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Thylacine

About Me

Thylacine (thi' le sin') - a wolflike marsupial of Tasmania; probably extinct - Webster's Dictionary

Thylacine is also a Boston area band. Susan Cruickshank is a classically trained vocalist who decided she'd rather sing her own songs. Rob Mercier is a multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer who wanted to put his skills to use on his own musical project. Their self-released, self-titled CD is currently available through CD Baby, MP3tunes.com, iTunes and at thylacinemusic.com. Thylacine's next full length album will be available in 2008.Myspace Layouts by Pimp-My-Profile.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 25/07/2005
Band Website: http://www.thylacinemusic.com
Band Members: Susan Cruickshank - vocals, lyrics, melodies
Rob Mercier - guitar, bass, keyboards, programming, recording
Influences: Susan: The Cure, Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, various '80s new wave bands, Peggy Lee, Nina Hagen
Rob: Joe Satriani, Pink Floyd, Guns N' Roses, various blues guitarists
Sounds Like: personal angst set to pretty music. What Other People say:
"one part Garbage, one part Lords of Acid and, strangely, some electronic and pop influence" - Nomasonha Magazine
"electronic-influenced pop/rock" From Dust Magazine
Most frequent comparisons: Garbage, Curve, Blondie
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Next show 8/7!

Join us Thursday, 8/7  at Rob Jack's in Everett, MA, for our next show. Amber Spyglass and Eternal Embrace will be there to help us completely confuse the usually sports-bar type crowd. This shou...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:06:00 GMT

In the Church of the Poison Mind

We had a great time returning to the Gulu-Gulu Cafe for Saturday's show. Good friends and good food always make everything more fun, including shows.Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys played a...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:16:00 GMT

Next Show 7/26

We have a show coming up this Saturday, July 26 at the Gulu-Gulu Cafe in Salem, MA. We've been working hard on some cool arrangements and interesting covers to entertain the masses.Our friends Walter ...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:30:00 GMT

R.I.P Tom Calo

We want to express our sadness at the loss of one of our fans and friends, Tom Calo/Kaiser Ape. The main photo on our myspace page was taken by Tom, who loved to photograph local bands who leaned towa...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:02:00 GMT

New year, new songs

Everyone has heard that we're working on new songs. We just posted short clips of two new pieces here on MySpace: "Keep Still" and "Like a Stream". If you came to our shows in the past few months, you...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:20:00 GMT

Mass Morgue recap

Happy Halloween!After attending 3 years of fabulous Mass Morgue shows, finally it was our turn to play this year. Lucretia of Lucretia's Daggers set the place up with plenty of skulls, bones and candy...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:18:00 GMT

Get Mass Morgue Tickets Now!

We have a small amount of Mass Morgue tickets available for pre-sale. If you purchase them in advance, you'll save yourself some cash. Who doesn't like that?This year Mass Morgue is being held at the ...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:50:00 GMT

Oct 6 show and Mass Morgue Tickets

I'm really sick at the moment with the cold du jour that everyone else seems to have. But fear not! We will be ready for our show this Saturday, Oct. 6. We are taking our acoustic show to the 'burbs (...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:37:00 GMT

Gossamer extended trailer!

Ok, it's finally ready for viewing and listening: The Gossamer extended trailer. It actually gives an idea of the plot for this mysterious sci-fi series we've been working on. Rob did the score for th...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:23:00 GMT

Broken bits and Gossamer parts

A few unrelated notes:First, a shameless plug. Walter Sickert will be performing a solo set at the Black Sun kickoff show at the All Asia on Friday, 8/3. Susan will be joining him on one song. So, com...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:16:00 GMT