I feel like a bit of a douche posting about my own band but I think some of the people who read this blog may be interested in this news. I’m certainly pumped about it! Topshelf Records (Defeater, My Heart To Joy) – in partnership with Mayfly Records – is excited to announce that Old Pride, [...]
We’re staying with David’s parents tonight at their home in Nevada. After a sweltering 6 hour drive through the dessert we arrived, greeted David’s parents, and hopped straight into the pool. David’s parents cooked us BBQ chicken and practically laid out a buffet for us. His birthday is tomorrow so he opened a few cards, [...]
We finally made it to California after 26 hours of driving. It’s so hot here right now. It was 108 degrees in Redding, California yesterday. Luckily we are staying with one of Kyle’s very generous friends who is going to take us to a swimming pool after we eat breakfast. Last night’s show was sort [...]
Our van broke down at an Iowa rest stop off of interstate 80 on Sunday afternoon. We’ve been stuck in Altoona, Iowa since then. Yesterday we sat in the lobby of an auto repair shop for 9 hours to finally be told that they have no clue what’s causing our van to stall out. So [...]
1) Simon Hoegsburg – We’re All Gonna Die Simon Hoegsburg, a photographer based out of Copenhagen, Denmark, stiched together an amazing 100 meter long photograph of 178 people walking from a train station. Some of the people in the photograph look ridiculous. Be on the look out for confused dude on a bike wearing [...]
If you live in Baltimore come see Sawhorse/Pianos Become the Teeth/The Water play tonight @ The Metro Gallery. Show starts at 9.
1) Mount Eerie – 7 New Songs Mount Eerie, also known as Phil Elverum (ex principal member of The Microphones), released 7 new songs in May of 2004 while on tour in Australia. If you’ve never listened to The Microphones or Mt. Eerie before think of lo-fi + folk music + sometimes subtle electronic noise [...]