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You can now purchase ringtones from the Frog Stand Store!

Click here to download ringtones from Musee Mecanique and Clare and the Reasons.

Musée Mécanique has announced a string of dates as a full band, traveling again with Laura Gibson, but this time as opening support. The 5-piece, including Matt Berger (drums, glockenspiel, percussion), Brian Perez (keyboards, glockenspiel, lap steel, percussion, back-up vocals) and Andrew Zilar (bass) has 20 dates and counting. The band will hit both coasts, starting in Kennewick and cutting through the nation with dates in Fargo, Chicago and Madison. Then they’ll head from Vermont, South on the East Coast and back through to Portland in early July. As June approaches, more shows will be announced, filling out the tour. Stay tuned!

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Josh Mease CD Release Date Set!

Wilderness, the debut LP from Josh Mease on Frog Stand Records, will be released on July 21st, 2009.

About Josh Mease:

Josh Mease, originally from Houston, Texas, lives in Brooklyn, where he can often be found exploring the abandoned corners of the city, finding peaceful solace in cemeteries, empty swimming pools, and abandoned waterfronts. His debut LP, Wilderness, is the result of these wanderings…    learn more about Josh Mease

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Josh Mease at the Mercury Lounge, May 14th!

See more video at www.le-hiboo.com (one of France’s biggest blogs!)

As Clare and the Reasons continue on their European tour path, they’ve been featured on the cover of the popular publication, Midi Libre!

Don’t miss them while they’re in your neighborhood!

Clare Manchon of Clare and the Reasons on the cover of Midi Libre

This was sent in by  Heidi Hanson, thanks!

Frog Stand Records is now on Twitter!

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Clare and the Reasons are heading back to the other side of the Atlantic to play some concerts in France, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Canary Islands! Here are a list of the tourdates:

4.16  Toulon – Le Théâtre Denis
4.17  Montpellier  – Le Rockstore
4.18  Toulouse – Le Théâtre Garonne
4.24  Grenoble – Le Ciel
4.25  Lausanne – Le Romandie
4.27  Paris – Théâtre Marigny
4.28  Caen – l’Espace Puzzle
4.29  Laval – Le 6 par 4
4.30  Vendôme – La Chapelle Saint Jacques
5.01  Eeklo – N9
5.08  Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Cicca
5.10  Brussels – La Botanique

For more details, check out the shows page.

Production has begun on Josh Mease’s new video for the song “White Diamonds”.

Check back here for updates, and check out Josh’s Myspace to listen to some previews of the new album.

Clare and the Reasons has just been counted as one of the top 20 best orchestral pop outfits in NYC!

Clare and the Reasons cover for The Deli Magazine spring 2008