HOW TO PLAY SHOWS IN PUBLIC

Tickets are now on sale for Howie's upcoming tour of Southern Ontario and Montreal. Shows start next week, so be sure to get your tickets now. These will be full-band shows featuring: Bryden Baird, Kieran Adams, Dean Drouillard and Dennis Mohammed.

See howiebeck.com for ticket details and the latest updates.

DOWN IS UP, UP IS DOWN

Howie's new album, How To Fall Down In Public, is now available in Canada. You should run, not walk, to your local record store, or get it online at iTunes.

Wanna read all about it? Here are a couple of recent interviews: Toronto Star, National Post.

"DANCING IS LIKE STANDING STILL - BUT FASTER"

We're excited to announce that Howie is finally receiving regular airplay on Canadian radio. His first single, "Don't Put Your Arms Around Me No More," just debuted this week at #8 on 100.5 Peak FM in Vancouver. If you live in the area, show your support by clicking here to request the single!

Last week, Howie played a stripped down session in-studio at Toronto's XM radio - This is his first public performance of Flashover.



On occasion, there are interviews that just don't seem to turn out the way you expected them to.



Still can't get enough? You can follow Howie at one of your favorite sites.

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FIN

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My new album, How To Fall Down In Public, is available in Canada today from fine record stores and online. This album was a major labour of love, and 4 years in the making. I think it's my best record yet. So, show me some love and buy the damn thing! Here is a link to Canadian iTunes. How to Fall Down In Public 

In conjunction with the release, Canadian press is starting to roll in. If you'd like to read a couple of interviews, here ya go:

http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=1323740

http://www.thestar.com/article/590995

Thanks, as always, for your support. 

 

Howie

 

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HOWIE BECK ANNOUNCES DETAILS FOR ‘HOW TO FALL DOWN IN PUBLIC’
CANADIAN RELEASE FEBRUARY 24, 2009 / SHOWS ANNOUNCED / FIRST SINGLE NOW ON iTUNES




January 28, 2009 // Toronto, ON – 13 Clouds/Fontana North is thrilled to announce details for the release of Howie Beck's forthcoming album. How To Fall Down In Public, Howie’s fourth album and first in 4 years, is set for official release throughout Canada on February 24, 2009. The album features guests Sarah Harmer, Feist and Gonzales. Recorded and produced by Howie Beck with the help of the effervescent Gonzales (Feist/Jane Birkin) on a number of tracks, How To Fall Down In Public marks not so much a departure from his previous albums but an infectious look outwards at the world. 

The result is a fresh, invigorating trek through a soundscape that is both familiar but yet entirely new; a sound that Howie describes as being more musically spontaneous: "Part of the intentional challenge of this album was to take myself out of my usual comfort zone." elaborates Beck, "The process was a departure for me, as I tried my best to avoid any claustrophobic recording environment; very much the opposite to the way I've made my own albums in the past."

In anticipation of the album, the first single "Don't Put Your Arms Around Me No More" is available now on iTunes Canada.

Howie is excited to share the new material live with his new band and he anticipates further announcement of dates shortly. Until then, Montreal and Toronto area fans can look forward to the following shows just announced. Tickets are available now:

March 27 - Montreal, QC @ Il Motore

Tickets available at: Casa del Popolo, l’oblique, Cheap Thrills, Atom Heart, Sound Central, Phonopolis, Sonk and www.blueskiesturnblack.com

April 1 - Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club

Tickets available at: Rotate This, Soundscapes, and online at www.ticketmaster.com

April 3 - Waterloo, ON @ Maxwell's Music House

Tickets available at the door.



Howie launched a complete redesign of his website howiebeck.com this past week, which debuted the official cover art for How To Fall Down In Public. The artwork for the album was completed by renowned Toronto visual artist, Thrush Holmes. "I had been struggling with album art for a while, falling into my usual obsessive patterns," admits Beck, "Thrush spontaneously did a cover that immediately fit the tone of the album. The imagery itself, and the process of his work were a perfect fit. It just seemed to come together very easily."

How To Fall Down In Public Album track listing:




1. Watch Out For The Fuzz

2. Flashover

3. Save Me

4. Don't Put Your Arms Around Me No More

5. Fin

6. Over and Under

7. La La La

8. If I Ever Come Home

9. Beside This Life




To hear new music, watch videos, and tour updates,  visit http://www.howiebeck.com or http://www.myspace.com/howiebeck

 

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