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About Me

My name is Marc. I write and record songs in New York City and have begun playing them live with a swell gang of musicians. Please click band link to visit our ramshackle website to listen and download an unbearable number of our songs.

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We play for these teams:
White Shoe Records

SVC Records (U.K.)

THE CITY & HORSES LIVE @ CLUB MIDWAY!!!

"I Don't Want to Dream"
"Little Finland"
"A Thousand Lashes"
CLICK HERE FOR MORE CLIPS FROM THE SHOW!
Some nice things some nice people said about The City & Horses:
MP3Hugger.com says "'Little Finland' ranges from the subtle to the beguiling" and that The City & Horses are "the missing link between Teenage Fanclub and a whole host of artists from the Sarah label." I could just hug MP3Hugger!
Monkey calls "Little Finland" "a little gem" that "starts as Teenage Fanclub and ends as Belle & Sebastian yet has a homespun charm all of its own."
Cable & Tweed says "Marc Louis is a talented and prolific singer-songwriter with quite a flair for pop and Pro Tools."
The Spoilt Victorian Child says "It's just stunning how somebody this talented hasn't been signed. Criminal. The worlds gone mad I tell ya!" Oh, Simon!
Culture Deluxe says The City & Horses are "a sound somewhere between Mercury Rev and Teenage Fanclub, but perhaps a more obvious reference point would be The Velvet Underground". And then they interviewed me.
SixEyes says "The City & Horses is a catchy, jangly, lo-fi project out of New York from generously talented, and generous, Marc Louis. Listen to the sweet and achy jangle of 'Little Finland' and then get excited when I tell you that the tiny 3 song EP which contains this song is just one of many free downloads written and recorded by Louis over the past ten years."
A penguin roams around Rome listening to "Little Finland". Video made by my friend A Boy with Glasses.

Penguin driving in the city

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Member Since: 3/18/2005
Band Website: thedailyshower.typepad.com/agoraphobic_aerobics
Band Members:
Marc Louis teaches agoraphobic aerobics and spits out his bad thoughts. He plays the instruments and sings the songs on the recordings. Recordings also feature harmonica and ukulele virtuoso Matt Schatz.

Shows to be played by:

The City
Marc: guitar, voice

& Horses
Josh: bass, voice
Charles: drums
Domenica: flute, percussion, voice
Diana: guitars, keyboards
Nicole: clarinet, saxophone, voice
Matt: harmonica, ukulele, guitar
Rachel: violin

Anyone else interested in playing? Please? We need people who do these things: keyboard, guitar, trumpet, washboard, penny whistle, bongo drum, spoon, glockenspiel, chord organ, xylophone, microphone, telephone????

Influences: The WiliamzBoy!, Matt Schatz, The Beatles, The Smiths, The Kinks, Trembling Blue Stars, Belle and Sebastian, Orange Juice, Camera Obscura, The Field Mice, Os Mutantes, Galaxie 500, John Lennon, Slowdive, Jens Lekman, Daniel Johnston, Possum Dixon, Edwyn Collins, The Clientele, Blur, Kevin Ayers, The Zombies, Super Furry Animals, Sebadoh, Eric Gaffney, Beck, The Small Faces, Rita Lee, Mojave3, Pulp, Bob Dylan, Jonathan Richman, REM, Magnificent Men, The Cure, The Four Seasons, My Morning Jacket, The Raincoats, Nellie McKay, Brenda Lee, Of Montreal, OMD, Pavement, T Rex, Pavement, The Ronettes, Elvis, Flaming Lips, Shangri-La's, The Band, George Harrison, Princess Superstar, Simon and Garfunkel, Billy Bragg, The Pogues, Radiohead, Minutemen, The Wedding Present, Silver Jews, Syd Barrett, Townes Van Zandt, Vitesse, Big Star, blah etc.
Sounds Like: Styles: Indie Pop, 60s Folk, Lo-fi Fop

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Record Label: White Shoe Records, SVC Records (U.K.)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Video from our first show!

So we had our very first show last week at Club Midway on the Lower East Side. Big thanks go out to Neil Lipuma from White Shoe Records and Greg Hoy from Twice As Bright for setting up the inaugural ...
Posted by The City & Horses on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:39:00 PST

Little Ireland

Check out the wonderful review of "Little Finland" from the great Irish music blog Mp3Hugger.com.It certainly warms my heart! Be sure to go over and say hello!:)Marc...
Posted by The City & Horses on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:04:00 PST

Little Penguin

My friend A Boy with Glasses uses The City & Horses song "Little Finland" to help a cute little penguin learn how to drive.Enjoy the video and then check out his music, it's penguincredible! ;)Pengui...
Posted by The City & Horses on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:32:00 PST

The City & Monkeys

The City & Horses have made this week's Monkey's Picks. Don't know what Monkey Picks are? Then have a look! Take cake, Marc...
Posted by The City & Horses on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:52:00 PST

Cable & Twee(d)!

It's always a joy (and a huge surprise) when someone with stellar taste in music actually digs my stuff. So color me joyfully surprised that Rich over at Cable & Tweed posted a nice little w...
Posted by The City & Horses on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:31:00 PST

Kokomo, why don't we go?

Jérôme and the fine folks over at Kokomo webradio are streaming a ton of great indie music and some how The City Horses got included in the mix! Check out "Littl...
Posted by The City & Horses on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:30:00 PST

The City & Horses on Darkhorse Radio!

The title track from The City & Horses' latest EP "Little Finland" is currently playing (the second song) on Dark Horse Radio show #51. You can stream the show or download it. Which ev...
Posted by The City & Horses on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:31:00 PST

The Heet is On!

A fine lad from the Netherlands named Heet Stof (at least I think that's his name) has written a nice little piece about The City & Horses that can be read here. He's a nice chap with a terrific...
Posted by The City & Horses on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:04:00 PST

Culture Deluxe Interview!

The fine folks over at Culture Deluxe caught me washing my hands and decided to do an interview! Read it here and learn about the City/Horses name, Goldie Hawn, and John Adams! Marc Louis ...
Posted by The City & Horses on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:59:00 PST

New EP Released!

Hey, friends&I'm thrilled to announce that the UK's very own SVC Records has released my new EP "Little Finland" as an exclusive free download. The EP features three songs includi...
Posted by The City & Horses on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:53:00 PST