BRONX CHEERLEADER KNOCKS THE DUST OFF
Sunday, 19 April 2009

Upon its November 2005 release Bronx Cheerleader's debut album Tough Guy Clichés was a surprise hit on Canadian college radio, reaching the #30 spot on Earshot's National Top 50 Campus Radio chart for the month of January 2006 without the aid of any advertising, promotion or live shows. Amanda Putz, host of CBC Radio One's Bandwidth program included the album among her list of Best Bets of 2005 and Sirius Satellite Radio's indie rock channels Left Of Center (now Sirius XM U) and CBC Radio 3 also played selected cuts. In April 2006 Tough Guy Clichés was selected as Album Of The Week by CBC Radio One's national daily lifestyle program Freestyle. One music critic dubbed the band "Canada's version of The Shins" while the album's single "The Art of Dancing" (video directed by Diego Maclean) was featured on MyNetwork television's Fashion House and Desire, both produced by Fox Television. The band's performance at In The Soil (Tuesday April 21st at The Mansion House) will mark Bronx Cheerleader's first live show in over two years as the band are hard at work on their sophomore album, The Jesus Peter Paul & Mary Chain, due this fall.