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01/04/09 Great Scott Boston, MA
01/05/09 Late Show with Letterman 01/06/09 Bowery Ballroom NY (Sold Out) 01/08/09 Popscene San Francisco, CA 01/10/09 Chop Suey Seattle, WA 01/11/09 Richards on Richards ON 01/12/09 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR 01/14/09 Troubador, CA (Sold Out) 01/15/09 Late Late Show with Ferguson 03/30/09 Webster Hall New York, NY |
Glasvegas are a Scottish rock band with a new self-titled debut album coming out in January in the US (the well-received album was already released in Europe). In the US, at some record store, if you pre-order the album, it comes with a free Christmas album called A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss). I think this is pretty limited, if you're not sure if your local shop is offering this - check the listing here. If you don't live near any of those stores, your next best deal is probably via iTunes where you can get the bundle (16 songs in total) for $10.99.
The mini-album was recorded quite recently in Transylvania in October 2008 and includes mostly original holiday songs, with the exception "Silent Night". Which surprisingly sounded very haunting with Romanian singing by The Concentus Choir at the St Nicholas Church in Brasov (including what sounds like howling wind!).
My favorite of the six song is "F**k You, It's Over". It's very emotional and you really must hear the Scottish accent singing "fuk yoo". Since this is a family-friendly website (well mostly), I'm going to play it safe and make you listen to their title song, "A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss)". Singer James Allan isn't shy about showing off his accent on all the songs and you can clearly hear it on that particular song.
I predict this band will be pretty massive, come this January, when they are doing a proper promotion with a mini-tour, including showing up at David Letterman (1/5/09) and Craig Ferguson (1/15/09). So, catch them before they blow-up, that is if your venue hasn't already sold out.
Be sure to check back in January where where I'll talk more about their "The Best Freakin' Album" (according to Rhapsody).
The mini-album was recorded quite recently in Transylvania in October 2008 and includes mostly original holiday songs, with the exception "Silent Night". Which surprisingly sounded very haunting with Romanian singing by The Concentus Choir at the St Nicholas Church in Brasov (including what sounds like howling wind!).
My favorite of the six song is "F**k You, It's Over". It's very emotional and you really must hear the Scottish accent singing "fuk yoo". Since this is a family-friendly website (well mostly), I'm going to play it safe and make you listen to their title song, "A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss)". Singer James Allan isn't shy about showing off his accent on all the songs and you can clearly hear it on that particular song.
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