PURACANE Rocks the Bowery Electric, and Hits The CMJ Charts!

Stay Tuned: "All Over Now" Music Video & Summer Festival Shows!

Trip-hop group Puracane rocks their Bowery Electric show on Thursday, April 22nd show; and after hitting the airwaves, hits the CMJ charts at #27 for April 26th. Next up for Puracane: new music video to be released for the song, "All Over Now," and upcoming summer music festival shows, and working on a new EP.

The Bowery Electric show was Puracane’s way to celebrate their recently released album on Astraea Records, “I’ve Been Here the Longest.” It paid off because it was well received by the large crowd and garnered rave reviews including from the Sentimentalist Magazine, who wrote:

“The band, fronted by singer and British expat Ali Rogers, delivered a pleasant mix of downtempo and danceable tunes, blending guitar, drums and organic percussion with electronic atmospherics and groovy, bass-driven melodies...her vocal range and strong alto voice were still palpable as she belted out the notes, alternating between high and low, often within the same song. While the band’s sound is largely reminiscent of the early days of trip hop (Morcheeba, Lamb, and very early Sneaker Pimps), a little jazz and pop influence was also evident.”

Puracane continues to hit the airwaves across the United States throughout New York, New Jersey, California, Michigan, Oregon, Colorado, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Nebraska. This has propel the group into the CMJ charts this week Monday, April 26th at #27, charting with tops bands like Jimi Hendrix, Tom Petty/Heartbreakers, She and Him, The Dead Weather, Goldfrapp, and Gorillaz. Back in 2000, Puracane top the CMJ charts at #9.

CMJ CHART FOR APRIL 26, 2010:

1. Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune
2. David Byrne and Fatboy Slim – Here Lies Love
3. Tom Petty/Heartbreakers – The Live Anthology
4. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Beat the Devil’s Tattoo
5. The Soft Pack – The Soft Pack
6. Broken Bells – Broken Bells
7. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Songs from “The Runaways”
8. The Dead Weather – Die By the Drop
9. Drive-By Truckers – The Big To-Do
10. Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs – Medicine County
11. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – The Brutalist Bricks
12. Codeine Velvet Club – Codeine Velvet Club
13. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
14. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
15. Shooter Jennings and Heirophant – Black Ribbons
16. Porcupine – The Trouble With You
17. Kaki King - Junior
18. Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be
19. The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Fire
20. She and Him – Volume II
21. Roky Erikson and Okervill River – True Love Cast Our of Evil
22. Apples in Stereo – Travellers in Space and Time
23. Goldfrapp – Head First
24. Portugal . The Man – American Ghetto
25. Falling Still – May All Magic Guide You and Change You
26. Sam Amidon – I See the Signs
27. Puracane – I’ve Been Here the Longest

“I’ve Been Here the Longest” is the band’s first album of new material since the release of “In Limbo: The Lost Puracane Sessions” in 2006. Puracane began in 1999 with British artist, singer Ali Rogers and American producer David Biegel. Their first album, “Things You Should Leave Alone” was released in 2000. Today, Puracane is Ali Rogers on vocals and Juan Masotta on guitar and electronics, Chris Lee on bass, and Antonio"Uka" Gameiro on drums.

Since their formation, Puracane has played with Depeche Mode, Sting, Duran Duran, and Jane’s Addiction, and landing their music on the film Driven by Sly Stallone, and TV shows like Smallville, Felicity, Las Vegas, Road Rules, Real World and Making the Band. Puracane is compared to Massive Attack, Lamb, Portishead, Sneaker Pimps, Björk and Radiohead.

For more on Puracane-- including all the latest news, streaming MP3s, pictures & music downloads, visit the group’s Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, and Pandora! “I’ve Been Here the Longest” is available for purchase on I-Tunes and Astraea Records’ website.

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