New AC Newman live album out now

Surprise! AC Newman has dropped a live album on us and it's out today through iTunes only.

It is called "Live From Montreal" and was recorded 12th March 2009 at the Sainte-Catherine Apple Store.

Tracklisting is:
1. There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve
2. Miracle Drug
3. Like A Hitman, Like A Dancer
4. Prophets
5. Secretarial
6. The Heartbreak Rides
7. The Palace At 4 A.M.
8. All Of My Days And All Of My Days Off
9. Submarines of Stockholm

It's an iTunes exclusive so if you want to hear it, head overe there.

New video - AC Newman on Letterman

In case you missed it on the box last night, here it is on the tube - AC Newman was on the Late Show with David Letterman performing 'Like A Hitman, Like A Dancer'.



AC Newman 'Get Guilty' is out now on Matador/ Remote Control.

A.C. Newman takes on a-ha

Despite just releasing his second solo album, Get Guilty, The New Pornographers' A.C. Newman found time to record a version of a-ha's classic track Take On Me for an upcoming Starbucks covers compilation.

A.C. Newman performs 'The Changeling (Get Guilty)' live for Stereogum

A.C. Newman's new album Get Guilty is out in stores now. It's the second solo album from The New Pornographers' frontman, with players on the album including drummers Jon Wurster (Superchunk, The Mountain Goats) and Charles Burst, an array of strings, horns and woodwinds, and vocalists Nicole Atkins and Mates Of State.

As part of Stereogum's DUMBO sessions (which have previously featured Department of Eagles), Newman performed the explose track The Changeling (Get Guilty) off the new album.

A.C. Newman performs 'Like A Hitman, Like A Dancer'

A.C. Newman, ringleader of The New Pornographers, will be releasing his second debut album Get Guilty this Saturday. Thanks to Pitchfork.tv you can watch Newman perform album track Like A Hitman, Like A Dancer:



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New Newman track

As promised, we have a brand new track from A.C. Newman's upcoming album Get Guilty. Following on from the first mp3 There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve we bring you Submarines of Stockholm (edited version) [mp3]


Get Guilty is the follow up to Newman's 2004 solo debut The Slow Wonder which Pitchfork described as "soulful sing-alongs with grit, pop nuggets that hold up to hours of repeat play, and ultimately, the sound of a great songwriter hitting his stride."

Get Guilty is another showcase of Newman's fascinating blend of catchiness and impenetrability. The album is due out in January.

Watch The New Pornographers' Sydney show

Up on Moshcam now is the full 18 song set by The New Pornographers from their gig at The Annandale back in October. Playing tracks from their latest album Challengers, plus a few covers and old favourites, you can watch it all here.

My Rights Versus Yours


A.C. Newman's new solo album, Get Guilty, is out in January. Stay tuned for a new mp3 soon!

A.C. Newman's Guilty talk with Pitchfork

"Being well-liked is like a drug. After a while you just need to be well-liked to feel normal. So I'm just chasin' the dragon."

Already working on the follow up his upcoming album Get Guilty, A.C. Newman chatted to Pitchfork about Get Guilty, The New Pornographers and being included in Stabucks' Valentine's Day compilation.

Pitchfork: We haven't heard Get Guilty yet. Can you give us a hint as to what it sounds like?
Carl Newman: I've got the inside track, I suppose. It sounds like me.

The full interview here.

He has also unveiled the tracklisting for the album:

1. There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve
2. The Heartbreak Rides
3. Like a Hitman, Like a Dancer
4. Submarines of Stockholm
5. Prophets
6. Thunderbolts
7. The Palace at 4 AM
8. The Changeling (Get Guilty)
9. Elemental
10. Young Atlantis
11. The Collected Works
12. All of My Days and All of My Days Off

The first single from Get Guilty, out in January, is There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve [mp3]

A.C. Newman covers The Go-Betweens

Those of you who went to see The New Pornographers on their national tour last month probably would have heard A.C. Newman make reference to The Go-Betweens. Rather than just talking about them, Newman has gone one step better by performing one of their tracks at a recent solo show at the Bell House in Brooklyn.


A.C. Newman has a new solo album out in January next year entitled Get Guilty. You can download the first single from the album, There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve, here.

A.C. Newman – Porn Never Sleeps

The New Pornographers just blasted through Australia and New Zealand on the final leg of their Challengers tour. Band leader Carl Newman now rolls straight in to working on his second solo album Get Guilty. Helping Carl on the forthcoming album are drummer Jon Wurster (Mountain Goats), Nicole Atkins, and Mates Of State. “There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve”, the first taste of the album, can be heard on Matador Records' free, downloadable Intended Play sampler. Stereogum has already described the track as “some imagined indie-pop national anthem”.




A.C. Newman There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve mp3 (from Get Guilty, due out late January)

Matador download sampler

US label Matador have released a new Intended Play download sampler featuring a track from each of their current acts including Fucked Up, Jay Reatard, Lou Reed and A.C. Newman.

The sampler is a musical mixbag, from A.C. Newman’s jewel-like pop songscapes to the majestic neo-punk of Fucked Up to the crystalline depths and heights created by Shearwater to a track from Lou Reed’s painstaking, thoughtful, first-ever performance of his controversial classic album Berlin.

Download the 13 track .zip file: Matador Intended Play Fall 2008

1. A.C. Newman There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve [NEW AND UNRELEASED. mp3] (from Get Guilty, due out late January)
2. Belle and Sebastian The State I Am In (BBC Version)
3. Jennifer O’Connor Here With Me
4. Shearwater The Snow Leopard (Remastered) from Rook)
5. Lou Reed Caroline Says, Pt. II (Live) (from Berlin: Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse, due out November 4)
6. Mogwai The Sun Smells Too Loud
7. Fucked Up No Epiphany (from The Chemistry Of Common Life)
8. Jay Reatard An Ugly Death (from Matador Singles ‘08)
9. Jaguar Love Humans Evolve Into Skyscrapers (from Take Me To The Sea)
10. Pavement Cataracts (from Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed., out Dec 6)
11. Brightblack Morning Light Oppressions Each (from Motion To Rejoin)
12. Times New Viking Call & Respond (from Stay Awake, out Nov 15)
13. Condo Fucks What’cha Gonna Do About It?

New album for A.C. Newman

Known as one of the voices behind The New Pornographers, A.C. Newman is set to release his new solo album Get Guilty in January 2009.

Get Guilty was recorded this year at Brooklyn’s Seaside Lounge with Phil Palazzo. Along with the dozen or so other players Carl roped into this affair, the album also features cameos from Jon Wurster (Superchunk), Mates Of State and Nicole Atkins.

We'll hopefully have an mp3 from the album available in a few weeks.

In the meantime, you can catch A.C. Newman performing around Australia in early October as he tours with The New Pornographers. Dates and ticket info can be found here.