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Proud Simon

Night of Criminals

About Me



We tore the books off of the shelves, we can't keep to ourselves. Burst like roman candles into a night of criminals.

Proud Simon is a whirlwind of sounds and stories. They perform as a five-piece band, arranged lead/rhythm guitar, bass, organ and drums.

They recently completed their follow-up record "Night of Criminals". The record will be released November 11th, 2008.

In 2006 the band released "Shoestring Universe", a 10 song CD that can be purchased online at...

CD Baby
iTunes Store
Amazon.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/2/2004
Band Website: proudsimon.com
Band Members: Brian Keenan
Adrian Morgan-Sugihara
Chaim Tolwin
Avi Pavlovich
Bryan Trenis

Press/Publicity/Radio:
Team Clermont

Booking:
PS Booking
Influences: American Music Club, The Beach Boys, Belle & Sebastian, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Bruce Springsteen, Can, Echo & the Bunnymen, Elvis Costello, Flaming Lips, Fleetwood Mac, Gram Parsons, Leonard Cohen, Love, Midlake, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Okkervil River, Pavement, Radiohead, The Replacements, Ryan Adams, The Smiths, Sonic Youth, Steely Dan, Television, Tim Buckley, Tom Waits, U2, The Velvet Underground, The Weakerthans, Wilco, Wire, Neil Young, The Zombies
Sounds Like: Everyone on the train could use a little change.

[email protected] for treasure!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Listen to Night of Criminals on these radio stations...

Our upcoming Nov. 14th release, Night Of Criminals is being played on the following stations. Please make sure to call in and request us!CILU Thunder Bay ONTKAFM Grand Junction CO KAMP Tucson AZ KBUT...
Posted by Proud Simon on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:58:00 PST

Bowery Ballroom

Thanks to everyone who made it out for the Bowery Ballroom show, it was a wonderful birthday and a really big success. Big thanks to Lizzy and Bailterspace for putting the night on!Rock.Brian & PS...
Posted by Proud Simon on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:41:00 PST

Record release date November 11!

Hello friends,"Night of Criminals" will be officially released November 11, 2008. Please enjoy the first track to be available online, "Newspaper Boat" here on our page. Much more to come, dates to be...
Posted by Proud Simon on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:11:00 PST

Anabolics on WFMU

Listen to the Anabolics on WFMUOur friends and practice space mates The Anabolics recently performed on the "Three Chord Monte" program on WFMU, go check our their performance! They just released thei...
Posted by Proud Simon on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:18:00 PST

Its Not the Band I Hate, Its Their Fans

It's Not the Band I Hate, It's Their Fans"NYC is not a city that is usually synonymous with the indie-folk Americana sound, (other than Ryan Adams' famous reference to such,) but Brian Keenan's little...
Posted by Proud Simon on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:11:00 PST

Luna Lounge, long weekend

We're playing an early set at Luna Lounge on Sunday night, day before Labor Day.Come join us, we're celebrating 2 band birthdays and the debut of our new drummer, Matt!Take care friends.Brian/PS...
Posted by Proud Simon on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:55:00 PST

Behind the Myspace Music

Behind the Myspace MusicHere is a link to an interview with Behind the Myspace music, a new webzine that contacted us a little while back. Enjoy!...
Posted by Proud Simon on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:48:00 PST

Pete Nema

Hello friends,We had a nice little writeup at Pete Nema, you can see that here.Next show is April 9th at Trash Bar in Williamsburg, hope to see you there.Brian/PS...
Posted by Proud Simon on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:07:00 PST

On: The Deli Magazine, At: The Delancey

We have a quick posting on the Deli Magazine homepage today, you can see it here.Thanks to everyone who came to the Delancey last night, it was great to play with this band and it was really great to ...
Posted by Proud Simon on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:40:00 PST

Ravaging the cardboard stacked Manhattans in our way

Hello friends,We will be entering the recording studio this month to record a full length LP consisting of 10-15 new songs. The sound is bellowing, the words are shaking loose. Keep your ears to the g...
Posted by Proud Simon on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:04:00 PST