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you are invited, cordially, to an international convention of north
american intention. in a moment, or a few, THE SLEEVELESS
HEARTS REVUE trundles through your town in a creaky
wheelbarrow marked 'hello'. this, please know, is no ordinary
wheelbarrow--just as yours is no ordinary town.
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travelling together for the very first time--on a tour booked by aero
(low, pedro the lion, danielson famile, ida)--we gleefully
announce the impending arrival of ROYAL CITY and THE
TROUBLE WITH SWEENEY to a watering hole near you. the
bands will be travelling through the United States from May
16th-June 06th, before wheeling north to the NXNE Three Gut
Records showcase on Friday, June 08th in Toronto (with Rodeo
Boy, The Constantines & Jim Guthrie).

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Since releasing their album on the little label that should (Three
Gut Records), the Toronto-based Royal City have been playing
steadily in the United States and Canada with such bands as:
Crooked Fingers, Peaches, Songs:Ohia, Chris Knox, Arab Strap,
Red House Painters (upcoming), Hopewell, Tigersaw, The
Flashing Lights, Juliana Hatfield and many others.

"High praise has been heaped upon this Toronto group, and
there is good reason why names such as Palace, Smog, and
Low pop into mind. " NASHVILLE SCENE
http://www.mp3.com/royalcity

As well you may know, ROYAL CITY are currently featured on a
MAGNET magazine compilation and will be, as of may 23rd,
webcast from the SPIN magazine website in a performance from
SPIN's NYC office.

As well you may not know, and in louder-long-ago moments,
Aaron of Royal City was once a member of punk band Minnow.
Minnow played shows all over North America and Europe with
bands like Fugazi, Snapcase and Shotmaker. Aaron was also
the first person to book Fugazi in Canada--when he was fourteen
years old. Aaron is also the 'real' Aaron of the Robert Munsch
book recently released entitled 'Aaron's Hair'. Robert Munsch is
the #1 best-selling children's author in the world.

Royal City were voted best live band in Toronto by EYE's
(entertainment weekly) music critics for two-years running, and
were on this paper's cover in August. For this, and other press,
please visit here: http://www.threegutrecords.com/rc-press.html.

for music: http://www.mp3.com/royalcity

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MAY 2001:
ROYAL CITY solo shows before THE SLEEVELESS HEARTS
REVUE:

may 16 > MAXWELL'S > hoboken, NJ > DCN.COM live webcast
may 17 > daytime on-air performance at WNYU > new york, NY
may 19 > GALAPAGOS ART SPACE > w/ danielson famile
members, jai agnish, sufjan stevens > brooklyn, NY
may 21 > LAKESIDE LOUNGE > new york, NY > DCN.COM live
webcast

ROYAL CITY and THE SLEEVELESS HEARTS REVUE:

may 22 > OTTOBAR > baltimore, MD
may 23 > MIDDLE EAST UPSTAIRS > boston, MA
may 24 > The CALVIN > Northampton, MA
may 25 > GREEN ROOM > Providence, RI
may 26 > The LIVING ROOM > new york, NY
may 27 > The KHYBER > Philadelphia, PA
may 29 > METRO CAFE > Washington, DC
may 30 > The EARL > Atlanta, GA
may 31 > FIREBELLY LOUNGE > Wilmington, NC

JUN 2001:
ROYAL CITY and THE SLEEVELESS HEARTS REVUE:

jun 01 > SPRINGWATER > nashville, TN
jun 02 > CELLAR LOUNGE > Bloomington, IN
jun 03 > SCHUBAS > Chicago, IL
jun 04 > 7th STREET ENTRY >Minneapolis, MN
jun 05 > CACTUS CLUB > Milwaukee, WI
jun 06 > LOWER LEVEL RECORDS > East Lansing, MI
jun 08 > NXNE > Toronto, ON

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NASHVILLE SCENE

"High praise has been heaped upon this Toronto group, and
there is good reason why names such as Palace, Smog, and
Low pop into mind. Royal City's quiet acoustic songs are filled
with urban imagery, but unwind at a rural pace. The band's
newest album, At Rush Hour the Cars, weaves through a
landscape of trains, cars, and dirty streets, touching on failed
relationships, youth, and health in choruses that build and fall
through loose guitars and not-quite-in-unison voices. The
expressive moments often collapse entirely, and songs end
before they are resolved; it's disruptive and comforting at once. "

-- Todd Anderson

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PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY

The Changeling of the Palace Guard -- Royal City re-invents the
new sincerity.

Fifty years of rock and roll, and time and again, the Canadians
continue to
trump us at our own game. It'd be infuriating if a lot of these guys
weren't so good at reminding us what is great, what is unique,
what is all
but indescribable in American music: Neil Young, The Band,
Cowboy Junkies,
even Godspeed You Black Emperor. And the quaint, cheeky but
unassuming
Royal City can claim ancestry in all of them. And while the band's
propaganda makes needy references to lo-fi lords of all they
survey like
Smog and the Palace guard, it'd be disingenuous to chalk Royal
City's music
up to a set of guys whose main goal in making their art is to
confound and
be as contrarian as Bill Callahan or Will Oldham..."