Tijuana Gift Shop

Actually, Jeff would like to do a lot of things, and most of them would be of wonderful service to you, your band, event, company or idea. The Brooklyn, NY resident has a long and sordid — oops, make that “storied” — career as a publicist extraordinaire, managing the most diverse artist roster ever assembled.

Seriously — Jeff is the only person who could potentially invite Slash, RZA, Three 6 Mafia, Ronnie James Dio, Shonen Knife and Northern State over for a barbecue, and they’d be like all “Yo, Kilgour… should I bring my bitchin’ potato salad?” (says the RZA)

Jeff approaches every artist, big or small, with an ambitious, occasionally preposterous plan. During his early days of PR-dom, this Lehigh graduate seized opportunities whenever and however — like that time one of his bands, Lovenut, wasn’t feeling their album take off like they had hoped. Jeff simply rented a flatbed truck, drove the band through Baltimore’s Camden Yards on opening day and had the group rock out in front of DC alt-rock radio superpower WHFS. The next day, the band was on the radio … and in the Washington Post.

During his decade plus of promotion, Kilgour has proven he will go to any length to help his bands prosper — even at the expense of his own personal health. He will hit up every Irish bar in New York City just to promote his band’s St. Patty’s Day concert appearance (see: The Saw Doctors). He will drink until sunrise with one of his artists at the Chelsea Hotel — and get said artist to call his boss at 4AM and explain: “Jeff will be coming in late today.” (see: Slash) And, because he cares, Jeff will hold back the hair of his more indulgent artists as they spew forth an unholy vomit in his bathroom (see: members of Cradle of Filth).

Besides his publicity work, Jeff has also worked as an independent tour promoter, spoken on numerous music-related panels, written for local music and listings magazines, engaged in A&R and even licensed music for websites (before that was “cool” or “iTunes-y”). With Tijuana Gift Shop, Kilgour has continued his trend of going outside of the mainstream music industry to help out performers he cares deeply about, including fine-artists, authors, graphic designers, charitable organizations and even sixth-graders (see: Care Bears on Fire).

At the end of the day, Jeff opens up a whole new world for his artists to share their visions, ideas, sounds and projects. He’ll leave you with a smile on your face and the knowledge that you couldn’t have asked for anything more.