Chelsea Boys

Sao Paolo, Brazil- Maria Eugenia, the enigmatic and extremely talented Brazilian artist and illustrator, has given the Enemies a wonderful Christmas gift: an illustrated video for Spottiswoode’s “Chelsea Boys” carol.

“I’m stunned,” said the Englishman over a recent mug of eggnog.

To download the song go here to iTunes

Majesty on WNYC

New York, NY- A live in-studio performance of “Majesty,” a new Spottiswoode tune, has just been made available for a FREE DOWNLOAD by WNYC. The tune was performed by Spottiswoode & His Enemies in October in the WNYC studios immediately after Spottiswoode & His Enemies’ live broadcast on Soundcheck. John Schaefer, radio host of WNYC’s Soundcheck, who is celebrating his 30th year at WNYC, has given an exclusive Spott on the premiere of “Majesty”.

You can read Spottiswoode’s tale about recording this new pastoral song and download “Majesty” here

Interview in Edge Magazine

New York, NY
Kevin Scott Hall of Edge Magazine sat in a Greenwich Village cafe and had a conversation with Spottiswoode about art, religion, paying dues, patriotism, alternative lifestyles and lots of other stuff.

Perhaps the best interview with the Englishman in New York to date.

Spott Song on The Secret Circle

Los Angeles, CA
A sultry Bronwen Exter cover of Spottiswoode’s song “I Change Every Minute” has been featured in Episode 6 of the first series of The CW Network’s The Secret Circle.

The song, produced by Kenny Siegal for Exter’s debut CD “Elevator Ride,” is a classic commitment problem ditty first recorded by the Englishman himself on his own debut solo album “Ugly Love.” Perfect for a popular show about teenage witches.

Enemies on Soundcheck

New York, NY
Here’s the podcast of our performance on WNYC’s Soundcheck in early October.

And here’s video footage from the session of our performance of “All In The Past.”

Thanks again to John Schaefer and all the good folks at WNYC.

Dubway Days

New York, NY
In the spring of 2011 Spottiswoode joined Ben Arthur at Dubway Studios in downtown Manhattan to co-write and record a song in one day.

During the afternoon, Riley McMahon and Tony Lauria joined the session.

The five Dubway Days webisodes have now been posted on BlipTV. To download the song for free, send an e-mail to spottiswoodesong@gmail.com

THE LEDGE

Park City, UT- Matthew Chapman’s film, THE LEDGE, featuring three Enemies tunes, is being released theatrically on Friday, July 8th in New York (at the IFC Center) and Los Angeles (at Sunset 5). It is also available through video on demand. For screening details visit the film’s website.

The Ledge is a bleak thriller and a meditation on the conflict between faith and reason in modern America. The film stars Liv Tyler, Terrence Howard, Charlie Hunnam and Patrick Wilson. It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Festival and has since been acquired by the Independent Film Channel.

Chapman, a good friend of Spott’s and a big fan of the band, has taken three tunes from the 2008 release, Salvation.

Rosler's Recording Booth

New York, NY – Young Spott is proud to be one of the featured singers on the remarkable new CD, ROSLER’S RECODRING BOOTH, a beautiful concept album written by his friend, Don Rosler.

Rosler, also a songwriter for the recently Grammy-nominated Bobby McFerrin CD Vocabularies, has already gained rave reviews for his latest project as well as a feature article in The New York Times.

Independent Music Award Nomination

New York, NY Spottiswoode’s solo album, Piano 45 has been nominated for an Independent Music Award as the best Adult Contemporary album of 2010.

Judges this year include Tom Waits and Suzanne Vega. There is also a “VOX POP” award that is voted on by the public. To vote for Spott’s album please go to the IMA website and follow their guidelines.

Spottiswoode on NPR

New York, NY – To hear the “Weekend Edition” interview with the legendary Susan Stamberg click here

For the later interview on WNYC’s “Soundcheck” with John Schaefer click here