Shauna McLarnon

Publicist, Radio Plugger, and Musician in Canada

Shauna McLarnon

Publicist, Radio Plugger, and Musician in Canada

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Shauna heads Shameless Promotion PR, Music PR & Radio Plugging, bringing music to a global audience. Our clients come from 6 continents and include Throwing Muses, Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins), Kristin Hersh, Lisa Gerrard & Jules Maxwell (Dead Can Dance), Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins & David Haskins (Bauhaus/ Love & Rockets), Colin Moulding & Terry Chambers (XTC), Mark Gardener (Ride), Ministry, Neville Staple (The Specials), The Wedding Present, Chris Connelly (Ministry, Revolting Cocks), Wayne Hussey (The Mission), Anton Newcombe & Joel Gion (Brian Jonestown Massacre), Dean Garcia (Curve), Cathal Coughlan, Shriekback, Rat Scabies (The Damned), The Membranes, Walter Lure (The Heartbreakers / The Waldos), The Telescopes, A.R.Kane, The Veldt and 2 Stereolab members, among others. We've promoted Thurston Moore, Spiritualized and Duran Duran rarities and music involving members of The Cure, Gene Loves Jezebel, Slowdive, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, The Cult, The Wonderstuff, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Twilight Sad, Trentemøller, Cheap Trick, The Offspring, Van Halen, Kings X and ICE-T.

Shameless Promotion PR has an established reach of over 60 countries, having gained coverage in Rolling Stone, Brooklyn Vegan, American Songwriter, Guitar World, The Guardian, NME, The WIRE Magazine, Pitchfork, VICE/ Noisey, Paste, Clash Magazine, UNCUT, Prog Magazine, The Quietus, Electronic Sound, Record Collector, Stereogum, Drowned in Sound, The 405, Bandcamp Daily, MOJO, Vive Le Rock, Louder Magazine, Post-Punk.com, Classic Rock Magazine, The AV Club, Vinyl District, Flood Magazine, Auxiliary Magazine, Louder Than War, Impose, Exclaim, The Skinny, Indy Week, Village Voice, Modern Drummer, Bass Player Magazine, LA Weekly, LA Times, FOXES Magazine, The Courier, The Scotsman, The Deli, BBC 6 Music, CBC Radio, NPR, KEXP.

Shauna is the vocalist for Canadian-Ukrainian dreampop duo Ummagma and has collaborated with music icons Dean Garcia (CURVE), Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins), A.R.Kane, Malcolm Holmes (OMD), and Graham Bonnar (Swervedriver, BJM). Ummagma won the 2013 Alternative Eurovision on Britain's Amazing Radio (representing Ukraine amongst 23 countries), as well as numerous independent music video awards. They have been featured in Rolling Stone Russia and RS Italia.

Shauna contributes vocals and co-writes for Sounds of Sputnik, whose "New Born' LP won them a Jagermeister music indie award in 2014 (Russia's most prestigious indie music award).

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