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AC Newman & Nicole Atkins @ a Virgin store - pics & setlist

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AC Newman

"Like his friend Dan Bejar, of Destroyer infamy, Carl Newman is a tremendously gifted songwriter who has the New Pornographers to thank for reining in his tendency to let cleverness run amok.

Newman's second solo album confirms his position as de facto bandleader in the New Pornos, overflowing as it is with the scholarly power-pop hooks and ringing boy/girl harmonies - here provided by Nicole Atkins and Mates of State Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner Hammel - familiar from that Canadian indie supergroup's records. Fans who found 2007's Challengers a bit too circuitous and deliberate will, however, find Get Guilty even more so." [Toronto Star]

Nicole Atkins helped AC Newman celebrate the release of his new album on Tuesday (1/20) at the Virgin Megastore in NYC's Union Square (soon to just be "the Virgin Megastore in NYC"). More pictures and the setlist from the free show, below...

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Lots of tour dates, HERE.


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Tags: AC Newman, Nicole Atkins, The New Pornographers, Virgin Megastore

Posted on January 21, 2009 12:06 AM

Comments (15)

I should have went to this

Posted by Animal Collective Newman | January 21, 2009 1:46 AM

So is nicole atkins gonna have to tour with carl if he takes this pony show on the road?

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2009 1:53 AM

Is it possible Will Sheff was there? I could've sworn I saw him! This was a great in-store and the new album is superb.

Posted by amko | January 21, 2009 2:50 AM

wouldn't surprise me if will was there. i'm pretty sure he lives in bklyn now.

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2009 2:55 AM

yes, I saw him too then - but he got my attention because I thought he looked like Elvis Perkins!

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2009 3:28 AM

I agree, a great set.

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2009 3:30 AM

Will Sheff was there! As was Todd Barry!

Really good set.

Posted by Tim Duffy | January 21, 2009 9:18 AM

So "A.C. Newman" is a band and not a person?

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2009 9:48 AM

who is drummer dude?

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2009 11:45 AM

Drummer is Charles Burst, solo artist, a co-founder of The Seaside Lounge and also formerly of The Occasion.

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2009 12:04 PM

Nicole Atkins likes herself, alot.

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2009 3:03 PM

i like her too!

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2009 9:56 PM

yes AC newman is carl newman, aka, a person.

idk Get Guilty doesn't have the ~sparkle of Slow Wonder or any of his NP writing, he's amazing though. he's done enough for two lifetimes.

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2009 10:54 PM

carl was foxier when he picked out his own clothes. as opposed to his wife picking them out.

Posted by Anonymous | January 22, 2009 3:10 PM

Oh man I was just shopping there and this happened. Best surprise ever!

Posted by Anonymous | January 22, 2009 5:56 PM

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