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). With clients from 6 continents, we've promoted music by XTC's Colin Moulding & Andy Partridge, RIDE's Mark Gardener, Throwing Muses, COCTEAU TWINS' Robin Guthrie, KMFDM, Ministry, PIL's Jah Wobble, The Veldt, DEAD CAN DANCE's Lisa Gerrard, Kristin Hersh, BAUHAUS' Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins & David Haskins, THE SPECIALS' Neville Staple, The Wedding Present, THE MISSION's Wayne Hussey, A.R.Kane, THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE's Anton Newcombe & Joel Gion, Shriekback, CURVE's Dean Garcia, Jacknife Lee, THE DANDY WARHOLS' Peter G. Holmstrom, SLOWDIVE's Rachel Goswell, Cathal Coughlan, THE DAMNED's Rat Scabies, John Fryer, The Membranes, THE HEARTBREAKERS' Walter Lure, TRASHCAN SINATRAS' John Douglas, MINISTRY's Chris Connelly, VIOLENT FEMMES' Victor DeLorenzo & The Telescopes, plus members of Stereolab, Garbage, Talk Talk, The Bangles, Sneaker Pimps & Future Sound of London. We've promoted Duran Duran, Thurston Moore & Spiritualized rarities, as well as collaborations with members of The Cure, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, The Cult, The Wonderstuff, The Twilight Sad, Trentemøller, Gene Loves Jezebel, Cheap Trick, The Offspring, Van Halen, Kings X and ICE-T.

Shameless Promotion PR has an established reach of 65+ countries, having gained coverage in Rolling Stone, Brooklyn Vegan, American Songwriter, Guitar World, The Guardian, NME, The WIRE, 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's Canadian-Ukrainian dreampop duo Ummagma has collaborated with Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie, Curve's Dean Garcia, OMD's Malcolm Holmes, A.R.Kane, & Graham Bonnar (Swervedriver, BJM). Ummagma won the 2013 Alternative Eurovision on Britain's Amazing Radio (for Ukraine from 23 countries) & numerous music video awards, and have been featured in Rolling Stone. Their collaborative "New Born' album with Sounds of Sputnik earned a Jagermeister Music Indie Award in 2014.

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