James News Archive September 2005

As promised, the mp3 section now includes two tracks from the Kulas four-track sampler. Instamatic Camera and Starland are now available and the other two tracks will be available in a couple of weeks time.

James song Laid has been covered by Better Than Ezra as a new track on their recent Best Of album. The band had regularly included the song as part of their live set, but decided last year to record the song for their Best Of. You can listen to a 30 second sample and buy the US version of the album here or buy it on import in the UK here.

Meanwhile, Final Fantasy played a short section of Hymn From A Village while supporting Arcade Fire in Liverpool at the end of August. Click on this link to hear it. (note with yousendit.com, files are only valid for 1 week or a certain number of downloads)

Michael Kulas has announced his first live show of the year at Toronto's Rivoli Club on Friday October 7.

He will be supported by Katie Griffin. Tickets are C$7. Michael will be debuting new material at this show.

Michael has recently been in the UK talking to record companies about his forthcoming album which he is in the process of writing and recording.

In a couple of weeks time, oneofthethree will exclusively have some tracks from that album available for download.

Michael has spent the last year working on the new album plus has contributed to the soundtrack of the Park Bench film The Death Of Alice Blue including a track entitled You Only Come Out At Night. He's now also working on the soundtrack for a new Japanese anime-style TV series called Team Galaxy.