Tracy Shedd to release hot new disc Cigarettes & Smoke Machines via Teenbeat Records this fall. Fans of Liz Phair and Bettie Serveert's Palomine, listen up. "It's never too late to fight for what you want" - Tracy Shedd. Tracy Shedd's helpful reminder on the opening track "Never Too Late" from Cigarettes & Smoke Machines, her latest album of smart, pointed pop is a direct and economic assertion backed by sharp musicianship and just the right amount of reverb. Cigarettes & Smoke Machines is Shedd's most accomplished record in a career that has now spanned [...]

You've got to love a press release which calls for the attention of Bettie Serveert fans, so we're happy to bring you news of Tracy Shedd, about to release her second album. She's also got a hint of pre Exit In Lavigne-ville Liz Phair. In fact, she sounds like this: Whatever It Takes [mp3] The album, Cigarettes & Smoke Machines, is out on Teenbeat, September 23rd. In the US.

"It's never too late to fight for what you want" -- Tracy Shedd . Tracy Shedd 's helpful reminder on the opening track "Never Too Late" from Cigarettes & Smoke Machines , her latest album of smart, pointed pop is a direct and economic assertion backed by sharp musicianship and just the right amount of reverb. Cigarettes & Smoke Machines is Shedd's most accomplished record in a career that has now spanned four full-lengths. Raised in a music-friendly home -- growing up with piano lessons and a public [...]
As Tracy Shedd (a relatively new Tucsonan) preps for the release of her fourth record (Cigarettes and Smoke Machines, produced by Craig Schumacher at Tucson's Wavelab Studio, due out Sept. 23 on Teenbeat Records), the singer-songwriter is making her previous release available as a free download. Louder Than You Can Hear, released in 2004 by Devil in the Woods Records, has a sound that spans from