Win a Copy of the New Art Brut CD Along With an Autographed Poster

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Win a copy of the newest CD from Art But, It's A Bit Complicated, along with an autographed poster.

Click on the CD cover to enter and send along your name and mailing address.

Winner will be drawn at random from all submitted entries.

Contest open to US residents only (Sorry!)

Link:
Art Brut's MySpace page

Art Brut Returns to NYC for a Show at Terminal 5

Art Brut is back in the States and will be doing an East Coast tour with The Hold Steady in Oct/Nov. The band has only one show in the area - Wednesday, Nov 21 @ Terminal 5, New York, NY. For anyone who hasn't been keep up with the new clubs that have been opening; Terminal 5 is the old Club Exit and it is located at 56th Street and 11th Avenue. According to this week's TimeOut, Terminal 5 has a capacity of 3,000. (I am sure there are going to be those who reminisce for last year's small club shows at Southpaw and the Knit)

Art Brut also did a live podcast for AOL's The Interface which is available as a free download on both video and mp3. Eddie is really something to watch -- I didn't hear the comparisons to The Fall when I first listened to the pre-release of It's a Bit Complicated but I can really see the comparison now. If you listen to the interview, there is talk that the University of Berlin is having a course on Eddie's lyrics.

Here is the track listing for the podcast:
'Pump Up the Volume'
'Post Soothing Out'
'Direct Hit'
'Good Weekend'

I have yet to catch The Hold Steady but this video from the band's show at Prospect Park looks pretty cool. It sounds like Craig Finn's spoken word delivery is a perfect match to accompany Eddie and Art Brut.

Before going off with Art Brut, The Hold Steady is play a show on 9.17.07 @ World Trade Center.

Links:
The Hold Steady
Art Brut
Art Brut's MySpace Page

Art Brut Stream More Songs from New CD and Play Highline Ballroom on July 9th

The new CD, It's A Bit Complicated, has been out for about two weeks now and Art Brut is back in town next Monday night for a show at the Highline Ballroom. I haven't yet caught the band in concert but I have heard great things about their live performances. The opener at the Highline Ballroom show is Brooklyn's White Rabbits (who also have a great new CD Fort Nightly).

Tickets are still available and are only $18.

The band is continuing to stream tracks from the new CD and just released a new video for Direct Hit. If you haven't picked up the new CD yet, give these tracks a listen and check out Eddie in a toga in the Direct Hit video.

Post Smoothing Out
Late Sunday

Art Brut - Direct Hit Video


Links:
Art Brut's Main Website (link)
Art Brut's MySpace page (link)
Tickets for Highline Ballroom show (link)

Art Brut Afterparty @ R Bar Tonight, April 17th (12AM - 4AM)

After tonight's show at the Bowery Ballroom, check out the afterparty at R Bar. The party starts at 12AM and you can hang out with the band and hear the new CD It's A Bit Complicated in its entirety. Bar R is at 218 Bowery (btwn. Spring & Broome).




The band has a show at Club B in Brooklyn tomorrow night (Wednesday, April 18th) and the new CD will be released on June 26th.