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Sonic Boom's Spectrum Plans Three Releases, Tour

"Three chords good, two chords better, one chord best," Pete "Sonic Boom" Kember has been known to mutter. The former Spacemen 3 guitarist and current Spectrum mastermind is heading out with a full Spectrum but a single chord on a North American tour that kicks off later this week. Care to bask in all the nuance Sonic Boom can muster within the key of C or whatever? You know where to go.

In other news from Mr. Kember, he and Memphis recording icon Jim Dickinson recently completed Indian Giver, a collaborative LP tentatively due March 1 on Birdman. The nine-track set is billed to Spectrum Meets Captain Memphis.

And Spectrum is sure on a roll in 2008. In spring we can look forward to a new EP on Mind Expansion Records titled Walking & Falling. The EP will herald a brand new Spectrum LP, the first in some 10 years, due later this year.

Indian Giver:

01 Mary
02 The Lonesome Death of Johnny Ace
03 Take Your Time
04 Til Your Mainline Comes
05 When Tomorrow Hits
06 The Old Cow Died
07 Hey Man
08 Confederate Dead
09 Mary Reprise

Spectrum:

01-25 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall
01-26 New York, NY - Knitting Factory *
01-28 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
02-02 Toronto, Ontario - Silver Dollar
02-15 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
02-17 Seattle, WA - El Corazón
02-20 Portland, OR - The Rotture
02-22 Dallas, TX - Melodica Festival
02-23 Austin, TX - Club de Ville
03-01 San Francisco, CA - The Compound
03-02 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
03-14 San Francisco, CA - 12 Galaxies

* with the Ladybug Transistor
Stream: Spectrum: Various Tracks
Posted by Paul Thompson in collaboration, album, tour on Wed: 01-23-08: 12:20 PM CST | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink
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