Author: Kléo

  • Shriekofafreak! (2015) reissue and more on the way

    Seeing as one of Cannonball’s major plans for 2024 is to put out digital reissues of some previously unavailable “classic albums” of his from the 2010s, we figured what better way to start than with 2015’s Shriekofafreak!, which Chris Urban aka Christoph Jesus, frontman of legendary NJ antifolk/punk band Crazy & the Brains, listed as…

  • Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024!

    So Cannonball decided it would be a nice idea for me to put together a post to recap everything that’s happened in this incredibly eventful year, thank as many of you as I could fit in this post for everything you’ve done to make 2023 as good as it could be, and have a look…

  • 13 & 14 November: Cannonball Statman & France de Griessen online & in Paris

    In addition to everything else he’s doing on his continued 7-week autumn 2023 tour for his new album Hard to Break, New York antifolk legend Cannonball Statman will be doing 2 very cool things on the 13th and 14th of November with the incredibly brilliant and exceptionally talented Belgian born, Paris based artist France de…

  • Cannonball Statman: Hard to Break

    Today’s the day! The mysterious, furious, frighteningly curious, and largely beloved NYC artist Cannonball Statman has just released his latest album Hard to Break, available now on BandCamp and streaming services. He will begin his 7-week English and European tour for the album tonight at The Waiting Room in Stockton-on-Tees. All of this is coinciding…

  • 16th November – 7th December: Hard to Break European Tour with Jason Trachtenburg

    In the middle of Cannonball Statman’s 7-week autumn 2023 tour for his new album Hard to Break, he’ll be joined by the legendary NYC artist Jason Trachtenburg for a number of dates in mainland Europe, and one in London. Jason will be performing as a solo act, with his set lists featuring a selection of…

  • October 6th & 8th: Cannonball Presents! in Brooklyn

    As the notoriously itinerant New York artist Cannonball Statman prepares for his nearly 2-month long English & European tour coinciding with the October 22 release of his album Hard to Break, one third and final single from the album has yet to be released to the public: a song called “Pennsylvania” that has become a…

  • 8th & 9th December: Cannonball Statman in Sweden with Jonas Selander

    At the end of Cannonball’s autumn 2023 Hard to Break tour, he’ll be teaming up with the Swedish musician Jonas Selander (who he previously collaborated with on the song “I Wish Spaceships Could Fly Faster” in 2018) for 2 performances in Sweden. These will be Cannonball’s first time in Sweden since his 2018 performance in…

  • 22nd October – 7th November: Hard to Break English Tour

    Since Cannonball’s autumn 2023 tour for his upcoming album Hard to Break is going to be almost 2 months long, we’ve made the decision to announce it in multiple parts. Today, we’re announcing the English dates, of which there are many! The Swedish dates, the unexpected online & Parisian dates, and the French, Portuguese, Catalan,…

  • September 19th: Cannonball Presents! @ The Den, BK

    So Cannonball has just finished his one-week UK tour with The Grasping Straws, and is currently hibernating in a friend’s spare room in South London, preparing for his upcoming Hard to Break English & European tour that will begin on the 22nd of October with his album release & 30th birthday party at The Waiting…

  • September 2023 UK tour w/ The Grasping Straws

    On Monday, the 4th of September, Cannonball Statman will open for a night of UK bands at AMP Studios in London (tickets), before embarking on a one-week UK tour with his long-time touring companion and fellow New York musician Mallory Feuer of The Grasping Straws and Jeffrey Lewis & the Voltage. Cannonball will bring some…