Sean McArdle - ProfilesArchive

About Me

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I moved from Oakland, CA to Washington DC in July of 2004, and started playing DC shows solo in July of 2005. More recent shows have been with a full band. In 2005, I released a three song demo on the Sockets CDR label, some of which is posted here. In fact all the songs you will hear on this page right now are demos. There are more demos posted on my website . In June of '06 I recorded a single at Silver Sonya with TJ Lipple and Chad Clark. The details of its release are undetermined. I am in the late stages of writing two albums simultaneously.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/19/2005
Band Website: seanmcardle.com/
Band Members: Ben Azzara on drums, Chris Grier on bass, and Carrie Ferguson on organ, and sometimes Will Morton on Guitar.
Influences: Thai Elephant Orchestra
Sounds Like:
Sean McArdle makes folky, gentle music so queer and quirky it can only be labeled "indie." --Washington Post Express
punky frankness -- On Tap Magazine
swoons and soothes and pulls you into a trance --Clevelandzine
The sweetest guy to strum a guitar around D.C. --DCist
Record Label: not yet...
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Recording!

The recording is coming along and sounding great. We finished the drum tracks in my livingroom this weekend, which means that the whole record is about 1/10 finished! The good news is that it will b...
Posted by Sean McArdle on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:56:00 PST

recording

Finally! Well, not really finally. We have been slowly chipping away at making a record. We are almost done with four songs, and there are maybe ten more that we haven't started. The sessions have...
Posted by Sean McArdle on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:53:00 PST

As if I don't have enough to do....

Lately I have been playing bass with Stella Schindler, a local songwriter, and things have been sounding pretty great. Also in the lineup is Adrian Carrol (Shortstack, Pagoda) on guitar, Tom Hnatow ...
Posted by Sean McArdle on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:19:00 PST

New Demos Posted

A few weeks ago, I sat down with my friend Ivan Basauri to record an acoustic version of Last Words, a song intended for a CD companion to a future issue of literary quarterly, Beeswax Magazine. While...
Posted by Sean McArdle on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:29:00 PST

Some fun posters for upcoming California shows

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Posted by Sean McArdle on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:58:00 PST

Cleveland

Fallout from a long drive to play in Cleveland, Ohio with Masha Qrella. First, here is a review Me with Masha Qrella and Rike Schuberty on a very chilly day. ...
Posted by Sean McArdle on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:29:00 PST

lineup change, that lingering 7 inch

For those of you wondering about the split 7" record with The Last Sixteen, it has more or less been cancelled. I love the band, and I love Exotic Fever Records, so I look forward to...
Posted by Sean McArdle on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:40:00 PST

Reviews and such; mailing list

Yes, I admit it, I am a tool. I was bored at work today, and I decided to check around and see if there was any mention of the last few shows we did in DC.I found these:(you may have to scroll around ...
Posted by Sean McArdle on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:35:00 PST

Past projects

I wanted to take this stuff off the front page of my profile, but wanted to keep it on here somewhere, so I thought I would put it in blog form, in case anyone really felt like digging around. So he...
Posted by Sean McArdle on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:20:00 PST

Recording!

I am pleased to announce that I will be going into Silver Sonya in Arlington this Sunday to record a single with TJ Lipple and Chad Clark. This will be released in a few months on Exotic Fever Record...
Posted by Sean McArdle on Fri, 26 May 2006 06:59:00 PST