LUCE

LUCE - Clevescene.com, Sept.~
The Bay Area's Luce falls somewhere in a radio-ready jam band (think Dave Matthews) and teen-friendly pop mood-setter.
- Clevescene.com

LUCE - Never Ending, Nashville Scene -- Our Critics Picks, September 15~
This is indie rock that’s polished enough for the radio and smart enough to pull in a bookish crowd that prefers to sway rather than stomp. – M. McCALL
- Nashville Scene

LUCE - Never Ending, Kansas City Star, July 7~
It’s a batch of smart, melodic, groovy pop songs cast in all forms of guitars, a few horns and some nifty B3 riffs, all made for those who go to music for a voyage into the light, as opposed to deliverance from darkness. — Tim Finn

- Kansas City Star

LUCE – Never Ending – www.feelinganxious.com ~
There is no reason that LUCE shouldn’t be getting plenty of radio airplay across the country, other than the fact that their efforts may very well be too intelligent and well-constructed to fit in with the junk circulating on most stations. - Bill Rickman
- www.feelinganxious.com

Luce One Sheet

Joe’s Music Management, Marketing & Promotion
Through March 6, 2006 www.luceband.com
Radio
"Sure, LUCE is local, but our audience reacts to the music, not the band's zip code. KFOG listeners ask for LUCE and we're glad to play it for them." – KFOG, San Francisco, PD Dave Benson
"It has become common for a CD to have 2 great songs and the rest just filler. Tom Luce has outdone himself with his sophomore release, jamming enough quality music into a single recording that the XM Cafe felt compelled to use 9 tracks so far...good work Mr. Luce!" - XM Café PD Bill Evans
“LUCE is the total package. The live performance is outstanding. We added ‘Buy A Dog’ in April and it just grew from there. It was actually testing well enough to be a power for weeks before I was able to get it there - high positives and low negatives. That’s what you want.” - WRLT, Nashville, PD David Hall
“Worth The Wait” (Mediabase)
KLCA, Reno – 32 spins last week, 288 spins to date, first played 12/29/05
WRNX, Springfield, MA – 59 spins; KFOG, San Francisco – 4 spins; WTTS, Indianapolis – 3 spins; WNNX, Atlanta – 1 spin; WXRV, Boston – 1 spin
(R&R indicator)
ADDs: 10/31 – WTYD, Williamsburg, VA; 11/14 - KRVM, Eugene, OR; 11/21 – KTBG, Warrensburg/Kansas City; KPND, Sandpoint, ID; Others – WBCG, Port Charlotte, FL; WYOU, Virginia Beach, VA; 11/28 – WEBK, Killington, VT; KSPN, Aspen, CO; KSMT, Breckenridge, CO; KIDN, Steamboat Springs, CO; 12/5 – WMWV, Conway, NH.
“Buy A Dog” * The most played song on 14 stations, including KFOG for all of July. In R&R, it was the #91 most played song of 2005 at monitored stations and #65 with indicator stations
WRLT, Nashville – 4 spins last week, 732 spins to date, first played 4/19, ADD 4/18 (#7 year end chart)
WRNX, Springfield, MA – 6 spins last week, 493 spins to date, first played 4/10, ADD 4/18
KFOG, San Francisco – 4 spins last week, 390 to date, first played 3/17, ADD 3/27 (#8 year end vote)
KRSH, Santa Rosa – 377; WXRV, Boston – 354; KOSO, Modesto – 325; KLCA, Reno – 350; KZPL, Kansas City – 279; WRNR, Baltimore – 143; WNCS, Burlington, VT – 87; WTTS, Indianapolis – 59; KMTT, Seattle – 46; WXRT, Chicago – 15; WRAX, Birmingham – 11; WWWQ, Atlanta – 2; KRVB, Boise – 2; WAVF, Charleston – 2; KBCO, Denver – 2; WDOD, Chattanooga – 1
R&R indicator
WYEP, Pittsburgh, PA; KTBG, Warrensburg/KC, MO; WQKL, Ann Arbor, MI; KMMS, Bozeman, MT; KLRR, Bend, OR; KPND, Sandpoint, ID; KMTN, Jackson Hole, WY; KSPN, Aspen, CO; KFMU, Steamboat Springs, CO; KBAC, Santa Fe, NM; KTAO, Taos, NM; KSQY, Rapid City, SD; KRVI, Fargo, ND; KNBA, Anchorage, AK; WBJB, Monmouth-Ocean, NJ; WEBK, Killington VT; WMWV, Conway, NH; WDST, Poughkeepsie, NY
Others – KQPT, Chico, CA; KZYR, Vail, CO; KSNO, Aspen; KSMT, CO, Breckenridge; KIDN, Steamboat Springs, CO; WBCG, Port Charlotte, FL; WYOU, Virginia Beach, VA: WKZE, Sharon, CT; WIVI, St. Thomas, VI; WBSD, Burlington, WI; WYTD, Williamsburg/Richmond, VA; KDTR, Missoula, MT; WKVL, Knoxville, TN; KRVM, Eugene, OR
“Amsterdam”
KFOG, San Francisco – 71 spins to date, first played 6/12/04
Satellite Radio
XM Café – The Café has been playing since release, with 9 tracks added to rotation: “B.A.D.” (81 spins), “With A Kiss” (67), “The Sweetest Smile” (63), “Acid Rain” (62), “Wanna Be/Interlude One” (61), “Amsterdam” (60), “Never Ending” (14) and “Outside Of It All” (12). LUCE was a featured artist for two weeks in May. On August 9, Tom Luce and Charlie Colin (Train) played as an acoustic duo for the first time for XM. The performance aired 5 times the week of 9/26
Sirius Spectrum – 280 spins to date on “Buy A Dog”, also playing “Good Day”
DMX - ADDs 6/13
Music Choice – “Buy A Dog” 9 spins last week, added 1/16/06
Television
“Amsterdam” heard during July 6, 2005 episode of The Inside on Fox
Marketing
“Buy A Dog” on KFOG Local Scene 2 compilation CD out August 1, 2005
“Buy A Dog” on Joe Muggs, Volume 3 compilation CD due out late November, 2005
“Amsterdam (demo)” on KFOG Local Scene 1 compilation CD out July, 2004

Shows & Appearances (more dates tba)
3.30 – Fat Cats, Modesto, CA
4.5 – The Attic, Santa Cruz, CA
4.7 – Wendy Williamson Theater, University Of Alaska
4.14 – The Mystic Theatre, Petaluma, CA w/Willy Porter
4.21 & 22 – Little Fox, Redwood City, CA
5.5 – The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS w/Iris Pattern
5.17 – Club Café, Pittsburgh, PA
6.27 – Twilight Concert Series, Palo Alto, CA
6.30 – Dutch Flats, Auburn, CA
8.9 – Steve’s Guitar, Carbondale, CO
8.11 – Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
9.8 – Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Reviews
LUCE - Never Ending, Kansas City Star, July 7
“It’s a batch of smart, melodic, groovy pop songs cast in all forms of guitars, a few horns and some nifty B3 riffs, all made for those who go to music for a voyage into the light, as opposed to deliverance from darkness.” — Tim Finn
LUCE - Clevescene.com, Sept. 27 - The Bay Area's Luce falls somewhere in a radio-ready jam band (think Dave Matthews) and teen-friendly pop mood-setter (its songs have shown up on TV shows and movies like The OC and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days).
LUCE - Never Ending, Nashville Scene -- Our Critics Picks, September 15, 2005
This Northern California band’s second album sports a detailed, biology-class drawing of the human heart, an appropriate image for bandleader Tom Luce’s up-close examination of a relationship from its first joyous bursts to the usual emotional chasms. This is indie rock that’s polished enough for the radio and smart enough to pull in a bookish crowd that prefers to sway rather than stomp. – M. McCALL
LUCE - Never Ending, www.feelinganxious.com, By Bill Rickman
“In this era of sensory over-assault, it is rare when things are kept simple and even rarer when these simple things remain interesting enough to keep the listener’s ear … the songs aren’t necessarily simple—with a balanced mix of vocals, guitar, brass, keyboards/sampling, percussion, and bass—but they are about the simple things in life … LUCE manages to avoid clogging the story with hokey metaphors or unnecessary drama … There is no reason that LUCE shouldn’t be getting plenty of radio airplay across the country, other than the fact that their efforts may very well be too intelligent and well-constructed to fit in with the junk circulating on most stations’ rotations as of late.
Highlights from LUCE
Accomplishments:
Ø California Music Awards (CAMA), Outstanding Debut Album, 2002
Ø R&R 2002 Breakthrough Artist, Triple A format, #7 with “Good Day”, #37 most played song, 2002; peak position, Triple A #17, 237 spins (Aug. 3, 2002), Hot AC #35, 306 spins (March 8, 2003)
Motion Pictures:
Ø “Good Day” featured in the Sony Pictures film 13 Going On 30 starring Jennifer Garner
Ø “Good Day” featured in the Paramount Pictures film How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, and on the Virgin Records soundtrack
Television:
Ø “Good Day” song of the month, February, 2006 on AMC for Everynight At Eight
Ø “Good Day” heard during Sept. 16, 2003 episode of The O.C. on Fox
Ø “Good Day” heard during March 30, 2003 episode of Alias on ABC
Ø “Numb” heard during Nov. 6, 2002 episode of Birds Of Prey on the WB Network
Ø “Good Day” heard during Oct. 20, 2002, episode of Boomtown on NBC
Ø “Good Day” featured in American Leather TV commercial
“Good Day” radio highlights (stations that played more than 400)
WGVX, Minneapolis – 2,404 spins; KLCA, Reno – 2,291; WVRV, St. Louis – 1,626; KFOG, San Francisco – 1,482; WTMX, Chicago - 1,290; KOSO, Modesto – 3/1,229; WRNX, Springfield, MA – 975; WXRV, Boston - 959; WRLT, Nashville – 898; WZEW, Mobile – 763; KLLC, San Francisco – 761; KINK, Portland – 718; WKOC, Norfolk - 688; KRSH, Santa Rosa – 680; WXRT, Chicago – 656; KZZO, Sacramento – 616; KFBZ, Wichita – 602; WTTS, Indianapolis – 540; WMMM, Madison – 462; KBCO, Denver – 433
“Long Way Down” radio highlights (300 or more spins) – KRSH, Santa Rosa – 687; KLCA, Reno – 552; KFOG, San Francisco – 519; WRNX, Springfield, MA – 487; WRLT, Nashville – 308
Contact: Joe Schuld, 913-888-6681 joesmusic@everestkc.net www.joes-music.com
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