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Travis — Ode To J. Smith

Ode To J. Smith features the most electric guitar on a Travis album since... probably 1999. Despite the band's attempts to turn up the good and turn down the suck, Ode To J. Smith is largely quite boring and the suck is still very much present. This time around, instead of sounding like a quieter, wimpier version of Coldplay (yes, it's possible),...
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Ode To J. Smith

Travis — The Invisible Band

You'd have to be one to believe in miracles to expect the sensitive, yet scrappy lads that make up Travis to create a work that could follow up the charismatic The Man Who. The band come very close with The Invisible Band, but miracles are so hard to come by. Fran Healy and the boys knit up 12 cozy tracks that are much quieter and subtler in...
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Travis - The Invisible Band

'90s Nostalgia | Remember Travis?

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Ever since Fran Healy asked the world in 1999, "Why does it always rain on me?" I've been on the quest to figure out the same thing. Travis, the post-Britpop mainstays from Scotland were one of the bands that gave the late '90s a good rep. They debuted on the charts in 1997 with Good Feeling, but it wasn't until 1999's The Man Who that gave them...
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I Read The News Today... For July 19, 2010

Oh, look! U2 have earned more money than anyone else so far this year. Whodathunk? —Forbes See, John Lydon can't even get along with his own bandmates. —NME Jerry Lee Lewis' new album is called Mean Old Man and will feature collaborations from Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger and other really old dudes from your dad...
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Travis At The Sound Academy

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Photographer: 
Graham Kennedy
Venue: 
Sound Academy
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
April 21, 2009
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Travis At The Sound Academy

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Photographer: 
Graham Kennedy
Venue: 
Sound Academy
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
April 21, 2009
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Travis At The Sound Academy

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Photographer: 
Graham Kennedy
Venue: 
Sound Academy
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
April 21, 2009
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Travis At The Sound Academy

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Photographer: 
Graham Kennedy
Venue: 
Sound Academy
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
April 21, 2009
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Travis At The Sound Academy

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Photographer: 
Graham Kennedy
Venue: 
Sound Academy
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
April 21, 2009
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Travis At The Sound Academy

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Photographer: 
Graham Kennedy
Venue: 
Sound Academy
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
April 21, 2009
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Pumping: Travis — Ode To J. Smith

Stop the presses! There's a new Travis record. Um... actually... start them back up again. Nothing to see here.
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Travis Compose Ode To J. Smith

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After releasing The Boy With No Name last year, Scottish band Travis will issue Ode To J. Smith in Britain on CD, vinyl and as a download through their own Red Telephone Box label on Sept. 29. An import CD will be available in North America the next day. The album was written in five weeks and recorded in 14 days in February and March. Lead...
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Travis Finish Recording Sixth Album

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Scottish rock group Travis have completed work on their sixth studio album after wrapping up a two-week recording session at London, England's RAK studios. The band played a handful of British shows earlier this year to road-test some of the songs, which bassist Dougie Payne says helped the group. Payne also says on the band's website that they...
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Who Says Men Can't Be Sensitive?

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Photo By Graham Kennedy Text By Debbie Bento
Venue: 
The Warehouse
City: 
Toronto
Date: 
February 15, 2008

Travis Open Up About New Album

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British rock band Travis have released new information on their fifth studio album, Open, which is coming out later this year. "It's been three years since our last release," the band wrote on their MySpace page last week in reference to 2004's Singles collection, which followed 2003's 12 Memories studio effort. "Much has...
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Last Day To Ask Travis A Question

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Here's your chance to get those guys from Travis to actually answer your question. Problem is... you only got one more day to do it because the deadline is fast approaching. The whole scenario is pretty simple. The guys in Travis will be conducting an online fan interview where the questions aren't lobbed at them from bored journalists who'd...
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Travis Gives Fans A Sneak Peek

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Travis may be the "invisible band," but the tracks off their new album will be available for the world to listen to. On their American website, www.TravisOnlineUSA.com, the band is holding several listening session for their newest album, The Invisible Band, due in stores June 12. Beginning yesterday with "Dear Diary," tracks...
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Travis Single Available For Download

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Although scheduled for sale in the U.K. on May 28 and probably in Canada via the local import shops a few days later, those who have a desperate hankering for new Travis material can fill that craving by downloading the single, "Sing." All one has to do is check out their website, travisonline.com to download the single, but act fast...
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Travis Open For Dido On Her Canadian Tour

Travis have emerged from a Los Angeles recording studio with an album in hand and a North American tour just announced. The band's Canadian appearances will be limited to Vancouver and Toronto this summer, where they'll be opening for none other than the sultry and hugely successful, Dido. (Come on, admit it, when you flick channels and get...
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