photo by steve walter

trampled by turtle’s palomino reminds me of finding lust in a bar, half drunken, half expecting it to go nowhere, and then the next morning realizing its love – which is the very very short story of me and my wife’s initial meeting and my initial listen of palomino. i had heard trampled by turtle’s before and i dug em, but palomino is on a completely different level than their previous works, at least to these ears. at times its a mildly spastic bluegrass filled drunken saturday night, other times its a breezy sittin on the back porch sunday afternoon. either way its pretty much 100% awesome. quickly becoming one of my favorites of the year. highly recommended.

new orleans

photo by travis hugget

so, roadside graves, futurebirds and the blue party are playing this friday night at one eyed jacks. i couldnt be more excited, even if my chances of going are 50/50. the one friday night my wife has to work happens to be this one. son of a bitch! anyway, i got a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky soul. all you gotta do is leave a comment stating you want to go, and ill pick one at random friday morning and shoot ya an email.

roadside graves
liv tyler off you wont be happy with me
far and wide off my sons home
ruby
jenny lump off if shacking up is all you want to do
futurebirds – johnny utah off their upcoming hampton’s lullaby which is due out on the 27th on autumn tone

very very excited about this, to say the least. glossary’s joey kneiser and friends are stopping in new orleans stop and will be at yours truly’s place of residence, and like the headline says is happening on 8.10, which is a tuesday. the show will probably go on at about 8ish or so, but ill have more definitive details when the date draws closer. the tour is in support the release of joey’s most excellent the all-night bedroom revival being released on cd by last chance records. ive been told they will be also selling some of their world famous homemade glossary hot sauce at the gigs. for more information email corey @ coflegel@gmail.com.

funeral flowers

here’s the dates which are all house shows unless otherwise noted
aug. 5th – chattanooga w/ duquette johnston
aug. 6th – atlanta w/ duquette johnston
aug. 7th – standard deluxe, waverly, al w/ duquette johnston
aug. 8th – birmingham, al w/ duquette johnston
aug. 10th – new orleans, la
aug. 11th – north gate tavern baton rouge, la
aug. 12th – alexandria, la
aug. 13th – little rock, ar
aug. 14th – little rock, ar

howdy! man i wish i was able to hit up this show tonight. david vandervelde and new orleans’ giant cloud are playing at the saint. i haven’t heard much of giant cloud except those two tracks and what they play on wtul but i definitely dig em. so, if ya got nothing going on tonight and you’re in new orleans def check out this show.

checkin out my baby
learn how to hang
someone like you off waiting for the sunrise
nothin no

giant cloud – both off the old books ep courtesy of park the van records
fingernails
old soul

in august of 2005 new orleans born alfredo nogueria aka endian’s debut stella australis made it into the hands of some folks in new orleans, shortly thereafter, everyone scattered. talk about shit luck… what happened in to the record tween now and then, i havent the slightest, but thankfully it is now seeing the light of day thanks to the fine folks at park the van. been listening to it for bout a couple weeks now, and its gets better with each listen. its a fairly moody and emotional record, at least i think so, but not in an “emo” way but more like explosions in the sky w/ vocals. although his music isnt anything like eits, but you get the picture, i hope.

the record was released last week, and i highly recommend checking it out. more than worth yo time.

life goes on

since my move to new orleans, i have heard the name santeria tossed around in a few times, by people who seemed to have at least similar tastes. of course, i didnt act on those overheard recommendations. as luck would have it, i got an email about regarding the lead singer of said band releasing a solo record. that man goes by the name of brother dege, but his given name may or may not be dege legg and his record is called folk songs of the american longhaired. from what i heard of the record, all i can say is wow. this guy is not fuckin around in the least. i am not one to quote press releases, which i think shows, cause no pr person with half a brain would write like yours truly, but anyway exceptions are always made cause this sums up brother dege and his music quite nicely…out of respect for the author i’ll even keep the punctuation in tact.

“This is Delta Blues for the 21st Century, raging out of the swamplands of Louisiana. Dripping with atmosphere and backwoods noir. The real deal—death-obsessed, god-fearing, foot stomping acoustic blues steeped in the devilish myths and haunted ambience that permeates every inch of Louisiana. Factor in some Historic longhaired rock & roll influences – from Sabbath to Black Flag – and you’ve got an art project and anthropological study wrapped in one time traveling package.”

he’s kicking off his tour here in new orleans on thursday night and then headed out on the road for a quite a few gigs. check the dates below. the new orleans date is a house party thats open to the public, and free although donations are accepted and probably encouraged. the address to the house party/record release gig is 1121 piety st and begins at 9pm, for more info call 504.419.7029.

the battle of new orleans
the girl who wept stones

04.29 new orleans
04.30 birmingham, al
05.01 atlanta, ga
05.02 charlotte, nc
05.03 greenville, nc
05.04 winston-salem, nc
05.05 leesburg, va
05.06 philadelphia, pa
05.07 new york, ny
05.08 brooklyn, ny
05.09 new york, ny
05.10 providence, ri
05.11 somerville, ma
05.12 jamaica plain, ma
05.14 cleveland, oh
05.15 newport, ky
05.16 chicago, il
05.18 st. louis, mo
05.19 kansas city (blue springs, mo
05.20 dallas, tx

as the title suggests, the truckers are playing at tipitina’s tonight and tomorrow. i will hopefully be hitting up tomorrow nights show, and hopefully grabbing a few drinks at 45 tchoup before hand. please lord let me able to stay up past 9! im old, i eat supper at 3 pm and am in bed at 4.30. also, the big to-do came out last tuesday, i believe, but you can pick it up in various forms via the dbt site.