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| From | "mtn-high" <mtn-high@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Cool Cliff Hillis / TallBoy Records news! NYC show May. 19 |
| Date | Wed, 18 May 2005 06:26:46 -0600 |
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And ya should be. It's a DAMN FINE rekkerd!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anna Borg" <anna@tallboyrecords.com>
To: "audities" <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:44 PM
Subject: Cool Cliff Hillis / TallBoy Records news! NYC show May. 19
> Feast or Famine here at TallBoy HQ! Cliff Hillis got
> a nice little write-up in the current issue of
> Billboard Magazine!!! He's also playing a show May 19
> at The Cutting Room in NYC It's an EARLY show, here's
> the details:
>
> The Cutting Room
> New York, NY 7:00 PM
> full band show, industry showcase!
> http://thecuttingroomnyc.com/
>
> Big ups to ya if you can make it out, it's kind of a
> big deal and we are so proud!!
>
> Read the full article below. Or check out
> http://www.cliffhillis.com for more info.
>
>
>
> May 21, 2005
> Now Hear This
> BY TODD MARTENS (editor)
>
>
>>>>CLIFF HILLIS
>
> Fans of Matthew Sweet, the Rembrandts and Owsley have
> another reason to
> cheer: Cliff Hillis.
>
> Hillis' second solo record, 2004's "Better Living
> Through Compression,"
> landed at No. 5 (between Brian Wilson and Keane) on a
> best of 2004 poll
> from power-pop webzine Audities. And for good reason:
> The sweet
> melodies
> are bolstered by Hillis' clever lyrics and strong
> musicianship. The
> album,
> released on a friend's small Tallboy Records, has sold
> close to 1,000
> copies.
>
> A guitar tech for the Innocence Mission in the
> mid-'90s, Hillis opted
> to
> leave his former group, Starbelly, to strike out on
> his own. "I
> realized I
> was writing stuff to fit that band, instead of writing
> from the heart,"
> he
> says. Hillis has since opened for the likes of
> Blondie, Marshall
> Crenshaw
> and Jonathan Richman.
>
> Phoenixville, Pa.-based Hillis will showcase May 19 at
> the Cutting Room
> in
> New York.
>
> Contact: Steven I. Rosenfeld, Worldwide Management,
> 212-573-6000.
> -Melinda
> Newman
> -------------------------
>
>
> Anna Borg
> AIM: cakeab
> TallBoy Records
> P.O. Box 27757
> Los Angeles, CA 90027-0757
>
> http://www.tallboyrecords.com
>
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