You can watch a video of Brian Fallon, The Gaslight Anthem, performing "Handwritten" at the Gibson Showroom in Berlin. This took place during Harley Davidson's 110th anniversary.
To me, The Gaslight Anthem just sounds like American rock music should. Listening to their records makes me wonder what it must have been like growing up in the 70s or 80s, and I can’t help but feel like this is the type of music my dad and his friends grew up listening to. Gaslight represent the new face of rock and roll music, and each member delivers exactly this on stage. Seeing the band live made me realize exactly why we all their songs so much – simpler, older times brought to life today. As one of the defining rock bands of our generation,...
The score for The Gaslight Anthem's original film, Every Word Handwritten is now available on iTunes. You can watch the trailer for the film in the replies.
Every Word Handwritten follows the lifespan of one vinyl record, highlighting it as the thread through many people's lives through decades to come. To encompass the full understanding of the film, Horowitz and Slack employed the help of Gaslight guitarist Alex Rosamilia and friend Wes Kleinknecht to compose the score for Every Word Handwritten.
Well, I guess it's The Gaslight Anthem news night. You can now pre-order The Gaslight Anthem Singles Collection: 2008-2011 7" Box Set from ShopRadioCast.
I’d also like to say this… What I’m working on I’d classify as Americana. It’s not from New Jersey, it’s not The Gaslight Anthem, in fact, it’s not even mine, but it’s ours… I’m looking to the people who used folk and country music as a tradition and took what was past and moved forward. Wilco, Ryan Adams, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, the Highwaymen, Bob Dylan, etc… I’m not writing about straw hats and gin joints. I’m not writing about nostalgia or a time I wasn’t born it. I’m writing about the last two years of my life since we wrote handwritten. This project is going to be based on things I learned early on musically, which were my mother’s folk songs....
The earnest, passionate New Brunswick punk rock band will play Asbury Park on May 25 and 26 — the Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend. The Hold Steady, the acclaimed Brooklyn outfit led by the witty, empathetic storyteller Craig Finn, opens the first show. The Felice Brothers, a folk-rock band with a bottle-swinging sound that anticipated Mumford and Sons, will support Gaslight at the second. Tickets for both shows go on sale through the Stone Pony on Thursday at 10 a.m.
Head over to RollingStone.com to check out The Gaslight Anthem's new 15-minute film, Every Word Handwritten, which charts "the lifespan of a single vinyl record and the effect it can have on different generations."
Brian Fallon has been working on a new solo album as well as new Gaslight Anthem tracks. He expects to make his solo record this year while The Gaslight Anthem takes a break from touring.
The Gaslight Anthem have been performing a new song tentatively titled "Halloween" for the past couple weeks. Head to the replies to check out a couple videos of the band playing it.
A live performance by The Gaslight Anthem will be broadcast live from Terminal 5 in New York, New York on Thursday, November 29 exclusively on AXS TV. Full press release in the replies.
The Gaslight Anthem have released a charity poster created with El Jefe Design specifically to help victims of Hurricane Sandy in the band's home state of New Jersey. 100% of the proceeds will be split equally between Rebuild Recover and Architecture For Humanity's 'Rebuild Seaside Pier' effort.
The Gaslight Anthem will be releasing a new 10" EP Hold You Up as a Record Store Day Black Friday exclusive (November 24th, 2012). You can pre-order it here.
