- Sat 7/8: Oceanside, Pour House
- Sun 7/9: Los Angeles, The Monty
- Wed 7/12: Eugene, John Henry’s
- Thu 7/13: Portland, The Midnight
- Fri 7/14: Seattle, Conor Bryne
- Tue 7/18: Olympia, The Crypt
- Wed 7/19: Arcata, Blondies
- Thu 7/20: Albany, The Ivy Room
- Sat 7/22: Tempe, Yucca Tap Room
- Sun 7/23: Tucson, Owls Club
EVENT CALENDAR
Saturday, July 8, 2023
La Cerca | West Coast Tour
Saturday, July 1, 2023
Highly Recommended w/ Kicking Bird
#1 - WHAT IS THE ONE ALBUM (OR EP OR SONG) THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE VERY NEXT MUSICAL THING THAT EVERYONE PRESSES PLAY ON THE NEXT TIME THEY FIND THEMSELVES THINKING “WHAT SHOULD I LISTEN TO NOW”?
SHAYLAH: Listen to Beethoven's Piano Sonatas while driving through the country in winter.
SHAUN: Hamilton Leithauser's I Had A Dream That You Were Mine is one of my favorite albums of all time. It's poignant and romantic.
Hamilton's voice is one of those that sounds best when it's being pushed to the breaking point. This is his first solo album and he and Rostam from Vampire Weekend play almost every instrument on the record.
#2 - WHAT IS THE ONE MOVIE OR TV SHOW THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE NEXT IN EVERYBODY’S NETFLIX QUEUE (OK, DOESN’T HAVE TO BE NETFLIX, WE’RE ALL INTERNET ADULTS HERE AND KNOW HOW TO FIND ANYTHING ONLINE, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER)?
SHAYLAH: Fortitude. It's like Twin Peaks with polar bears.
SHAUN: The greatest show of all time is Doctor Who. I know I'm a total nerd but I stand behind that statement. It walks the line perfectly between total cheesy camp and heartfelt expressions of love and friendship. It's been on since the 60s so there's no shortage of material.
My favorite Doctor is Peter Davison, but there are now 15 (yes I know, 14 with one face reused) Doctors so everyone can pick a favorite.
#3. I (AND BY “I” I MEAN “THE PERSON THAT IS READING THIS”) AM GOING TO THE LOCAL BOOK STORE (OK, MAYBE THE LOCAL LIBRARY FIRST) TO FIND THE VERY NEXT BOOK THAT I WILL BE PUTTING SOME EXTREMELY VALUABLE ‘ME-TIME' ASIDE FOR. WHICH BOOK WOULD YOU GET, IF YOU WERE ME (AND, I SUPPOSE, YOU HADN’T ALREADY READ WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO SUGGEST)?
SHAYLAH: Pond by Claire-Louise Bennet. I think about this book at least once a day.
SHAUN: I'd read anything by Ray Bradbury. I absolutely love the way he can use three pages to describe the outside of a house but never lose you and never make you feel like he's overdoing it. His sci-fi is obviously groundbreaking and so influential, but what I really love is the sappy stuff. Dandelion Wine reads like a poem. Both that and Something Wicked capture the innocence and magic of being a kid without shying away from the darkness that inevitably comes with growing up. That darkness is its own kind of magic and Bradbury knows it.
#4 - WHAT IS THE ONE WEBSITE (OR JUST ANY OLD INTERNET THING: APP, GIF, SERVICE, WHATEVER) THAT YOU WOULD GET REALLY DOWN IN THE DUMPS ABOUT IF IT WERE TO SUDDENLY GO AWAY?
SHAYLAH: I'd be fine without all of them.
SHAUN: Streaming music. The deathblow and lifeblood of a musician.
#5 - AND FINALLY… PLEASE GIVE ONE COMPLETELY UNAIDED RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU THINK EVERYONE SHOULD START DOING / USING / WATCHING / EATING / THINKING / QUITTING / ETC-ING TO MAKE THEIR LIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE BETTER AND/OR BEARABLE.
SHAYLAH: Ban assault weapons.
SHAUN: Hug your friends hello and goodbye. Life is super fragile and honestly pretty wasted in general. We should be spending a lot more time telling each other "I love You". Everyday there are people that change my life for the better and I want them to know that. It doesn't matter where you are, or what's going on, if you can find people to be around that inspire you then you're beyond lucky. I love my homies.
Friday, June 30, 2023
Tracy Shedd / MoeSOS DC / Blab School live in concert at The Place
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
LET'S TUESDAY at Satellite Bar & Lounge
Monday, June 19, 2023
Kicking Bird - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Sunday, June 18, 2023
LET'S DANCE at Palate Bottle Shop
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Monsoon Twilight Amid a Wave of Destruction: Forest Fallows’s “Lightly Down”
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Kicking Bird - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Pressing Concerns: Kicking Bird
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
How the couple behind a growing record label is putting Wilmington music on the map
All photos by Mary Riley; StarNews |