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Grouse tracks in independent film:
"An Unusual Journey", a black comedy short, beautifully shot in San Francisco, will feature tracks from "We Want To Be Loved". The tracks featured are "Prosperous", "Lies On Me" and "We Want To Be Loved". Directed by Prav Potu the short will play at various film festivals around the US. Keep an eye out.
An in-depth interview with Ronan is featured on the latest edition of the podcast Small World. (Show number 402). Tracks from "We Want To Be Loved" are played and discussed, as well as topics like.....how Ronan ended up in America, Thanksgiving Day as an Irish man and when a new Grouse album might be expected.
There is a review of the album on "The Past And Present" webzine from September 16th that we missed at the time. Seems to be best viewed on their Myspace page. Link is here. They gave the album 4 out of 6 and even got to use the word "arse" in the review........which is nice.
There is a brief interview with Ronan on the latest edition of the podcast Solipsistic Nation. (Show number 7). There's some great music on this show and "Prosperous" from the album is also featured. Follow the link to listen and/ or download.
Tracks from the album have been added to the playlists of two radio stations recently. The stations are WHIL, based in Alabama and BeOS Radio, a 24 hour online station.
WHIL has been playing "Prosperous" on a program called "Liquid Aire", which goes out on Sunday nights. The show's blog can be found here.
Smother.net has given "We Want To Be Loved" a nice little review.
Here's what they had to say:
"San Franciscan ambient dub that howls with thick bass and deep sonic textures, gROUSe is the work of musician/producer Ronan Carroll. Ronan is an Irish born immigrant who came to America back in ..94. His songs are layered with atmospheric synths, samples, sparse drum beats, and a whirlwind of looped effects. Downtempo abstract creations, this self-titled album is a strong reminder of the powerful voice of dub music."
Read for yourself here. It's reviewed right next to the latest Ministry record!
"Lies On Me" has been picked up by a couple of podcasts lately. "Idyllic Music" and "Advanced Eclectronica (Presented In Hebrew)" (Anyone understand Hebrew?)
The links are below to have a listen and check out some of their other shows.
Idyllic Music (gROUSe is on show 33)
Advanced Electronica (your guess is as good as mine)
A great review of "We Want To Be Loved" has been posted on SonicCuriosity.com
"A dreamy quality is dominant here, stepping down the frenetic velocity and producing a pleasantly mesmerizing flavor......", or so they say.
Read the full review here: Sonic Curiosity Review
Erasoul.com has picked "We Want To Be Loved" as one of their recommendations for April 2006.
This is what they say: ""A surprisingly diverse album ranging from loungey downtempo to spacey drum n' bass. Also, a lot of live instrumentation fills out the Grouse sound nicely. The album only gets better with each song, showing more range while staying focused. All well-produced and cohesive throughout the entire album."
"We Want To Be Loved" has been added to Pandora.com. This is a website/ radio station which is customizable by the listener. You choose what artists you like and Pandora plays similar music from its archives. So go to Pandora.com and set up a gROUSe radio station.
Similar to Pandora is Last.FM, where you specify what kind of music to which you wish to listen. Last.FM is pretty multifaceted and well worth checking out. It also acts as a social networking site where you can meet people with similar musical tastes. All tracks from "We Want To Be Loved" are also featured here. Here's a link the the gROUSe page: Last.FM/Grouse
gROUSe now has a MySpace.com page. Check it out here:
myspace.com/grousemusic and baby, baby be my friend....
The PRI program "Echoes", hosted by John Diliberto, will be featuring tracks from "We Want To Be Loved"
over the coming weeks. This program is broadcast
nationwide on various radio stations, including here in San Francisco on KALW 91.7 FM. Check out the Echoes website for comprehensive playlists and a list of stations that
broadcast the show in each US state with times of broadcast.
Music from "We Want To Be Loved" has been licensed for use in an upcoming documentary to be shown on Irish television.
The documentary is about an Irish poker competition and is called "The Boylepoker Irish Poker Championship", made by Power Pictures of Galway. It
will be shown on the Irish national TV station (RTE.ie) after the ever popular "Late-Late Show" this coming Friday (February 3rd) at 11.15pm.
I believe it's on RTE 2. The documentary is in the final stages of post-production and nobody on this side of the water has even seen it yet.
If you're in Ireland, stay in on Friday and check it out!
Happy New Year! We're excited about 2006 and there are going to be some big changes taking place throughout the course
of the year, including changes to this website.
Ronan has been working on new music recently, including a bangin' dance track completely different to existing gROUSe
music which may or may not be released under that moniker and also some other more downbeat material too. Look out for a new gROUSe EP
possibly this year or a full album in 2007, depending on time constraints, touring, families and all the other fun day to day stuff.
So onto some stuff that's been happening:
Overexposure.FM has put 4 songs from the album in rotation on their
web radio stream. The songs are "Prosperous", "Dedlya", "Big Man" and "As If To Prove a Point".
Listen in and tell them how much you like them!
Overexposure.FM is a great station and won awards for "Best Chilled / Ambient Station" and "Best Downtempo DJ" at the 2005 Web Radio Awards.
I forgot to mention it at the time but Dave's Lounge, which features some incredible
independent music in a weekly podcast, recently played "Suicide Kils Me" among some other cool tunes.
Download it here: Dave's Lounge #26.
CDBaby has ended the special charity program whereby money from the sale of
independent CD's would go directly to the Red Cross. An impressive grand total of $250,060 was raised during the promotion.
Thanks so much to everybody who purchased "We Want To Be Loved" or any other CD at CDBaby over the last 7 weeks.
Indie-Music.com has posted a review of "We Want To Be Loved".
Check it out here.
Until further notice all monies from the sale of "We Want To Be Loved"
on CDBaby.com
will go to the Red
Cross to help the victims of hurricane Katrina.
If you order the album online from CD Baby you will not only help
a great cause but also get some great music!
About the Red Cross:
The American Red Cross is not a government agency. All Red Cross disaster
assistance is free thanks to its many volunteers. The ratio of volunteer
Red Cross workers to paid staff is almost 36 to one. During this time
of national emergency, the American Red Cross is focusing on accepting
donations to the National Disaster Relief Fund. Your donation will
help the Red Cross respond to the needs of those directly and indirectly
affected by this nationwide emergency and other disasters. Contributions
to the American Red Cross, a tax-exempt organization under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, are deductible for computing
income and estate taxes.
"We Want To Be Loved" will have massive digital distribution beginning
this month on most of the legal download sites inluding Napster, iTunes,
Rhapsody, MSN Music, DigitalKiosk, Music Net, Sony Connect and many
others. Individual songs from the album may be purchased and downloaded
for less than $1.
CHLY 101.7FM in Vancouver, Canada will be featuring the album in the
coming months on the Deep Intense show (Thursdays 8 to 10PM PST).
Check the blog here,
and follow the links to listen online.
DJ Frederick has been playing tracks from "We Want To Be Loved" including
the title track and "Prosperous" on his very eclectic radio show,
"Seldom Heard Radio", on WNEC 91.7 in Henniker, NH. Read his blog,
which includes information and playlists, here.
There is now a gROUSe page on download.com.
Four MP3's from "We Want To Be Loved" are available for free download.
The songs are Dedlya, Lies On Me, Suicide Kills Me and Prosperous.
You can also rate the songs and read and post reviews. http://music.download.com
is really an incredible site, a great resource for independent musicians
but also a great place to discover music from both independent and
major label artists, with tons of free music available.
Debut album "We Want To Be Loved" released!!
