The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore was #98 on the CMJ top 200 charts, their sixth week on the charts. Thanks to everyone who has been playing the album. I’ll be at the Unwed Sailor show at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago tonight. It starts at 6. See you there for the rock. Hopefully Johnathan and I will finalize the layouts for The White Ox full-length and Circles ep. :::scott:::
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Saxon Shore finished up their 7 week tour last night in Brooklyn. Unwed Sailor are still on the road for a few more weeks. There’s a short feature in this week’s Omaha World Herald on the band. Be sure to see them when they play in a city near you. :::scott:::
The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore is #77 on the CMJ top 200, its fifth week on the charts. Thanks to all of the stations playing this record. The Saxons are winding down their tour and are in their final week of shows. My parents were out for their set with Anathallo in North Manchester, IN, they’re cool like that. I think my dad just likes to talk baseball with everyone. Unwed Sailor are continuing on their tour. They take a break around Thanksigivng, but are set to rock well into December. Go out and see them play. I saw Michael Chapman with Jack Rose and The Mountains of Mata Llama last night at Circle East. Props to Adam for another great show. Jack Rose’s instrumental guitar playing is incredible and he draws from early americana, blues, and ragtime. Michael Chapman is an incredible guitarist who entered the British folk scene in the late ’60s. He’s been overlooked for many years and was in the US for a few different festivals. His guitar playing was impeccable, maybe even some of the best I’ve ever seen. His set had many long instrumental stretches that ebbed into an almost experimental territory, including…