My great friend Carter from Rollo & Grady has summed up his 2011 top music picks and was kind enough to tap me to edit some images for him - check out his picks as well as my own in the Industry Picks list
poster, for deer tick, obviously
I work for Eventbrite now. It’s awesome. Great to work for a company I have personally used and enjoyed before.
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I was thrilled to get to premiere a new track from local favorites So Many Wizards for Aquarium Drunkard
While the entirety of their brief body of work has been enjoyable, on their new 7”, the maturity and honed sound is evident.
Futurebirds hit the road on the Bonnaroo Buzz Tour starting tomorrow night, May 17th. The 13 show tour, with Grace Potter (and more) leads up to the bands first appearance at Bonnaroo - where I’ll be meeting up with the boys.
for The Henry Clay People, Autumn Tone alums and all around great dudes
for Les Blanks, one of LA’s finest
a write up on a recent, fantastic complilation of Ivory Coast music is up over at AD:
Over at AD, I’ve written about Eddie Ray and the original document vs. its prototype:
Ray’s voice easily shines, ready for the red light to pop on and bust out a final take. A bare, jabbing guitar fills for what would become a wobbly up-and-down-the-scale funk. A hand drum opens, starts to fill a beat, and never quite finds a place to set the tone. If nothing more than just two versions of the same song, the demo shows an intentionality of design impossible to fully appreciate without context.
poster for AD and OEJ
