] Newman pens precisely arranged confections. Here, on his solo material, he lets the ink spill… The great pleasure is in hearing how all the elements cohere.”—Time Out Chicago

"Get Guilty is not just a lastingly great album. It is that rare kind of pop record that you live in and get to know, that reveals its depth the more you listen, without losing an ounce of its infectious energy." –PopMatters

"It has become increasingly easy to take a new album of his for granted, to mistake steady craftsmanship for complacency. To do that with his second solo album Get Guilty would be a huge mistake as it's loaded with songs that are the equal of his best work." –St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Get Guilty is the first great album of 2009 and solidifies Newman as one of the best pop practitioners today.” –The Bergen Record

“Newman’s gift as a songwriter has always been nuance – scalpel over ax. His melodies don’t kill, they infect… Get Guilty is Newman’s best release as a solo artist and even tops the most recent New Pornographers record, further building on a body of work that is one of the most impressive in the ever-expanding ‘indie’ rock catalogue.” –Aquarium Drunkard

“Get Guilty’s a record that should be in the ears of every pop lover…” –Aversion

“As in The Slow Wonder, Newman practices a spinning plate sort of complexity, juggling big rock sounds on fragile sticks of melody, heaping difficulty upon difficulty, without a single crash (or even a grimace).” –Dusted

“Concise, intelligent pop music…” –The Kansas City Star

“Get Guilty boasts more hooks than any dozen records, and none of them are cheap. It has the playfulness Newman showed with Zumpano in the 1990s, the literate quality of his Pornographers’ songs and a greater self-assurance than either” –Louisville Courier-Journal

“[Newman] retains his enviable gift for wedding elliptical narratives to memorable melodies…” –Washington Post Express

AC Newman - Live at the Virgin Megastore

AC Newman pictured here with Nicole Atkins yesterday played an instore at the Virgin Megastore in NYC.

Lots of photos can be found over at Brooklyn Vegan