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Anaura

Won't you stay a while? Take off your coat, relax.

About Me

Anaura is a San Francisco based band that formed in March of 2003. Their sound has been described as “dark pop” – catchy songs with a deeper message. Their first EP was released in Mid 2003 and the second cd was released in July of 2005. Come take a look and listen at www.anaura.com For a copy of the cds, go to: www.cdbaby.com/anaura for the first EP, and www.cdbaby.com/anaura2 for "if we get away with this". Thank you for listening. ---Anaura---

.. -- -- CDBABY LINK for ANAURA: if we get away with this --

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/13/2004
Band Website: anaura.com; myspace.com/anaura; itunes
Band Members: Alex Hilmer - Guitar, Vocals, Whiskey Bottle Josh Manion - Drums, Vocals, Keys, Dbl Jamison n Coke Dean Faustman - Bass, Vocals, Ukelele, Excel Spreadsheet
Influences: Kent, Gene, The Motorhomes, The Smiths, Supergrass, The Doves, Elliott Smith, Super Furry Animals, BRMC
Sounds Like: The Smiths, Supergrass, Spoon, Elvis Costello, QOTSA, Smoking Popes, Kent, The Beach Boys, Elliott Smith------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------- Video for Man in a Suit (from self titled EP)EPK for, "If we get away with this"
Record Label: Raylo Records / Delivery Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Anaura songs posted for your enjoyment

Come to the Anaura page, and take a listen to some new posted songs. Progress is being made in the studio on the new album "All the secrets you know", which we are targeting to be ready by Decembers e...
Posted by Anaura on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:02:00 PST

We have updated the Anaura myspace page with videos.

You will now find the music video for "Man in a Suit" from the self titled EP, and the Electronic Press Kit in promotion of the second release "If we get away with this" on the main page. For those wh...
Posted by Anaura on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:49:00 PST

anaura is in the studio recording the third coming release...

Sorry to have kept you out of the loop for a period of time. Let us tell you what has been going on. Anaura had spent time writing new songs which were a big part of the minitour in April with good fr...
Posted by Anaura on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:17:00 PST

Anaura will be in the studio starting July (new album)

Anaura will be beginning the new recordings in July of 2007. For those of you who made it out to the April shows, you may recognize some of the material. We are looking for a September release. We tha...
Posted by Anaura on Thu, 31 May 2007 07:53:00 PST

Anaura interview with KCSC radio in Chico, CA. Enjoy....

http://kcscradio.com/index.php?start_from=50&ucat=&archive=& subaction=&id=&click on the link and scroll down to the January 17th section, to find a hometown interview with Alex and Josh from Anaura.. ...
Posted by Anaura on Thu, 31 May 2007 04:12:00 PST

Anaura: Thursday May 3rd at Rockit Room SF

Anaura is happy to be joining up with our friends Four Day Hombre from Leeds England. To hear them, you can go to www.fourdayhombre.co.uk or www.myspace.com/fourdayhombreWe will also be joined by San ...
Posted by Anaura on Thu, 03 May 2007 05:56:00 PST

New live photos of 12 Galaxies show last night are posted

Big thanks to our good friend Cameron for taking and sending us the incredible photos he snapped at last nights show (12 Galaxies in SF). What fun we all had. Enjoy the photos....
Posted by Anaura on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:27:00 PST

ANAURA in SF thursday April 26th with The Dimes and Jonah

Hey Friends,Our Southern California tour was a blast! We had a great time playing new venues and introducing (as well as ironing out) all our new songs, as well as getting to know each other on stage,...
Posted by Anaura on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:10:00 PST

And then there were three (Anaura)

We would like to wish our guitarist of the past couple years (Thad) a warm farewell. It has been a pleasure having his sound in the band, and we wish him the best in his departure. You will find Thad ...
Posted by Anaura on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:42:00 PST

January 30th 2006. The Anaura Files.

It has been a while since the last blog and we wanted to let you know, there is new material on the horizon. Right now we are working on about six or seven new tunes, some of them (maybe all) will mak...
Posted by Anaura on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:14:00 PST