The Last Town Chorus
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The Last Town Chorus is a pop
/rock
/alternative country
band from Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 2001, the only consistent member of the band is singer/lap steel guitar
ist Megan Hickey, who performs with a variety of backup ensembles. Originally a duo, guitarist Nat Guy left the band after the release of its first album.
The Last Town Chorus has toured in the United States
, United Kingdom
, Australia
and Canada
, collecting praise from Spin (magazine)
, The New York Times
, The Chicago Tribune and The Village Voice
in the US, and Uncut (magazine)
and The Sunday Times
in the UK. Her cover of David Bowie
's "Modern Love
" was featured on ABC
's medical drama
Grey's Anatomy
and The Learning Channel's Diana: Last Day of a Princess.
The Last Town Chorus has toured with Mark Olson
of The Jayhawks, The Guillemots, The Weakerthans
, Camera Obscura
and Michael Penn
. In Spring 2008, they will tour with Kathleen Edwards
. In March 2008, The Last Town Chorus released a new single, "Loud and Clear," which is the first new track released since their 2007 CD Wire Waltz
.
In December 2010 the track "Still Burnin'" was released as a download single.
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
/alternative country
Alternative country
Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...
band from Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 2001, the only consistent member of the band is singer/lap steel guitar
Lap steel guitar
The lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, an instrument derived from and similar to the guitar. The player changes pitch by pressing a metal or glass bar against the strings instead of by pressing strings against the fingerboard....
ist Megan Hickey, who performs with a variety of backup ensembles. Originally a duo, guitarist Nat Guy left the band after the release of its first album.
The Last Town Chorus has toured in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, collecting praise from Spin (magazine)
Spin (magazine)
Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...
, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, The Chicago Tribune and The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
in the US, and Uncut (magazine)
UNCUT (magazine)
Uncut magazine, trademarked as UNCUT, is a monthly publication based in London. It is available across the English-speaking world, and focuses on music, but also includes film and books sections...
and The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
in the UK. Her cover of David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
's "Modern Love
Modern Love (song)
"Modern Love" is a song written and recorded by David Bowie, and the first track on his album Let's Dance. It was issued as the third single from the album in 1983....
" was featured on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's medical drama
Medical drama
A medical drama is a television program, in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment.In the United States, most medical episodes are one hour long and, more often than not, are set in a hospital. Most current medical Dramatic programming go beyond the...
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
and The Learning Channel's Diana: Last Day of a Princess.
The Last Town Chorus has toured with Mark Olson
Mark Olson
Mark W. Olson was a member of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve from 2001 to 2006. Filling an unexpired term to end on January 31, 2010, he resigned on June 21, 2006 in order to run the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.-Biography:In 1943, Mark W. Olson was born on March...
of The Jayhawks, The Guillemots, The Weakerthans
The Weakerthans
The Weakerthans are a four-piece Canadian indie rock band.-History:The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by John K. Samson, after he left the punk band Propagandhi to start a publishing company. Samson joined forces with bassist John P...
, Camera Obscura
Camera obscura
The camera obscura is an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen. It is used in drawing and for entertainment, and was one of the inventions that led to photography. The device consists of a box or room with a hole in one side...
and Michael Penn
Michael Penn
Michael Penn is an American singer, songwriter and composer. He is the eldest son of actor/director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, and the brother of actors Sean Penn and the late Chris Penn.-Career:...
. In Spring 2008, they will tour with Kathleen Edwards
Kathleen Edwards
Kathleen Edwards is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. Her 2003 debut album, Failer, contained the singles "Six O'Clock News" and "Hockey Skates".- Personal life :...
. In March 2008, The Last Town Chorus released a new single, "Loud and Clear," which is the first new track released since their 2007 CD Wire Waltz
Wire Waltz
Wire Waltz is the second album from band The Last Town Chorus, released 3 years after their eponymous debut, it contains the band's most well known track, a cover of David Bowie's Modern Love...
.
In December 2010 the track "Still Burnin'" was released as a download single.
Discography
- The Last Town ChorusThe Last Town Chorus (album)-Track listing:-Credits:The Last Town Chorus is Megan Hickey, lapsteel and voice and Nat Guy, acoustic guitarRecorded in Brooklyn, NY in the Summer and Autumn of 2002 by Greg HoyHouse of Maggots Mobile Audio...
, (2003) - Wire WaltzWire WaltzWire Waltz is the second album from band The Last Town Chorus, released 3 years after their eponymous debut, it contains the band's most well known track, a cover of David Bowie's Modern Love...
, (2006)