As the decade draws to a close, we look forward to 2010 and sharing some new music with you.

We can announce the tracklisting for our new album that you will be hearing in the next decade

1. Today
2. Angeline
3. Let it Go
4. We Can
5. More than The End
6. Wake Up
7. Pretty
8. I want it, I need it
9. Advantage

enjoy the holidays.

.... SECOND DAN

Last week we played two shows in one evening. The first at Crash Mansion at Rock and Hard Place. It was early, and we were still in control. They have really improved the stage sound at the venue ... and for the first time at the venue we really enjoyed the onstage sound. Hope the crowd enjoyed the sound coming from the stage!
It was out first gig with new bass player Bobby McCollough. He rocked ... and can sing his ass off.

After Crash we headed to Spin the Bottle, the place where we rehearse. STB founder Tad Low was throwing a party and filming bands for Concert TV. Our scheduled 1am slot got later and later as the party got rowdier and rowdier. By the time we got onstage at 2am ... we were a few sheets to the wind :) We played a blistering set (from what we recall) and the crowd were dancing and singing along. The last thing I remember is Tad coming onstage during "Running out of Feelings" and announcing that the Police had arrived and were shutting down the party ... we let the feedback of our last chords ring out and gracefully left the stage ... to share a last beer with the local cops.

how very Rock'n'roll

What a great weekend in New York City. The sunshine was in full force.

We had the honor of playing at the Anzac Day Festival held on the Frying Pan ... an old barge docked down at Chelsea Piers. Anzac Day celebrates and commerates the soldiers who fought for the Australian and New Zealand armies. In the Australian tradition (probably inherited from the Irish), the day is not sombre but rather a celebration of the soldiers heroism, which started on the beaches in Gallopoli.

We started our set as the sun was setting over the Hudson. We were primed to play a great set, befitting the occasion.

The crowd, led by the NY Magpies Football team, were ready to have a good time and they lifted us to new levels of performance.

We ended the set with a rousing rendition of WE CAN as images of Australian and Kiwi soldiers were projected behind us. By the end of the song we had 50 people onstage singing along.

Thanks to all who came down to the gig.

We have posted some photos in the photo section of our Myspace page. If you have any more from the show, please email them to us.

Nothing better than playing an outdoor stage. We hope we get to do it again over the summer ...

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Our latest song "Angeline" was recommended today as one the top new tunes to listen to on hip music blog www.ihearditon.com

Alongside White Stripes, N.E.R.D and UNKLE ... we are in good company.

Winter finally thawed yesterday. The mercury lifted itself over 60 degrees on the thermometer for the first time in 2009. A good effort seeing as though it was hovering below the dreaded 32 earlier in the same week. If my former hometown of Melbourne can have four seasons in one day, then New York seems to at least be aiming to have them in one week.

It felt like everyone in the City crawled out of their winter hideaways on to the streets yesterday, putting on their favorite spring outfits.

It put a great smile on my face to see two New Yorkers walking in the spring sunshine proudly wearing their Second Dan t-shirts. One girl in the East Village, and one boy in Soho.

Gotta say ... they looked great ... and it put a smile on my face .

Guess we better get to work on our Summer range ...

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Blender Magazine posted a review of our latest Mercury Lounge show which said:

"The music sounded great, and their energy and charisma pulled me in and made me explore their sound. They are fronted by the charming Australian-born lead singer Dan Rosen. Drummer Sonny Ratcliff hails from the mountains of Virginia and channels the ghost of Keith Moon. On lead guitar is New Yorker Adam Wolfe Lerner. And on bass is the Southern Gentleman Daniel Reisbick ..."

Thanks to all who came out to our show at the Mercury Lounge last night.
We had an awesome time, and hoped you all did too.

It was so great to look out from stage and see a full room of smiling faces, and people singing along and tapping their feet.

As
a band, we feed off the energy of the crowd. When you have a good time,
we have a good time. Last night was one of those special shows, where
everything just clicked.

Here is the set list from the show last night:

1. Make Me Want To
2. The Elephant Fell to Earth
3. Today
4. Forget to Remember
5. You Took Advantage
6. Color of My World
7. Angeline
8. Running Out of Feelings
9. Wake Up
10. We Can

Next NYC show at Rockwood Music Hall on Fri 27th Feb

Happy Valentines Day ... may you find love, or love find you.

SECOND DAN

hey guys ... we got a pleasant surprise the other day when we saw that our
album "Bringing Down Goliath" was vote d in the top 50 releases last
year by the great indie blog from NJ/NY .. Blow Up Radio. In fact, we
were placed at #8. Always, nice to be appreciated. Thanks to Lazlo and
the team at Blowup radio. You can check the full list below
1. Echofission - the straights
2. Switches - lay down the law
3. Spiraling - time travel made easy
4. Tally Hall - marvin's marvelous mechanical museum
5. Joshua Van Ness - DNA
6. KaiserCartel - march forth
7. Nerve Tonic - Nerve Tonic face the galactic undead
8. Second Dan - bringing down Goliath
9. Counting Crows - Saturday nights and Sunday mornings
10. Anthony Fiumano - when strangers say hello
11. Brian Vander Ark - Brian Vander Ark
12. R.E.M. - accelerate
13. double-breasted - who will love you?
14. Mazeffect - horseshoes & hand grenades
15. The Winter Sounds - pinebox ep
16. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - rattlin' bones
17. The Polyjesters - kitchen radio
18. Darren Deicide - the Jersey devil is here
19. Paul Sanchez - exit to mystery street
20. Finding Fiction - plastic & change
21. Zigman Bird - balls marie 
22. Fairmont - transcendence
23. Jim Boggia - misadventures in stereo
24. The Heshers - ep2008
25. Patti Rothberg - double standards
26. Readymade Breakup - alive on the vine
27. Gregg Yeti & The Best Lights - heart palpitations of the rich & famous
28. The Hush Now - The Hush Now
29. Katy Mae - you may already be a winner
30. various artists - blue skies daisy days (Planting Seeds Records / Keep A Breast Foundation CD)
31. Lifeguard Nights - punch sky
32. Melissa Ferrick - goodbye youth
33. The Verve - forth
34. Logs In The Mainstream - the ridiculous and the sublime
35. Deena - somewhere in blue
36. The Silent Years - the globe
37. Sky Cries Mary - small town
38. Val Emmich - little daggers
39. Valient Thorr - immortalizer
40. Mike Pek - 78
41. Beloved Binge - blender theory
42. Golden Animals - free your mind and win a pony
43. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at devil dirt
44. Brett Harris - yesterday's news
45. T Bone Burnett - tooth of crime
46. The Break and Repair Method - milk the bee.
47. The Orb - the dream
48. Portishead - third
49. BoDeans - still
50. Dragonette - galore