How’ya been? It’s a wild and wonderful summer here at the Penny offices - here’s a few quick hits as to what’s been happening:

Tom McShane Tour / Hard Working Class Heroes

July saw Tom hit the road for 6 dates in support of the Fighter/God Says split 7″. Escape Act also joined Tom on the tour. Check the recaps over at the Penny Blog, or Tom’s very own musings at his Log-O’-The-Web. Some nice pics from Tom via his Flickr, too. He’s off back down to Dublin in September for that city’s premier new-band showcase festival, Hard Working Class Heroes. Check out the stellar lineup!

Buy “Fighter/God Says” from iTunes

Buy the Limited Edition 7″ Vinyl

The Terribles Featured on Rumblefish

Sonic-branding company Rumblefish recently featured The Terribles “Mistake-Do Over” E.P. on their Music Licensing Store (musiclicensingstore.com). Penny partnered with Rumblefish to help connect our catalog to music supervisors, independent film-makers and other creative-types in need of the perfect musical addition to their work. Current licenses are in the works!

Partnership with Covet Music

In more licensing news, Penny has partnered with Covet Music - http://www.covetmusic.com. Covet will place Penny’s catalog in a variety of media - from web tv, to films & commercials - and Penny in return will use it’s digital distribution platform & marketing programs to raise the profile of Covet’s burgeoning roster of world, hip-hop and indie artists.

New Signings

We’re proud to be helping the amazing Jessica Lurie and her band, JLE, bring their new album to the world! A mix of jazz, world and funk, Jessica’s worked with Nels Cline (Wilco), Todd Sickafoose (Ani DiFranco) and Erin McKeown. Check out the tunes at http://www.myspace.com/jessicaluriemusic, especially the tracks Panther & No. 6.

We’re also incredibly honored to be helping with The Oh Yeah Sessions.  Made with the support of Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol) and Tim Wheeler (Ash), it’s a compilation of the best new music from Belfast, recorded to benefit The Oh Yeah Centre, a multi-use creative space in the heart of Belfast’s cathedral quarter.  The record is out now.  Check out the official site for more info and if you dig any of the bands, let us know!

Buy The Oh Yeah Sessions from iTunes

Enjoy the sun while it’ hear! We’ll chat next month…

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• Overview are in the studio, demoing a bunch of new material. I’m personally champing at the bit to get a hold of this stuff, but they’re being doggedly tight-lipped about it all.  Bound to be great, mind you, so I’ll keep you posted.
• Although The Terribles are no more (alas!), leading light Neassa Doherty has released her own record - again on the wonderful Poltergeist Records.  You can have a listen over at Neassa’s MySpace or pick up a copy via http://www.roadrecs.com - search for Neassa Therese Doherty.
• The erstwhile Vertigo Smyth is also demo-ing a bunch of new music and continuing his live shenanigans - last night he opened for Penny favorite So Cow in Cork’s Cyprus Ave.  Speaking of which…
• Tom McShane will be joined by Vertigo Smyth (as well as Escape Act) in both Cork (July 11th, The Quad) and Limerick (July 12th, Baker Place) as the all-Ireland trek  in support of their split 7″ continues.  Tom’s opening slot for Holly Golightly was also a HUGE success (thanks for coming out, btw!)
• And speaking of great support slots, we’re all positively bursting with excitement about Tom sharing the stage with the fabulous Mumblin’ Deaf Ro this Sunday @ Whelan’s in Dublin.

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The Limited Edition split 7″ vinyl featuring ‘Fighter’ by Tom McShane and ‘God Says’ by Escape Act is released today by Penny Distribution - click here to purchase for only £3.50! (UK&Ireland) You’ll also get a free instant download of the tracks, plus a bonus track from each artist!

Also, check out the tour page for details of gigs to promote the release, with a Belfast show in Lavery’s Attic on July 4th, followed by Whelan’s in Dublin on the 6th, and shows in Cork and Limerick.

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www.myspace.com/tommcshane

Hey folks,

So here it is, the last of the Tom McShane session tracks.  This week, it’s a Tom McShane original - “Promise Me” is the digital only B-Side to the upcoming split 7″ vinyl.  The version available here is an exclusive BBC session track, recorded a month or so ago.

Of course, you’ll be able to download the studio versions of “Fighter” and “Promise Me” immediately if you Pre-Order the 7″ from PennyDistribution.com.  You’ll also get digital versions of two Escape Act tracks (the flipside of the 7″), and you can hear more of them over at http://www.myspace.com/escapeact.

In the run up to the launch of Tom’s Split 7″ single, “Fighter”, on June 23rd, we’re offering free downloads of some rare Tom McShane session tracks.  Each track will be live for one week only and includes full color artwork, lyrics and track notes.

This week we’ve got Tom’s beautiful rendition of Nina Nastasia’s “That’s All There Is”, as performed live on BBC Radio.  Grab the MP3 here

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Hey folks!

We’re very excited to announce that Tom McShane’s new single “Fighter” will be release on limited edition 7 inch vinyl on 23rd June. It’s available for pre-order from today over at http://www.tommcshane.co.uk

You can listen to “Fighter” and “Promise Me” on Tom’s myspace page.

It’s being released through Penny Distribution and it’s a split double A side single with “God Says” by Escape Act on the flipside.

The single costs £3.50 including P&P for sales within the UK and Ireland and £4.50 for the rest of world.

If you order now you can download a zip file containing digital copies of “Fighter” & “God Says” as well as two free studio tracks, “Promise Me” by Tom McShane and “Everyone Got Shot” by Escape Act. The vinyl single will be posted to you on 23rd June.

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Tom has just confirmed a date at Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival. He’ll be performing tomorrow evening (6th May 200 at the Northern Visions Television studios on Donegall Street along side And So I Watch You From Afar and Pixie Saytar. The performance will be recorded for future broadcast

Image by aledt via Flickr

Thanks to the folks at the BBC’s Across the Line show for featuring Tom’s new single “Fighter” on their weekly podcast. “Fighter” will see it’s official release on June 9th via split 7″ and Digital Download.

Hear the podcast here, or subscribe via iTunes.

Ireland’s best music mag, State, has reviewed Vertigo Smyth’s “Future Happiness”. Thanks, State!

Have a read here