gramercy arms

Dean Owens "Snowglobe"

2010-12-06T13:06:00.000-08:00

Here's a song produced by Dave Derby of Gramercy Arms along with Ray Ketchem and Scottish artist Dean Owens.
Dave played bass and sang bv's along with Kendall Meade and Renee LoBue.

recording

2010-11-23T17:58:00.000-08:00

We are about ready to start initial work on the new record. Tentatively untitled, tentatively not even 100% clear what will be on it. Maybe 90% clear, but very excited. Rehearsals hopefully to start following the thanksgiving break.
Follow this space for updates.

Avenue 61 Revisited

2010-03-08T04:13:00.000-08:00

The folks at Avenue 61 gave us a nice review which you can check out here:
http://avenue61.co.uk/gramercy_arms_shining_bright.asp and we happen to think they have a very cool site with loads of great stuff on music. Check it out at http://avenue61.co.uk/.

Love Suicides

2010-02-11T12:42:00.001-08:00

Dave Derby and Kendall Meade from Gramercy Arms have started a duo called Love Suicides. They're playing at Pete's Candy Store this Friday Night at 9pm and on Feb 15th at the Love
Hangover at Union Hall.
http://lovesuicides.blogspot.com/

Gowanus A Go Go

2010-01-11T13:29:00.000-08:00

Gramercy Arms will be playing the Gowanus a Go Go on Monday Jan 25th!
More info to come.

Nova Social Remix

2010-01-06T16:57:00.000-08:00

Check out the brand new "Looking at the Sun (Nova Social Remix)"

Remixed by brilliant Nova Social (David Nagler, Thom Soriano)

Nova Social is a New York metropolitan area pop group. Their latest release -- a self-titled EP -- is out now on vinyl and digital download.

http://www.novasocial.com

Wander On on "Mercy"

2009-12-09T06:42:00.001-08:00

Wander on by davederby
I'm very happy to announce a very last-minute but fantastic thing:

Our song"Wander On" will be featured on "Mercy"

Tonight at 9 PM ET on NBC

http://www.nbc.com/mercy/

You can stream the song here at:

http://soundcloud.com/davederby/wander-on

You can download "Wander On" and the rest of our debut record on iTunes

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gramercy-arms/id296278753

looking at the sun - remix

2009-11-23T08:06:00.000-08:00

I've got 9 reasons to love you!

2009-11-23T04:03:00.001-08:00

Good God. That was brilliant. So nice to see a return to form. I had almost forgotten but that's what Spurs looked like at the beginning of the season. That's why people were talking about them as a top 4 team.

JD, Azza, Krancjar were absolutely on. Palacios, Crouch, Huddlestone all looked great too.

Reveal/Navigator Mixtape

2009-11-12T17:04:00.000-08:00

Tom Rose, mastermind of the mighty Reveal/Navigator axis of musical brilliance (disclosure: our label) has just put up a fantastic 30 track online mixtape/compilation of fabulous artists on his label. In addition to Gramercy Arms you can hear great songs by Mascott, Joan As Police Woman, A Camp, Dead Air, Jon Redfern, Kris Drever, LAU and all sorts of other wonderful artists. Tom wrote some excellent liner notes.
It's only available for 28 days so visit and download it now!!!!!

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/navigator--reveal-records-mixtape-giveaway-1819588.html

el rayo!!!!

2009-10-25T07:48:00.000-07:00

We just want to say that we are extremely happy to see that our favorite La Liga team is having a great season so far!

Get your red hot Surface Wound free mp3 - secret friend

2009-10-24T14:02:00.000-07:00

check it out, people! Gramercy Arms bassist Sandy Smallens (Too Much Joy) has a new project called SURFACE WOUND and you should check out their new mp3, Secret Friend, right here.!!!
The song features our longtime collaborator Kendall Jane Meade of Mascott and super-fantastic drummer Tommy Vinton (also Too Much Joy) who played with Dave Derby and the Norfolk Downs on a few occasions.
Celebrate Woundtober!

looking at the sun - remix

2009-10-22T17:17:00.001-07:00

LookingAtTheSun-NoahAminRemix by davederby

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-17T11:18:00.001-07:00

LookingAtTheSun-GramercyArmsFeatKJM by davederby

2009-10-08T05:35:00.001-07:00

Here's a version of "Looking at the Sun" featuring our favorite singer, Kendall Jane Meade of Mascott. LookingAtTheSun-GramercyArmsFeatKJM by davederby

remix

2009-09-30T06:47:00.000-07:00

We'll be unveiling our new remix of "Looking at the Sun" very soon. In the meantime, for no particularly good reason, we just wanted to share this video with you.

BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Slap the Ginkels!

regarder le soleil

2009-09-21T19:11:00.001-07:00

We are hard at work on a french language version of "looking at the sun." our brilliant and insanely talented co-conspirator Verena Wiesendanger just wrote a superfab translation of the song and rocked the mic on it. More to come.
Other than that we're starting to gear up for our next record and have all sorts of crazy ideas brewing in Gramercyland.

time to get real

2009-09-09T20:53:00.001-07:00

shining bright-wichita remix!

2009-08-27T12:13:00.001-07:00

We have a brand new free download for you here at gramercyarms.org.
Gramercy Arms bassist Sandy Smallens' pal Jeff Pickering of Wichita, Kansas laid down some gorgeous pedal steel on "Shining Bright" and we loved it so much that we wanted to share it with you.
Download it for free from our myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/gramercyarms

or rock it on soundcloud

ShiningBright WichitaRemix by davederby

get ready to rock!!!

2009-08-24T04:52:00.000-07:00

Get your skinny ties out!

Our UK label, Reveal, have made us aware of a very cool UK radio show devoted to power pop, hosted by Jim Henderson.

Check it out
http://www.getreadytorockradio.com/presenters3.htm
http://www.getreadytorock.com/radio/index.htm

Needless to say, we at Gramercy Arms.org are huge Power Pop fans and we are quite honored to be mentioned in the blurb about the show alongside other bands we love!!!

Jim's weekly GRTR! output will predominantly focus on acts associated with power pop. These will include 60's pioneers (The Easybeats, The Hollies) and 70's legends (Badfinger, Big Star, The Knack, The Raspberries) through to modern day groups (Fountains Of Wayne, Gramercy Arms, Nada Surf) and the downright obscure (The Boyfriends, Cargoe, Daryll-Ann, Hot Dogs, Orange, The Pinkees).

enjoying it while it lasts

2009-08-19T16:25:00.000-07:00

the album, we hardly knew ye

2009-08-11T11:03:00.000-07:00

Is the album dead? What's the point to making a full length record these days? What's the point in even having that discussion?

Well, to be honest we do think about that a fair amount here at gramercyArms.org/co.uk
We happen to love EPs. I remember loving all those later Jam EPs when it was clear that Weller was trying to make Foxton and Buckler get their soul on. There was an exciting tension to those records but also a sense that because they were EPs they could document a time in the band's history without being too precious about it or overthinking things.

Radiohead is officially over it apparently

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/aug/11/thom-yorke-radiohead

Maybe their decision will add a little grist to the mill to the death of the album, or whatever the cliche is. So sayeth Herr Yorke:

"None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again," he said. "Not straight off ... It worked with In Rainbows because we had a real fixed idea about where we were going. But we've all said that we can't possibly dive into that again. It'll kill us."

The problem isn't the format – "obviously, there's still something great about the album," Yorke said – but with the scale and consistency of vision that is required. "In Rainbows was a particular aesthetic and I can't bear the idea of doing that again. Not that it's not good, I just can't ... bear ... that."

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This is the bit that got left out of the interview:

Thom: Jonny, we had a fifteen-year ride, mate.
'Mean, who wants to be a fuck'n forty-five year old
rock'n'roller farting around in front of people less than
half their age?....
Jonny: So true, so true, yeah....
Thom: ...cranking out some kind of mediocre head-banging
bullshit, you know, that we've forgotten...
Jonny: It would b...it's beneath us...who wants to see that...
not me.
Thom: That's right...absolutely right. I mean, we could take
those projects that we thought, you know, we didn't have
time for....
Jonny: Oh, there's dozens, there's so many dozens of projects.
Thom: You know, we didn't have time for 'em because of Radiohead and
bring 'em back to life maybe.
Jonny: Do you remember what we were...do you remember the time?
Thom: At the Luton...at the Luton Palace...
Jonny: Yes.
Thom: We were talking about a rock musical based on the life of
Jack the Ripper...
Jonny: Yeah,'Saucy Jack.'
Thom: Right.'Saucy Jack.' Now's the time to do that.
Jonny: "Saucy Jack, you're a naughty one, Saucy Jack, you're a
haughty one, Saucy Jack."
Thom: Right...

Soft Power and Gramercy Arms

2009-07-23T17:03:00.000-07:00

We are excited to announce we have a couple of shows coming up next week with the fantastic Soft Power, featuring Mary Timony and members of Aloha.

Come on down!

Saturday August 1st
The Cake Shop
152 Ludlow Street NYC
Soft Power featuring Mary Timony with members of Aloha 11 pm
Hot Lava 10 pm
Gramercy Arms 9:15

http://cake-shop.com/
$10, 8pm doors, 21 and over

Sunday August 2nd
TT the Bears
http://www.ttthebears.com/
Soft Power 11 pm
Gramercy Arms 10 pm
Shepherdess 9 pm

welcome back mascott!

2009-06-29T06:11:00.000-07:00

A heroes' welcome to our pals in Mascott!!! It sounds like they had a fantastic time across the pond! Check out the details at http://mascottsongs.com/ or http://myspace.com/mascott.

remix us!

2009-06-25T07:25:00.000-07:00

Remix our song "Looking at the Sun" as seen on Chuck and the new Lenscrafters spot!!!!

Check this space for more details but we might actually make this into a contest with prizes and all.

In the meantime you can access the splits/stems/elements/whatever you want to call them here:

Looking at the Sun Stems

make a deal with the city

2009-06-24T07:12:00.000-07:00

livin the city.

Here's our late night, bourbon-infused, shambolic cover of East River Pipe's classic "Make a Deal With the City" featuring Kendall Meade, Dave Derby, Doug Gillard, Sean Eden and Hilken Mancini. Katya Gorker filmed this at the Chelsea Hotel last month. More of this craziness to come.

follow you, follow me

2009-06-23T07:07:00.000-07:00

I don't know exactly what's been taking us so long but we are finally on twitter. The band is at @gramercyarms
so um ... follow us

or you can find us this way: http://twitter.com/gramercyarms to access the hijinx and hilarity that will ensue.

In other Gramercy Arms related news, our recent shows with +/-, Versus and Mascott in NYC and Shepherdess in Cambridge, MA were fantastic! All of the bands were incredible. We had wonderful guests in both cities: guitar superhero Chris Brokaw in NYC and bass god Winston Braman in Cambridge. We'll post some video from the shows on YouTube as well as some more footage from our crazy music party in the Chelsea Hotel.

lenscrafters spot on youtube

2009-05-30T04:38:00.001-07:00

Here it is!

Looking at the Sun

2009-05-24T09:11:00.000-07:00

We're very excited to report that the Lenscrafter's ads with our song "Looking at the Sun" are now running.

Summer rock

2009-05-16T13:53:00.000-07:00

Summer is here and the time is right for rocking out. We are working on more East Coast North American dates for later in the summer as well as the fall but want to announce two really fantastic shows coming up.

Thursday June 18
Mercury Lounge (NYC)
Plus Minus/ Versus / Gramercy Arms / Mascott
http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/

Saturday June 20
Plough and Stars (Cambridge MA)
10 pm
Shepherdess/Gramercy Arms
http://www.ploughandstars.com/

lenscrafters

2009-05-16T13:46:00.000-07:00

We've heard that "Looking at the Sun" is running on the new Lenscrafters ads but haven't seen it for ourselves yet! We are totally thrilled about this at GA.org Our friend, bandmate, muse, heroine, mascot and co-conspirator Kendall Jane Meade from the fantastic Mascott told us she saw it the other day but today on Good Morning America!

92 luftbaloons

2009-05-05T14:07:00.000-07:00

Gramercy Arms is moving on up in the CMJ charts to 92!
Which is a great excuse to post a picture of Nena and the boys from their halcyon days

Chuck on Hulu

2009-05-04T05:05:00.001-07:00

If you're like us at Gramercy Arms. org, you watch a lot of your TV shows at Hulu. This is by no means an endorsement of Hulu (though we do like it), but we just thought we'd let you know that the episode of Chuck with "Looking at the Sun" is now up on Hulu and you can check it out right here.

Uncensored Interview

2009-04-29T12:24:00.001-07:00

The fine folks at Uncensored Interview--and they really are fine folks!--just wrote something nice about us on their blog

Five New Supergroups That Prove that Opposites Attract

Here's what they said: "Taking the concept of supergroup to a totally new level, Gramercy Arms’ only self-imposed limits seem to be geographical. The group’s comprised of a revolving collective of New York-based artists, including members of Guided by Voices, Luna, Joan as Police Woman, Dead Air and the Dambuilders and (RANDOM ALERT!) comic Sarah Silverman. Huh? If it sounds odd and confusing, it’s only appropriate: their subject matter, is after all, basically sex and the city. The result: a tightly wound, even more tightly edited 30-minute power pop (emphasis on power) album that’s as diverse, dirty, delirious and dazzling as a stroll on the sunny side of Bedford Ave. at 8 a.m. on a Saturday when the local swells are still stumbling home and the new yummy mummies are heading out for their daily double half-caf latte fix."

Sounds about right to us! Actually it sounds really nice. We also think this wouldn't be complete without a picture of Sean and Dave looking like deer staring into the headlights!

119 with a bullet

2009-04-28T12:43:00.000-07:00

Great news!! The debut Gramercy Arms took a HUGE jump up this week--it's 2nd week on the charts--to #119 on CMJ's Top 200. Top 100 here we come!

Radio 200 #1102 GRAMERCY ARMS, Gramercy Arms

TW LW 2W PK WKS Artist Recording Label
119 173 - 119 2 GRAMERCY ARMS Gramercy Arms Cheap Lullaby

"Looking at the Sun" on Chuck (NBC), Lenscrafters and June dates tbd!

2009-04-20T12:35:00.000-07:00

We have three pieces of fantastic news to report here at Gramercy Arms.org.

1. "Looking at the Sun" from our debut record, "Gramercy Arms" is going to be featured in the upcoming April 27 episode of Chuck (NBC)!!!!!!!!
The show airs Mondays 8/7c
http://www.nbc.com/Chuck/
2. We've also received word that the song is going to be used in an upcoming campaign of really beautiful looking and cool Lenscrafters ads. We'll be providing you with details about that as soon as we get 'em.
3. We are currently booking shows for Boston, New York, Philly and a few other undisclosed locations for June-July with such fine artists as Versus, Plus Minus, Mary Timony's Pow Wow, Mascott and others. Details coming soon on that as well!

LET'S GET PHYSICAL!

2009-04-03T10:30:00.000-07:00

"Gramercy Arms" is now available in physical form in North America courtesy of the fabulous Cheap Lullaby Records!

The record has been available digitally and you can still find it at iTunes, Amazon and usual online suspects, but now you can support your local record store and own a copy with brand new artwork for the North American physical release.

Gramercy Arms is an ever (r)evolving collective band project of New York-based artists.

On this record, Gramercy Arms comprises members of Guided By Voices, Luna, Joan as Police Woman, Dead Air and The Dambuilders, along with comic Sarah Silverman, Their self-titled debut album is a summery blast of gorgeous power pop, heartfelt tales of love and loss and the city they call their home.

Clocking in at a lean and mean 30 minutes, bassist/vocalist Rainy Orteca (Joan As Police Woman, Dead Air) describes it as “the hottest thirty minute love affair available.”

The album is a celebration of all that is New York in its dirty-beautiful splendor. Musically Gramercy Arms is a classic New York sound--Dave Derby’s disaffected poetic sensibilities mesh with the guitar virtuosity of Sean Eden and Hilken Mancini in the grand Gotham tradition of the Velvet Underground and Television shot through with a love of seventies pop rock.

The album has garnered rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic and has received airplay on BBC2, BBC4 and BBC6.

RECENT PRESS ON GRAMERCY ARMS

“Oh Gramercy – we’re in love! … gorgeous conventional songcraft and sun-kissed vocals … laidback power pop, if that's not a contradiction in terms.
-Guardian UK

Sun kissed, subtly well constructed things that suggest Teenage Fanclub occasionally touched by the all-American pop suss of Cheap Trick. It's all at once woozily beautiful and incidental--or, as one Luna lyric had it, "The moment is eternal/for as long as it lasts."
-The Word

This kind of music should be easy to pull off … but the best kind of power-pop (and Gramercy Arms definitely belongs in that group) nails the intanglibles. It instinctually know what chord to hit next, when to drop to a minor key, when to let it loose. When members of varies indie luminaries (Guided By Voices, Luna, Joan As Police Woman) came together to make the album they—lucky for us—got it right.
- eMusic

Easily one of the best pop albums released in 2008 … Pop doesn’t get much better than this.
-Baby Sue

“Classic sounding pop.”
-Quick Before it Melts

New Gramercy Arms song - Tell Me Why

2009-03-31T06:47:00.000-07:00

We're happy to announce that we have a brand new song for you. An outtake from our record here called

Tell Me Why (Fell Apart Hi) featuring the wonderful Kendall Meade of Mascott on vocals. Get your americana on!

pinecone is here!!!!

2009-03-23T13:20:00.000-07:00

new mp3s coming soon

2009-03-23T10:20:00.001-07:00

just letting you know that in celebration of spring we'll have some brand spanking new mp3s in a few days!
also we'll have some updates about upcoming East Coast shows

in the meantime--do not lean on door!
(photo courtesy of gregg greenwood, designer extraordinaire)

gramercy arms music player

2009-02-25T04:54:00.001-08:00

2009-02-24T14:30:00.000-08:00

Dave is going to be giving a talk at Yale on Monday on the future of the music biz with his pal the esteemed singer-songwriter Mike Errico.

They will address the following questions:

"How is music-making and the business of music changing? How do artists survive in a changing landscape? What skills will they need? What, if anything, does it mean to be an independent artist today?"

Bring the noise, Professor Derby.

views from the van

2009-02-07T15:25:00.001-08:00

Here's Hilken's van being towed.

Here's sean watching New England on YouTube while we follow their former drummer who is towing Hilken's car.

Photos courtesy of Rainy Orteca.

live blogging GA feb 09 minitour

2009-02-07T12:35:00.001-08:00

Hilken's car just broke down on the Mass Pike and we picked her up in our rocking mini-van. Good thing the trip from Boston to NoHo is a short one. Lloyd says he has cold PBRs waiting for us. Rainy just came into the van and told me that we have to follow a tow truck dude who is going to drop the car somewhere where AAA can pick it up. Developing ...

UPDATED 3:45 PM

Rainy informs me that she just "killed" Sean at 20th anniversary edition of Galaga at the Framingham Plaza.

Also Rainy informs me that the tow truck driver informed us that AAA is supposed to tow from the Mass Pike. They alleged that they couldn't do it because they are lazy or overextended or both.

UPDATED 3:48 PM

Hilken just informed me that the tow truck driver told us he himself is a famous rock star was the drummer in the band New England who penned the classic "Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya"

Bring it!!!

on the road again

2009-02-07T07:05:00.000-08:00

we have one more show tonight on our three show stint at the elevens in northampton, ma.

http://www.elevensmusic.com/

mascott guest vlog

2009-02-05T20:10:00.001-08:00

if you can't be in the band, you might as well hijack their blog. tonite i felt like mel from flight of the conchords, except that mel would never miss the first two songs of a conchords set...like i did tonite at the g-arms show. it wouldn't have been a big deal but rainy is not yet prepared to forgive me, so i must suck it up and meet my maker. at least i have video proof of song #3...

Shining Bright with Renee LoBue

soon after i moved to a closer table to soak in the action:

Looking At The Sun

hilken, sean, rainy, dave & kevin were top notch on every song. then i almost had a coronary when they launched into my favorite dambuilders song ever...IDAHO!! the audience was filled fans of dave derby, so i feel i wasn't the only one that was having a serious '90s moment.

IDAHO

so all in all it was a totally great show...even thought i'll never get those first two songs back. The band is off to play Northampton and then Boston now, catch a show if you can.

love,
mascott

Gramercy Arms February Shows

2009-02-01T04:44:00.000-08:00

Just letting you know in case you don't already know that we will be playing a string of shows this next week with our friend the ultrafabulous Mary Kate O'Neil who is releasing her brand new CD. marykateoneil.com

Thursday Feb 5, New York, New York - The Living Room at 8 pm (Mary Kate and band at 7)

Friday Feb 6, Cambridge, MA - TT the Bears at 10 pm (Mary Kate and band at 8)

Saturday Feb 7, Northampton, MA - The Elevens (with Mary Kate) - still waiting for confirmation on set time!

Gramercy Arms on Uncensored Interview

2009-01-20T09:14:00.000-08:00

Sean and Dave perpend, ruminate and wax poetic extemporaneously on various topics ranging from indie rock, geopolitics and best and worst day jobs, at the impressively cool Uncensored Interview website

http://www.uncensoredinterview.com/artists/497-Gramercy-Arms

nyc magnet piece up

2009-01-17T16:13:00.001-08:00

the fine and wonderful folks of nyc magnet did a nice piece on us that just went up. It was a pleasure to hang out with them, eat coconut flan, discuss esoteric New York history and madrigal mashups.
http://nycmagnet.com/2009/01/17/gramercy-arms/
gramercy arms hearts nyc magnet
that's renee lobue in the photo, rocking with us.

gramercy arms at pianos

2009-01-15T14:38:00.000-08:00

cmj did a nice write up of last night's show at piano's which was ... erm ... somewhat "selectively" attended. But it was cold and lots of people including some of us were fighting colds.

Nevertheless we did have a lot of fun.

http://www.cmj.com/relay/?p=6731

Doug Gillard was awesome as ever!

He joined us onstage for a cover of his old band Death of Samantha's "Blood and Shaving Cream" that was SUPER ROCK.

a little sloppy too but no one ever said super rock had to be clean!

happy new year

2009-01-13T15:53:00.000-08:00

Please pardon the silence here. We've been madly busy recording and getting ready for upcoming shows including our show with Doug Gillard at Piano's tomorrow. Dave Derby has been playing in Doug's band as well and will be turning in double-duty in the field of rock tomorrow night. If you're in the NY area, come on down. It should be a fun show and will be the first performance of the lineup of Dave Derby, Sean Eden, Rainy Orteca and Kevin March. Hilken, will be busy holding down the fort in Boston and won't make it. Renee LoBue will grace the microphone with her backing vocal stylings. Come on down!

More info soon on a Dave Derby-Kendall Meade-Erik Della Penna recording of Scottish songwriter, Sandy Wright's lovely "In the Summertime"

Gramercy Arms Music Player

2008-12-30T06:43:00.001-08:00

Fresh Deer Meat Best of 2008 list!

2008-12-30T06:42:00.001-08:00

The fine fine folks at Fresh Deer Meat have included Gramercy Arms in their best of 2008 list!!!! http://www.freshdeermeat.com/eatmore.php?id=63 Hurrah!!!!!!

Let's hear it for Fresh Deer Meat and their fantastic blog which we think you should visit regularly as one of your New Year's resolutions for 2009.

http://www.freshdeermeat.com/index.php

Gramercy Arms - Mascott This Christmastime - "Blue Christmas for the iPod Generation" (BBC)

2008-12-30T06:41:00.001-08:00

The fabulous folks at 7 Digital are making it available for free download!!!

Reveal/Cheap Lullaby artist Gramercy Arms and NYC-based folk-pop chanteuse Mascott will release the single This Christmastime on UK label Reveal Records. Written and recorded at Crib Notes, Gramercy Arms’ studio in NYC, the song is a lovely and bittersweet collaboration between the two critically acclaimed artists, and features Mascott’s Kendall Jane Meade on lead vocal. Described as “honey-voiced” by Rolling Stone, Meade’s vocals are an ideal match to the sublime power pop production of Gramercy Arms, recently described by the Guardian as "an East Coast band dreaming of LA freeways and Bel Air pool parties.” An instant classic, This Christmastime was featured on the US show Grey’s Anatomy, and is well overdue for a proper UK release.

Featuring members of Guided By Voices, Luna, Joan As Police Woman, the Dambuilders and featuring a panoply of guest performances from comedienne Sarah Silverman, Nada Surf front man Matthew Caws, Lloyd Cole and others, indie supergroup Gramercy Arms’ new self-titled album is out now on Reveal Records. The Word (UK) described the songs as "woozily beautiful, sun, kissed, subtly well constructed things that suggest Teenage Fanclub touched by the all-American pop suss of Cheap Trick.”

Mascott’s latest, Art Project, was recently released on Red Panda Records. A recent reviewer described the music as “ a twist of Aimee Mann-styled attitude between hopeful harmonies and walking bass lines, creating a rich and uplifting sound that’s sure to turn the heads of soul, pop, and indie fans alike.” Mascott’s songs have also been featured on The O.C., a Starbucks new music compilation and described by the New York Times as “stately pop, wrapping vulnerability and longing in quietly radiant arrangements.”

Aled Jones recently featured it on BBC2 as featured song of the day!!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/goodmorningsun/ontheshow.shtml

new mascott blog

2008-12-30T06:33:00.000-08:00

check out the new mascott blog over at

http://mascottmusic.blogspot.com/

Gramercy Arms Shining Bright EP Out Now in UK!!!!

2008-12-17T16:44:00.001-08:00

Strictly Limited Edition 5 track EPCD

(INCLUDING SUNDAY LONDON TIMES - HOT TRACK OF THE WEEK DECEMBER 2008)

The lead track, “Shining Bright” on the new EP is a sweet slice of west coast power pop, but straight out of the east coast and taken from their new “Gramercy Arms” album. There’s also three brand new, non album Gramercy Arms songs here, that reveal a more pensive autumnal sound (in striking contrast to the summery feel of their album), plus a remix.

“Walking Around” with its mournful classic r&b flavour features gorgeous backing vocals from one of 2008’s most acclaimed stars , Joan As Police Woman, “Let’s not make this harder than it has to be,” croons Derby, in the song describing the pain of walking past his ex-lover’s apartment in New York City! The song was listed as hot track of the week at Sunday London Times December 14th 2008.

Mascott’s Kendall Meade and avant garde guitarist /songwriter Chris Brokaw lend vocals and guitar to the heartbreaking Raymond Carver-esque musical story of divorce and dissolution that is “Fell Apart.”

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To buy visit

http://www.reveal-records.com/

CD
Buy Limited Edition 5 Track CD Format, exclusive to UK Independent Retailers

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http://www.juno.co.uk/products/335733-01.htm

DOWNLOAD
Buy The Album Digitally
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oh and ...

2008-12-17T16:42:00.000-08:00

Because it's the holiday season you can download the songs from the Shining Bright EP right here at our myspace page FOR FREE!!!!!

http://www.myspace.com/gramercyarms

Gramercy Arms on Hottest Downloads at London Times

2008-12-16T11:19:00.000-08:00

We are ecstatically honoured to announce that the bittersweet "Walking Around" from Gramercy Arms' Shining Bright EP just made the list of the London Times Hottest Downloads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5325205.ece

This Christmastime on BBC6

2008-12-11T16:53:00.001-08:00

The uberfabulous BBC6 DJ Nemone played Gramercy Arms/Mascott's holiday single, "This Christmastime" on her show yesterday and added it to her lunchbox of music!!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/nemone/lunchbox.shtml

We are huge fans of Nemone and her excellent taste in music and make listening to her show a regular activity. We think you should too!

metro mix

2008-12-11T16:50:00.000-08:00

Nice piece on Gramercy Arms in Metro Mix here.
http://stlouis.metromix.com/music/article/under-the-radar-34/314830/content
It's been too long since any of us have been in St Louis and we can't wait to go back!

Gramercy Arms Show on Brooklyn Vegan

2008-12-08T13:05:00.000-08:00

The fine folks at Brooklyn Vegan are running a very nice story (with quotes taken from Kendall Meade's guest blog about the show right here on OUR blog--how blogtastic is that?) about what was a very fun show this weekend at the Bowery Ballroom. Nada Surf and Delta Spirit were exquisitely, rockingly awesome. So great to play with wonderfully talented people who are also fantastic human beings. What a great night it was!

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/12/nada_surf_delta.html

a word from our mascott

2008-12-07T20:39:00.000-08:00

mascott here. ridin' high from last night's gramercy arms (known as "g-arms" for the rest of this blog) show at the bowery ballroom. let me just say up front that i've been accused of being a pollyanna, but seriously, after hanging hard with g-arms last night, what's not to love?

i was asked to participate as a guest singer, but i soon realized my true calling at this event was to also be an observer. a few highlights from 12/06/08:

1)rehearsal was as hot as the show! watching kevin march, sean eden, hilken mancini, dave derby and sandy smallens play "automatic" together for the first time was amazing. it was as if they had been on tour for two months when they launched into it. i was pretending to be furiously emailing on my blackberry but was secretly in shock and awe. i know all the g-arms press releases are like "blah blah...this is an nyc supergroup...yadda yadda" but in person, in that tiny room, i really felt like "HOLY SHIT THIS REALLY IS A SUPERGROUP."

2)elk city in the house. can we talk about renée lobue? dave asked her to sing on three songs and it was amazing. the girl's got mojo, and was dressed to the nines, as usual. her vintage necklace had a large circular pendant that ruled...but more on that later. ray ketchem from elk city was also there, and was nearly thrown out on the cold street by a rogue security dude for attempting to film us with his flip camera. being the smart man that he is, ray got off clean.

3)let it snow. dave graciously invited me to sing "this christmastime," the holiday tune we recently released in the UK on reveal. i was nervous it would be out of place in the melodious and rocking g-arms set, but when sandy announced from the stage that he saw snowflakes falling outside, i felt better about things. seconds from walking onstage, my necklace fell off & broke. without a pause, renee took off her vintage necklace and put it on me, like a first place winner is presented with the gold. it was like a scene in a movie.

4)delta f*$*ing spirit. not only did this band lend g-arms their gear, they were seriously inspirational. so talented and full of passion. i don't think the term "phoning it in" ever crosses their minds.

5)matthew caws is not your average rock star. not afraid to come up during the g-arms set to sing his awesome part on "nothing i can do," caws also rocked with delta spirit on tamborine. i mean, most headling bands are out to dinner or talking to friends backstage when the openers play, but not this guy. he then went on to kick ass and play his amazing songs in front of a sparkly backdrop.

as the night went on i truly felt like i was lucky to be involved, and without knowing how to express myself, handed dave my two drink tickets. i think he knew what it meant.

Quick Before it Melts!

2008-12-05T15:18:00.000-08:00

Quick before it Melts have listed Gramercy Arms as one of the Best of 2008!

http://www.quickbeforeitmelts.com/?p=879

Mascott-Gramercy Arms This Christmastime on Fresh Deer Meat!

2008-12-02T08:23:00.001-08:00

Check out the fabulous Fresh Deer Meat who are featuring a link to the single.

http://www.freshdeermeat.com/eatmore.php?id=55

Let's hear it for their sublime taste and brilliance in starting the Mascott Appreciation Society!

mascott at spin.com

2008-11-28T09:09:00.000-08:00

Check it out!

Mascott is artist of the day at spin.com!

http://spin.com/articles/mascott

spinner free mp3 of the day

2008-11-20T13:07:00.000-08:00

"Looking at the Sun" is the free mp3 of the day at Spinner.com

Check it out!

This Christmas Time

2008-11-19T10:59:00.000-08:00

Mascott and Gramercy Arms are releasing the single This Christmastime on the mighty Reveal Records. You can get it as a free download here!

http://davederby.com/mascottgramercyarms/This%20Christmastime.mp3

Gramercy Arms record out in North America!

2008-11-19T06:49:00.000-08:00

Our debut, self-titled album is now officially available--in digital form--in North America via the fabulous Cheap Lullaby records!!!

Download it now at iTunes!.

Or ...

if you prefer waiting for the "physical form" (i.e. CD) we will be releasing that via Cheap Lullaby in February!!!!

Woo hooo!!!!

message brought to you by reveal records

2008-11-13T08:13:00.001-08:00

After innocently uploading a Spurs badge to celebrate the team's victory over Liverpool yesterday our UK label, Reveal Records (who evidently support the Hammers) wrote us an expletive-laden email threatening to drop us from the label if we didn't immediately post a considerably larger West Ham badge on the site. Regretfully, but in the interest of keeping our label happy at a time when our brand new single, "Shining Bright" has gone to radio, we have complied with their request. Maybe this will make our recent President-elect happy as well.

new mascott record out today!

2008-11-13T08:07:00.000-08:00

Gramercy Arms fellow-travelers and collaborators, Mascott have released their brand-spanking new record, Art Project, today!

Featuring Gramercy Arms' own, Dave Derby, Rainy Orteca and co-writer, co-conspirator, Kendall Meade as well as a host of other fine people!

Check it out at

http://www.myspace.com/mascott

Shining Bright on BBC 2

2008-11-13T08:06:00.001-08:00

Shining Bright was played on Johnnie Walker's BBC 2 show on Tuesday.

Here's the playlist:

Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Title: The Chain
Album: The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac
Label: Warners

Artist: The Clash
Title: Hitsville U.K
Album: Sandinista!
Label: Epic

Artist: The Beatles
Title: When I'm Sixty-Four
Album: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Label: Capitol

Artist: Gramercy Arms
Title: Shining Bright
Album: Shining Bright
Label: Reveal Records

Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Title: Dani California
Album: Dani California
Label: Warner Bros.

Artist: Rod Stewart
Title: Stay With Me
Album: Absolutely Live
Label: Warner Bros.

Artist: The Killers
Title: Human
Album: (cd single)
Label: Mercury

Artist: Coldplay
Title: Lost!
Album: (cd single)
Label: Parlophone

Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Title: If I Should Fall Behind
Album: Lucky Town
Label: Columbia

Artist: Runrig
Title: Year Of The Flood
Album: Everything You See
Label: Ridge

Artist: Grace Jones
Title: Williams Blood
Album: (cd single)
Label: Wall Of Sound

Artist: Carbon/Silicon
Title:The News
Album: The News
Label: Carbon/Silicon

Artist: Carbon/Silicon
Title: National Anthem
Album: Last Post
Label: C499

Artist: The Clash
Title: London Calling (live)
Album: Live At Shea Stadium
Label: Epic/Legacy

Artist: Carbon/Silicon
Title: Tell It Like It Is
Album: Last Post
Label: C499

Artist: Status Quo
Title: Rockin' All Over The World
Album: Whatever You Want
Label: Polygram Tv

Artist: Alessi's Ark
Title: The Horse
Album: The Horse EP
Label: Virgin

Artist: Bob Seger
Title: Like A Rock
Album: Like A Rock
Label: Capitol

Artist: Ryan Adams
Title: Fix It
Album: Fix It
Label: Universal

Artist: The Doors
Title: Riders On The Storm
Album: L.A Woman
Label: Elektra

spuds

2008-11-12T13:35:00.001-08:00

Feel the love!

Shining Bright - Dead Air Remix Video

2008-11-11T11:02:00.001-08:00

Dead Air vs Gramercy Arms Remix

2008-11-08T15:17:00.001-08:00

We are currently hard at work on a video for the fabulous Dead Air remix of Shining Bright which is available at our myspace page. Go henceforth and check it out

new remixes posted

2008-10-27T13:22:00.000-07:00

Hello all

In celebration of the release of "Shining Bright" in the UK (which hits radio people in the next few weeks) we've posted two new fantastic remixes of the song up on our myspace.

http://myspace.com/gramercyarms. One by fabulous UK electro remix team, The Release, and the other by the inimitable Dead Air featuring the work of Gramercy Arm bassist Rainy Orteca.

Also coming soon is an EP featuring a Noah Amin remix of "Shining Bright" along with 3 new songs as part of a "Shining Bright" EP. More info to come!

fresh deer meet interview

2008-10-22T17:42:00.001-07:00

Check out an interview with Dave from Gramercy Arms on Fresh Deer Meat

http://freshdeermeat.com/eatmore.php?id=38

cheap lullaby

2008-10-16T11:36:00.000-07:00

Gramercy Arms is delighted to announce that our debut record will be released in the US on Cheap Lullaby Records. The record is coming out digitally on November 18th and will be available in physical form in early 09. Exact street date TBD.

12/6 with Nada Surf and Jealous Girlfriends

2008-09-11T07:55:00.000-07:00

Gramercy Arms will be opening for Nada Surf and Jealous Girlfriends at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC on 12/6!!!!

record out!!!!!!

2008-09-11T07:52:00.000-07:00

Our debut record is officially available!!! It has been released in physical form on Reveal Records in the UK and will be coming out on the mighty Cheap Lullaby Records in North America. Digital release any day now and physical release coming up in February.

Picadilly Records

2008-07-28T05:41:00.001-07:00

support your local record store and Buy the Gramercy Arms debut record at Picadilly Records

Gramercy Arms on Nemone's BBC 6 Lunchbox

2008-07-15T06:36:00.001-07:00

BBC 6 DJ Nemone has selected "Looking at the Sun" for her lunchbox of favorite songs!!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/nemone/tracklisting.shtml?y=2008&d=20080714

#9, #9, #9

2008-07-15T06:35:00.000-07:00

Gramercy Arms is 9 on Uncut's playlist for this week!

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Here's the list:

1 Babe, Terror - Nasa Goodbye (http://www.myspace.com/babeterror)

2 Lindstrom – Where You Go I Go Too (Smalltown Supersound)

3 Stereolab – Chemical Chords (4AD)

4 Joanna Newsom – Ys (Drag City)

5 Love As Laughter – Trademark Of Quality (Self-Released)

6 John Terrill – Frowny Frown (Family Vineyard)

7 The Heads – Dead In The Water(Rooster)

8 The Necks – Aether (Fish Of Milk)

9 Gramercy Arms – Gramercy Arms (Reveal)

10 Yahowa Presents Children Of The Sixth Root Race – Songs From The Source (Drag City)

11 Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes (Bella Union)

12 Fleet Foxes – Sun Giant EP (Bella Union)

13 Pete Greenwood – Pete Greenwood (Heavenly)

14 Black Taj – Beyonder (Amish)

15 Bowerbirds – Hymns For A Dark Horse (Dead Oceans)

16 Brian Wilson – That Lucky Old Sun (EMI)

17 Jim O'Rourke – Tamper (Drag City)

18 Mogwai – The Hawk Is Howling (Wall Of Sound)
John Mulvey

automatic remix video

2008-06-30T05:43:00.000-07:00

record info

2008-05-19T17:04:00.000-07:00

just wanted to let you know that our self-titled debut record will be released in the UK and europe this summer by reveal records.

american distribution tbd.

here's catalog and basic info regarding the release:

Reveal41 - cd album
Reveal41DD - digital
Distro piasuk/sony dac
Press by Triad
Radio +tv by Cool Badge

"Automatic," the first single will be released in June. We are currently working on remixes as well as a video, coming shortly!

lyrics

2008-04-12T13:39:00.000-07:00

AUTOMATIC

Soon enough tough stuff
You just want what you can’t touch
The question isn’t how much
Erase everything you know

Automatic
It’s automatic

Soft panned for sulky solo
rock gift for the po-mo
Subjecting what you know

Automatic
It’s automatic
Automatic
It’s automatic

Automatic
It’s automatic
Automatic
It’s automatic

Oh love of mine
Should I ever fall or lag behind
Call me sometime
Let me know
Cause I can’t control it

Automatic
It’s automatic
Automatic
It’s automatic

Now wherever we go
We got it under control
Know we’re running the zone
Yeah wherever we go
We got it under control
now we freak with the flow

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LOOKING AT THE SUN

Oh yeah I’m looking at the sun
Me and everyone
Looking at you

What’s new?
I guess I’ve never seen
A world so green
Here beside you

Ba ba ba ba

This day is the perfect day
There’s nothing in our way
This is our time

I know what I’m holding in my arms
Keep it safe and warm
Just you and me now

Oh yeah
I’m looking at the sun
My darling young one
Here beside you

Right now
Before our world so green
Grows cold and changes scene
And the nights get darker

For now
I’m looking at the sun
Someday the rain might come
But I love the sunshine

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NOTHING I CAN DO

Sometimes I don’t know
Whether I should trust
The way I’m s’posed to feel
Or what happens when we touch

So many times I’ve tried
To let these worries go
Or loose it from inside
Before they burn out of control

And how could I have known
That you would be the one
But somewhere I just got thrown
And I now I don’t know what I’ve done
But I can’t make it on my own

Oh no, I can’t change the way I feel
But how do I know if this feeling is for real?
This is gonna be hard
Maybe the whole thing’s gone too far
There’s no other choice now
There’s nothing I can do

Something changed my way
When you came around
Gray skies you erased
And turned them upside down

And how could I have known
That you would be the one
But somewhere I just got thrown
And I now I don’t know what I’ve done
But I can’t make it on my own

Oh no, I can’t change the way I feel
But how do I know if this feeling is for real?
This is gonna be hard
Maybe the whole thing’s gone too far
There’s no looking back now
There’s nothing I can do

There’s nothing I can do
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SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER

FROM THE TIME WE FELL APART TO THE TIME WHEN WE FIRST MET
I’VE BEEN LIVING IN REVERSE
SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER YOU’VE BEEN ON MY MIND

AND IT’S HARD WAY TO GO FORTH
BUT IT’S A HARD ROAD TO GO BACK
BETTER FINISH WHAT WE START
SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER YOU’VE BEEN ON MY MIND
SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER LOVE’S BEEN SO HARD TO FIND

(YEAH IT HAS)

SOLO

SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER LOVE’S BEEN SO HARD TO FIND
SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER YOU’VE BEEN STILL ON MY MIND

BETTER FIND OUT WHAT WE’VE DONE
I FIND IT MAKES NO SENSE
SEE HOW BADLY WE’VE BEEN BURNED

SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER YOU’VE BEEN ON MY MIND

WALKIN TO THE 4-5-6
THE MARQUEE MOON WAS IN ECLIPSE
SOMEHOW WE LET THE MOMENT SLIP

SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER LOVE’S BEEN SO HARD TO FIND
BUT SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER YOU’VE BEEN STILL ON MY MIND

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FAKIN

Does it get you off when he leaves his bootstraps on?
Is he really yours from the twilight into dawn?
Is it sad that you could never call this love?
But is it really close enough?

When he’s done ask him what he takes you for
It helps him sleep are you afraid he’s really bored?
And it’s sad because you realize that’s all
Does he hang your photo on his wall?

Were you just fakin?
If so then how much?
And how soft is your touch?

Does it blow your mind that you could make yourself believe
This is what you want and that you hope he’ll never leave?
And you’re happy now the tv set goes dim
To hear a voice that isn’t him

Were you just fakin?
If so then how much?
And how soft
And how soft is your touch?
And how soft is your touch?
And how soft is your touch?
And how soft is your touch?

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WANDER ON

First there was darkness and then came the collapse
When I first saw you west highway underpass
Walking through diamonds or just broken glass
I wander on

Watching you cross over 6th ave and 18
Up from the E train as though torn from a dream
Thinking bout what you said
What did it mean?
Still I wander on

Chelsea insouciant
Wednesday afternoon
Light in the distance blacked out up in your room
Wondering if I might have left there too soon
I wander on

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SHINING BRIGHT
Spend your whole life trying
To make this turn out right
Maybe no one’s buying
But that could all change overnight

My head’s been spinning so fast
There’s no time to slow down
Don’t let your moment slip past
In this town

CHORUS
Is it too late to call you on the telephone?
Does it help to remember that nothing’s written in stone?
That you could leave anytime you like?
You could make the scene turn out right
May the road that guides you through night
Keep shining bright

While deeper I was wading
The dream was fading out of view
All the years I waited
Medicated to make it through
My head’s been spinning so fast
There’s no time to slow down
Don’t let your moment slip past
In this town

Is it too late to call you on the telephone?
Does it help to remember that nothing’s written in stone?
That you could leave anytime you like?
You could make the scene turn out right
May the road that guides you through night
Keep shining bright

Shining bright
Shining bright
Shining bright
Shining bright

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AUTOMATON

AUTOMATON
Still don’t know what makes you happy
But I’ll figure out real soon (right)
Leave me hangin in denial
Leave me hangin’ round your room
Yeah uh protect it
Only the world you know

I’m your slave baby lead me on
Autodetect the automaton
You could take out the king but you leave the pawn
Turn me on

Either with you or against you
Baby please don’t make me choose (eh)
You said be careful what you say now
Be careful what you do
Feel defective
But what have I got to lose?

I’m your slave baby lead me on
Autodetect the automaton
You could take out the king but you leave the pawn
Turn me on

SOLO

Gimme something to believe in
Gimme something to attack
Deep
Inside it, conquer and divide it
Be careful to watch your back

I’m your slave baby lead me on
Autodetect the automaton
You could take out the king but you leave the pawn
Turn me on

I’m your slave baby lead me on
Autodetect the automaton
You could take out the king but you leave the pawn
Turn me on and turn me off
Right

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I BELIEVE

Ba ba ba ba ba

I wonder if you’ll understand
This secret of a broken man
I held you in the underground
Babe I wouldn’t hold you down

I believe in you and me
It don’t matter what you see
We can’t be scared what others say
I don’t want to live that way

Still we got to leave this town behind
We’ve got to get out while we know there’s time

Ba ba ba ba

I wonder if you’ll understand
The promise of a broken man

I believe in you and me
It don’t matter what you see
We can’t be scared what others say
I don’t want to live that way
(repeat 2x)

Still we’ve got to leave this town behind
We’ve got to get out while we know there’s time

I wonder if you’ll understand
The promise of a broken man
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MOVING SLOW
Time is running out
I used to tell myself
I guess I always thought
I’d be somewhere else

Now I’m just resigned
There’s nowhere I would go
Happily detached and
Moving slow

Just rest your pretty head
From what you’ll never know
Let’s go back to bed
Turn the lights down low

Empire’s shallow grave
Vermillion glow
Twilit aftermath
Fading slow

Mad props to Lazy Jane
The queen is overthrown
But still she looks the same
Now that the kiss is blown

She says she knows me well
Enough to know
That I don’t mind
Moving slow

sean eden muses ...

2008-04-09T15:28:00.000-07:00

it behooved me to contribute my fortitude to sire derby's newest endeavour. whilst moored in gibraltar, my boatswain delivered me the secret files of the audio recording, and, after close inspection, i made sail for portsmouth post-haste in order to ensconce myself in my own studio at shaftesbury-on-avon. i trust the result is sure to please the admiralty.