I am coming back to the U.S. this weekend just in time to see Unwed Sailor and Early Day Miners play in NYC and Brooklyn on 11/12 August. Hopefully I’ll see you at the shows. Aspera has turned in the 5 song audio master for their forthcoming one-sided LP. The cover image and etching are being finalized. Everything is planned for a 1 November purchase neurontin online release to stores. Aspera continue on in the style established by their super hott 2003 release, Oh Fantastica, on Jagjaguwar. Think electronic drum beats mixed with layers and layers of keyboards entertwined with the proper doseage of psych rock melodies. If you don’t know Aspera, you must become close friends as soon as possible. :::scott:::
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The Trouble with Sweeney have two lately announced shows this weekend: July 25 | The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL | w/ OKGO and Bang!Bang! July 26 | Old Saint George, Cincinatti, OH Here are some nice press snippets to help encourage you to fall in love with them: “5 out of 5” – Alternative Press “Sweeney’s 3 1/2-minute story-songs truly shine here, with lyrics as wryly literary as just about any found in modern indie-pop, and infectious tunes with inventive arrangements that suit the tales perfectly.” – Tucson Weekly “Excellent and elegant” – The Portland Mercury “One of the 2003’s must-see acts.” – Pittsburgh Pulp “Joey Sweeney is one of the great pop troubadours of this fresh new century.” – Hybrid Magazine Unwed Sailor are going out with Early Day Miners in August and a couple dates on their own at the beginning and end of the tour: August 2 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews August 3 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Dinkytowner August 5 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean w/ Early Day Miners, The Naysayer August 6 – Bloomington, IN @ Bears Place w/ Early Day Miners August 7 – Louisville, KY @ Rudyard Kiplings w/ Early…
Saxon Shore : Four Months of Darkness went up 16 spots to #141 on the CMJ top 200. Be sure to see them on tour the rest of the summer. Denison is out on the road, as well. And The Trouble with Sweeney are finishing up their months of residencies in Brooklyn and Philadephia. Unwed Sailor will be going on the road with Early Day Miners for two weeks in August. Dates will be posted very soon. I was in Venice this past weekend. Thanks to Heidi, Andy, and Stephanie for taking me to see the fireworks. Venice was a really different city with the boats and waterways. There were a lot of tourists, especially on Saturday. The fireworks were for a celebration to commemorate the end of the black plague, so I guess a lot of people came to see them. I walked around the city, soaking in all of the sites. I went to see the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and saw the Angels Camp book in the bookstore. This is the book for the Angels Camp movie with the soundtrack by Honey for Petzi that will be released in the US on btv this coming autumn. I had…