MICHAEL McDERMOTT MUSIC TO HIT THE BIG SCREEN
New York, NY-Chicago-based singer-songwriter Michael McDermott will have his
music in movie theaters across the country this Spring. Two of his songs,
"20 Miles South of Nowhere" (also on his latest album, Last Chance
Lounge) and "Puzzle" (previously unreleased) will be used in the
New Line film "Knockaround Guys," which hits the big screen in the
Spring. Also featured in the film is the music of Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye,
East River Pipe, The Stooges, Edgar Winter and Chris Whitley. "Knockaround
Guys" stars Vin Diesel, Barry Pepper, Seth Green, John Malkovich and
Dennis Hopper, and it was written and directed by Brian Koppelman and David
Levien ("Rounders").
McDermott is also hitting radio airwaves with his latest single, "Unemployed," which went to radio in January. His first single, "Junkie Girl," received airplay at a number of AAA-format stations across the country. Both songs hail from his latest album, Last Chance Lounge, which was released in October of last year. Some recent press quotes about Michael McDermott:
"McDermott's lyrical perspective is truly singular. His songs are redolent with Joyce-ian Irish Catholic imagery of saints, sinners and demon whiskey. ...there's plenty of musical passion to go with his words." - Chicago Tribune
"The musical influences that marked McDermott's early work, among them U2's anthemlike chord sequences and the tangled narratives of early Springsteen, are still evident, but they're elements in a more mature, less absolute approach to storytelling. Always inclined toward spiritual themes, McDermott now sketches people at the crossroads, some bound for glory, others for self-destruction." - Philadelphia Inquirer
"Weathering the curse of being labeled 'the new Springsteen' in the early '90s, then surviving the folding of his record label, singer-songwriter Michael McDermott has persevered, and his new album 'Last Chance Lounge' is collecting critical raves." -Los Angeles Times
"The talented Chicago resident's 45-minute set...was a vivid and entertaining descent into a sleazy and colorful world that McDermott interprets extremely well. Perhaps his tales of the downtrodden and luckless are taken from experience, but whatever the case, the at-ease McDermott is a natural storyteller whose hair-raising tales are accompanied by affecting playing on the acoustic guitar and keyboard from which his stories garnered their soundtrack. ... Despair never sounded so good." - Hollywood Reporter
"It's impossible to listen to Michael McDermott's new album, Last Chance Lounge, without hearing echoes of the 1973-75 Bruce Springsteen. Chicago's McDermott has the same raspy, Bob Seger-ish voice; the same tumble of Dylanesque, urban-snapshot lyrics; and the same frat-rock guitar riffs. ...striking moments in songs such as Getting Off the Dime (his Born to Run) and Broken Down Fence (his New York City Serenade)." - Washington Post
Michael McDermott is currently
on an extensive U.S. tour. Please check out www.michael-mcdermott.com
for tour dates.
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