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Perfect Disguise in top ten albums of 2008 list

Perfect Disguise in top ten albums of 2008 list

Happy New Year!
The excellent Paisley Umbrella blog on MySpace has included Perfect Disguise as one of its top ten albums of 2008. Inexplicably they/he/she still seem to think that The Contrast are from Middlesborough but that it a minor detail. The blog originally reviewed the album back in February 2008 and gave it a suitably [...]

Q104.3 - Caught in a Trap

Q104.3 - Caught in a Trap

The Out of the Box play list on New York’s classic rock station Q104.3 features “Caught in a Trap” from 2005’s “Forget to Tell the Time” and the more recent compilation “Perfect Disguise“. The track is standing tall amongst some real heavy hitters on the show. I would have paid money to hear The Contrast [...]

The Contrast in NYC

The Contrast in NYC

The Contrast spent nearly a week in New York last week as part of their performance at the annual CMJ Music Marathon. However, they did not limit their activities to the Saturday night gig at Arlene’s Grocery.
They were captured performing a couple of numbers in Union Square last Thursday (23rd October 2008). The last-minute “gig” [...]

[Tonight] The Contrast @ Arlene's Grocery

[Tonight] The Contrast @ Arlene’s Grocery

This very evening (Saturday October 25th 2008) in New York City The Contrast will take to the stage with some former Rainbow Quartz label mates. If you happen to be in the Big Apple tonight then come along and see them. It is going to be a great night.
Where: Arlene’s Grocery
95 Stanton St btwn Ludlow [...]

CMJ 2008

CMJ 2008

The Contrast have been confirmed for CMJ 2008 for a little while now but the schedules have just gone up on the CMJ site. So this is the official, official line. The Contrast will be playing on the Saturday night with some of their former Rainbow Quartz label mates. The line up is as follows:
Saturday [...]