During our first song of the set at the Firebird I drove my golden chariot too close to the sun; paid the price of sloppy drum fill hubris and did this to my finger. Also started a Jackson Pollock piece on my snare drum.

July 24, 2011

Ahh…America. How your utter dependence on needless and unintentionally ironic signs vexes me so…

July 23, 2011

Slugging along the Kansan Plain and entered this field of lightning and pre-tornadic rain swells. Toto! No!

July 22, 2011

AgesandAges killin’ it at the Bluebird. Thanks for coming out Denver!

July 21, 2011

Walking SLC’s eschatologically wide streets we bore witness to this…um…double…whatever. Actually, never-mind.

July 21, 2011

So it begins. The long road east along the snaking gorge before turning south toward the Wasatch. Tomorrow, SLC’s temple pronged horizon.

July 18, 2011

Recipe for Simple Acoustic Bliss:

Ingredients:

  • 1 Bare stage at Olympia’s Capitol Theater
  • 2 Two vocal mics
  • 2 Two guitar mics
  • 1 Gillian Welch w/guitar
  • 1 Dave Rawlings w/guitar

Directions:

Combine Gillian, Dave and a mess of songs (old and new) with a folk hungry audience for 120 mins. Stir and enjoy!

As always it was transporting. Thanks so much for the tunes y’all!

July 17, 2011
agesandages.com

AgesandAges to Open This Thang Up!

Our wonderful Portland brethren AgesandAges will be opening this little upcoming tour - and we are stoked to have them along. Check them out here. In spite of their picture, they are not a cult, at least in the strictest sense of the word.

July 14, 2011
pitchfork.com

Listen to American Goldwing

Oh snap, the title track off our new record is streaming on p4k!

July 07, 2011

We'll Buy You A Drink If...

…you come participate in our new video THIS FRIDAY June 24. Come to one of these 3 venues, or all of them, and hang out and get video’d - we would super-appreciate your presence and we’ll play you a new song from the upcoming record and maybe a few more. Schedule is:

11:00am - The Woods in Sellwood

1:00pm - Mississippi Studios

5:00pm - Ella St Social Club

Seriously, we’ll buy you a drink! C’mon down!

June 22, 2011