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Mazarin

Mazarin

After reading Seamus’ article on Blood Feathers, I recalled my first encounter with their drummer Feather Q, aka Quentin Stoltzfus, last summer. It was at Club Congress in Tucson, where I was diligently pounding beers awaiting Rogue Wave to take the stage. But before that would occur, I would have to be subjected to an opening band that I had yet to hear. Q’s band, Mazarin, took the stage and promptly proceeded to kick out the jingly jangles, echoey vocals, and dreamy riffs that sparked fire to my ears. I looked around the club in anticipation to see how the brotherly/sisterly collective was receiving the paisley-colored good vibes. Unfortunately there weren’t too many witnesses to relate to at this point in the night. Just as I was being pulled back into their psychedelic trance, the beers came a knockin’ on bladder’s door.

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Jack White Exits Artistic Rollcall Stage Left

Say hello to Coca Cola’s newest pitchman, Jack White of the White Stripes, selling drinks to bovine America.

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Raconteur indeed.

This brings to mind the late comedian Bill Hicks‘ rant about Jay Leno shilling Doritos when he obviously didn’t need the money. At one point in time Bill had considered Jay a great comedian and even a friend, afterall he had helped Hicks get his first TV appearance on Letterman, but the idea of Leno selling his soul in order to discuss inane topics with celebrities on late night TV was too much to bear.

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By the way, Jack White, Brendan Benson and whoever the hell else is in the Raconteurs will be appearing at this summer’s Lollapalooza festival in Chicago… brought to you by Bud Light.

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Blood Feathers

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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 years bands like Mazarin, Shellito, Need New Body, Dr. Dog, Espers, and even the Spinto Band have worked their way into my rotation and never really left. And now Blood Feathers have joined the party.

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Slow Moon Rising

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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 their music considering their first full length, Ala.Cali.Tucky, was initially released two years ago next month.

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