Carl Newman

A.C, Newman — The Slow Wonder

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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AC Newman - The Slow Wonder

I Read The News Today... For May 26, 2010

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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New Neko Coming; New Pornographers Next

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

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

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

A.C. Newman's New Song

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

A.C. Newman Gets Guilty

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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