Now that the New Pornos have rocked Australia and New Zealand on the final leg of their Challengers tour, Carl Newman is prepping the release of his second solo album Get Guilty . Today, via Matador Records' Intended Play sampler for Fall '08, we get an early listen of Guilty 's bright opening track. At two minutes forty seconds, "There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve" is the shortest song on the recor...
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A.C. Newman, head New Pornographer and creator of the fantastic solo album The Slow Wonder, has got a release date and album cover for his new album Get Guilty. The sure-to-be-amazing album comes out January 20th on Matador and will feature Nicole Atkins and Mates of State.
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really? the first a.c. newman post? well then, i will now upload the first song that i heard of his solo album.carl newman (aka a.c.), lead of the new pornographers. i listened to an interview on the local college station last weekend. seems like a cool dude actually. writing new songs for the new albums(s). solo and grouped, drink to this, then.
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Words and Photos by: Ben Van HoutenOpening with “There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve,” the first track from his new solo album, A.C. Newman delivered an hour-plus set of stately chamber-power-pop to great applause on Saturday night at The Independent. After weeks of hand-wringing about Get Guilty–Was the production too muted? Were some [...]
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With his new album "Get Guilty" under the guise of A.C. Newman, Carl Newman takes a break from his main gig with The New Pornographers. Although it's easy to make a statement like none of the songs on the album would sound out of place on a New Pornographers album, but that actually wouldn't be true. Perhaps that last statement is more true with A.C. Newman's debut album "The Slow Wonder", a p...
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A.C. (Carl) Newman is best known as part of indie power pop darlings The New Pornographers. Get Guilty is the second solo release from the Vancouver native. Joining Newman are a bevy of guest musicians, including Nicole Atkins, Mates Of State, and Superchunk's Jon Wurster. The twelve tracks are rooted deeply in the melodic indie rock that we have come to expect from his band. Almost all of the
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A.C. Newman has had one heck of a career. He first came to our attention here in Canada as part of Vancouver underground indie pop favorites Zumpano. Following the break-up of Zumpano Newman shot to new heights of success with the New Pornographers.Get Guilty is Newman's second solo record and is scheduled to hit shelves (digital and tangible) on January 20th.The first single from the albu...
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Hello friends,We really, really like the new AC Newman record, Get Guilty, and we're pretty excited about the New Pornographer front-dude rolling into town with his band of pop perfectionists. Now, you can get excited too, because it doesn't matter that the sky is falling and you don't even have rent money this month. You and a friend or enemy of your choosing can go see AC play at Exit/In if y...
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Carl "A.C." Newman , frontman from everyone's favorite high-class fetishistic supergroup The New Pornographers , has been fairly sheltered from his solo work since his 2004 debut The Slow Wonder . I guess he was too busy producing Shortlist-nominated albums and dominating the Billboard charts whilst keeping the company of Neko Case and Dan Bejar . It's not always easy to forgive, but given...
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Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Our Favorite Long Songs is the latest in the line of blockbuster compilations that's been crowding up your RSS feeds. This one is special because it benefits the destitute shareholders of the Starbucks corporation, which now qualifies as a post-economic meltdown charity case. The tracklist is tight. Not all the songs are new (you can hear Death Cab's take ...
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Stereogum premiered the first new song from AC Newman's 2009 album Get Guilty. I was hoping he saved some thunder for this release after the disappointing last New Pornographers record, but based on this song alone, I'm not so sure he did. MP3: A.C. Newman - There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve I've got to say that [...]
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