Please click (the TINY play button) below to see a video of "AurorA", a track from the CD, "From Lincoln to Continental" (2006).
All footage, except photos from John Enda Folan, culled from the Prelinger Archive, a subset of "no rights reserved" media courtesy of The Internet Archive.
Influences
Portishead; Air; Massive Attack; Cocteau Twins; Radiohead; Nigel Godrich; Daniel Lanois; Malcolm Burn; U2; Cure; Neil Young; Pink Floyd; Wilco
SharashkA's long-awaited debut, "From Lincoln to Continental", is now available for download at the Internet Archive.
Or stream the entire CD right here!
In addition, original member Spiro Bolos produced a trippy cover of Throwing Muses' "Furious". "Furious" appeared as the lead-off track on "Hot Hands", Kuma-chan Records' tribute to Kristin Hersh and her former band, Throwing Muses. "'Furious', the opener by Sharashka ... has a dropped tempo, a gentle piano part, an easily-listenable female vocal, and a gentle drum machine backing. It's Throwing Muses played in the style of Delta Goodrem, which is quite scary, but it sounds perfectly nice." -- Steven McCarron, www.stayfun.co.uk
In an exciting new development, the reissued Throwing Muses/Kristin Hersh tribute CD is now available on the iTunes Music Store! Click the button below to go there now!
The band had its origin in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Originally called the Tullys and later known as Ghost Houses, they were a part of the music scene that produced such bands as Hum, Poster Children, and the Moon Seven Times / Lanterna. They played most of the main venues in town: the Blind Pig, Mabel's, Treno's, etc. They also recorded a bunch of 4-track demos as well as a couple of songs at Brendan Gamble's cozy Blanket Studios.
In 2000, the band went on hiatus. Spiro was busy recording, producing and playing with the band Irradio.
After a successful revival of the live band, SharashkA once again went on an indefinite hiatus in December, 2006. Please direct any future correspondence to Jayne or Spiro Bolos. Thanks for listening.
I have received spam messages on my myspace site and they went to my friends list, so any video attachments you see from my myspace site, please delete them, they were not sent by me, I apologize if they offended, I did not send the video.
ATTENTION TO ALL MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES. IF YOU CARE TO KNOW. YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED FOR MY NEXT BIG SHOW.
I AM PLAYING SATURDAY, MARCH 24TH. AT 8:30 PM.
AT THE RIVER CLUB IN JOLIET. $5 COVER, 21 AND OLDER SHOW. 2 FULL SETS. LOCATED AT 724 RAILROAD STREET. JOLIET, ILLINOIS. 60436. IF I CAN GET ALOT OF PEOPLE, IT CAN TURN INTO A REGULAR GIG FOR ME. SO IF YOU CAN POSSIBLY MAKE IT OUT, IT WOULD MEAN ALOT TO ME. ALSO I'VE BEEN TAKING SOME CRITICISM FOR SENDING OUT THESE INVITATIONS AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT IS NOT INTENTED TO BOTHER ANYONE. I APOLOGIZE IF IT DOES. BUT THIS IS MY MEDIUM FOR GETTING MY MUSIC OUT THERE. I AM AN UP AND COMING MUSICIAN AND NEED TO KEEP MY FANS POSTED. SO IF IT BOTHERS YOU, JUST SIMPLY DELETE THE COMMENT. BUT IF YOU SUPPORT ME, AND MY MUSIC, AND CARE ABOUT YOUR FRIEND, THEN IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT I HAVE BEEN RECIEVING. MY MUSIC MEANS SO MUCH MORE TO ME WITH YOU.
OM MANI PEDME HUM,
MATTHEW SEMENIC
Big and exciting news to all my friends! New songs on my page and you can now download The Echo System songs for only a buck! Directly on my myspace page! Your support is needed and always appreciated! More songs will be available soon for download, as I get them down to quality recordings. You are also invited to see me perform live next weekend. There are two oppuritunuties:
Friday, March 9th. 8pm
Espresso Cup 1455 w. Lake st. Addison, IL 60101
(630)424-1910. No cover charge.Tips accepted.
It's a full feature set approx. an hour and a half.
Saturday, March 10th 7:15pm
The Fat Bean 2959 Artesian rd. Naperville, IL 60564
(630)922-9821. $6 cover charge.
Matthew Semenic (7:45-8:15)
The Hoodoos (8:30-9:00)
Tony Sorrentino (9:15-9:45)
The Left Field Champs(10:00-10:30)
Your cd sounds great. Just realized I never posted that for you guys!!! We need to gig up some time. 1 hour sets are MUCH better than 3 1/2 hour sets. I like your site too...very fancy.
Andrew Duke, sound designer/composer/author/educator, and Strategem Musik have created a remix contest to create a song based on hundreds of glitchy samples from Duke's generous collection, and to promote his latest CD, Consumer vs. User.
Listen to my entry HERE, and please also check out dj80hd's creation, THERE!
