Last updated: December 18, 2004

New Teenage Fanclub tribute reviews
Check out the new reviews of What a Concept: A Salute to Teenage Fanclub.

from blind to blue available for download!
crash into june's currently out of print 1999 release, from blind to blue, is now available for download! Get your copy at one of the following online music stores:

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Teenage Fanclub tribute CD out NOW!
What a Concept: A Salute to Teenage Fanclub is finally available! crash, with friend Neilson Hubbard, recorded the song, "Winter," from Teenage Fanclub's 1997 release, Songs From Northern Britain, for this fine tribute album. Neilson produced and lent his musical talents. The US label releasing the disc is Not Lame Records. The salute has also been released on labels in Spain (Houston Party Records) and Japan (Wizzard In Vinyl).

Other artists contributing songs include Gigolo Aunts, Superdrag, Redd Kross and The Shazam.

Order now by clicking the Notlame.com link below.

More praise for another vivid scene
The kind folks at Powerofpop.com have written good things about crash's latest effort another vivid scene. Check it out now!

IPO Nashville...Thanks...Pics from show
Thanks to all who came out to IPO Nashville at the End. Your presence was noted and appreciated! God love each and every one of you.

>> CHECK OUT THE PICS! <<

Another Vivid Scene makes top 10 list
crash into june's sophomore album another vivid scene made the Memphis Flyer's list of top 10 local records for 2003. Here is the mention...

Another Vivid Scene - Crash Into June (Craven Hill): With help from producer Neilson Hubbard, veteran local rockers Crash Into June may have hit a new peak with the hook-laden, crystalline power-pop of Another Vivid Scene, a record that has the band pushing their core sound (think Teenage Fanclub) in different directions -- from the hard-charging "Breakthrough" to the downbeat romantic lament "Read Me Wrong" to the straight-up romantic pop of "Smitten" to the vaguely alt-countryish "Looking for an Out" -- and flashing a sharp lyrical wit (especially on "Adorable" and "Fairmountebank").

crash appears on Pop Culture Press CD Sampler
"Breakthrough," from crash into june's sophomore CD another vivid scene, appears on a CD sampler included in issue 57 of Pop Culture Press. Get it from your favorite book store or magazine stand! Other artists on the CD include The Pernice Brothers, The Dandy Warhols, and Jay Farrar.

New Pop Culture Press, Amplifier reviews
Solid reviews of crash into june's sophomore album, another vivid scene (released in July 2003), appear in recent editions of Pop Culture Press and Amplifier magazines. Check out these and all the others!

another vivid scene release!
crash into june's long-awaited second album, another vivid scene, is out NOW! Purchase from the Not Lame Recording Company and CDbaby.com.

Go to the music section to hear some clips of the songs. More will be added soon.

Notes about another vivid scene:
Neilson Hubbard (Parasol Records), produced, Stuart Sikes (The White Stripes, Jets to Brazil, The Promise Ring) engineered and Clay Jones (Counting Crows, Buddy Guy, Garrison Starr), producer of Neilson Hubbard's The Slide Project and Why Men Fail, mixed.

The record features guest performances from some familiar names. Ross Rice (E Squared Records, Owsley), whom crash has admired for many years, played organ and other assorted keyboard instruments and Garrison Starr contributed backing vocals. John Lightman (bass) and Richard Rosebrough (percussion), both formerly of Big Star, also contributed.

>> See pics from the session

crash featured on Compilation CD
"Breakthrough," a track off the upcoming crash full-length release, appears on a sampler CD sponsored by Dewars and Oasis CD Manufacturing called "Dewars Rocks Atlanta 2002" to be released at the Atlantis Music Conference 2002. Sponsored by Dewars, Oasis and Sonicbids, this CD features 19 Sonicbids artists and was given to all attendants of the Atlantis Music Conference in Atlanta.

New live show posted from The Lounge
Livefrommemphis.com has put up a recent live show from June 21 (support: Neilson Hubbard) at The Lounge in Memphis, TN. The site has streaming audio with a nifty slide show. Thanks goes out to the boys at livefrommemphis.com. (An earlier show from the New Daisy Theatre in Memphis is posted also.)

Go to the Playlist area of the site to see the goods. Check out Neilson's show too.

>>Check it out now

from blind to blue receives high praise
Powerpopradio.com ranked it in the top five for 1999!

crash in the LA Times
Crash was recently mentioned in an article in the Los Angeles Times about the 2001 Los Angeles pop music festival International Pop Overthrow.

>>Check it out

Crash was also featured in last year's write-up about the festival.

>>Check it out the article - "They'll Get Their Hooks in You"

Catherine Wheel tribute
Crash has finished tracking "Crank" for the Catherine Wheel tribute CD called Too Much is Not Enough - The Catherine Wheel Cover Compilation. Stay tuned for release info.

>>Check out pics from the session.

Crank clip (MP3, 43 sec./520k)

Compilation and tribute CDs aplenty!
Compilations
"I Forgot," track 3 on the debut CD, from blind to blue, appears on a compilation CD, titled Hit the Hay Vol. 4, that was recently released by Swedish label Sound Asleep Records. Sound Asleep boss Jerker Emanuelson has lined up an impressive list of artists for this CD including Will Rigby (ex-db's), Ron Flynt (ex-20/20) and Tom Stevens (ex-Long Ryders), just to name a few. Needless to say, it is a treat for crash to be included on a compilation with such legendary musicians. Go to the Sound Asleep Records site see the full list of bands and order the CD.

An alternate version of the song "Wave" from from blind to blue is featured on a CD sampler being distributed free with the Spring issue of Pop Culture Press magazine.

Tributes
The crash version of the Replacements' song "Achin' to Be" is out now on the Facedown Records tribute CD, Left of the Dial: a Pop Tribute to the Replacements. Go to Facedown Records' site to learn more about the album.

Achin' to Be (MP3, 53 sec./733k)

crash has worked up a mock commercial jingle called "Top Popsicles" for The New Sell Out - A Tribute to The Who being released by Futureman Records. Other bands featured on the disc include The Shazam, BMX Bandits, Mitch Easter, Jim Babjak (Smithereens). More news soon.

As mentioned earlier, crash is excited to be contributing a rocking version of "Crank" for the Catherine Wheel tribute CD called Too Much is Not Enough - The Catherine Wheel Cover Compilation.

“Debut album from Memphis quartet. Nine years in the oven, carefully sauteed with The Posies and Candyskins among others. Crash Into June (they take their name from a Game Theory song) aren't shy about their influences. In fact, they lay their cards on the table from the first track. Pete Ham is, quite simply, a homage to the man who made Badfinger click. From there they check a host of Beatles-inspired luminaries, including Teenage Fanclub (on the chunky Aurora Borealis), Matthew Sweet and The Connells, to name but a few. Along the way they throw out an impressive selection of hooklines, while singer Dave Norris lets himself run a little hoarse in the best John Lennon tradition when he needs to. With every song carefully honed for instant recall, From Blind To Blue makes for a highly impressive debut - let's hope it's not another virtual decade before the follow-up.”

- Dave Henderson

As most of you know, Mojo is a quality mag. Go out, buy it and paste it on your wall. (NOTE: The UK cover features The Sex Pistols while the U.S. cover features Stevie Ray Vaughn)