All About Hem

July 2006 News Archive (Older news link at bottom of page)

July 19, 2006

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July 18, 2006

Billboard Article

Today's Billboard magazine includes a great new article about Hem's upcoming album Funnel Cloud. Both Dan and Sally talk about inspirations good and bad behind the album, and it's an interesting read. Maybe even more interesting is the new stylized band photo with the article (which could only be improved by being larger!) or perhaps the news that Hem will tour again in September and October with quite the collection of musicians (8-14 people as opposed to their usual 4-9). You can find a permanent link to the article at the articles archive. Hopefully this marks the start of the Funnel Cloud press barrage!

Meanings Update

Some information from the Billboard article is now on the meanings page about the Funnel Cloud album title. Click here to jump directly to the new entry.

July 14, 2006

New July Tour Date

Good news for Canadian fans: Hem is finally coming to visit on July 30, 2006 in Guleph, Ontario. Bad news for Canadian fans: Passes are already sold out for Sunday, the day Hem is playing at the Hillside Community Festival. Hopefully some fans will be able to be there and cheer on Hem while they no doubt play some new and some old songs! Find all the show details on the tour page.

July 11, 2006

Brooklyn Rail Article

Visit the July/August 2006 issue of The Brooklyn Rail from Hem's hometown to read an article called "Burned-Out Factories, Hem, and The Brooklyn Pastoral." Any article that makes reference to "The Beautiful Sea" in its title automatically gets kudos, but the whole piece is an interesting discussion about the band and the city. Hem has often talked about how they couldn't imagine having found each other and made music anywhere other than Brooklyn (like here and here), and maybe this article helps explain why.

Paste Magazine Article

Last May the news here mentioned Dan's contribution to Paste's June/July 2006 cover feature about the 100 best living songwriters. His laudatory words about Jimmy Webb, #60 on the list, are now available online and are also available through the articles archive.

July 9, 2006

Meanings Update

The meanings page now includes information about some songs on Hem's upcoming album Funnel Cloud (buy it September 5!). Normally I would wait to post upcoming song details until the album's released, but the band has already talked about these songs at shows and in interviews: Hotel Fire, Not California, Old Adam, The Pills Stopped Working, and Reservoir. You might notice that the meanings page has undergone a little reorganization and should hopefully be easier to navigate now with pages dedicated to each album.

MySpace Songs

Some people may be interested to know that Hem has recently changed the song playlist on their MySpace page to include "Half Acre" (on Rabbit Songs and currently being used in Liberty Mutual ads on TV) and "Not California" (from Funnel Cloud). Go have a listen!

May 5 New York Show

In the better late than never category is one song on the setlist for Hem's May 5 show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. It's archived at the 2006 tour archive.

July 1, 2006

Discography Update

The discography page includes a bit more information about two new compilation albums including Hem's new song "Not California." Along with its track number on both Penny Candy and Indoor Picnic Music (thanks, Barkley!), there's an audio ad for Indoor Picnic Music (thanks, Dan P!). At $3.99 each, the albums are a deal.

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