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A.C. Newman — Get Guilty

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) January 22, 2009 2:55 pm
While it bears the A.C. Newman name, Carl Newman's second solo effort has disappointingly yielded another New Pornographers album. The Pornos' frontman's music may always show hints of that band, but where 2004's The Slow Wonder solo debut took steps to diversify his sound, Get Guilty's tracks could easily fit anywhere in the Vancouver band's...
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A.C, Newman — The Slow Wonder

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By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth (CHARTattack) June 8, 2004 10:35 am
Hot damn Carl Newman is a great songwriter! The Slow Wonder is the first solo album from the deliciously lispy voice behind Zumpano and The New Pornographers and while Newman’s prolific songwriting continues (in the last 10 years he’s released a total of four albums with Zumpano and the Pornographers), it also gives proof that if pressed,...
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I Read The News Today... For May 26, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff May 26, 2010 12:24 pm
Just a day after being arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, Suge Knight was accused of ordering a hit. —TMZ Burlington, Ont.'s Sandman Viper Command have a free download of "Strawberry Quick," from their Everybody See This debut album available for free download. —MySpace Regina Spektor will play at the White House as part of...
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Tegan And Sara, A.C. Newman, Cliks Frontman On New Margaret Cho Album

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 13, 2010 11:31 am
It looks like comedian Margaret Cho's upcoming new album is going to be stacked full of Canadian musicians. Tegan And Sara, The New Pornographers' A.C. Newman and Cliks frontman Lucas Silveira are among the acts that have recorded songs with Cho for a new album of comedy songs that will be released later this year. Cho asked Tegan And Sara to...
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Newman Goes Norwegian: Take On Me

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By CHARTattack Staff February 11, 2009 12:03 pm
You can go to Starbucks now and buy the chain's Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs compilation. But if you'd like to hear one of the album's songs without supporting the American coffee chain, you can listen to A.C. Newman's take on A-Ha's "Take On Me" here:   AC...
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Fall In Love At Starbucks

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) January 23, 2009 12:29 pm
Starbucks' share price has dropped by more than 50 per cent over the past year, and the chain is closing stores and cutting costs. But there's something music fans with a fondness for overpriced coffee can do to help the over-expanded merchant. Starbucks stores will start selling a compilation of cover songs featuring the likes of Death Cab For...
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A.C. Newman’s Guilty Tour

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By Mandy Savoie (CHARTattack) December 9, 2008 1:23 pm
A.C. Newman will tour without The New Pornographers next year in support of Last Gang's Jan. 20 release of his second solo album, Get Guilty. Matador will release the album south of the 49th parallel. You can save three bucks and receive a download of Newman's version of The Go-Betweens' "Love Goes On" if you pre-order the CD from...
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CHARTtrack: A.C. Newman's "Submarines Of Stockholm"

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By CHARTattack Staff December 5, 2008 2:57 pm
"Submarines Of Stockholm" is a track from A.C. Newman's upcoming sophomore album, Get Guilty. The disc, which hits stores on Jan. 20, is the follow-up to 2004's The Slow Wonder. It will feature contributions from Nicole Atkins and Mates Of State, and was recorded in New York. "Submarines Of Stockholm" displays Newman...
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New Neko Coming; New Pornographers Next

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By CHARTattack Staff December 2, 2008 11:39 am
We've told you enough about Carl "A.C." Newman's Get Guilty album that's coming out on Jan. 20, so now it's time to let you know about another album coming from a New Pornographers member: Neko Case. Case's Middle Cyclone, the follow-up to 2006's Fox Confessor Brings The Flood, is expected on March 3 via Anti- Records. It was produced...
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New Pornographers Are Really Busy

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By Brian Pascual (CHARTattack) November 28, 2008 5:21 pm
It's always good news to hear that Canada's favourite pop genius, Carl Newman, is busy. After the demise of his relatively unknown former band, Zumpano, in the '90s and sporadic and uncertain status of his current band The New Pornographers in the early part of this decade, Newman has definitely been making up for lost time and missed...
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A.C. Newman's Guilty Pleasure

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By CHARTattack Staff November 27, 2008 2:50 pm
A.C. Newman (but you can call him Carl) has revealed more details about his second solo album, Get Guilty. The Jan. 20 Last Gang Records release from The New Pornographers main man follows his 2004 solo debut, The Slow Wonder. The first single is "The Palace At 4 A.M.," which name-checks a Donald Barthelme short story. The song title is...
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A.C. Newman's New Song

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) November 20, 2008 1:51 pm
Matador Records will release A.C. Newman's Get Guilty on Jan. 20. No track list has yet been revealed, but the album's first single will be "The Palace At 4 A.M." You can hear "There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve" here. While Newman's main squeeze, The New Pornographers, seem to be heading into a lull of inactivity after their...
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A.C. Newman Gets Guilty

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 25, 2008 4:27 pm
New Pornographers frontman Carl Newman will return as A.C. Newman on Jan. 20 when he'll release his second solo album, Get Guilty. The Matador release was recorded at the Seaside Lounge in Newman's adopted hometown of Brooklyn, N.Y. with Phil Palazzo. There aren't many details available yet, but Get Guilty features contributions from Superchunk'...
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