Next Show w/ Pumpkins!!!

Bring the kids to Bay View........

Oct 13, 2008 | no comments | [Add a comment]

NEW SONGS new songs new songs!

Three new songs in final mix (unmastered) form for YOU: Transfixed Summer -- 16 -- Sea of People

These are streaming on this site's audio-player at the bottom of your browser. There's a "lyrics" button on the player control panel if you like that sort of thing. After these are mastered they'll be included on our new EP coming soon.

Sep 19, 2008 | no comments | [Add a comment]

Next show.......Fri, 9/26, Linneman's in Riverwest

About Yaya Kambaye and Keba Diabate:

This will be the first time the two brothers have played together in the US. They come from a family of Griot in Dakar, Senegal (Keba came into town this week and we believe it is his first trip outside of Senegal). Keba ia a recognized master of the kora (African harp) while Yaya plays and teaches African percussion in Milwaukee and Madison.

"Mali and Senegal, traditional keeper of cultural traditions and history of the Mandeng people of West Africa passed through generations kept in form of music and dance, recitations and metaphorical statements. Usually the music form begins slow with singing and becomes fast with dance."

About The Drought:

The Drought is a five-piece band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin that walks a tightrope between despair and joy, with technicolor indie-folk songs that travel through the dried-out distances that stretch between people. That, and songs about arachnophobic civil war recreationist cults. Their myspace.

Sep 12, 2008 | no comments | [Add a comment]

Oh to transfix summer

The best season of the year, almost gone, and by the looks of this blog we've either done nothing or maybe too much. And oh yes it is indeed the latter.

We've got some new songs mixed and ready to master --- you may have heard the live in-studio version of one of them on WUWM 89.7fm --- 16, about Empress Tzu Hsi. Read Sterling Seagrave's Dragon Lady or Anchee Min's Empress Orchid and The Last Empress if you want to become engrossed in her utterly rich story from both non-fiction and fictional interpretations. Come by to hear this one, more new songs and some from the cd at our post-summer sabbatical at Linneman's on Friday, 9/26.

Sep 7, 2008 | no comments | [Add a comment]

allmusic.com review

Jo-Anne Greene's allmusic review of our debut cd:

Every once in a while an album comes along that gets under your skin, with a sound and atmosphere you just can't shake. Longacre's eponymous album definitely fits this bill, a set that weaves a spell from its opening notes. Longacre falls into a transcendent between, like the feeling from a barely remembered dream, whose images are forgotten, but whose mood still lingers long after one's awaken. "Bad News" shimmers and shivers with that feeling, rustling in the darkness with its sense of foreboding, and tossing ominous shadows on the wall. Musically it brilliantly interweaves western Americana and progressive rock, while the equally inspired "Open" enfolds militant roots reggae into '70s rock with progressive overtones. Both songs are far removed from the dream-pop that swirls around the yearning "Someone, Something" and the insistent "Blue to Bone", the latter barbecuing up a western flavored Soup Dragons. Guitarist Michael De Boer superb steel guitar and fabulous finger-picking glosses much of the set with a Western tinge or an Americana tint. The former is best showcased on the haunting instrumental "D-Lude" and the more dramatic "4:59" which is beautifully counter-pointed by Claire Chin's eloquent piano. "Perpetual Motion" and the sweeping "Riptide" showcase his country skills. That number is built on Damian Strigens's insistent percussion, "Target Market" on his rolling drums, and abetted by bassist Ken Hanson, his mesmerizing rhythms are the core of the band's sound. Chin's keyboards help build the wonderful atmospheres, but it's her evocative lyrics and exquisite delivery that weave the band's magic.

As shimmering as the music, sweet and smooth, soulful or tempered, winsome or forceful as the mood demands, Chin shines across this set. The music, meanwhile, beautifully compliments the nuance of her lyrics, her themes revolving around inbetween times and places, longings for love and escape, of contentment found and lost. Her words and emotions resonate, enhanced by the music's sweep, and the wonderful warmth of the album's sound. A gorgeous set that just won't let go.

Mar 28, 2008 | no comments | [Add a comment]

Shepherd Express review

Milwaukee quartet Longacre makes adult Americana that is perfect for coffee bars. Acoustic guitar, lap steel and keyboards maintain a balance between roiling and restraint. Singer Claire Chin’s sometimes-enigmatic, philosophical lyrics fit with a meticulous tautness over aural lulls and eruptions, like Sarah McLachlan or Natalie Merchant with a warmly approachable archness. With a dash of reggae here and a pinch of psychedelia there, Longacre has crafted a latte soundtrack that also appeals to those who listen with more focus. Either way, it’s professional and alluring.

—Jamie Lee Rake
Shepherd Express, Thurs., March 13, 2008

Mar 15, 2008 | no comments | [Add a comment]

new black n whites

from Veronica

Mar 15, 2008 | no comments | [Add a comment]

interview with the Jon Gilbertson for the Journal Sentinel

"You Just Listen...Longacre Provides the Atmosphere"

Answers to questions for Weekend Cue "Soundcheck"

Mar 8, 2008 | no comments | [Add a comment]

shots from the Pabst after-show

check out some new ones from that cold Milwaukee night

Feb 28, 2008 | no comments | [Add a comment]

snapshots @ Cactus Club

Good time at the Cacti, documented. Thanks to Mick for the snapshots.

Jan 7, 2008 | no comments | [Add a comment]

Insomnia Radio

Thanks, Insomnia Radio, for getting Target Market out there on your broadcast #147: Melancholy Revisited. We gotta get, Quiet, one of our insomnia-inspired songs recorded--- it's been bubbling away on the back burner for a few months now. Maybe it's time now.

Jan 2, 2008 | no comments | [Add a comment]

if you are in Italy...

...perhaps you are this blogger. Longacre has much amore for this Italian blogger...
http://spazioforum.it/forums/rhforum-about725.html

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