Little, Big is putting out their first album! The Band Mom has been doing college radio promotion for it and is presenting this show to celebrate its release! It’s even on a Friday night – THIS Friday night! See you there!!

Here is a poster for it, designed by Dana (alter-ego of “Little”) herself!

Here’s the facebook invite. Here’s some more stuff about it!!

It’s at Union Hall, a favorite place of mine and a venue where I also often work the door. It’s at 702 Union St, just east of 5^th Ave in Park Slope Brooklyn. It is not the same place as Union Pool, so don’t go there. Take the R train to Union St and walk 1 block east!

It costs 8 bones, the doors are at 8pm, and the music starts at 8:30. Here’s stuff about the bands! In last to first order:

WAZU

“The duo in Wazu crafts an almost scary electro-rock with industrial tinges and a pop soul. Their guitar sound alone commands awe, while the overall apop-calyptic mood of their music brings to mind that masterpiece of the 80s that is The The’s Infected.” -The Deli NYC 2012

Also check them out at KEXP’s Song Of The Day 2 weeks ago!!

WEIRD CHILDREN

Weird Children are 5 foul-mouthed humans crafting tight garage pop nuggets of sound in their Bushwick loft. Feed them greasy hamburgers and cheap beer to make friends, but be warned, they just might follow you home.

(I shared a room with some of these guys during SXSW. If they’re anything in live performance like they are as people, this show is gonna be superfun, smell like feet and drink a LOT of beer.)

LITTLE, BIG

Pins and Narwhals is the culmination of five years of musical and artistic collaboration between singer/artist Dana Young and musician/composer Chuck Meyer. It’s Little, Big’s debut album (and also a comic book) and is a product of their story – nine songs stripped of pretention and full of confidence, energy and fun. Paired with Dana’s pencil drawings to carry surreal but universal messages about relationships and play, the sound mixes sequenced drums and sparse keyboards with dirty bass and intuitive pop melodies.

BTW did you see this nice stuff My Old Kentucky Blog said about these guys?? Check it: “The magneticism’s in Dana Young’s innocently emotional delivery, Chuck Meyer’s inspired bass lines and peels, and a sense of reinventing the “Indie Pop” and new wave wheels.  Little, Big’s ingenuous attack, which combines passion with spontaneity, feels fresh as anything.”

Again, you can find the facebook invite for the event here, info on the venue’s site here, and the ticketweb link to buy a ticket right here.

SEE YOU THERE, BROOKLYN!!! This is gonna be FUN.

Hey guess what, I’ve got a new add this week!! Two in one month, I know, that’s crazy!! LITTLE, BIG have been close to the Band Mom’s heart for a long time: in fact, when they were a 3-piecea band called Hidden People (as opposed to the two-piece they are now), they were my FIRST EVER BAND MOM BAND. Amazing!!! Obviously I owe these guys a lot; if they hadn’t said “start that company now and we will hire you” I might never have started this company. THANK YOU, Chuck and Dana!!

But mushy stuff aside, this band is awesome. With a girl singer and a drum machine (and a bass but not guitar!), they get a lot of comparisons to a maybe happier/updated Siouxsie and the Banshees, and they idolize bands like X-Ray Spex and Screaming Females which you can definitely see coming out in their stuff. CHECK IT OUT! And check out this special bonus: if you got a hard copy at your radio station, pop that baby into your computer and check out the files on it, because it’s not just a CD: this band is releasing this thing commercially as a comic book with a download code (they printed up CDs just for promotional purposes; you can’t find these in stores, which is why the album art below is an unusual shape), and as a gift to you they included a PDF file of the comic book right on the CD (and it’s also wrapped up with the download) as well! WHOA! HOW COOL IS THAT! Anyway ADD IT, RADIO!

LITTLE, BIG

PINS AND NARWHALS

Self-Released

Pins and Narwhals is the culmination of five years of musical and artistic collaboration between singer/artist Dana Young and musician/composer Chuck Meyer.

They met on a street corner in Brooklyn in 2007.  She thought, “That’s my bassist.”  He thought, “That’s my singer.”  It was musical love at first sight.  Dana’s wide range and pop sensibility meshed perfectly with Chuck’s hook-driven lead bass. After adding Chuck’s drum loops and Dana’s illustrations, Little,Big emerged as a new, more playful take on being a rock band.  They’ve spent the last two years making music designed for dancing to in your most awesome pajamas. 

Pins and Narwhals is a product of their story – nine songs stripped of pretention and full of confidence, energy and fun.  The sound mixes sequenced drums and sparse keyboards with dirty bass and intuitive pop melodies. These are paired with Dana’s pencil drawings to carry surreal but universal messages about relationships and play.

Insert your hard copy of the CD into your computer or check out the PDF included in the download link to access a free copy of the comic book that comes as the commercial release’s artwork!!

RIYL: Siouxsie and the Banshees, X-Ray Spex, Screaming Females, Hidden People (their former band!)

Start With: 5, 3, 8, 9     FCC CLEAN

Contact me for a download link if you’re a radio rep!

ALSO, my next Band Mom Presents show is Little, Big’s record release show at Union Hall next month! Yes!! Check out this adorable poster designed by Dana (alter ego of “Little”)!! You’ll be hearing a lot more from me about this in the coming weeks, but all the important info is on this awesome flier!

http://facebook.com/littlecommabig
http://twitter.com/littlecommabig
http://youtube.com/littlecommabig
http://tumblr.littlecommabig.com
http://www.littlecommabig.com

Hi. Hey. HEY! I have a new add this week and I can’t even believe who it is. Um, did you guys know that Owen Ashworth, who formerly called his music CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE, is now releasing material as Advance Base? DID YOU KNOW THAT MY NEXT ADD IS ADVANCE BASE?!?!?! MY NEXT ADD IS ADVANCE BASE!!!

I’ve been a major big-time over-enthusiastic fan of Owen Ashworth’s for several years. I first heard of him when I was a college radio DJ (FULL CIRCLE!!!). My last.fm profile will tell you he is my all-time seventh-favorite artist. My Top Stuff of 2009 list will tell you he put out my third-favorite album of that whole year. And in this review I wrote for the Tripwire about that album (before that year was over, naturally), looong before I met the guy or had any inkling I’d ever be working with him, the first sentence reads, “I’ve heard my favorite record thus far of 2009”. When we first started exchanging emails this year, Owen told me he remembered reading that review back then and being “really touched” by it, which I honestly think has a lot to do with how I ended up snagging this incredible album as a Band Mom project. Basically I guess what I’m saying is that I’ve been setting myself up for this very moment ever since my college days, and at several other points since then. I AM NOT FOOLING AROUND HERE, YOU GUYS!!! This is a huge deal!!! For my life, and for college radio, because this album is SO GREAT!! It’s sweet, and smart, and sad, and full of characters (some of them female) who may or may not be heavily-veiled autobiography: in short, it’s an Owen Ashworth album. YOU HAVE TO HEAR THIS THING!!

The record is being released on vinyl & digital download via Orindal Records (Owen’s own label, which has also done stuff with his brother Concern, anticon.-associated rapper Serengeti, and more), and also on CD through Caldo Verde, which is run by Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon & Red House Painters. OMG!!

Also, is it a coincidence that both of my most recent 2 artists (the other of course being Eliza Rickman‘s O, You Sinners) are from Chicago and have titles (and lyrics) with vaguely sad religious overtones?! I DON’T KNOW, IS IT?! I’M TOO EXCITED ABOUT THIS TO THINK ANY MORE!!!

ADVANCE BASE

A SHUT-IN’S PRAYER

Orindal/Caldo Verde

Advance Base is the new musical project by Chicago, Illinois singer, songwriter, & producer Owen Ashworth (formerly of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone). A Shut-In’s Prayer is Ashworth’s first full-length release in over three years, & his first under the name Advance Base. Recorded at home & in piano practice rooms at the Chicago Public Library, A Shut-In’s Prayer is an intimate collection of deliberately crafted but decidedly lo-fi torch songs, waltzes & ballads. Accompanying himself on his Rhodes 54 electric piano, Ashworth sings nostalgic stories about lost loves, childhood friends, estranged siblings, & hard feelings over simple drum machine rhythms & spare percussion. The additional arrangements that fill out these ten songs intertwine gentle upright piano melodies & expansive electric bass, filling the spaces between plainly-sung harmony vocals & strummed autoharp chords, with the occasional creaking floorboard or snapping reverb spring to remind you of the cramped rooms where this album was recorded. It’s a different sound than one might expect from the dude from Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, but Ashworth’s keen ear for melody & idiosyncratic skill as a lyricist have only improved in recent years, pushing his memorable songwriting in all new directions. At age 35, Ashworth has a lot of music left in him, & he’s just getting started again.

“A smart progression from Ashworth’s Casiotone recordings, presenting that project’s bittersweet introspection with more nuanced production.” –Jenn Pelly, Pitchfork

RIYL: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Smog, No Kids, Parenthetical Girls, Mark Kozelek, Mount Eerie, Xiu Xiu, Magnetic Fields

Start With: 1, 2, 6     FCC CLEAN

Contact me for a download link if you’re a radio rep (this one’s almost exclusively a download)!

http://advancebasemusic.com/

https://www.facebook.com/AdvanceBase

www.twitter.com/advancebase

http://soundcloud.com/advance-base

www.orindal.com

www.caldoverderecords.com

http://www.lowtimespodcast.com/lt_episodes/001/ (Owen Ashworth on the debut episode of the excellent Low Times podcast)

WHOA! I’m down in Austin for SXSW (much more on that very soon), but that doesn’t mean I’m leaving behind the world of college radio this week: in fact I’ve got a new add, Chicago’s beautiful Eliza Rickman!!

I met Eliza through Band Mom artists Zoe Boekbinder and Shenandoah Davis, and the connection between the three is obvious: they could each be VERY loosely classified as lady singer-songwriters, but that would be a gross oversimplification on every count. Each is unique and quirky in her own ways, and I’m excited to dive into the world of Eliza’s: one that involves toy pianos alternating with lush string arrangements, pop hooks mixed with mournful ballads. LET’S GO!

ELIZA RICKMAN

O, YOU SINNERS

Self-Released

There is always a hint of menace and reservoirs of force haunting the corners of Eliza Rickman’s voice, whatever register it occupies. Her presence on stage—whether she wears flowers in her hair, or stuffed birds; whether she plays a toy piano or a grand piano—is an enveloping, soft darkness, impossible to ignore. It is quite a surprise that Rickman didn’t even realize she could sing until after she earned a degree in orchestration from Azusa Pacific University, because her voice is the most enthralling and salient feature of any on the tracks from her new album O, You Sinners. And this is saying something, considering her deftness as a pianist and her subtlety as a composer. Like Kate Bush’s work, or like PJ Harvey‘s album White Chalk, the arrangements on O, You Sinners are edged with dissonance. Like Andrew Bird, she favors pizzicato strings over junkyard percussion and complex lyrical melodies. Indeed, Rickman’s co-producer Mark Greenberg is a frequent contributor to Bird’s albums (as well as to Wilco’s The Whole Love and to the Grammy Award-winning Mavis Staples’s album You Are Not Alone). The album also features features some percussion by Kevin O’Donnell (Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire) and upright bass was played by Tom V. Ray (Neko Case, Jakob Dylan).

Religious themes pervade Rickman’s work—her album is, after all, titled O, You Sinners. She is the daughter of a pastor, and started playing piano in church at the age of 13. But like one of her great influences – Nick Cave – her writing belies ambivalence about religion. Good and evil; love, both God’s love and carnal love; sinners and saints; desire and repentance, all find a place in Rickman’s songs. They lurk behind the scrim- whatever stage she sets. The coin of her realm is stamped with the will of God, and whether you are a doubter or a believer you must deal in her currency if you want her to ferry you ashore. “O, you sinners” she sings, “hear me.” And how could we not listen?

Eliza has just embarked upon a massive US TOUR – contact me for more info/to schedule an interview, instudio, or ticket giveaway!

RIYL: Kate Bush, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Amanda Palmer, Rufus Wainwright, Mirah, Zoe Boekbinder, Andrew Bird

Start With: 7, 8, 1, 11 (Nick Cave cover)     FCC CLEAN

Contact me for a download link if you’re a radio rep!

www.facebook.com/elizarickman

www.elizarickman.com

www.twitter.com/elizarickman

http://elizarickman.bandcamp.com

HEY! My first record for 2012 is awesome. Welcome to my 3 Year Anniversary of The Band Mom! This record went for adds this past week (1/31), and it jumped on that chart at #15 Most Added (actually tied for #15 with Merge’s Imperial Teen?! OK!)…woo!!! This is already going so great. Now we’re shooting for the Top 200!

I met Paul Price of Good Field a whole bunch of years ago, in Austin TX through my friend Ryan I’d always stayed with at SXSW – so I’ve known the guy since something like 2007 and been dying to work with him all this time, and now IT’S ALL HAPPENING!

The good dudes of GOOD FIELD have also played as members of bands like Brazos (who I caught on tour with White Denim a little over a year ago), Tacks the Boy Disaster (who I saw play once with Midlake, a year BEFORE I even met Paul!! Tiny tiny world) and also Voxtrot. Which I guess is another way to say they’re from Austin.

GOOD FIELD

GOOD FIELD

Self-Titled

Good Field began as the solo recording project of Austin, TX’s Paul Price (Brazos, The Early Tapes), with instrumentation and production help from friends Nathan Stein (Tacks the Boy Disaster, Brazos, The Early Tapes) and Jared Van Fleet (Voxtrot, Sparrow House).  In the early stages of recording Price’s songs, Stein moved to Boston to pursue a doctorate degree in Statistics, while Van Fleet relocated to Brooklyn to tour with Beirut. Price, who had written some of the album in an isolated adobe by a cenote in Mexico, continued working on the songs in between tours with Brazos and Voxtrot, while the trio collaborated miles apart.  Shortly after the recording, which combined influences of shoegaze, indie rock, ’60s guitar tones, and pop hooks, wrapped up in the summer of 2011, Price formed the band known as Good Field – an homage to cricket and desolate landscapes. Joining Price are fellow Austin musicians Esteban Cruz (Coma in Algiers) on drums, Michael McLeod (Richard Linklater film composer) on bass and Kyle Robertson (whose work has been featured on Grey’s Anatomy, The Daily Show, American Idol, and the Winter Olympics in Vancouver) on keys.  

RIYL: Wilco, Midlake, Tacks the Boy Disaster, Grizzly Bear, Brazos

Start With: 7, 2, 3      FCC CLEAN

Contact me for a download link!

http://www.facebook.com/goodfieldband

http://www.goodfieldband.com/

http://goodfield.bandcamp.com/

http://www.reverbnation.com/goodfield

http://soundcloud.com/goodfieldband 

Oh no!! It’s that time again. I have a history of waiting until a month after the end of the year (mostly so I can fit in as many movies as possible, and to speak from a tiny position of perspective – at the cost of some relevance, I know, but I’m really only writing this for myself anyway), and then coming up with the most hilariously long lists that nobody could possibly ever want to read. YOU’RE WELCOME!

I got a new part-time job this year in addition to my Band Mom radio promo (actually, two new part-time jobs), and you’ll see that reflected pretty heavily when we get down to my Top Shows lists. Actually, looking back at my last couple years many of my top stuff of 2009 and 2010 took place at my future places of employment anyway, so it’s not really weird that this kept up once they started paying me to be there. I decided, though I’m keeping the rule that Band Mom Bands are ineligible for the Top Albums list because I couldn’t possibly rank them against each other, that I can’t rule out shows where I worked the door or stage managed for my Top Shows lists, because then there would be almost no shows to consider. You’re still reading??

As always, I never claim stuff on this list is the ‘best’ of the year. Art is impossible to grade on an objective scale, and it’s insulting and ugly to posture as though one could do so. These are just my favorites:

top 15 albums (or eps) of 2010:

1. the mountain goats – all eternals deck

   

2. mister heavenly – out of love
3. childish gambino – camp
4. pikachunes – pikachunes
5. princess chelsea – lil golden book
6. dolfish – your love is bummin’ me out
7. david bazan – strange negotiations
8. man man – life fantastic
9. m83 – hurry up, we’re dreaming
10. john vanderslice – white wilderness
11. st vincent – strange mercy
12. generationals – actor-caster
13. destroyer – kauptt
14. mansions – dig up the dead
15. bon iver – bon iver

honorable mentions / albums that might have made the list had i spent more time with them (could easily become future favorites):

nick diamonds – i am an attic; cut copy – zonoscope; chain & the gang – music’s not for everyone; tyler, the creator – goblin; toro y moi – underneath the pine; danielson-best of goucester county; lake – you are alone/higher than merry; deerhoof – deerhoof vs evil; ravens & chimes – holiday life; 13 & god – own your ghost; carol bui – red ship; we became actors – something major; jason anderson – summer style; lil wayne-tha carter iv; atlas sound – parallax; usf – the spray; bill callahan – apocalypse; jay z/kanye – watch the throne; eleanor friedberger – last summer; gang gang dance – eye contact; panda bear – tomboy; moonface – organ music not vibraphone like i’d hoped; wild flag – wild flag; nurses – dracula; blackout beach – fuck death; chad vangaalen – diaper island; handsome furs – sound kapital; the new release of brian wilson’s smile.

as mentioned and as always, band mom artists are ineligible for this list because i wouldn’t even begin to know how to rank them; this year that includes a few artists who technically released their albums this year even though i didn’t promote them, YET, but i still at least as of this writing consider them band mom artists and potential future band mom projects: this means you, bright brown, girls in trouble, the loom, and matt bauer. and you, zoe boekbinder, shenandoah davis, tennis pro, terrordactyls, tereu tereu, dc pierson, and joseph keckler. you all released FANTASTIC albums that are tied for number one in my heart, and i love you the most.

top 25 shows (concerts):

1. lcd soundsystem’s final show @ madison square garden (manhattan ny, april)

   

2. mister heavenly w/fort lean, mr dream @ mercury lounge (manhattan ny, november)
3. WHY? w/serengeti @ florence gould hall, wordless music show (manhattan ny, december)
4. kid cudi, childish gambino, aloe blacc @ terminal 5 (manhattan ny, june)
5. john vanderslice, damien jurado @ mercury lounge (manhattan ny, may)
6. mountain goats w/megafaun @ bowery ballroom (manhattan ny, march)
7. old 97s @ bell house (brooklyn ny, 2 nights, july)
8. girls in trouble, calvin johnson, chain & the gang ft fred thomas @ dead herring (brooklyn ny, february)
9. yo la tengo @ bell house (brooklyn ny, may)
10. chuck ragan w/ sean o’neill, SHARKS @ bell house (brooklyn ny, may)
11. crooked fingers @ bell house (brooklyn ny, may)
12. matt bauer record release show, the loom, melaena cadiz @ union pool (brooklyn ny, june)
13. robyn hitchcock, john wesley harding also ft ted leo, scott mccaughey (minus 5), sean nelson (harvey danger), peter buck, various decemberists @ bell house (brooklyn ny, november)
14. wild flag, lee renaldo @ bell house (brooklyn ny, october)
15. valley lodge w/hrny wrms, walt mink @ bell house (brooklyn ny, july)
16. peter wolf w/roy sludge @ bell house (brooklyn ny, october)
17. the thermals w/big troubles, eula @ bell house (brooklyn ny, july)
18. calvin johnson, damned dogs, generifus @ helsing junction followed by grass widow w/broken water, dogjaw (olympia wa, same day in august)
19. black moth super rainbow w/marshmallow ghosts, lichens, serengeti @ bell house (brooklyn ny, september)
20. roadside graves, dinosaur feathers, dolfish, melaena cadiz @ union hall (brooklyn ny, december)
21. shellac w/helen money @ bell house (brooklyn ny, 2 nights, october)
22. typefighter w/chris mills, brett harris @ kings (raleigh nc, june)
23. robbers on high street, poison control center, kleenex girl wonder, north english @ union hall (brooklyn ny, july)
24. bob mould @ bell house (brooklyn ny, november)
25. 5.6.7.8.’s, black lips @ bell house, norton records anniversary show (brooklyn ny, november)

working at venues is awesome – it was tough to cut this down to just 25. also i should mention my two first-ever Band Mom Presents shows, which I’m not allowing to count but which were real highlights of my year: 9/17 with mighty moon, lips, pikachunes, and princess chelsea; and 10/22 my very first CMJ showcase with soft punch, mighty moon, bright brown, prairie empire, melaena cadiz, and girls in trouble.

top 50 movies:

1. the muppets

   

2. beginners
3. we need to talk about kevin
4. submarine
5. drive
6. melancholia
7. higher ground
8. hesher
9. super
10. take shelter
11. the tree of life
12. another earth
13. like crazy
14. beyond this place
15. the catechism cataclysm
16. bridesmaids
17. pariah
18. restless
19. martha marcy may marlene
20. the artist
21. incendies
22. of gods and men
23. terri
24. cave of forgotten dreams
25. another happy day
26. attack the block
27. a good old-fashioned orgy
28. super 8
29. uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives
30. my week with marilyn
31. j. edgar
32. the lie
33. source code
34. the future
35. heartbeats
36. crazy, stupid, love
37. green hornet
38. midnight in paris
39. shame
40. the skin i live in
41. our idiot brother
42. 50/50
43. the descendants
44. page one: inside the new york times
45. hugo
46. sherlock holmes: a game of shadows
47. cedar rapids
48. the girl with the dragon tattoo
49. exporting raymond
50. tell them anything you want: a portrait of maurice sendak

honorable mentions (roughly in order; this whole list was initially a numbered top 90 until I realized how ridiculous that is):

the trip; even the rain; moneyball; tinker tailor soldier spy; jane eyre; red state; magic trip; everything must go; conan o’brien can’t stop; ides of march; margin call; the adventures of tintin; take me home tonight; hanna; win win; into the abyss; the debt; pina (3d); detective dee and the mystery of the phantom flame; immortals; paul; horrible bosses; war horse; the adjustment bureau; margaret; potiche; beautiful boy; fubar: balls to the wall; last night; peep world; warrior; the tempest; shut up little man! an audio misadventure; extremely loud and incredibly close; 30 minutes or less; lemmy; the rum diary; rise of the planet of the apes; contagion; in time; pearl jam twenty; arthur; scream 4; the best and brightest.

top NEW actors of the year (as in i’d never heard their names before/never saw them in anything and now they seem like a big deal to me, were each in several things i loved): jessica chastain & benedict cumberbatch

standout actors of the year (who were not new to me, but were in a bunch of stuff i loved and seemed to have a really big year): michael fassbender, emma stone, ezra miller (is he the next paul dano?), tom hardy, john hawkes, and, of course, the gosling.

some notes on movies: in 2011 i saw 279 different movies. 60 of them were in theaters (i paid to see the muppets twice, and doubled up on a ton of others on dvd), and to date i’ve seen 114 movies that came out in 2011 (this includes a few that i watched after the year ended, so they’ll be among the total i report having watched in 2012, but they’re also part of the group of 2011 movies i’m counting as eligible for this best-of list).

as for movies with questionable release dates, i guess the rule i made up is basically that if i saw it in like a festival or limited-engagement special event (like how I saw Spike Jonze’s Maurice Sendak movie in a one-time screening at the Ace Hotel, or Beyond This Place with a live soundtrack by Sufjan and Ray Raposa at BAM) in 2011, even if it didn’t get even limited national release otherwise, it counts for my list, but if i did not see it in a festival before 2011 and its first limited release (any usa release that’s not a specific festival, even if it showed in fests pre-2011) was this year, then it counts. in other words it’s pretty subjective to my perspective, but it had to have its (limited or wide) release begin in 2011 OR be seen by me in a festival or special event (i saw movies at SXSW, tribeca, BAM cinema fest, NYFF and a few assorted micro fests) in 2011.

also of note, i saw 8 movies in 2011 in 3d (immortals, hugo, rio, green hornet, cave of forgotten dreams, adventures of tintin, pina, the dawn treader which came out in 2010 but which i saw in a theater in january). i continue to think it’s a stupid cash grab that almost never adds to the film, but cave of forgotten dreams was by FAR the best use of it i’ve ever seen (hugo takes second place this year; pina also makes a very strong case).

here’s what 1.15 trips to the movie theater a week (plus a few extraneous otherwise tix) looks like, btw:

here’s to beating it in 2012.

although i obviously saw a ton of movies this year, you’ll always miss a few; these are the ones that i suspect might have had a chance at making the above lists had i been able to catch them: a separation, carnage, young adult, the iron lady, miss bala, a better life, anonymous, retreat, circumstance, dirty girl, the devil’s double, tabloid, 13 assassins, certified copy, point blank, the black power mixtape 1967-1975, film socialisme, trust, we bought a zoo, beautiful darling, salvation boulevard, treatment, coriolanus, tyrannosaur, footnote. plus a few of the foreign & doc & those foreign animated oscar nominees which despite all that you see here (this is not a list light on foreigns or docs!) i had somehow never previously heard of. pretty much everything else, if it came out in 2011 and it’s not listed here, it’s on purpose. SO THERE.

saw filmmakers/actors/film-related musicians in person promoting:

-tell them anything you want (spike jonze, catherine keener, lance bangs)

-royal tenenbaums (10^th anniversary screening!! w/noah baumbach co-leading a q&a with wes anderson, bill murray, gwyneth paltrow, and anjelica huston)

-beyond this place (q&a with director kaleo la belle, live soundtrack by sufjan stevens & raymond raposa)

-metropolis (alloy orchestra performed live score)

-the catechism cataclysm (i’m not pretending this actually counts but as i was walking in, star steve little was walking out having just completed a q&a for the prior showtime. oh I also did almost exactly this same thing passing by josh radnor doing a q&a for happythankyoumoreplease. damn it)

also as an aside, last year I made up a ‘best sound design‘ category because I felt so strongly about black swan’s and was mad that it was slighted in oscar nominations, and this year I feel the same way about the sound in WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN.

my 25 favorite comedy shows I saw (in chronological order):

-diddygethard @ ucb 1/14

-the rejection show @ bell house 2/14

-the chris gethard show’s ‘night of zero laughs’ @ ucb 2/19

-‘john and scott’ (lutz & adsit doing improv) @ ucb 2/23

-mr funny pants book release show for michael showalter with eugene mirman, kumail nanjiani, reggie watts, and the a cappella group ‘nonsequitur’ @ bell house 2/27

-marc maron live wtf tapings featuring, among others: sarah vowell, chuck klosterman, fred armisen, bill hader, jonathan katz, jon benjamin, will arnett, tom scharpling, wyatt cenac, horatio sanz, amy sedaris, gabe liedman, elna baker, julie klausner, scott adsit, julian mccullough, seth meyers, morgan spurlock, nick dipaolo, artie lange, ira glass @ bell house: 3/10, 6/1, 7/25, 9/19

-whiplash featuring brent sullivan, robert kelly, nick kroll, eugene mirman, colin quinn and leo allen @ ucb 5/9

-party machine featuring jason sudeikis, jon glaser, nikki glaser, sara schaefer, nick turner, lisa delarios and adira amaram @ union hall 6/25

-mr coconuts, hosted by gabe delahaye, with ted leo and jon friedman, with heather lawless and nick diamonds, and with gabe liedman, max silvestri and jenny slate @ union hall 7/19, 10/18, and 12/20

-literary death match with dave hill, michael showalter and daniel nayeri judging jenny slate, barbara browning, hilary hamann, and mira ptacin @ le poisson rouge 5/25

-‘cool as nice’ with jon friedman and adam wade @ union hall 7/26

-pretty good friends with they might be giants, neil degrasse tyson, patton oswalt, jonathan coulton, eugene mirman @ williamsburg waterfront 7/29

-del close marathon: ny mets monoscene, match game ’76, doug loves movies, the benson interruption, director’s commentary live, raiders in 15 minutes, derrick @ ucb & FIT 8/12-14

-startalk live, hosted by neil degrasse tyson, featuring guests kristen schaal, scott adsit, eugene mirman, john hodgman, alan alda, and astronaut mike massimo @ bell house during eugene mirman comedy fest 9/15 and again 12/18

–archer panel with aisha tyler, jessica walter, john benjamin, chris parnell, amber nash, lucky yates, and I think adam reed during eugene mirman comedy festival (which also included an awkward party bus, a petting zoo, and a disastrous drinking game masquerading as the talent show) @ bell house 9/17

-louis ck @ the bell house 9/30

-asssscat with monologist chris kelley and chris gethard, anthony ataman, fran gillespie, neil casey, john gemberling, shannon o’neil, sue galloway, zach woods, jason mantzoukas 10/2

-whiplash with eddie brill, hannibal buress, langhorne slim and reggie watts @ ucb 10/10

-cheap date, hosted by tyler fischer and sharron paul, with sherri shepherd, godfrey, joe mande, and hari kondabolu @ union hall 10/11

-paul f tompkins @ bell house 10/22 and 23

-john hodgman ‘that is all’ book release show with paul rudd, wyatt cenac, jonathan coulton, david rees @ bell house 11/1

-the jukebox with kurt braunohler, julie klausner, ted leo and joe randazzo dueting the pogues, mike doughty rapping ll cool j @ union hall 11/29

-party machine holiday show, hosted by arden myrin and lisa delarios, with seth herzog, michael showalter, eleanor friedberger, bobby tisdale, colin quinn, adira amram and more @ bell house 12/8

-aziz ansari @ bell house 12/10

-wfmu’s seven second delay live with suzanne vega, sandra bernhard covering lou reed’s ‘walk on the wild side’, tao lin @ ucb 12/14

favorite new tv shows:

happy endings

bob’s burgers

jon benjamin has a van

up all night

wilfred

eagleheart

ntsf:sd:suv::

american horror story (i know. shut up. i loved it. TATE!)

favorite non- new tv shows:

parks & recreation

louie

sherlock (bbc)

community

adventure time with finn and jake

downton abbey (bbc)

mad men

bored to death

30 rock

archer

childrens hospital

delocated

the league

it’s always sunny in philadelphia

(looking forward to breaking bad, luther, justified, and maybe episodes, men of a certain age, and enlightened eventually joining this list…need more hours in the day)

and lastly, some stray cool stuff i did in 2010 that didn’t fit into any of the above categories:

-daniel kitson’s one-man theatrical production ‘the interminable suicide of gregory church’ @ st ann’s warehouse

-michael shannon’s mostly one-man play ‘mistakes were made’ @ barrow street theatre

-cillian murphy’s one-man theatrical production ‘misterman’ @ st ann’s warehouse

-worked on (obviously without much success thus far) how to nonchalantly mention that i’ve met michael stipe, steve buscemi, britt daniel (spoon), andrew bird, norah jones, david johansen (new york dolls), mick jones (the wrestler ‘mankind’), tom kenny (spongebob/heifer/the ice king!), peter salett (musician/actor who co-wrote the forgetting sarah marshall dracula musical), jonathan demme, and about a million other people plus most of those mentioned above working the door of my favorite performance venues in brooklyn

-attended the first taping of ‘pointless’ (name since changed i think?), a pilot for a new game show for IFC hosted by kurt braunohler and with contestants kristen schaal, kumail nanjiani and ethan t. berlin.

-also I did jury duty. or rather i was called in but dismissed without even speaking to anybody. like a real patriot.

-balanced out a grandfather’s funeral in pittsburgh in march with two friend island weddings: congrats ryan & georgia (pawleys island sc in june) and tyrel & sophia (vashon island wa in august)!

the seriously relatively unimportant thing everyone wanted to talk to me about when i went home for christmas:

THE END!

It’s time for my next add! I met Zoe Boekbinder (pronounced “book-binder”, like a person who binds books) through my last artist, Shenandoah Davis, and they certainly share a sensibility. In fact Shenandoah even produced Zoe’s album! But they’re definitely two distinctly different artists: Zoe’s voice is a little less warbly than Shen’s, but just as lovely and idiosyncratic. In my opinion her strongest tracks are the ones that have a little bit of a beat to them than make you want to move; I guess those tracks fall at least as much into the “indie pop” category as they do “folk”. She’s based in Oakland, CA, as opposed to Shenandoah’s Seattle, although right now she’s on a big ol’ national tour that you should definitely catch her on!! READ ON to learn more!!!

ZOE BOEKBINDER

DARLING SPECIMENS

Extropian Records

Zoe Boekbinder’s newest album is a heartrending and tousled collage of auxiliary percussion, haunted horns, theremins, and strings. Her voice flutters with delicate precision, and her frequently macabre and surreal lyrics hint at the haunted circus from which they must have sprung. The album recounts a long trail of heartbreaks and disappointments with a coroner’s eye for detail: each song emerges as a sneakily alluring specimen neatly stuck onto a foam board with a pin. Shenandoah Davis‘ distinctive production stunningly brings all of Zoe’s strange and beautiful idiosyncrasies front and center.

Zoe habitually tours North America, having played with the likes of the Dresden Dolls and the Ditty Bops. She is in fact currently traversing the US on an Oct-Nov 2011 tour. One of her favorite places to play is New Folsom Prison, partly because it makes her feel like Johnny Cash. She resides in Oakland, California and dreams of one day moving to New Orleans or rural southern France.

Zoe has an affinity for mason jars, rusted metal, Dolly Parton, sea creatures, botanical drawings, dilapidated barns, chocolate, avocados, broken hearts, port wine, and the open road. She went to clown school and wants to own a farm someday. Her last name is pronounced “book-binder”, like a person who binds books.

“Zoe Boekbinder opens her mouth, and the voice that comes out is ageless, beautiful, heartbreaking and wise. Zoe looks so young, and so innocent. I think she kidnapped a marvellous singer from long ago Paris, and stole her voice. It’s the only explanation.” – Neil Gaiman

RIYL: St. Vincent, Feist, Shenandoah Davis, Mirah, Dark Dark Dark

Start With: 1, 6, 8, 9 FCC CLEAN

Contact me for a download link!

http://www.zoeboekbinder.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zoe-Boekbinder/101938519186?ref=ts

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=210711785657281 (tour dates)

http://twitter.com/zoeboekbinder

http://www.youtube.com/user/zoeboekbinder

http://www.riotactmedia.com/artists/zoeboekbinder.php

The Band Mom, your favorite boutique college radio promotion company, is thrilled to announce its first-ever CMJ showcase! It’s a free show in Brooklyn this afternoon (Saturday, 10/22/11) with a great lineup and a dangerous drink special. Come on by!!

(designed by Tyrel Stendahl, a designer for the Cheezburger Network [LOLcats, Failblog!] by day and Terrordactyl by the rest of the time!!)

Here’s the facebook invite. Here’s some more stuff about it!!

FREE (no badges, RSVP, or cover charge required!!)

DRINK SPECIAL: $3 Maker’s Mark all day!!!

21+ (sorry babies!)

Union Hall is located at 702 Union Street near the corner of 5th ave, in Park Slope Brooklyn. Take the R train to the Union stop, or it’s a short cab ride or one train transfer from Williamsburg (to the R from the G or the L – I’ll be happy to give more detailed directions to out-of-towners upon request – jenn [at] thebandmom.com)

there are 2 great comedy shows in a row following this showcase at Union Hall, so stick around!

info on artists!

12:45 SOFT PUNCH:

Soft Punch is the brand new solo project by Ryan Little of Tereu Tereu, from Washington DC. Ryan is also a great music journalist in DC and an all-around solid dude. His description of the music is “Intimate, queer vibrations.” I think this might be his first show as Soft Punch? Come be a part of history!

1:30 MIGHTY MOON:

Jay Giampietro (Daylight’s for the birds) and Leah Evans make sweet, sun-soaked acoustic pop with faint hints of foreboding as Mighty Moon. Their debut EP “Breezes” was recorded at Black Dirt Studios and has been called “like Chairlift on a hilltop or George Harrison on a date” by Gill Mills of New Music Matters.

2:15 BRIGHT BROWN:

Bright Brown, led by Alex Nahas, plays Pink Floyd-influenced psychedelia with an organic/folk sensibility. As they put it, “Bittersweet layers and textures abound, and beautifully crafted songs exist at the core.” They’ve currently got a Pledge Music campaign going to release their latest album on vinyl (check it from that fb link!)

3:00 PRAIRIE EMPIRE:

Brittain Ashford makes beautiful celebratory folk music with her band, Prairie Empire. I met her in Brooklyn through recent client/current friend Shenandoah Davis, then promptly ran into her in Portland two weeks later and found out that she knows a bunch of my other friends as well, like the next artist on the roster! The world is a tiny place and it is filled with beautiful people.

3:45 MELAENA CADIZ:

Melaena Cadiz is one of the sweetest, most good-hearted and genuinely and effortlessly creative spirits I know. Her music has a country twang and a broken heart. When I did a radio campaign with her in June 2010 her album reached #1 on Earshot’s Folk/Roots/Blues chart, and it deserved it.

4:30 GIRLS IN TROUBLE:

Girls In Trouble is a labor of love spearheaded by Alicia Jo Rabins, violinist, lyricist, and Torah scholar extraordinaire, and also includes Aaron Hartman of Old Time Relijun. This band owns a big chunk of my heart. The music is a totally arresting indie-folk/art-pop song cycle about the complicated lives of women in Torah. Or more simply, a series of songs about what it feels like to be alive.

SEE YOU THERE!!!

Guess what!! I’m putting on a show! Today actually (Weds, 9/7). I’m putting on a show today!! The bands are all from New Zealand, Brooklyn, or both – the NZ ones of which I met because they also contain members of buddy band/incredible NZ indiepopsters The Brunettes. Mighty Moon, the BK one, includes a friend from an old night job I used to have, and also I knew his other band from back when I was a college radio music director. The world is a small place. These bands are all very good! You should come to this show, it is going to be so fun!!

Here is a poster for it!

(designed by Kaity Curry, a summer music director from Walla Walla WA!!)

Here’s the facebook invite. Here’s some more stuff about it!!

It’s at Union Hall, a venue where I also often work the door. Union Hall is a good place! It’s at 702 Union St, just east of 5^th Ave in Park Slope Brooklyn.

The doors are at 7:30pm, and the music starts at 8. Here’s stuff about the bands! In last to first order:

Lil’ Chief Records, the New Zealand indie label that brought you The Brunettes and The Ruby Suns, is proud to be showcasing two of its newest signings in New York this fall, in a show presented by Brooklyn-based boutique promotion company The Band Mom:

PRINCESS CHELSEA

Princess Chelsea is a female composer who fuses elements of classical music, 60s pop, soundscape and electronica into a delightfully wacky live set complete with drums, guitar, bass, and no less than four keyboards, one triangle, one whirly, and two glockenspiels. Her four-piece live band features Jonathan Bree of The Brunettes on drums and guitar duties and New Zealand boy wonder Pikachunes on bass.

PIKACHUNES

Pikachunes is a 22-year-old bedroom producer who has won over New Zealand with his catchy and danceable yet dark brand of synth pop. Stripped back to bare essentials, a typical track features one or two synths, a 70s analog bass line, and a series of reverberated vocal harmonies, all driven by an atypical disco beat – no unnecessary frills. There’s something charming about a scrawny white guy occupying a stage with nothing more than his drum-machine and laptop, but Pikachunes more than compensates for his physical presence with the grooving hypnotism of his music and in-between song charismatics.

LIPS

Lips is the solo project of Steph Brown, a vocalist and keyboard player from New Zealand who is now based in Brooklyn. Formed in October 2010, Lips has already been making waves across the blogosphere. Music Ninja says of her latest track, “Everything to Me”: “Taking a chilled bedroom style of production and coupling it with her adorable soft-spoken vocals, Brown has managed to create a hazily beautiful track that haunts the mind for hours after listening.”

MIGHTY MOON

Jay Giampietro (Daylight’s for the Birds) and Leah Evans make sweet, sun-soaked acoustic pop with faint hints of foreboding as Mighty Moon. Their debut EP, “Breezes”, was recorded at Black Dirt Studios and has been likened to “Chairlift on a hilltop or George Harrison on a date” by Gill Mills of New Music Matters.

I know this is the first time I’ve mentioned this on here, so it seems kind of abrupt, but don’t worry, it’s all over the internet already…I just figured I should put a record on this place that belongs to me instead of relying on other people’s websites to remember it. But again, you can find the facebook invite for the event here, info on the venue’s site here, and the ticketweb link to buy a ticket right here.

SEE YOU THERE, BROOKLYN!!!

Hey you! So, here’s a thing: you may have noticed that somehow, the last 3 adds I’ve had this summer/fall have all been from the same magical land: Seattle. That’s kind of a coincidence, but on the other hand it’s not really a coincidence at all, because I love Seattle so much. Also I met Tennis Pro through the Terrordactyls and I met Shenandoah Davis through a friend who I met through the Terrordactyls, so really what this comes down to is the Terrordactyls rule my life I guess.

In any event, these three records are doing SO GREAT! Ever since hitting #11 Most Added on CMJ’s Top 20 adds, Tennis Pro has been tearing up the charts. They’ve hit a CMJ chart every week since we started this thing, so far peaking just over halfway up the big’n at #96. They’ve also showed up a couple of times on the Mediaguide Self-Released Select charts that I get in a weekly email, which seems like a big deal? And they ALSO picked up a totally rad review from Seattle’s Three Imaginary Girls, who had this to say:

Honestly, where previous (third) album Are You There, God? It’s Me Tennis Pro perfectly sort-of evoked the dark, down edges of the ’00s (indie feeling creepy about the good times being almost gone), the band has brought a whole new barefoot, mock the cops before you get the pepper spray, antagonistic playfulness recalling their balls-hanging-beneath-the-dress live shows. The trio is a briskly playing, siren-winding shit-hot blur of sweet power pop and post-psyche on this fifteen track creature of joy. There’s still some serious messages here beneath the messing-your-mind-up hilarity (the clap-dazed and Gary Glitter-crunchy “Clothing Optional Christian Barbecue,” the vividly visceral “Song Detergents”), but every other track is a straight ahead MAKE THIS A TOP TEN HIT Fountains Of Wayne and Weezer first LP-type hit. My first pick: “Make You Think You Want Me,” which I think I hear on a thousand radio stations with a true clue right now.

Hint hint, radio!!!!

The Terrordactyls are also totally killing it! After jumping on #8 Most Added, they’re leaping their way up the Top 200 chart, this last week landing at its highest point so far at #87. WOO!! If I remember correctly, their 2007 self-titled album reached #67 on that same chart, so the goal is to beat that one. I think we can do it!!

I saw Michael Cadiz (of the Terrordactyls) play the Terrordactyls song “Come Home” during his sister Melaena Cadiz (of my previous work)’s last set during her residency at the Ace Hotel a couple weeks ago. It was awesome!! It was the first time I’d seen Michael perform, outside of band practices and recording sessions I’d snooped on and weird karaoke nights, for about 3 years. Worth the wait.

Their cousin Joseph Keckler (also of my previous work) also jumped onstage to join them right after that. It was a magical family night! I think these three should probably just form their own band and call it a day. Joseph didn’t stand there with his eyes closed that whole time, I promise, but that is how he was when I took this picture:

PLUS ALSO, things are going swimmingly with Shenandoah Davis, your favorite new lovely warblevoiced ladysinger. Last week she busted effortlessly onto the scene at #14 Most Added on CMJ. In fact, she also recently did a Daytrotter session that turned out absolutely perfectly, as Daytrotter sessions are wont to do:

Aaaand she’s out NOW on a massive national tour! If you live basically anywhere in the United States now is your chance to see her, and if you are at a radio station basically anywhere in the United States now is your chance to have her in for an instudio or an interview or whatever (hit me up about that!): Shenandoah Davis fall 2011 tour dates:

8/14 – PORTLAND, OR @ The Old Church (with Harlowe and the Great North Woods, Ezza Rose and Ben Meyercord) http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=22273547777180​3

8/15 – EUGENE, OR @ SONG (with Betty and the Boy)

http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=25534976115757​9

8/16 – CORVALLIS, OR @ The Troubadour (with Eric Nordby)

8/17 – COTTAGE GROVE, OR @ Axe & Fiddle (with Broken Spoke)

8/18 – ARCATA, CA @ The Green House (message for address)

8/19 – REDDING, CA @ Maxwell’s (with Jupiter)

http://www.maxwellseatery.com/

8/20 – CHICO, CA @ outdoor festival (afternoon)

8/20 – DAVIS, CA @ Sophia’s Thai Kitchen (with Yesway and Bright Archer)

http://sophiasthaikitchen.​com/live_events.cfm

8/21 – DAVIS, CA @ Armadillo Records In-Store (4 pm)

8/21 – GRASS VALLEY, CA @ The Tin House (with Yesway and Foxtail)

http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=22445606426792​3

8/23 – BERKELEY, CA @ Caffe Trieste (with Yesway)

8/24 – FOLSOM, CA @ Folsom State Prison (with Yesway)

8/24 – SACRAMENTO, CA @ Marilyn’s On K (with Yesway and Eric Nordby)

http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=27082149293230​4

8/25 – FOLSOM, CA @ Folsom State Prison (with Yesway)

8/25 – OAKLAND, CA @ Mama Buzz Cafe (with Yesway and Hello Mtn)

http://www.mamabuzzcafe.co​m/

8/26 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ Viracocha (with Yesway and Tiny Home)

8/27 – NEVADA CITY, CA @ Nevada City Bizarre (1-3 PM w/ Yeswway)

8/27- FOLSOM, CA @ House Show (with Yesway, message for address)

8/28 – SUNNYVALE, CA @ Golan House (with Yesway)

8/31 – SANTA CRUZ @ The Crepe Place (with Yesway and Matador)

–september—————​—————–

9/2 – MONTEREY, CA @ Alternative Cafe (with Dakota Belle Wit)

9/3 – SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA @ tba (with Eliza Rickman) ** HELP

9/4 – SANTA BARBARA, CA @ tba (with Eliza Rickman) ** HELP

9/5 – SAN DIEGO, CA @ Park Gallery (with Eliza Rickman)

9/6 – LOS ANGELES, CA @ Hotel Cafe (with Eliza Rickman)

9/7 – LAS VEGAS, NV @ Beat Cafe (with Eliza Rickman)

9/8 – PROVO, UT @ Velour (with The Mighty Sequoia and Adam Klopp)

9/9 – FORT COLLINS, CO @ KRFC (on-air @ noon)

9/9 – FORT COLLINS, CO @ Everyday Joe’s (with Ian Cooke)

9/10 – DENVER, CO @ Mercury Cafe (with Spirits of the Red City)

9/11 – BOULDER, CO @ Caffe Sole (with Golden Ghost)

9/13 – LINCOLN, NE @ Clawfoot House (with Meaner Pencil)

9/14 – AMES, IA @ tba

9/15 – FAIRFIELD, IA @ The Beauty Shop

9/16 – ROCK ISLAND, IL @ Rozz Tox

9/17 – BELOIT, WI @ C-haus

9/18 – MILWAUKEE, WI @ Mad Planet (with John Muther)

9/20 – EVANSTON, IL @ WNUR in-studio (on-air @ 5:30)

9/20 – CHICAGO, IL @ The Spaceship (message for address)

9/21- CHICAGO, IL @ The Whistler (w/ The Minneapolis Henrys)

9/22 – ST. LOUIS, MO @ Pops Blue Moon

9/23 – FARMINGTON, MO @ The Vault

9/24 – COLUMBIA, MO @ Blue Fugue

9/25 – BLOOMINGTON, IN @ The Bishop

9/26 – CINCINNATI, OH @ tba (with Boyfriend)

9/27 – COLUMBUS, OH @ Spoonful Records (with Bad Heart Bull)

9/28 – COLUMBUS, OH @ Brothers Drake Meadery (with Time & Temperature)

9/29 – PITTSBURGH, PA @ Carnegie Mellon U.

9/30 – PITTSBURGH, PA @ tba

–rocktober—————​—————–

10/1 – BUFFALO, NY @ The Vault

10/2 – ITHACA, NY @ Delilah’s

10/3 – SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY @ tba

10/5 – PHILADELPHIA, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie

10/6 – NEW YORK, NY @ tba

10/7 – PROVIDENCE, RI @ AS220 (with Prairie Empire)

10/8 – NORTH ADAMS, MA @ Union & Field Presents (with Prairie Empire)

10/9 – BOSTON, MA @ the Sock Hop (with Prairie Empire)

10/10 – PORTLAND, ME @ tba (with Prairie Empire)

10/12 – NEW YORK, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall

10/13 – NEW HAVEN, CT @ tba (with Cabinet of Natural Curiosities)

10/14 – NORTHAMPTON, MA @ tba **(Help, please!)

10/15-17 – BOSTON AREA tba ***(HELP, please!)

10/18 – BURLINGTON, VT @ Taz Michaels Show on The Radiator

10/19 – HANOVER, NH @ Dartmouth College

10/20 – BELFAST, ME @ tba

10/21 – BIDDEFORD, ME @ the Oak and the Ax

10/22 – BURLINGTON, VT @ the Skinny Pancake (with John Craigie)

10/23 – MONTREAL @ tba

10/26 – BRATTLEBORO, VT @ tba

10/27 – HUDSON, NY @ tba

10/28 – BROOKLYN, NY @ Pete’s Candy Store

10/30 – WASHINGTON, DC @ tba **(HELP!)

–november—————-​—————-

11/1 – BALTIMORE, MD @ Cyclops Books

11/2 – NORFOLK, VA @ tba *** (HELP, please!)

11/3 – DURHAM, NC @ the Pinhook

11/4 – ASHEVILLE, NC @ the LAB

11/5 – ATHENS, GA @ tba ** HELP!!!

11/6 – ATLANTA, GA @ tba

11/8 – TUSCALOOSA, AL @ Green Bar

11/9-10 NEW ORLEANS, LA @ tba

11/11 – BATON ROUGE, LA/ HOUSTON, TX @ tba

11/12 – AUSTIN, TX @ Saxon Pub (with Jack Wilson and the Blue Hit)

11/15 – DALLAS, TX @ tba

11/16 – DENTON, TX @ tba ***HELP!!!

11/17 – NORMAN, OK @ Opolis (with Penny Hill)

11/18 – ALBUQUERQUE, NM @ Gold House

11/19 – SANTA FE, NM @ tba (with World History, Real Live Tigers)

11/20 – LAS CRUCES, NM @ tba

11/22 – TUCSON, AZ @ tba

11/23 – PHOENIX, AZ @ Yellow Canary

11/25 – LOS ANGELES, CA @ tba

11/26 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ tba

–december?!————–​——————

12/1 – PORTLAND, OR @ tba

12/2 – TACOMA, WA @ tba

12/3 – SEATTLE, WA @ tba

PHEW! I told you it was long. Here is a link with more info about that. GO SEE HER!! If you live in any of those ‘TBA’/’Help!’ places let me know if you’d like to help out! And have her in your studio if you work at a radio station!!

ALSO, I’ve spent at least a week at a time in and around Seattle every year since 2008, making the trip I have planned for the 17^th-26^th of this month Year 4 of my annual pilgrimage. Last year I did a bunch of totally sweet Band Mom-related stuff, like visited a buncha sweetheart radio stations. One of my favorite things to do is to make music directors pose awkwardly at their desks as though they are talking to me on the phone so I can picture them like that forever. Exhibits A, B, and C:

KAOS (at Evergreen College in Olympia):

And also Rainy Dawg Radio (at UW in Seattle):

Aaaaand also KEXP (also UW-affiliated, through more loosely, in Seattle). Chris Mak is not a music director but he is totally a volunteer there:

Looking forward to repeats and new faces this year. I LOVE YOU SEATTLE!!!