FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Joyce Linehan, Ashmont Records (617) 282-2510 x 1, [email protected]
JOE PERNICE PLAYS SOLO DATES IN AUGUST 2011 IN NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC Performances will include sneak preview of new material from upcoming Pernice Brothers release
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(BOSTON —August 2, 2011) Joe Pernice will play several solo shows in August, performing songs from his extensive 13-album catalog with Pernice Brothers and Scud Mountain Boys, as well as Chappaquiddick Skyline and solo works. In addition, he’ll be offering up a first listen to some of the songs that will appear on the upcoming Pernice Brothers record, which the band has been working on in Boston this year. No release date set yet.
Tickets are currently on sale for all shows, except the one in New Haven, because it’s free.
Wednesday, August 24, 9 p.m. BAR, New Haven, CT With special guests Shellye Valuaskas & Dean Falcone, Goodnight Blue Moon Tickets: FREE show
Thursday, August 25, 7 and 9:30 p.m. (TWO SHOWS) Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA Paul Melancon opens early show; John Brodeur opens late show Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/186428
Friday, August 26, 7 p.m. (EARLY SHOW) Jammin’ Java, Alexandria, VA With special guest Frank Padellaro of King Radio Tickets: http://bit.ly/PerniceJJ
Saturday, August 27, 7 p.m. (EARLY SHOW) Mercury Lounge, New York, NY With special guests Warren Zanes, Golden Bloom Tickets: http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/47407
Sunday, August 28, 7:30 P.M. NIghtCat, Easton, MD With special guest Frank Padellaro of King Radio Tickets: http://www.nightcatmusic.com/
About Joe Pernice Joe Pernice began his recording career in the mid-90’s with the Scud Mountain Boys, in Northampton, Massachusetts. They released two records before signing to Seattle's Sub Pop in 1996 and releasing Massachusetts , along with The Early Year , a compilation of the two pre-Sub Pop recordings. In 1997, he disbanded the Scuds to form Pernice Brothers, whose debut Overcome By Happiness was released by Sub Pop, as was Chappaquiddick Skyline , more of a Joe Pernice side project in 2000. Big Tobacco, a Joe Pernice solo record was released in Europe in 2000 (and later in the US). Later that year, Joe left Sub Pop and he and his longtime manager Joyce Linehan established Ashmont Records, based in Boston, where they have released several Pernice Brothers records: The World Won’t End (2001) , Yours, Mine and Ours (2003), Nobody's Watching/Nobody's Listening live album and DVD (2004), Discover a Lovelier You (2005), Live a Little (2006) and Goodbye, Killer . Joe’s debut novel, It Feels So Good When I Stop, was released by Riverhead Books in 2009, and Ashmont released a soundtrack of the same name. Joe has also published a volume of poetry called Two Blind Pigeons and a novella for Continuum Books’ 33 1/3 series, Meat is Murder. His music has appeared in the movies Fever Pitch and Slaughterhouse Rules, the television shows Six Feet Under and The Gilmore Girls, and in television ads for Sherwin-Williams, Sears and Southern Comfort. A Massachusetts native, he now lives in Toronto. A new Pernice Brothers record is nearly complete, and will be released someday.
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