HAR MAR SUPERSTAR’S “BYE BYE 17” COMING APRIL 23rd ON CULT RECORDS

Posted: January 31st, 2013 | Author: kingcutie | Filed under: breaking, Front Page | No Comments »

“I’d travel to the edge of the earth to hear that man sing.” —SF Weekly

“He’s a singular performer who struts with enviable assurance; his confident swagger fills the room.” —Metro

Bye Bye 17, the anticipated new album from acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Har Mar Superstar (aka Sean Tillmann), is set to be released April 23 on Cult Records. This is Tillmann’s fifth full-length release as Har Mar Superstar and follows his critically acclaimed 2009 release, Dark Touches. Of the release, the BBC heralds, “Dark Touches is a hook-packed, skillfully produced guilty pleasure of a record that it’s almost impossible not to enjoy,” while the Cincinnati CityBeat declares, “simply further proof of Sean Tillmann’s astonishingly broad-yet-laser-guided sense of humor and flawless musical bag of tricks.”

Of asking him to join the label, Cult Records founder Julian Casablancas notes, “First time I saw Sean was at the Mercury Lounge years back, and I was blown away by his voice, his confidence and his showmanship. When he recently played me his new record, I felt it was something we could help make truly great. He’s the man with the golden voice, and we’re excited to try and turn people on to that fact… Like the dude himself, the record’s just tough, sad, hilarious and rad.”

Written in New York City, the 10-song album was recorded at co-producer Jim Eno‘s (Spoon) Austin studio with a full live band. Focusing this time more on his voice, Tillmann says, “I was listening to a lot of Otis Redding and Sam Cooke at the time, and I’ve always been obsessed with those guys… ‘Restless Leg,’ ‘We Don’t Sleep,’ ‘Prisoner’ and ‘Rhythm Bruises’ came out of people playing together. But the rest were just like me in a room, gettin’ weird, by myself.” See below for full track-listing.

Tillmann named his flamboyant alter-ego after the Har Mar mall in suburban St. Paul, MN where he spent his youth watching movies and writing songs about passers-by in the food court. Tillman explains, “Har Mar Superstar used to be a different person. It used to be my excuse to get away with the more fantastic things in life… It was easier to get onstage as this other guy and be outrageous and have it be glorified. I guess the confidence I got from being Har Mar Superstar translated into my real life, so now we’re one and the same.”

In celebration of the release, Tillmann will embark on a nationwide tour in April. More details to be announced shortly.

BYE BYE 17 Track-Listing:

1. Lady, You Shot Me

2. Prisoner

3. Everywhere I’m Local

4. Restless Leg

5. 12:12

6. We Don’t Sleep

7. www

8. Rhythm Bruises

9. Don’t Make Me Hit You

10. Late Night Morning Light

“Serial \ Optimist” Interviews Har Mar Superstar

Posted: January 18th, 2011 | Author: kingcutie | Filed under: breaking, Front Page, News | Tags: acting, Adam Green, Chunk, Coachella, dancing, Dark Touches, Devendra Banhart, Free Energy, Gayngs, Har Mar Superstar, Marijuana Deathsquads, performance, R&B, Sean Tillmann, Serial \ Optimist, Spaceland, SXSW, Tall Boy, writing | 1 Comment »

David Dean learns where Sean Tillmann came from, what he’s been up to … and about a very special friend named Chunk.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL INTERVIEW

Har Mar Superstar / Marijuana DeathSquads Spaceland Residency @ The Satellite – Every Friday In February – 2011

Posted: January 17th, 2011 | Author: kingcutie | Filed under: breaking, Front Page, News | Tags: Dark Touches, Doomtree, February, Gayngs, Giant Drag, Har Mar Superstar, Little Dog on Top of a Big Dog, Los Angeles, Marijuana Deathsquads, Mike Mictlan, P.O.S., performance, residency, Samantha Ronson, Sean Tillmann, sex, Shannon and the Clams, Skoal Kodiak, Slapping Purses, Spaceland, Tall Boy, The Satellite, You Can Feel Me | No Comments »

SPACELAND PRESENTS @ THE SATELLITE

LOS ANGELES: Har Mar Superstar / Marijuana Deathsquads will be the resident musicians at Spaceland (Satellite) every Friday in February. There will be special new guests each week, including Samantha Ronson (live band), P.O.S and Mike Mictlan of Doomtree, Giant Drag, and Shannon and the Clams. All shows will be $8 advance/ $10 at door. Tell your friends!

FEBRUARY 4, 2011 – Har Mar’s Birthday Party
9:00 – Little Dog on Top of a Big Dog
9:45 – Marijuana Deathsquads
10:30 – Har Mar Superstar
11:30 – Giant Drag
*BUY TICKETS HERE ($8.00!)

FEBRUARY 11, 2011
9:00 – Pope Anything
9:45 – Marijuana Deathsquads
10:30 – Har Mar Superstar
11:30 – Shannon and the Clams
*BUY TICKETS HERE ($8.00!)

FEBRUARY 18, 2011
9:00 – Skoal Kodiak
9:45 – Marijuana Deathsquads – feat. David Yow and Kevin Rutmanis
10:30 – Har Mar Superstar
11:30 – P.O.S and Mike Mictlan of Doomtree
*BUY TICKETS HERE ($8.00!)

FEBRUARY 25, 2011
9:00 – Slapping Purses
9:45 – Marijuana Deathsquads
10:30 – Samantha Ronson (Live Band!)
11:30 – Har Mar Superstar
*BUY TICKETS HERE ($8.00!)

L.A.: Jesse Miller Talk Show – 01/12/2011

Posted: January 9th, 2011 | Author: kingcutie | Filed under: breaking, Front Page, News | Tags: Andre Hyland, Anna Lee Lawson, DJ Douggpound, DJ Dougpound, Doug Lussenhop, Har Mar Superstar, Jesse Miller, Lizzy Cooperman, Los Angeles, Matt Braunger, Paul Oyen, Sean Tillmann, talk show | No Comments »

Andre Hyland Presents:

The Jesse Miller Talk Show
Wednesday, January 12th

The Next Stage Theater
1523 North La Brea Ave.
Hollywood, CA (2nd floor)

11pm
$5.00

Come out and see me and other folks get interviewed by self-described media mogul Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland).

Guests:

Matt Braunger (MAD TV, Letterman)

Lizzy Cooperman (Birds of Prey, Craig Ferguson)

DJ Douggpound (Tim & Eric Awesome Show)

Yours Truly, Har Mar Superstar

Hosted by- Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland, Fuel TV)

Co-Host- Daryl (Paul Oyen, HBO’s Funny or Die)

Dancer- Tanya (Anna Lee Lawson, HBO’s Funny or Die)

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First Avenue Memories & 40th Anniversary Show

Posted: December 15th, 2010 | Author: kingcutie | Filed under: breaking, Front Page, News | Tags: 40th Anniversary, Denver Dalley, First Avenue, Har Mar Superstar, Minneapolis, Sean Tillmann | No Comments »

No. 1 memories for First Avenue’s 40th

By CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER, Star Tribune

SEAN TILLMANN:
Har Mar Superstar, Sean-Na-Na

I’ve seen countless shows there from the age 15 onward. One story that really sticks out was at Sebadoh in ’94 or ’95. They were my favorite band at the time, and I was super-excited. As I walked in, [frontman] Lou Barlow asked me where the bathroom was. I was star-struck. I had never been backstage at that point, but I had seen a door near the front entrance that staff were always going in and out of. I assumed it was the rock-star/staff bathroom and excitedly pointed him in that direction.

Seconds later, he was running away from security who were trying to find out what he was doing in an unauthorized room. When they took the stage, Lou was in a terrible mood. The show was rocky for 15 minutes and, after a meltdown, Lou huffed off stage. It was over just as it was starting. I was directly responsible, and I was mortified but still found it hilarious.

That’s the last time I ever got star-struck. We’re all just looking for the bathroom, man.

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Looking forward to the First Avenue 40th Anniversary show tonight. See you there!

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