urchin news archive

  • THE NEW SOU DOUBLE ALBUM
    "REJOICE / BLACK CASTLE"
    RELEASE DATE TBA
    Rejoice
    The Sound of Urchin
    Rejoice Track Listing
    1. Jesse Tenser - 5:58
    2. Dig - 4:25
    3. Shake The Magic Eight Ball - 3:19
    4. Go To Your Room - 3:54
    5. The Last From Me - 3:33
    6. Oh My God - 4:05
    7. Rejoicing The Majesty - 3:45
    8. Don't Walk Me Down That Road - 4:45    		 9. I'm Not Surprised - 4:44
    10. Rite To Fire - 2:40
    11. The Rooster Says Good Morning - 3:20
    12. Hag - 2:48
    13. A Better Place - 6:21
    14. Disappointment Has Come Upon Me - 6:37
    15. All Reality Has Changed / Nosferatu - 8:59
    16. Living Well Lady - 1:24


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  • 8/14/09
    ** SOU WELCOMES PHILLY GUITAR LEGEND CHRIS SHEPHERD TO THE BAND **
    Yo Yo - Please take a sec and welcome with us, Mr. Chris Shepherd, who has joined the Urchin on co-lead guitar! For those who don't know his name, he is a legendary philly area guitar freak, he slays and does sh*t that has been making our heads spin in rehearsal!! He is a perfect fit for the band, and the music, because he plays the most out there sh*t, but can straight up wail as well, with tasty melodic leads. He adds that perfect balance to Bill's playing that we have been looking for, for months now. It has not been easy to find someone who has that balance, but it is a necessity for the band. We have been rehearsing with him for a while now, hence all my cryptic "Urchin is back" posts (ha ha, sorry), but have not given him the proper Urchin welcome. We have known Shepherd since the very early days of Urchin, actually - we used to share bills on a pretty regular basis - But we lost touch with him when we started hitting the road heavy; so it's good to be reconnected with an old friend who we've always had so much respect for and knows where we come from, and now he's adding his talents to the band. Kinda full circle. So watch out, you guys are gonna be watching his sh*t in amazement on the boat, and on. Rock and F*cking Roll!! TOMATE

  • yes - 6/2/09
    ** TOMATO ON THE NICK KIDS SHOW "THE NAKED BROTHERS BAND" 6/13 AT 9PM
    Hey all, now for something completely random... Set yer DVR's... I am going to be on an episode of the real popular Nickelodeon kids show "The Naked Brother's Band" on Sat June 13th at 9pm. The episode features me, Claude from Ween, and ?uestlove from The Roots. We actually act, and I got to do some stunt falls. Should be ridiculous! Tomato
    CHECK OUT THE SHOW HERE
    tomato naked bros

  • ** CHANGES ARE A COMIN FOR THE URCHIN **
    Hey... first off... well, some of you may know this already, but it is right for me to make the proper announcement here... After 6 super-rockin' years with the Urchin, Robbie "Seahag" Mangano has left the band. He has made great contributions to SOU over the years, and we wish him the best in his future endeavors.

    Second, with so much exciting stuff going on in the Urchin world these days, a run of great shows and mainly preparing for the Rejoice/Black Castle double album release, we have been hard at work getting a new line up together. So, here's the new Urchin... first, and completely fitting and natural, Mikey is going to be moving from the bass, to taking over second lead guitar duties with B-ILL. We met Mikey as the smoking lead guitarist of the Insidious Rays, and we can already tell he will be even happier rockin leads in the band; and his style will add even more power and insanity to the music. And on the bass, we introduce to you, Mr. Conor Kinsman. Along with Mikey, Conor is from the Bethlehem PA music scene, and is pretty much the most solid and fucking driving bass players I have ever played with... when he plays, he basically wants to be heard and makes his prescence known, and keeps me grounded, which is what I need because I'm always pushing tempos, ha ha. We welcome him to the Urchin machine, and cannot wait to do our first show with him. Here's a picture of him and I hope that he keeps the makeup on for us:
    ok

    So, we look forward to unveiling the new SOU, version 2009, in Bethlehem later on the 18th, and then the next week on our New England run. Get ready, because we are fucking beyond ready to rock and keep the fire burning! Now, let us get back to rehearsing, Conor has a lot of songs to learn!

    See ya in a few weeks, Tomato

  • REJOICE/BLACK CASTLE UPDATE HERE

  • ** DOWNLOAD "SOU MAKE THE DIAMOND" MOVIE FOR IPOD, ETC. **
    CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
    We made the "SOU Make The Diamond" movie a few years back, and offered it in some giveaways, but never officially did anything with it. It is formatted here in MP4 for free download for Ipods, etc - right click and download it to your desktop, then pull it into your itunes or whatever. It is some pretty ghetto footage, considering the studio was pretty dark most of the time, but it is a pretty hilarious account of our trip making the album. Looking back on it now, I realize we were drunk though most of it - how the hell did that album come out so polished?? Enjoy!

  • TOMATO ON FOXNEWS.COM WED 1/28 at NOON EST
    CLICK HERE TO STREAM
    Alright, alright, so we know last week was a fiasco! Imagine how it was for Tomato! But, they offered him another slot, WED 1/28 at NOON EST, again for the "Entertainment Hour". And, in the never-ending quest to spread the Urchin-love, He's giving them another chance. Again... be sure to write in during the show to STRATEGYROOM@FOXNEWS.COM - So watch it live... it could be cool, or it could be a trainwreck...

  • TOMATO ON FOXNEWS.COM AGAIN FRI 1/23 at NOON EST
    CLICK HERE TO STREAM
    Alright, so Tomato is back on the Foxnews.com Strategy Room again this Fri at noon est, the "Entertainment Hour". Watch it streaming live and be sure to write in during the show to STRATEGYROOM@FOXNEWS.COM - there were a real good amount of sou e-mails last time, and a few they read on the show, so keep em coming and let's infiltrate.

  • TOMATO LIVE ON FOX NEWS.COM STRATEGY ROOM
    AGAIN TUES 1/13 AT NOON EST
    CLICK HERE TO STREAM
    Last Friday's Foxnews.com Strategy Room appearance was a blast. For those who missed it, the guests included a few Hooters Girls, the Fox Weatherman, and Tomato; as well as some hardcore politics talk the first hour with some very opinionated guests. The folks at the Fox News.com asked Tomato to come back for tomorrow's "Entertainment Hour", so make sure to tune in and take a break from your day to watch. Also, thanks to everyone who e-mailed in during the show last week, there were more SOU e-mails than for anyone else... they really want your feedback, so keep em coming and say/ask whatever you want - it is a great way for us to infiltrate with the Urchin vibe and cut through the bs and monotony. Speak your mind during the show here: STRATEGYROOM@FOXNEWS.COM!

  • TOMATO LIVE ON FOX NEWS.COM STRATEGY ROOM
    FRI 1/9 AT 3PM EST
    CLICK HERE TO STREAM
    The folks at the FoxNews.com Strategy Room are big SOU fans and invited Tomato to come in and talk about Urchin, music and whatever. The Strategy Room is a live streaming online talk show where pretty much anything goes. Set your alarms for tomorrow (1/9) at 3PM EST sharp, and click the link above to stream the show... and be sure to e-mail any questions, comments, etc to STRATEGYROOM@FOXNEWS.COM during the show... they are good with answering incoming e-mails, so speak you mind and represent the urchin cause!

  • WATCH THE NEW SOU VIDEO FOR "HAG" HERE AT YOU TUBE
    LIFE ON THE ROAD WITH THE URCH, DIRECTED BY ROBBIE SEAHAG

  • READ THIS VERY POSITIVE AND THOROUGH REVIEW OF REJOICE
    Hey, it's a little early to see a Rejoice review, considering it hasn't been released yet, but it's great to see such a positive review.

  • DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE 5/9/08 BURLINGTON VT NECTARS SHOW HERE
    GREAT QUALITY MP3s/WAVs OF THIS MASSIVE 27 SONG SET

  • SEE PICS FROM THE 5/9/08 BURLINGTON VT NECTARS SHOW HERE
    TAKEN BY BEN SARLE FROM THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS

  • WATCH EXCLUSIVE SOU PERFORMANCES FROM THE WOOZYFLY.COM STUDIOS
    SOU PLAYS THE CLASSICS AND A FEW NEW REJOICE SONGS

  • WATCH THE SOU SXSW TOUR DIARY VIDEO AT BLENDER.COM
    SHOT BY MIKEY, COMMENTARY BY TOMATO!

  • WATCH THE NEW SOU VIDEO "GO TO YOUR ROOM" HERE!
    DIRECTED BY ROBBIE SEAHAG MANGANO!

  • WATCH NEW LIVE IN-STUDIO VIDS OF SOU @ WOOZYFLY.COM
    Check out SOU playing 5 new songs from the forthcoming "Rejoice" album

  • WATCH THE "FALL 07 TOUR VIDEO SERIES" #1-16 AT YOUTUBE.COM
    Check out vids straight from Mikey's camera of SOU on stage and being stupid offstage

  • WATCH SOU "WHITE DOVE" LIVE FROM SEATTLE YOUTUBE.COM
    Simply among the absolute best live footage of the band to date!!!

  • ** REJOICE RELEASE UPDATE & 2008 SHOW/TOUR INFO **
    We have some scenarios in the works to get the new SOU album, Rejoice, out officially as soon as possible...  We have been exploring "traditional" label possibilities, as well as distribution possibilities and other "non-traditional" ways to get the album out the way it was intended (as a double album, with "Rejoice" being disc one and "Black Castle" being disc two).  We will be using our SXSW Show on March 14th as a sort of last-call to explore these scenarios; But, we wanted to let you in on this all now, in case you know anyone who is putting together any new label-type situations out there that we might want to check out before then.  Please get them to contact us directly at steve.pennsylvania@soundofurchin.com.  Also, as far as this years' touring goes, we are opting to do only selective special shows/short runs this year (like the shows above), while we prepare for the album release, as opposed to our usual 5 week US tours.  All good stuff. love THE URCHIN

  • HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE URCHIN!!!
    happy holidays and happy new year from the urchin. this year was a combination of a lot of hard work and struggle and then a lot of fun and playing. basically we started the year in the studio, hell bent on finishing the album which became "rejoice", but with pretty much all odds against us... doing it all ourselves was the way to go, and had to be done, but this meant that there was no support or money from a label, and on top of that a music industry that has pretty much reached as low as it could possibly go without crumbling, and on top of that not so much love for rock anymore. but we don't care. we know what we're doing and why we're doing it. im not gonna bitch about it, because you know this too. anyway, we pushed on, and on, and scrounged wherever we could to make the album. and we fuckin did, and i am so proud of the music on the album, the playing really represents the players and offers up everything we have to give. this year we also welcomed mikey to the band on bass, and he has brought such a fresh and great attitude to the songs old and new, and to the band. he is a beyond amazing player and has a fire in his bass playing that drives the songs and also has a rooted style that holds the band together. and on top of that, hes a blast to hang out with on the road and has a totally fucked up sense of humor. we didnt tour until the summer, due to making the album, but the summer run was a shitload of fun and the new songs started getting some road-life to them, and the crowds were better than ever. and then the fall "new album launch" tour was jst the pinnacle of everything we've done so far... 33 shows in 36 days, a full 4 person crew, and an arena-style light show. it was an intense run, but we got right into mode the first night... everyone just fell into their roles right away and continued on... we worked hard and we played harder... we saw sunrises across the country and in all times zones. rock n roll. and again, the crowds were better than ever, requesting rejoice songs, and rockin out to us hard. i dont wanna get all stupid on ya, but i really feel lucky in this day and age to have the kinds of people we have at our shows... we get to see a lot of bands out there, and i can't tell you how many bored and unmotivated crowds there are, but you know this. but whatever town we walk in to, there's people ready to rock, fist pump, dance, sing, and make us feel at home. i remember the day where we would give our all to crowds and just get folded arms back at us... but now the party's there every night, and the nights bleed into each other on tour because it sometimes seems like the same intense group of people in every city. anyway, im just sayin thanks for putting yer rock trust in us, we will always give 1000 percent. i think ive said enough, i gotta go cook me some dinner, but thanks for an awesome year, have a great holiday and watch out because we are releasing "rejoice" officially in 2008 and we already have some very cool things planned. rock and fucking roll forever, and i mean that. love, tomato
    SOU crew

  • * LIGGY'S FALL 07 URCHIN TOUR WEBSITE *
    TONS OF SETLISTS, PICS, VIDEOS AND SOME BLOGS FROM URCHIN LIGHTING GUY LIGGY

  • WATCH SOU PERFORM NEW SONG "SHAKE THE MAGIC EIGHT BALL" LIVE IN THE STUDIO EXCLUSIVELY AT WOOZYFLY.COM

  • WATCH SOU PERFORM "THE DOOR" LIVE FROM THE FALL 2007 TOUR

  • BOAT SHOW RECAP & UPDATE!!
    hey, its been a while since i posted, we have been so busy getting ready for the boat, finishing the new album, and getting the tour together. it has been an insane summer to say the least! but awesome as well. honestly, every time i think we've had the best show of our life as a band, i think we'll never be able to hit that high again. well, this past, and last, boat show weekend was absolutely the pinnacle of everything we've done up to this point. the boat show was completely nuts from the first notes to the absolute last... even after we finished the set, "war pigs" came on the pa and the crowd kept singing. i think the greatest thing for me is that the crowd was singing all night with us, there really is no high like that, it's goosebumps type rock shit. really. i think police helicopters was the highlight for me, scary skull eyes was up there too, everything really... even the steely dan, ha ha. oh yeah, and having scotty choc up there was a huge thing for us, me and scott go back to the age of 14 or so, he was in a rival band in town that played all this prog-ish type arena rock and we used to compete in battle of the bands and stuff like that. he was like the star guitar player of the county, all the girls loved him. it was so great to have him on stage playing songs we haven't played together in years. it was also great to have mikey and johnny up there playing together again as well. and dan from wrong too. it was just a celebration of our little world of musicians. good shit. and then coney island the next day! man, i didn't know if i was gonna be able to make it through another show, considering jake from rocks off kept the boat out till almost 4am! so basically we did two extreme shows in one day. but we got to coney and the adrenaline started kicking in, we rode some rides, had a rooftop barbeque above the cha chas, watched girls girls girls and tragedy, who both were awesome and insane at the same time, then we hit the stage. i was totally riding high, had a nice buzz from the jack that girls girls girls didnt finish, and me and bill started doing an impromtu zeppelin-fest soundcheck. because of the soundcheck, the rest of the set just continued in that direction, im really looking forward to hearing a tape of it. it was like us just having fun and jamming, but there was a mosh pit going on the whole time, even for the mellow tunes. other than the fact that we blew the power out of the joint for about 15 minutes (not the first time that happened to us), the show was a blast. it was fun to play songs like i left, and let it rain, songs we dont play much at all, and we only repeated a few songs from the night before... they were two completely different gigs. anyway, thanks to the people who came out and rocked and pushed and sang and lost their balance on the boat and at coney. next year we'll come up with some other kind of event that will be just like the boat show, but in some other kind of fucked up venue. on the new album update... we are getting ready to mix it right now, so we it will be done right before we hit the road at the end of sept! damn, it's stressing me out. anyway, the rough mixes are sounding so good to us, and we have tried them out on a few different stereos and even at the rough stage it is holding up real well. we have achieved our goal for this album, and that's what matters most to us, now we cant wait for you guys to hear it. soon. alright, gotta run, im still riding the high from the boat... more later...

  • WATCH SOU LIVE PHILLY FOOTAGE FROM THE JULY 07 EC/SOUTHERN TOUR (AT BOTTOM OF PAGE)

  • WATCH KID BAND, TOXIC MUFFIN, PERFORM SOU's "POLICE HELICOPTERS OVER BROOKLYN"

  • SOU VIDEO FOR STUDIO VERSION OF "SPIRIT OF THE RADIO" RUSH COVER

  • TOMATO FEATURED AT THE VIC FIRTH DRUMSTICKS WEBSITE

  • SOU ON SPRINGSTEEN COVERS A-Z

  • ** SOU WELCOME OUR NEW BASS PLAYER **
    sou 2007
    This past weekend we introduced our new bass player, Michael "Mikey Retard" Davidson, with three beyond kick ass shows in New England. Even though we have been working with him for almost three months now in rehearsal, there is no trial by fire like two three hour shows at Nectars in Burlington. He didn't miss a trick as I called out songs on the fly like always, spanning every phase of the band, including all of our new stuff. He even knows songs that we don't know well anymore, which makes him actually the most knowledgeable urchin guy at the moment (he's like, "you guys know "Happy"?"). And on top of it, he took the extended jams into places that we have never gone. I knew he was gonna do us right, but I didn't really know how the crowd would accept a new bass player, and within a few songs they were all over his driving shit and mesa boogie bass stack, eventually chanting retard praises. Even though we've known Mikey's playing for years through the Insidious Rays, there is a whole new, intense live energy and excitement that it's bringing to us. We can't wait to melt more skulls real soon. watch out. tomato

  • BUCK ANGEL A BIG URCHIN FAN!!
    buck angel
  • NEW ALBUM UPDATE 4!
    yo yo - so, we have been crazy busy these days. in addition to piling up tracks on the new album in the studio, we have been getting our live chops up and running in the rehearsal studio. it feels great to be preparing for some live shows again! we are working on old shit, new shit, and have been throwing around some new covers for the nectars show - and the covers are pretty random at that, we are stretching out in that area, ha ha. we don't want to give the same show two nights in a row, so we're getting together as much variety as possible. let us know if ya have any suggestions or requests, on our songs you might want to hear and/or covers. also, in case ya didn't see, we added a providence rhode island date for the wednesday before the burlington shows. and as far as major touring goes, we are looking to do a huge 5 week tour, but are not sure of the exact time frame yet. we should know pretty soon, but we want to make sure that we will have the album completely done and mastered by the tour. we have a pretty cool plan worked out, to make the tour more special, and the album needs to be done in order for us to see it through. we want to get on the road tomorrow, but we want to have it coincide with the start of the new album phase. more updates soon! pumped as ever, tomato

  • NEW ALBUM UPDATE 3!
    holy shit! more tracks done! i wish we could share it now, but it is only gonna get better. i don't really know what else to write about now, except to say that this is far the best thing we have ever done, period. i cannot wait for people to hear it. tomato


  • NEW ALBUM UPDATE 2!
    People have been asking when the release date will be... we don't have any official release date yet. if we stay on schedule right now we are looking to master the album in the beginning of may. that means the album will be completely done then. we are probably going to do the same thing we did with the diamond, where we press a limited edition version soon after the mastering and then prepare for the official release for sometime hopefully in the fall. that's all a rough plan right now, nothing set in stone. tomato

  • NEW ALBUM UPDATE 1!
    uh-oh! basic tracks are done for the new urchin album! holy shit, we are psyched. we have 18 tracks laid down, and about 6-8 takes of each song to choose from. the shit is sounding so good. bill and hag are playing their asses off on the recordings. we cannot wait to get it done, mixed and mastered. it sounds like us live, has all the energy, and the sound is pristine, heavy and deep as well. the performances, which is most important, are on fire, not held back by anything. more later... tomato

  • SOU NEW YEAR UPDATE
    Happy New Year! Well, 2006 was a pretty fucked up year for me personally, I am so glad it is over. Time to start a new year and put that shit to rest. As far as urchin was concerned, it was actually a great year, we spent winter 06 writing new songs for the upcoming album, doing various one-off shows as well as some great moistboyz shows on the side, had our most successful US tour to date - the "symptoms 06 tour", started pre-production for the new album in the fall, then worked out the music in front of crowds on the fall "studio warm-up tour". all in all a great year. but through it i had some fucked up visits to the ER in the fall, which messed up my head. everything's cool right now, though, and it was kinda funny, because all throughout my ER visits we were rocking right through it, in most cases that same night, right after i waas discharged. i don't really have a good explanation for all the bad-happenings in the fall really, ya know, sometimes things just all kind of hit ya at once and you have to ride it. that can be with good stuff or bad stuff as you know, in this case it was just plain weird stuff. i'm healthier than ever though, in case yer wondering, and very excited about 2007. Finally, we get to put out a new album! It is gonna kick ass, if ya ask me, or the rest of the guys, ha ha. no seriously, it's gonna kick ass. the problem right now is how do we get the album down to a simple 12 or so songs. it might have to be a 20 song album. time will tell on that one. anyway, it will be a new phase, and you know we've been through many phases already - if you want to catch up on all our phases, go check out the new discography we just put up here. regardless, with the record business deep in the shitter, and with the most shamefull representation of new music out there ever in my lifetime, it will be great to put out something full of passion, creativity, and dual leads from two of the best living guitarists around, and i mean that. it's been a while since we put out new music, too long if ya ask me. fuck, thin lizzy put out 2 albums a year throughout their career! and they were all classics! so maybe we can do something about that and say fuck what the industry wants, and put out quality music more than once every two years! yeah, that's my resolution for 07. i didn't have one until this second. thanks. rock and roll forever. really. tomato

  • ** NEW LIVE SOU VIDEOS **
    We put up some great footage from the recent Halloween show in Burlington VT at the world famous Nectars. "Alligator Swamp", "The Door", and "Bomb Me" are up now. Watch em HERE in the video section.

  • ** NEW SOU 06 PICS **
    Go here to view some choice Urchin pics to highlight another great year in our world.

  • ** DOWNLOAD THE SOU X-MAS SONG HERE **
    We have had requests to post the unreleased Urchin X-mas song, "X-mas Tree", so here it is, a free download for you. You can also hear the song featured in The Resident's X-Mas special here on YouTube.

  • ** MOISTBOYZ LIVE DVD RELEASE **
    The Moistboyz (Dickie Moist, Dean Ween, Tomato, B-ILL, Dave Dreiwitz) are releasing their first live DVD, LIVE JIHAD, in the US and Europe on June 6th!! This DVD is a live show from The Bowery Ballroom in NYC from this past September, from the fall tour. The footage is awesome, features the full, unedited live experience, and the sound was professionally recorded and mixed. The European release includes a cd of the music from the show in addition to the DVD.
    GO HERE TO ORDER DVD, OR DVD + T-SHIRT BUNDLE


  • MUCH URCHIN VIDEO ON YOUTUBE.COM
    A computer nerd friend of ours has put up tons of Urchin video at YouTube.com. Now, most of the videos are available at the Urchin website, but there is some stuff, like the 2002 Summer Tour Movie that is only available there. Also, we heard it is easier for most computers to view videos in YouTube formats. Whatever the case, there is a real nice collection, so go check em out HERE!!!

  • WHAT HAS THE URCHIN BEEN UP TO ALL WINTER????
    We have been getting lots of e-mails regarding where Urchin has been this winter, so here's the scoop straight from the Tomato's mouth (from the Urchin message board)...

    "Yo yo - we are doin great actually. We have been holed up in the "Apes On Ice Professional Recording Facilities" studio and have over twenty new tunes demo'd for the forthcoming yet-untitled album, and at least another twenty more in the works. We are working out how the album will be properly recorded, produced, etc, and that should start forming soon. I can't wait to get this going, and for people to hear this shit. We are real real pscyhed about the new music! Our booking agent is getting close to finishing the booking for the june "symptoms 06" u.s. tour - we will announce the dates fairly soon. The boat show is gonna be a two day event, 8/11 & 12, first night on the boat, second night on coney island. That's pretty much what's been going on. We have been laying low from gigging, but have been totally busy getting ready for the next fight. I personally can't wait to get playing again, and hitting the road, but we needed to take the winter to hibernate in the lab. Rock and roll is and will always be king. Tomate"

  • ** MAKE SURE URCHIN COMES TO YOUR TOWN **
    ON THEIR MASSIVE JUNE '06 US HEADLINING TOUR!
    Even though we might do some minor touring before then, we are in the process of putting together a huge US headlining tour for June '06 with our new booking agents at Tone Deaf Touring. We want to hear from you! Just e-mail steve.pennsylvania@soundofurchin.com and let us know that you want Urchin to play your city. We will do everything we can to make it happen. Also, any bands out there that want to open for Urchin in select cities, let us know your website and where we can find some music/info/bio, etc. Rock on and get ready for the most insane SOU tour yet!

  • ** SOU ON PACIFIC COAST HELLWAY **
    Urchin was featured on the Pacific Coast Hellway podcast show on 2/10, which is also broadcast on Sirius Sattelite radio. You can hear the podcast here.
    and check out more about the show at:
    www.pacificcoasthellway.com

  • SOU NORTHSIX FOOTAGE
    Someone contacted us via our myspace account with this link to his bootleg video website, with footage of People In The Clouds from last month's show at Northsix in Brooklyn. Enjoy! Watch it here!

  • READ THIS GREAT REVIEW OF THE DIAMOND FROM A SALT LAKE CITY PAPER

  • URCHIN IN THIS MONTH'S DRUM! MAGAZINE
    Go to yer local newsstand, or music store, and pick up the current, December 2005 issue of DRUM! magazine. Tomato is featured in an article called "My First Drumset". Drum! talks to Tomato about his first drumset as well as his early drum memories, and there is a pricless pic of a very young Tomato rockin' the kit. visit DRUM! here

  • ** NEW URCHIN VIDEO - "THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CLOUDS" **
    - watch in Quick Time
    - watch in T3 (Windows Media)
    - watch in T1/DSL (Real)
    - watch in 56K (Real)
    This video for "There Are People In The Clouds" is the second video from The Diamond, and was directed by Brooklyn NY underground video director Chris Cassidy. He has done videos for Vic Thrill, 2 Skinnee J's, Radio 4, among others. Watch out for it on video networks, video websites, etc.


  • WATCH THE URCHIN CBS LATE LATE SHOW PERFORMANCE OF "THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CLOUDS" HERE:
    - streaming quicktime (small)
    - streaming mpeg (large)


  • FREE URCHIN MP3 DOWNLOAD FROM THE DIAMOND!!
    click link to download a high quality MP3 of the song "There Are People In The Clouds" straight off of The Diamond!!

  • SEE PICS FROM URCHIN'S SPRING/SUMMER '05 US TOURS

  • DOWNLOAD THE FULL DIAMOND DIARAMA, FROM THE DIAMOND PACKAGE ART

  • READ A REVIEW OF THE DIAMOND AT PUNKNEWS.ORG

  • SEE PICS FROM THE 5/17 CBGBs DIAMOND RELEASE SHOW HERE
    SEE PICS FROM THE 5/25 IRVING PLAZA SHOW HERE
    FROM NOWPUBLIC.COM

  • READ A REVIEW OF THE DIAMOND AT BLOGCRITICS.ORG

  • READ A GREAT NEW REVIEW OF THE DIAMOND AT BLASTING-ZONE.COM

  • CBS TO RE-AIR LATE LATE SHOW W/ SOU ON 7/7!!!
    One more time f*ckers!!! CBS will be re-airing The Late Late Show with Urchin performing "There Are People In The Clouds", on Thursday, July 7th at 12:30 AM EST. So, for all you slackers who missed it the first time, or fell asleep in front of the tube with beer in hand, make sure to catch it. Rock n' rolllllll!!!

  • SEE PICS FROM URCHIN'S CBS "THE LATE LATE SHOW" PERFORMANCE HERE

  • URCHIN IN THIS MONTH'S METAL EDGE MAGAZINE
    Go to yer local newstand and pick up the current issue of Metal Edge magazine (the Aug 05 issue). There is a 4 page feature story on the Urchin and an interview with Tomato.

  • SPIN.COM REVIEW OF THE URCHIN CBGBs SHOW
    Read a great review of the Urchin Diamond Release Show at CBGBs HERE AT SPIN.COM.

  • DOWNLOAD NEW LIVE URCHIN MP3s HERE!!!
    We have made the whole first set available from the recent "Midnight At The Knit" show at The Knitting Factory in NYC. It kicks ass, download that shit, over an hours worth of live urchin!

  • URCHIN ACOUSTIC ON WHTG FM IN NJ SUN 6/26
    If you are in the NJ Shore area, tune in Sun 6/26 at 10:00 PM to hear Urchin performing acoustic and being interviewed on 98.5 FM or 106.3 FM, on WHTG G-ROCK Radio's new music show "The Underground". Visit the website here.

  • URCHIN WEST COAST CD RELEASE SHOW
    Tuesday June 7th, 2005 at The Roxy in LA!!
    Urchin Headlining the legendary Roxy on Sunset in Hollywood!
    We want all our west coast people celebrating The Diamond with us!
    GET TIX HERE
    (9009 W Sunset Blvd - 310-278-9457)

  • URCHIN ON THE LATE LATE SHOW ON CBS
    Monday June 6th, 2005 - 12:30 AM EST on CBS
    Tune into your local CBS station and see Urchin's first ever network tv show appearance, performing as the musical guest on The Late Late Show. This show, the old Craig Kilborn show, is now hosted by Craig Ferguson and has been doing great in the ratings, bringing on first rate guests, and even reuniting Dinosaur Jr a couple weeks ago. Make sure ya watch this one or set yer DVRs or TIVOs!
    VISIT THE LATE LATE SHOW HERE

    GET FREE TIX HERE
    Come see the taping of the show! Just fill out the form and print them out. You have to call a phone number to confirm the tickets. Also, it is first come, first serve to get into the show, so get there at least 90 minutes early the day of the show.

  • ** NEW URCHIN RADIO REQUEST PAGE!! **
    Help us out! The new Urchin cd, The Diamond, has been getting lots of radio play on college stations around the country. Show them that you are out there by using the Radio Request Page to request your favorite Diamond song to your local station. Just click on your state and town and send in your request. It only takes a sec but will help tremendously. ROCK N' ROLL!!

  • ** URCHIN IN THIS MONTH'S GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE **
    Go to yer local newstand and pick up the current issue of Guitar World magazine (the July 2005 issue), there is an article in the "Introducing" column on the Urchin with a nice pic of the boys. Rock on!
    Visit Guitar World online here
  • URCHIN LIVE ON WSOU 89.5 FM
    WSOU, Pirate Radio 89.5 FM in the tri-state area, has been embracing the Urchin these days, playing "There Are People in The Clouds" & "Police Helicopters Over Brooklyn", among other Diamond songs. Urchin will be live in the studio for an interview as well as spinning tracks from The Diamond this Monday 5/16 at 1:00 PM. Also, there will be CBGBs ticket giveaways, so tune in!! The Urchin boys grew up on WSOU radio, the most important new music/metal/punk station in the country! REQUEST SOU ON WSOU or speak to the boys during the show: (973) 761-9768, www.wsou.net, wsou@shu.edu

  • READ A NEW REVIEW OF THE DIAMOND FROM PRICK MAGAZINE

  • If you can't wait for 5/17...
    THE DIAMOND AVAILABLE NOW FOR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD here:
    The Diamond, Rhapsody, RealStore, Virgin Digital
    FYE Download,     AOL MUSIC (via aol browser)
    go to your favorite digital download service and add some real rock to yer hard drive and mp3 players.

  • ** TOMATO ON NYC PUBLIC ACCESS TV **
    on The Resident
    Monday, May 2 at 10PM
    on Manhattan Public Access stations:
    Time Warner Channel 67
    RCN Channel 101
    If you live in the NYC area, be sure to tune into the show, The Resident, Mon May 2nd at 10:00 PM on Manhattan Public Access, to see an interview with Tomato. Tomato talks about the history of the band, as well as the state of rock today and Urchin's ride through the music business. The show will also feature plenty of footage from the March 19th "Midnight At The Knit" Urchin show! Let us know if there is anyone in the area who can tape it for others outside the area to see. Here's the
    for more info, visit http://www.theresident.net

  • TOMATO TOP 5 NYC BANDS IN AM NEW YORK
    If you live in NYC, pick up today's (Wed, April 20) AM New York newspaper. There is a column featuring Tomato's Top 5 local bands to see in NYC. The newspaper is free and is given away at almost every subway in the city.

  • READ THIS INTERVIEW WITH TOMATO FROM INSIDE CONNECTION HERE

  • URCHIN GETTING AIRPLAY ON WSOU FM IN NJ/NYC
    WSOU 89.5 FM PIRATE RADIO in South Orange NJ, the best underground radio station in the US, has been playing "Police Helicopters Over Brooklyn" as well other select tracks off The Diamond - enough to chart Urchin on WSOU's playlist ths week.
    So, show them that you are out there and that Urchin Rock n' Roll is for real: if you live in the area, or not, send 'em an e-mail requesting "Police Helilcopters" or your favorite Diamond track, or call 'em on the request line, or fax 'em...
    REQUEST SOU ON WSOU
    www.wsou.net/
    Request e-mail: wsou@shu.edu Request Line: (973) 761-9768
    General Fax: (973) 761-7593

  • NEW DIAMOND REVIEW AT ALLMUSIC.COM

  • URCHIN LIVE ON THE RADIO & WEB
    Sun, April 3
    9-11 PM
    WRSU 88.7 FM (Rutgers Radio, New Brunswick, NJ)
    or listen online at http://www.wrsu.org for those out of the area
    Make sure to tune into this one... Urchin will be interviewed, as well as performing live in the studio and just hanging out taking people's questions and requests.
    DOWNLOAD AN MP3 OF THE SHOW HERE

  • SEE PICS FROM THE "MIDNIGHT AT THE KNIT" SHOW & THE MIDWEST TOUR HERE

  • NEW TOMATO INTERVIEW AT AWAY TEAM.COM
    Tomato professes his love for Hall & Oates

  • AWAY TEAM.COM ALSO REVIEWS THE DIAMOND
    8 out of 10 stars!!

  • ** FIRST DIAMOND CD REVIEW IS IN **
    a great review from babysue, a zine from TN
    read the review here

  • ** RELEASE DATE FOR THE NEW URCHIN CD ANNOUNCED **
    TUES APRIL 5TH 2005 - "THE DAY OF THE DIAMOND"
    Mark yer calendars on this one, people... on 4/5/05 the new SOU cd, "The Diamond" will be available worldwide, in real stores and online ones!! There are 11 tracks on cd, plus 3 unreleased bonus tracks!! Songs like "Police Helicopters Over Brooklyn", "The Door", "There Are People In The Clouds" and "Last December", and all the others, you'll know from seeing Urchin live shows. The production is mint... with B-ill & Seahag's guitars right out front and the spirit of the live Urchin totally captured. Even if you managed to grab a copy of the now out-of-print pre-release Diamond Ltd Edition cd at a show, make sure you pick up this official version... it has a different unreleased bonus track, totally new deluxe packaging with lots of quality art that you'd expect from Urchin, and a booklet full of goodies including the lyrics!! The Diamond is the cd to get you back into trusting buying actual cds, so go out to the store on April 5th 2005 and pick up this piece of real rock n' roll music!!!
    PREVIEW SONGS FROM THE DIAMOND HERE
  • SOUTHERN TOUR PICS POSTED AT THE MESSAGE BOARD

  • HALLOWEEN SHOW PICS POSTED AT THE MESSAGE BOARD

  • BOAT SHOW PICS UP NOW, GO SEE EM HERE

  • SUMMER TOUR/BOAT SHOW VIDEO NOW UP
    Go here to watch some great footage of the west coast tour and the boat show, streaming in quicktime. Make sure you watch the footage of Tomato and Doo Doo singing "Sounds Of Silence" karyoke in Vegas.

  • WEST COAST TOUR WRAP-UP
    The Urchin Boat Show in NYC was a complete success!! The show was sold out, and the boat set sail from 12-3 AM rockin its way under the three major nyc bridges and around the statue of liberty. And the "Crossing Streams" West Coast Tour with Instant Death was also as insane as it gets. Thanks to everyone who came out and rocked us up and down the left coast. Streaming Video to come soon from both of these!!!
  • SPECIAL FROM THE ARCHIVES!!!
    WATCH A STREAMING QUICK TIME VID OF ST. LOUIS LEGEND BEATLE BOB WITH THE URCHIN FROM 2002

  • CHECK OUT SOME FREE LIVE URCHIN MP3s HERE:
    download some MP3s from a Portland, OR show from last April. We just got hold of this excellent quality board mix from the show, and wanted to share. It's dry, like all board mixes, but other than that, these are fierce performances of Diamond songs. The highlight is definitely the 11 minute version of The Diamond - something must have been in the air that night. Enjoy!!
  • URCHIN TO RECORD SECOND FULL LENGTH RCA CD
    very preliminary recording has begun on tracks for a second full length rca urchin album, at tomato's (drummer/lead singer) studio, the "apes on ice professional recording facilities", in brooklyn, ny. tomato says... "once we get the basic form of the album's tunes and direction here in my home studio, we will look for the right producer to bring the songs to the next level, then move camp to an nyc studio to pull it all together. we have a new level of fire and drive right now in us that is fueling the process, and have been on the road most of the summer, which has allowed the songs to grow with time in the summer heat. i don't know if all the songs we are writing will make it onto the record, but right now some of the favorites are called "bomb me", "three men and a baby", and "not everybody loves raymond". we hope to have the cd out in march 2003.
  • ATTENTION: WE HAVE HAD TO CLOSE DOWN THE URCHINDISE MERCH SITE TEMPORARILY!! IT WAS RECENTLY HACKED INTO AND 10,000 FRAUDULENT CHARGES WERE PUT THROUGH TO THE SITE - SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT IS A PRETTY MESSY SITUATION. WE SHOULD HAVE EVERYTHING IRONED OUT SOON, AND BE BACK ONLINE. IN CASE YOU ARE STILL AWAITING AN ORDER, PLEASE FORWARD YOUR ORDER RECEIPT TO US BY E-MAIL, IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR ORDER, AND WE WILL BE SURE TO GET IT TO YOU.

URCHIN @ GRAVITY GAMES (1)
watch urchin do "the millipede" in front of 10,000 people plus behind the scenes footage

URCHIN @ GRAVITY GAMES (2)
watch urchin shop for depends undergarments then play "fireflies on the 4th of july"

URCHIN & THE D
watch urchin & jack black do "spirit of the radio" plus of urchin & the d in st. louis!!!

URCHIN & WATT
watch urchin & mike watt perform "the red & the black" in athens, ga!!!

URCHIN'S NEW SONG
watch urchin perform their new hit "zen magic marker" on the daily beat show!!!