Archive for April, 2006



Where Is Vishnu When You Need Him?

In case you didn’t know already, The Epsilon Rising is looking for a drummer.
But not just any drummer. Apparently they require the Hindu god Vishnu to descend from the heavens, assume his human form, and take the sticks. All four of ‘em.

Blood Feathers

Who’s got the junk? Rattle off a list of cities with the best music scenes for me. Whaddya got? Austin? Seattle? Chicago? Athens, Georgia maybe? What about Philadelphia? I ask only because I care. And because the city of brotherly love would be near the top of mine.
Over the past five or six [...]

Slow Moon Rising

Coincidentally perpetuating the current male/female duo theme, I have been currently listening to a good-sized dosage of Brightblack Morning Light. Brightblack consists of Nathan Shineywater and Rachel Hughes, childhood best friends who grew up in Alabama, and drummer Noah Wilson, whom they met upon moving to Humboldt. I am a late comer of sorts to [...]

If You Sing It, They Will Win

So I just returned from a 24-hour road trip to Saint Louis so I could attend the Cardinals’ Opening Day and enjoy the festivities surrounding the opening of Busch Stadium III - Revenge of the Swill*.
In keeping with their out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new theme, the first pitch ceremony featured last year’s Cy Young and MVP, Chris Carpenter and [...]

Mates of State & Bagheera

Because yesterday I posted some tracks from Work Clothes, it got me thinking about some of the other husband and wife teams that I’ve been listening to lately: Mates of State, since their new album just came out a couple of weeks ago, and Bagheera, who are working on their 2nd LP.




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