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The Third Man

About Me

Buy "Among the Wolves" at your favorite local Memphis record store, or if you prefer to do it fiber-optically you can purchase it on iTunes. ---click that.For Press, etc., check out our EPK

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Music:

Member Since: 15/02/2007
Band Website: www.thethirdman.com
Band Members: Toby Vest / Jake Vest / Jeff Schmidtke / Dirk Kitterlin / Preston Todd / Greg Faison
Influences: Radiohead, Big Star, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Sonic Youth, The Smiths, Stax, Motown, The Zombies, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Band, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Moloch, Trail of Dead, Ennio Morricone, Staple Singers, The Flaming Lips, Neil Young, Spiritualized, Tom Waits, U2, The Velvet Underground...
Sounds Like: "Among The Wolves" is now available at the iTunes music store. If you play all your illegally downloaded music through iTunes, then click here to buy em all up.
Record Label: High/Low Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Tunes

We put some new tunes up for your listening pleasure. They are all from our brand new album, Among the Wolves. Its available @ local record stores in Memphis and  through iTunes, eMusic, etc. on ...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:53:00 GMT

yes... we survived

Well, we’re back from the debauchery that is SXSW. Blood alcohol levels are slowly but surely returning to normal. The shows went great and it was alot of fun hanging with the huge memphis conti...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:43:00 GMT

sxsw and fun: an essay

yeehaw! we're gonna be playing down in the heart of texas for south by southwest this year.  its gonna be whole memphis day and night showcase and we cant wait to have our ears lathered with the ...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:28:00 GMT

commercial appeal’s mark jordan’s top 10 of 2007

yay we did it again! Mark Jordan sez: 2. The Third Man, Among the Wolves (High/Low): Progressive rock marches on. Memphis' answer to Radiohead, this quintet rebounded nicely from a forced name change ...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:54:00 GMT

memphis flyer best of 2007... kid tested, mother approved

Chris Davis says: 4. Among the Wolves  The Third Man (self-released): Smart pop is hard to come by, and the Third Man's latest release, Among the Wolves, is borderline brilliant. The relentlessly dar...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:45:00 GMT

2007 & 2008: how to cope with uneven packing supplies

"I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north -- an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal, and in the fir...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:33:00 GMT

memphis flyer article 11/28/07

Return of the Third Man By ANDREW EARLES Because Memphis music is so consumed by its roots heritage  blues, soul, rockabilly, garage-rock, alt-country  creative success can often be had b...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:43:00 GMT

you can buy our record now, no kidding!

tuesday tuesday tuesday.  if my memory serves me well, i think today its possible for you to purchase our brand new album ("among the wolves") at several local record stores.  you may have t...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:38:00 GMT

and thats why they call it a listening party

thanks to all our friends for coming out and listening to our album while consuming alcohol.  we shan't forget it! next up, cd release show dec 1 at the hi tone!  oh and catrina kindly post...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:42:00 GMT

"Among the Wolves" Release

The Third Man has finished a new album. It is called Among the Wolves.It will offically be released on Tuesday, November 27th. It will be in stores in Memphis as we await national distribution.It will...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:33:00 GMT