25-04-2001:
On Monday 30-04-01, when the Dutch will celebrate their annual Queen's feast, the Dutch music television station TMF will broadcast the interview they did with David Eugene Edwards and Pascal Humbert of March 21, 2001.
Monday 30 April 2001: Rockzone from 21.00 tot 22.00 (CET).
24-04-01:
The entire German Open Air Festival, Hundertmeister in Duisburg, where 16 Horsepower were booked to play on the 23rd of June, has been cancelled for reasons beyond ... .
23-04-01:
On Friday the 27th of April 16hp will be playing at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado. The support-act for that show will be a band who more or less owns this theatre, DeVotchKa. Part of the band are members from the former (Jay) Munly De Dar He, plus two of them are acquired for the new line-up of the Denver Gentlemen.
Their music as described by Paul, the clarinet player:
"The band is a mix of gypsy improv, mariachi, klezmer, surf rock, tango, Johnny cash, trip hop, and film noir ... sort of a mix between Nick Uratas (the singer) Cicero folk/punk rock background and my classicly trainded avant-garde Kafkaesque film score arranging."
If you want to have a little prelisten of their music, you can visit their website.
22-04-2001:
A Denver Post panel of 25 local music experts considers 16hp to be
Colorado's best underground band. Here's the survey's top 10:
1. Sixteen Horsepower
2. Apples in Stereo
3. Slim Cessna's Auto Club
4. Down-n-Outs
5. Maraca Five-0
6. DeVotchKa
7. The Czars
8. Dressy Bessy
9. Acrobat Down
10. Munly
|
John Moore of the Denver Post wrote an interesting article about Colorado's best underground band.
20-04-2001:
More TV-broadcast news:
- For 'Splinters', the second single of 16hp's Secret South album, they made a video with atmospheric black and white shots from old houses in abandonded locations and live shots from i.e. Pinkpop 2000. This video can be watched on a Dutch music television station, called TMF.
Monday 23 April 2001: Rockzone from 21.00 tot 22.00 (CET). 'Splinters' is scheduled to be played as the third song, right after Feeder.
- The broadcast of a part of the Brussels show, of 23 March 2001, shot by television station Canal Plus, has a few reruns this week: Friday 20 April 2001 - 17:35 (CET) and Saturday 21 April 2001 - 17:50 (CET).
Note: this broadcast can be seen on Dutch and Belgian Canal Plus.
18-04-2001:
In the May 2001 issue of British magazine Uncut, you can find a very short
review of the Hoarse CD. Moreover, this month's Uncut-CD 'Uncut's 17-Track
Guide to The Month's best Music' includes a Hoarse track: "Day of the Lords". This is Uncut's description why they chose that song:
"Denver's 16 Horsepower specialise in brooding tales of damnation and hellfire and mainman David Eugene Edwards is a songwriter of apocalyptic intensity. His band's new live album features eight of his own compositions, but the record is enhanced by three well-chosen covers - Creedence's 'Bad Moon Rising', Gun Club's 'Fire Spirit' and this chillingly eerie rendition of 'Day of the Lord' from Joy Division's 1979 debut, Unknown Pleasures."
In another British magazine, the New Musical Express of 14 April 2001, the London Dingwalls-show of 29 March 2001 is reviewed.
16-04-2001:
The date of the 16hp show at the Storsjöyran festival in Östersund, Sweden has been changed. 16hp will now play on 27 July 2001, instead of 28 July. On the 28th, 16hp will also perform in Sweden, namely at the Malmö KB.
(Go here for all forthcoming 2001 tourdates)
11-04-2001:
Back to the topic of the March Brussels show, which was filmed by Belgian tv
station Canal Plus. On Thursday 19 April 2001 from 20:00 to 20:30 (CET), they
will broadcast a short impression of the Ancienne Belgique show on a
programme called 'Fast Forward'. Unfortunately this half hour has to be shared with Tom
McCrae and Badly Drawn Boy.
New European tourdate announced: On 27 June 2001, 16hp will perform at the Muziekcentrum Schaaf in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. Go to the tourdate section for a link to the venue's website.
08-04-2001:
Two new festival dates have been heralded. On 23 June 2001, 16hp will play at the Hundertmeister Open Air festival in Duisburg, Germany. On 29 June or 30 June 16hp will perform at the Le Rock dans tous ses États festival at the Evreux Hippodrome, France.
(Go here for all forthcoming 2001 tourdates)
06-04-2001:
Denver magazine Westword handed out a couple of awards for the year 2001. One is for 'the best recording' and it goes out to Secret South - 16 Horsepower:
"Secret South proves that 16 Horsepower has survived the hurdles of record label fallout (the band has signed with Razor & Tie) and shifting membership with its creative faculties not only intact, but heightened: This swirling mass of music, informed by the skewed American traditionalism of David Eugene Edwards, his bandmates and local production ace Bob Ferbrache, is an emotional, often ominous trek that beckons the careful listener to find the calm within the storm. Banjo pluckings crouch behind walls of distortion; plaintive readings of American railway standards morph into discordance. It's a brilliant work, one that music lovers should be proud to regard as a hometown export."
30-03-2001:
Shows of the European spring tour filmed by tv:
- The Amsterdam show, of 21 March 2001, was filmed by Dutch music television station TMF. They did a short interview prior to the performance. When this will be aired, hasn't been announced, but we'll keep you informed.
- The Brussels show, of 23 March 2001 was shot by Belgian television station Canal Plus. They also followed 16hp all day before the show. Canal Plus broadcasts a rockumentary every third thursday of the month. No date has been announced yet for the 16hp show. We'll keep you posted on this one too.
29-03-2001:
After the final confirmation of 16 Horsepower playing the Torhout/Werchter 2001 Festival on the 1st of July, another festival appearance has been announced. The Storsjoyran is a festival in Ostersund, Sweden held from the 26th until the 29th of July 2001. No exact date has been set yet.
26-03-2001:
The Belgian Rock Werchter festival will be held this year from 29-06-01 up to and including 01-07-01. In Werchter, some 40 kilometres from Brussels, of course, hence the name. An unofficial festival site names 16hp as one of the bands rumoured to perform. We'll keep you posted. Also on possible French festival appearances.
20-03-2001:
In this week's Belgian TV and radio magazine Humo (no.13/3159), you can find a short interview with Jean-Yves Tola on page 189. "Find the ruminant in Sixteen Horsepower. Mmeuhh!" Important information: 'mmeuhh' is the sound a Belgian horse makes. Evidently, Mr.Tola was asked about his love for horses.
Humo gives away 30 tickets if you call 0900-28883 before 23/2/01. But this number can only be dialed from Belgium.
10-03-2001:
The venue for the 14 March Bordeaux show has been changed. It's not at Le Koslow but at Rock School Barbey, the former Théâtre Barbey. Tickets are available from Fnac. Support act is Lazzi.
On 27 April 2001, 16hp will play at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado. It's a 21+ show. And tickets are already on sale from Ticketmaster. So if you want to avoid a Melkweg-style disappointment...
(Go here for all 2001 tourdates)
You can already pre-order Hoarse from Checkered Past's (online) store. If you do, they throw in a free 16hp poster. Hoarse, pre-ordered, will be available mid-April. It'll hit the stores regularly in May.
03-03-2001:
On 7 March 2001, WXPN, the non-commercial radio service of the University of Pennsylvania, will broadcast a 16hp session. The band will perform songs from Secret South on the World Cafe show. Those in the US not living in the Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Allentown (PA) areas can check here to find out which other stations also relay the World Cafe show.
From Glitterhouse. Because the band categorically wanted a regular US release for Hoarse (on Checkered Past, May 2001) their German label will release it regularly too (for "import-reasons"). They add that the regular release will be a jewel-box version. If you want the digi-pack, you still have to mail-order it from Glitterhouse.
Also only available by mail-order from Glitterhouse; the Out Of The Blue compilation series. Opening track on the latest issue (Volume 9, only DM 7,-) is Loveless Road by Pascal Humbert's Lilium.
Older news. Newer news. 
To top of page.
