the city and horses http://www.thecityandhorses.com indie pop for indecent people Wed, 15 May 2013 01:51:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Paper Garden Records Announces New Album! http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2013/paper-garden-records-announces-new-album/ http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2013/paper-garden-records-announces-new-album/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 16:58:33 +0000 kennedy http://www.thecityandhorses.com/?p=1529 It’s official! Our new album has just been announced! Preorder today from paper garden records!!

 

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Strange Range Record Release Party!
Tuesday, June 25th
The Friars Club
57 E 55th St 
New York, NY 10022
8PM
Details to come

 

Hillstock Fest!

Saturday, June 22nd
Block Party (Facebook Invite)
106 Emerson Place, Brooklyn, NY (G – Classon)
11:00AM – 8:00PM

 
Saturday, June 22nd
Stay tuned for video!

 

Split 7″ Record Release Party!!
Friday, June 21, 2013
7:00PM
20 Bayard St, rooftop
Brooklyn, NY
w/ Food Will Win the War

*** Space is extremely limited ***
*** Please RSVP ***
20bayard@foodwillwinthewar.com

 

Split 7″ Record Release Party!!
Friday, May 10, 2013
Garage Mahal (Facebook Invite)
8:00PM
2024 N. Hancock St
Philadelphia, PA
w/ Food Will Win the War

 

 

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We’re very excited to announce some very exciting things!

  • We’re putting out a split 7″ record with Food Will Win the War.  Release shows in Philly at Garage Mahal on May 10 (Facebook Invite) and a rooftop at 20 Bayard on McCarren park in Williamsburg May 11.  Space on the roof is very LIMITED so please RSVP to 20bayard@foodwillwinthewar.com FAST!  BYOB happy hour starts at 7 followed by music making. $15 gets you the record, download and other assorted goodies from both bands.   
  • Paper Garden Records, the greatest indie label in the world, is releasing our third LP, “Strange Range,” on June 18th.  Our CD release show will be held at the legendary Friars Club in Manhattan on June 25th (more info to come!).
  • We’ll be playing the annual Hillstock Festival in Brooklyn on Saturday June 22nd in Brooklyn (invite here).
  • Stay tuned for live vids from our session at the Vault Studio in Hoboken, NJ, new music vids for the new album, more shows and more more!

That’s that for now.  Thanks!

]]> http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2013/1493/feed/ 0 Spinner Gives Us a Spin! http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2013/spinner-gives-us-a-spin/ http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2013/spinner-gives-us-a-spin/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:07:35 +0000 marclouis http://www.thecityandhorses.com/?p=1444 Continue reading →]]> The fine folks at Spinner.com are offering “This is Manhattan” as a free download today!  They’ve been mighty kind to us.  First having a listening party for We Will Never Ben Discovered on its release and now this.  Fine folks, indeed.  

]]> http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2013/spinner-gives-us-a-spin/feed/ 0 Pigeons and Planes Premiere “This is Manhattan” Video! http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2013/pigeons-and-planes-premiere-this-is-manhattan-video/ http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2013/pigeons-and-planes-premiere-this-is-manhattan-video/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:05:00 +0000 marclouis http://www.thecityandhorses.com/?p=1424 Continue reading →]]> One of my fave indie music blogs Pigeons and Planes just premiered our new video for This is Manhattan!  Check it out!  The video was directed and animated by graphic artist extraordinaire Will “Boy” Field. 

 

The track is off We Will Never Be Discovered out now on Paper Garden Records.  Buy it here!

]]> http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2013/pigeons-and-planes-premiere-this-is-manhattan-video/feed/ 0 Be Thankful for Paper Garden Records’ 30% Sale! http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/be-thankful-for-paper-garden-records-30-sale/ http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/be-thankful-for-paper-garden-records-30-sale/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:00:41 +0000 marclouis http://www.thecityandhorses.com/?p=1415 Continue reading →]]> Paper Garden Records is kicking off the holiday shopping season in style with a Black Friday and Cyber Monday 30% off sale of their entire catalogue.  

 

Head on over to PGR for all your holiday gift needs.  Just use one of these handy coupon codes BLACKCAT and ALGORELOVESME and the world (or 30% off Paper Garden Records releases) is yours!  

]]> http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/be-thankful-for-paper-garden-records-30-sale/feed/ 0 Marc and RJD2 Make Music for Children http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/marc-and-rjd2-make-music-for-children-2/ http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/marc-and-rjd2-make-music-for-children-2/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2012 03:53:54 +0000 marclouis http://www.thecityandhorses.com/?p=1413 Continue reading →]]> If you’re watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade tomorrow, keep an eye out for the PBS Kids Sprout float around 11am.  Marc (that’d be me) wrote the song that all those fun people and funny puppets on the float will be singing.  Groove master extraordinaire, RJD2 (!!!!), produced the track and created what will certainly be a kindie pop dance sensation. 

]]> http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/marc-and-rjd2-make-music-for-children-2/feed/ 0 It’s an Air Raid! http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/its-an-air-raid/ http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/its-an-air-raid/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:57:29 +0000 marclouis http://www.thecityandhorses.com/?p=1404 Continue reading →]]> AirRaid.net, a Seattle based comedic podcast, was nice enough to plug and play The City and Horses on their most recent broadcast.  Listen to host Aaron Roden and guests Derek Sheen and Bryan Cooking tour a haunted house.   And then listen to our songs interspersed throughout.

]]> http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/its-an-air-raid/feed/ 0 Nice Spanish Words from a Nice Spanish Website http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/nice-spanish-words-from-a-nice-spanish-website/ http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/nice-spanish-words-from-a-nice-spanish-website/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:50:26 +0000 marclouis http://www.thecityandhorses.com/?p=1402 Continue reading →]]> The Madrid based subnoise.es used their romance language to write a rather romantic review of We Will Never Be Discovered.  Here’s a sample:

 

Estupenda producción y bonita apuesta por el pop de melodías pegadizas sin alardes e influencias sajonas

 

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

]]> http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/nice-spanish-words-from-a-nice-spanish-website/feed/ 0 What Comedian Derek Sheen Listens to at Whole Foods http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/what-comedian-derek-sheen-listens-to-at-whole-foods/ http://www.thecityandhorses.com/2012/what-comedian-derek-sheen-listens-to-at-whole-foods/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 02:00:52 +0000 marclouis http://www.thecityandhorses.com/?p=1398 Continue reading →]]> Comedian Derek Sheen tells the Seattle Weekly about the creepy music (ours) that he listens to while creeping around Whole Foods.  And then check out Derek’s hilarious new CD.  And don’t take our word for it, a certain Mr. Patton Oswald got his tweet on about it the other day.

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