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Thomas Truax
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www.thomastruax.com

"Everybody Is A Star"

London, England, or New York City or Wowtown, New York
United States

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Last Login:  7/18/2008

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   Thomas Truax: General Info
Member Since11/11/2005
Band Websitethomastruax.com
Influences.. I think it's the toxins in the water supply...
Sounds LikeClickKLACK!THUMP!!!ClickKLACK!!-THUMP!!!WrrrAAAANG!, BOME! BOME! BOME! BOME! Didleydang!THWAP!..."AAAaaoooOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Thomas Truax is that rare beast - a total one-off." -Martin Lilleker, Sheffield Telegraph

"In Truax's hands music is merely a vessel for his scattershot imagination, earning him a place in a lineage that includes Captain Beefheart and Viv Stanshall and, latterly, a less-frenetic Liars..." --Alan Downes, LOGO Magazine(review of Full Moon Over Wowtown)

"...It's a bewildering melange of garage rock songs, avant garde sounds and cabaret showtunes, full of whistles, toy piano, ice cream chimes and invented instruments... with shades of Tom Waits' storytelling, Nick Cave's theatricality and Lux Interior's howling-at-the-moon madness." -Ged M, SoundsXP

"The first track on Audio Addiction reminded us of Frank Zappa and The Residents mixed with Gary Numan. The remaining eleven tracks sounded nothing like any of the three...and left us scratching our heads in confusion. The wildly creative and utterly confrontational Thomas Truax is the kind of artist who makes reviewers climb the walls...as they try to figure out exactly what he is doing and who he actually sounds like. The answers to those questions may well be out of reach, as Truax writes and records music that is not easily described or categorized....just exactly what is Thomas Truax doing on this album...? Hard to say, actually. Like Vivian Stanshall, this man is in a league all his own. Accordingly, Audio Addiction is most certainly headed for cult status... (Rating: 5)" -Babysue Music Review

Record LabelSL Records(UK)
Type of LabelIndie








   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 19 2008 6:00P
Llangollen Fringe Festival Llangollen, Wales
Jul 20 2008 4:00P
Truckfest Steventon
Jul 23 2008 8:00P
Spirit Store Dundalk
Jul 24 2008 8:00P
THE ATTIC, LAVERYS BAR Belfast
Jul 25 2008 8:00P
Lower Deck Dublin
Jul 26 2008 5:00P
CorkXSW Festival, The Showgrounds Skibereen West Cork
Aug 1 2008 8:00P
Brixton Windmill London, London and South East
Aug 2 2008 8:00P
Eat @ Alexandra Park Hastings, London and South East
Sep 4 2008 8:00P
Bullingdon Oxford
Sep 6 2008 6:00P
Stranger Songs Festival at The Barn, Frog and Fiddle Cheltenham

Thomas Truax's Latest Blog Entry  [Subscribe to this Blog]

Stimulus Respond magazine and online Q&A  (view more)

City Life Social TV show appearance now online  (view more)

NEW REMIX SINGLE +WOWTOWN RADIO PODCASTS  (view more)

NATURE Magazine Feature +Cleveland Film Festival  (view more)

Solo Act of the Year 08 Indy Awards +Kruger Magazine Features  (view more)

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   About Thomas Truax
I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

Nominated for BEST LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR by: Is This Music Magazine, The Indy Music Awards 2008, and Maps Magazine

"Thomas Truax (pronounced troo-aks) is a feisty sonic dreamer gadgeteer, songwriter and performer...capable of crafting some very potent songs... poetically evocative and rich with melancholy, both by dint of sounds and the texts."

-David Greenberger, Signal To Noise

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There are lots more Truax videos up on YouTube.com and many here on myspace if you search as well

Three full albums, 'Audio Addiction', 'Full Moon Over Wowtown', and 'Why Dogs Howl at the Moon', and some singles and compilation tracks are out on various labels. Try CDbaby.com or digitally from the Itunes Store

"Thomas Truax is probably one of the five or ten best singer/songwriters in the world that you've never heard of. ...an exceptional talent, unique and resistant to comparison, yet fairly accessible even to casual listeners."

-- Jennifer Kelly, SPLENDID magazine

"...not of this earth...I still can't think of a single show I've seen that was as beguiling or as charming or as plain bananas as this one." -AlexKirk, Gigwise.com

"Beguilingly Bizarre" -Uncut

Here's a link to an Interview

There's a lot more press, reviews, information, music and interviews at my 'official' website:

www.thomastruax.com


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Jul 17 2008 6:57 AM

HI MR TRUAX..FERGAL HERE. We're supporting you at the spirit store next week. I was at the store when you did one with the duke..brilliant i thought..really..looking forward to a great night..with plenty watching hopefully ..fergal candide
Laura





Jul 17 2008 5:18 PM

w00t!

just got the email!

see you at Lavery's next week sir

xx
Laura





Jul 6 2008 5:39 PM

oh you have Irish dates scheduled!

i insist you come back up north and visit us at the Rotterdam. i haven't met Mother Superior yet and i am intrigued...

xx
Frau Luna





Jul 1 2008 2:09 AM

thanks for the add... love your shows... are you ever coming back to ireland?
MySpace Editor
Summer Carnage





Jun 28 2008 12:30 AM

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Greetings Thomas, Just dropping by to send you Love and Respect. Can't wait to be amazed by you again!!
Love and Peace Summer Carnage Your Gothic Geordie Fan )o( xxx
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Thinguma*jigSaw





Jun 30 2008 7:42 AM

Thank you so much for that great night in Oxford! It was a true pleasure meeting you and playing with you! Sorry we had to leave so early after the gig...

Maybe we'll play together again some time :-)

Love,
s&m
Hypnotique





Jun 27 2008 1:17 PM

Hey Mr T,
Just seen you on City Life Manchester - wonderful to see you on the proper TV! Looked great. Also a great double-bill with Frank Sidebottom - he may have seemed like a crazy guy with a papier mache head but he was a seminal part of my adolescene, he used to do a lot of whacky anarchic stuff on late night TV in the late 90s.

Here's hoping you (some time) make it to a show in the Midlands,

Ms Hypnotique
x
www. hypnotique. net
Jill Tracy





Jun 24 2008 1:57 AM

Just sending a little smoke signal to your corner of the world. Hope the shows are going well. Miss you.
xox
Transmission Zero





Jun 20 2008 7:18 AM

Thanks for the add... Love your music. Very nice to catch you and Pete om on the same night.
Hope you like our podcast
TZ
Charlie Shelton





Jun 16 2008 9:23 AM

Come and play the Midlands again and i'll be there
Joan Coffey





Jun 17 2008 9:50 AM

"Struggles & Lulls", the brand new album from Joan Coffey, is available now on ITunes

'a voice that can enchant. Coffey's vocal chords deliver liquid gold with a divine Irish lilt.' FATEA Records
'charming and honest'. Time Out
'Joan's music exudes a warmth, humility and truth that is rare to find in singer-songwriters these days'.
Thea Gilmore
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Jun 12 2008 7:06 AM

Hi Thomas, and thanks for your kind words. Yea was a loud mixed bunch wasn't it. I loved it when you very bravely unplugged and headed off into the crowd, music in 3d!
really enjoyed your set hope to see you around soon

Paul-jlj
Summer Carnage





Jun 12 2008 1:15 PM

Hi Thomas, Just a little note to say how much I enjoyed seeing you again in the Cumberland arms in Newcastle.
You where fantastic as usual!! Love Summer Carnage xx
JP





Jun 11 2008 6:42 AM

Will you come to Spain?
Leamington Peace Festival





Jun 11 2008 9:33 AM

See you at the weekend!
BANDS & BURLESQUE





Jun 9 2008 11:33 AM

The pleasure was all ours!

I hope you can either attend or perform perhaps at our next "Bands & Burlesque" night (being worked up as we speak!).

Mr.B
G-Loc Promotions / Retrovertz
Mr Mess





Jun 10 2008 8:51 PM

Come back to the big uglypretty city...
Or at least let me hitch a ride in a suitcase?
Joe Black





Jun 6 2008 3:10 AM

thank you very much for last night
a great time was had by all!

and thank you for agreeing to the mime assault as well!

have a good rest of the tour!

x
Josef Motley





Jun 7 2008 1:02 PM

that was a damn fine gig i witnessed in the fat fox last thursday.
come back again soon, was the best show ive seen in ages!
Thomas Truax





Jun 3 2008 6:51 AM

Tickets for Exeter Hall in Oxford friday at:
http://www. seetickets. com/s. asp?a=thomas+truax+%2F+stornoway&p=6367
Joe Black





May 31 2008 9:11 AM

wahey for thursday!
i cant wait!
x
Tropical Robots present..........





Jun 1 2008 6:28 AM

Free Thomas Truax show in Ramsgate

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Huffy**Downtown Mess**





May 27 2008 10:15 AM

Thank you for maps.. You have opened my eyes to your wondeful style,, i cant stop singing 'at least those ants there not makin a hole in the ozone layer, at least those ants there not makin a hole'... love it!!
MAPS Festival





May 17 2008 3:07 PM

Have a look at our blog for a downloadable schedule so you can plan the WHOLE weekend!!

Get tickets here:

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May 15 2008 4:00 AM

beer. music. fun. it can only be the grapes tonight. see you later Dr.T.

xxx
Joe Black





May 15 2008 5:12 AM

i got the support slot for portsmouth!!
wahey!
see you then!
x
···Yossarian···





May 12 2008 1:49 PM

I'm looking forward to the Newcastle gig! Did you bring more vinyl singles this time? :D heh heh.. I tried to buy one last time, but you'd sold out..
GAMMA RAY





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