I’m not even going to try to describe Dead Heart Bloom (from NYC), but I’m sure you’ll be downloading the tracks. Because, damn, this is one of our favorite sessions ever. Song List: 1. Love Like Lies 04:45 2. Flash in a Bottle 06:15 download 3. Strange Waves 04:20 download 4. The Up and Down 03:58 download 5. Chelsea Song #2 02:50 download Dead Heart Bloom’s home on the web (where [...]

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Oftentimes, we’ll have bands come in with brand new songs that haven’t even been titled yet. That is when we get to randomly choose a phrase that one of us overhears someone using during the session. Such is the case with “Peanut Butter Finish”, a song that was so new that the vocals weren’t even [...]

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We’re back with a whole pile of great sessions in the next week or so. Those of you who creep around music.bandinbostonpodcast.com already found this gem, but here’s a proper release for the iTunes crowd. TonyBear stopped in with his sister GinaBear just in time to record some great tunes before she hit the road [...]

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I think we’ve made it clear how much we love Akudama. This is their third trip into the Flophouse, not counting when Cal and Blake stopped by as a duo. This time they brought along a few brand new tunes, and a couple of great covers. Be sure to check out their free EP of [...]

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We first got wind of Brother George when The Dead Trees last came through town, and  Tory was playing aux percussion.  Little did we know he had his own band that is going to knock your socks off presently. They are playing Monday, September 14th at Zuzu. And yes, that’s Zuzu, so it’s free! If [...]

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West Branch, Michigan’s The Valley Ghosts falls into that category of “too loud for the living room,” but we were able to get a couple of their quietest songs out of them, while causing minimum damage. Song List: 1. The Hum download 2. Nine O’Clock download Download All The Valley Ghosts on the Myspace.

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A lot of bands cite Bob Dylan and Van Morrison as influences. And a lot of those bands suck. Mount Peru proves that you don’t have to telegraph such things when you do it justice. Born from the ashes of Whiskey Giants, they take along the aforementioned Bob and The Man and mix in a [...]

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Paper and Sand join the unfortunate numbers of bands who stopped by, recorded a session, and broke up before it came out. I’m sure they’ll be forming new projects soon, so while this may be their last recording, let’s look at it as a new beginning. Song List: 1. See You at the Bottom download 2. In Disguise download 3. There I Go Again download 4. Untitled download 5. Shame download 6. Busses [...]

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The Pack A.D. is a couple of hard rockin’ ladies from Vancouver. Their usually ear-bleedingly loud garage rock could only be contained for 3 songs in the living room, so be sure to catch them the next time they roll through town. Song List: 1. Track #1 download 2. Cabin download 3. Walk On download The Pack A.D. on the web

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Choo Choo La Rouge has a brand spankin’ new CD called Black Clouds. They’re celebrating that fact this Friday at PA’s Lounge. I can’t quite figure out how to describe these guys. How about no-gimmick rock solid three piece indie rock? Yes, that will do nicely. Get yourself out to PA’s this Friday! Song List: 1. The Relentless [...]

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I dare you to listen to “It’s No Joke” and not end up humming it for days. The Bynars consist almost entirely (or is it entirely?) of fellow Fitchburg Staters (go Falcons), and are living proof that the ‘Burg has some excellent no-bones-about-it pop rock to spread around. Add a health appreciation of the Lot [...]

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Mean Creek has a CD release party TONIGHT at the Middle East downstairs – it’s also Drug Rug’s CD release. The New Black Magic Rainbow Quartet and The Needy Visions get things started, making for an unmissable evening. We’ve already got our tickets. The Mean Creek gang really stripped down their songs for this set, [...]

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We fell in love with Drug Rug when we first heard them almost 3 years ago. This marks their third session (#2 is here), and the occasion of their big big dual cd release show with Mean Creek (here, here, and a new one coming this week!) this Saturday. Make sure you put this on [...]

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Hit Factory – some good home-cooked shoegazey rock that reminds us a bit of Aberdeen City or The Walkmen. Be sure to stop by their website and get their EP for free! 1. Kid Town download 2. Judas download 3. I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone download 4. Oh Behave download 5. Divider download 6. Delicate Army/Old Problems download Download individual tracks (for FREE) or buy high quality versions (for CHEAP) here! Hit Factory’s website

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This is Clif’s first solo session for us, but his third visit. We first met him when he joined Dickie Haydon, and then a second time with (0ne of) his (many) band(s), In Endeavors. This time, he was traveling with Wes Meek, and he treated us to some of his songs at their most intimate. Song [...]

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Well here we are, at just about 3 years into this crazy thing, and we’ve hit 200 Flophouse Sessions. To celebrate, we’re putting out a new session from The Teenage Prayers, who may very well be the most fun band that NYC has to offer. They’re playing at PA’s this Friday. Session #200 also kicks off [...]

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Atlanta’s Winston Audio usually present their tunes with a bombast reminiscent of Mudhoney mixed Crazy Horse, but today, Daniel Dewitt came in to strip it all down to a single guitar and a voice. Song List: Smoke Signal Troubles On My Trail Keeping it Down Winston Audio on the web

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Yankee Power is a relatively new band, but they quickly gaining fans, and for good reason. Their take on the 60’s/70’s rock quasi-genre is full of surprises, but the one consistent factor is fun. Go out and share the love at PA’s this Friday! Song List: She’s Got a Fu Manchu State of Mind 56th Between 8th and 9th Topsfield [...]

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The Lumineers (formerly Wesley Jeremiah) consists of Brooklynites Wesley, Jeremiah, and in this instance, Jay, and they completely floored us with their ability to engage the infamously stationary Boston crowd when we saw them live. They went on to impress us further in the living room with an amazing range of songs. Song List: Morning Song Don’t Wanna [...]

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Those of you who were lucky enough to catch Mean Creek last night at the sold out Paradise already know how great this is. The rest of you will learn immediately.

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The walk-away winners of our “sweatiest band in Boston” award, Pariah Beat came into our living room like a combination traveling carnival and revival meeting caught in in a tornado. Don’t let the traditional Americana roots of their music lead you astray – they performed in our living room with more energy than almost any [...]

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I suppose you’d call Brooklyn’s (The) Slowest Runner (In All The World) a progressive rock/experimental/classical…. uhh… Well forget that, I’d call them the perfect soundtrack to an epic film. Consisting of guitar, bass, drums, piano, violin, cello, tape loops, vocals that are barely recognizable as human, and samples, they craft sweeping textures that will give [...]

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Saint Solitude is one Dup Crosson from North Carolina, a guitar, a keyboard, and some pedals. Keep in mind that none of his loops are pre-recorded. He performs, records, and loops them as the song evolves. While most musicians who use that technique have trouble keeping the result from running away from them, Dup’s layering [...]

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Sure, there have been a few outdoor shows this year, but the real outdoor venue season starts for us this Friday when Andrew Bird plays the BOA Pavilion – our personal favorite place to see big name acts outside. After getting noticed with the Squirrel Nut Zippers back in the mid 90s, he went on to [...]

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Josh Kaufman (who is also a member of Rocketship Park) came in several months earlier with Higgins, so we knew we were going to to like his solo stuff. When he came back, he brought a few friends that he was touring with: Mike Kinsella, who goes by Owen; Caithlin De Marrais; and Lara Meyerratken, [...]

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Murder Mystery is from Detroit, and they have that gnarly vibe that only Detroit bands can seem to muster. But, you know, fun. Song List: Brick Patio Join Together Vacuum Cleaner Salesman Bears Lordy Rock n Roll Murder MySpacetery

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We’ve been sitting on this session for WAY too long. We had The Devil, My Pocket (from Providence, RI) stop by over a year ago when it consisted of just Tim and Katie. We’re pretty sure they hadn’t even played a gig yet. They have since grown to a 5-piece band and hit the road [...]

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While the rest of the gang headed back to NYC, Blake and Cal from Akudama were kind enough to stop by and crank out a few cover tunes, as well as a nice mellow version of one of their own. They were in and out of the house so fast that we didn’t even get [...]

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BoomSnake is officially two guys from San Diego, but for their just-completed tour, they expanded to a 5-piece. They also inadvertantly found out which of our air mattresses had holes in them. Song List: Busy Sticks Stones & Animal Bones My Way Totem Tale Blues Sample Demolition Excuses BoomSnake on MySpace

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Wes hails from Lexington Kentucky, and stopped by with his pal Clifton Keller (who is starting to make our living room his second home after coming in with In Endeavors and Dickie Haydon, as well as his own forthcoming session). His incredible dynamic range lent itself to finally trying out the infamous (to recording nerds, [...]

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Dallas, Texas’ The O’s are sort of a two-man one-man-band. Taylor sings and plays guitar and bass drum, John sings and plays banjo, tambourine (on a drum pedal), and occasionally switches to steel guitar. Throw a harmonica into the mix, as well as the chops they gained through being in 8 other bands (most notably [...]

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No relation to the indescribable concoction available in food courts across this great nation, Oranjuly left their drummer at home and brought along their lush brand of pop to the living room. Reminds me of Matt Mahaffey (Self) at times, Jason Falkner at others. Which can only be a good thing. Oj on the MySpace

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When I came across this session in our “unreleased” drawer, I felt like we had done a disservice to the world for making you wait so long. Carter is the lead dude in Tulsa, and his songs are just as hauntingly beautiful solo as with the full band. Just look at Stella. She’s approves wholeheartedly. Song [...]

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A few of you have asked us about our production process.  That’s pretty much it. Featuring Akron Family, Marc Pinansky, Paleo, Ketman, Horse Feathers, The Thermals, Faces on Film, The Shakey Hands, Point Juncture, WA, The Everyday Visuals, Rotary Club, Crowns, and Asa Prebner. The Myspace Player version of most of this week’s songs.

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Here’s a posthumus release from a band that was simply Cherryaxe when they came in. Then they went the way of the dinosaur. Dame shame too. Kind of a Velvet Underground with a sense of humor and without all that pesky heroin. Cherryaxe’s semi-extinct myspace page.

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Another great Brooklyn band. I think they were a bit dubious of our latest mini drumkit experiment – leaving the practice pads on. I don’t think we’ll make a habit of it, but it worked out ok. They are heading to Amsterdam this winter, so who knows if they’ll  ever find their way back. Let’s [...]

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We’ve had a lot of people pestering us for this one. Naked Gods come from North Carolina, and managed to make our living room sound like a cavern with their incredibly soulful Band-like americana. The last time they were in town, they played to an utterly packed Zuzu. On a monday night, no less. Be [...]

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We’ve gotten over our respective flus, colds, and general winter doldrums, and hot damn, it’s nice outside! In celebration, we decided to do one of these shows that we used to do all the time. Featuring You and Your Pointy Ears, Mount Peru, BoomSnake, Metal Feathers, The Goodnight Loving, Thick Shakes, The Woodrow Wilsons, The [...]

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A nice mellow set to ease you into this beautiful weekend we have coming up. Ash hails from San Francisco, and came in while on tour with Beatbeat Whisper. Song List: Pelicans Blankets This Old House On The Radio Ex-Favorite One The Rambler I’m Here Amnesia

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Land Mammal hails from Providence, but we’ll claim them as our own. Land Mammal on the myspaces.

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Here’s something Boston needs more of: clever and intelligent, yet interminably catchy and danceable pop music. They’ve got a CD release at the Paradise on Friday, 4/17! Yes!!! Be there!!! Song List: 5:30 AM Smoke Aim Drive Reckless Water Notes Vampires (note: I think these may be the “internal” band abbreviated titles. I’ll check them at home tonight.) MEandJOANCOLLINSonMYSPACE

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A bit of the alt-country thing, a dash of Kink-iness (as made abundantly clear by their cover), and a gang of super-talented musicians. Sign us up. They’re playing at PA’s on Saturday the 11th! Song List: Big Bucks Ain’t No Sayin’ Heartland John Smith I Don’t Know Wish Well Sunny Afternoon (by The Kinks) Out In The Woods Coyote Kolb on the myspaces

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Bloomington, Indiana’s (yes, confusing, I know) Kentucky Nightmare put up with more wrong turns on their way to the flophouse than any other band we’ve had stop by. On top of that, Tyler lost a tooth. Which was actually pretty cool. It looks like they’re sticking to the home turf for the next few weeks, [...]

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Chris Wilhelm has a pretty kickass album called This Train’s Not Going Slow, and is the co-star of Faster Than A Fax Machine, a quasi-factual movie about the trials and tribulations of playing music for a living. I think. I haven’t seen it yet. But let’s let the songs have their say. Chris Wilhelm on the [...]

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Drama Queens was initially slated to be Flophouse Session #118 – they played the final night of last year’s BiB residency. Alas, I didn’t have time to finish mixing it in time, one thing led to another, locusts, etc.. But it’s worth the wait! They are looking for a new drummer, so hook ‘em up! Song List: Several [...]

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When we last saw the Blastroanuts, it was two guys.  It appears their numbers have since doubled. Be sure to check out their larger configuration this tuesday at Harper’s Ferry, as well as their live appearance on WERS that same day.

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Further proof that Brooklyn has more amazing bands than should be allowable by law, Action Painters brings along some of the catchiest tunes we’ve heard in a while.  You would forgive them for overproducing the hell out of them, but they show their further good judgement by keeping it stripped down to the basics. Song list: How [...]

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The Press came in many many moons ago for their first session, and took their sweet time getting back to town. Luckily for us, they didn’t make us wait nearly as long to put out their latest. We’re pretty sure Jen’s coffee cake convinced them not to be strangers. They are at TT the Bear’s TONIGHT! Song List: Pattern [...]

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Hands and Knees came back for their second visit. We streamed it live. Here’s the audio. A lot has changed in the Flophouse since they last visited, and H&K’s has changed too. Definitely a less toned-down set than  last time. Their new album, Et Tu, Fluffy? Comes out soon on Midriff Records. They’re at PA’s on [...]

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Wow, the computers are rebelling. We finally recorded the first show in 2 months, and then my hard drive died.  I managed to duct tape it back together, so enjoy! Featuring Ferraby Lionheart, Choo Choo La Rouge, Drug Rug, Viva Viva, Thick Shakes, Hands and Knees, Spoilsport, The Beat Awfuls, The Swirlies, Bullpen Catcher, Gregory and [...]

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This Is How Rumors Get Started brought their particular brand of uber-catchy music for sunny days to the Flophouse last April. They’ll be kicking off their “WOO! Spring Break! Tour” this March.

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Brooklyn’s Higgins came by during our last anniveresidency, while they were on tour with Creeping Weeds. Within the confines of the Flophouse, they sound a bit like if Leonard Cohen fronted the Beatles. Yes, that’s a compliment. Higgins on the myspace

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Mel and company dropped by and cranked out the perfect soundtrack to a freezing cold month. In one of his tunes, he promises to start writing happier songs, but for January in Boston, this is about as chipper as it gets! Song List: After the Night is Through Driving West Amsterdam Day Like the Ocean Morning in Madrid Codes Laurel Mountains Longfellow Bridge

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According to this photo, Low Red Land have the ability to shift time and space. Which might be true. Their songs always take us on mystical voyage through the dustbowl midwest of our minds. Or something. They came in quite a while ago, so it was nice to do another session with our improved gear. [...]

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Apollo Sunshine frontman Jesse Gallagher doesn’t stray away from a weird idea, whether it’s freeform-electronic-noise-something in the form of Electric Santa or pulling together an upright bass, violin, accordian, and trumpet (and a bit of drums at the end) and letting things flow.  And bringing a little class into the Flophouse with a Bach cover. Song [...]

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Usually, a Flophouse Session takes weeks or months of constant twiddling, tweaking, etc., just to make up for all the mistakes I made when we recorded it. Every once in a while, we get a band that’s just so crazy good (and good for the room) that it all comes together in a few passes, [...]

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We had Get Help in to do a session before they had ever even played a gig. And they did a fine job, thank you. Many months later, they returned with a new batch of tunes and some miles under their collective belt. I’d say they did an even better job this time. Song List: Early Hours Fall-in-Love-to-Song Punishing [...]

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Justin comes from the Woody Guthrie school of folk – catchy, emotionally charged, but with tongue planted in cheek enough to keep it from getting maudlin. Check him out at the Middle Easy (Upstairs) on January 30th.

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Washington DC’s Middle Distance Runner came in as young tykes over a year ago. Check ‘em out here and then make sure they’re on your to-do list down at SXSW this year!

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With two direct decendents of the Boston Rock Royalty bloodline (yes, there are two Perry’s in the band), it might be more surprising if TAB wasn’t a great band. We forced them to quiet down a bit, and I think it worked out juuuuust fine.

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Annie came in with our good pal Eric Wolfson and sang some mighty pretty songs.

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Magic Magic’s album easily found its way onto our top 5 list of 2008. Their session will give you a hint as to why. Song List: Squid Hunt All I Know French Song God Song Over Your Heart Dr. Claw Washington or Bust

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Here’s another one from the vaults. Ben and Alise came in with Reports and their relatively new endeavor Windy Smiles back near the end of ‘07. Since then, they’ve gotten married and moved to Las Vegas. Which, in the middle of New England Winter, sounds like a truly brilliant plan.

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The Faintest Ideas were our first visitors from across the pond – Sweden, to be exact. The latest we’ve heard is that they either broke up or went on hiatus right at the end of the tour, so this may be the last thing you hear from them for a while. Here’s to hoping they [...]

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Gotta go back to work tomorrow. My cleverness is sapped. Here’s a great band.

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Reports always has something a little different up their sleeves. They decided to run the vocals through a delay pedal and guitar amp, just for giggles. I think it worked out.

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Ayla and Davyd are a brother and sister from Oakland who share not only the letter Y in their names, but also a sense of songwriting and harmony that is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Song List: Hollow’s Cove Up the Long Tracks Mismanaged Skies Swell and Still How’s Your Dad? Old River Beatbeat Website

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Happy 2009 everyone! We actually made it – 31 episodes in 31 days. You know what? We had so much fun, let’s do it THIS month too! We still have a lot of great music to put out, so we’re going to keep it going. We can think of no better way to kick off the last of [...]

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We first heard of George when he was lead singer (maybe “vocalist” is a better term) for Mad Man Films, one of the few insanely loud angry bands that we can tolerate. And in this case, tolerate means love. That was why we were so blown away when we heard his solo stuff, which is [...]

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Robbie stopped by a while back on a solo tour. This time around, he came in with These United States, with whom he was touring. He’s also in Scourge of the Sea. And he plays frequently with the Tarbox Ramblers. Busy guy for a robot.  For his second session, he had a bit of accompaniment, [...]

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Flophouse Session #150 brings us a new title format. Hopefully it makes it a bit easier to scroll through sessions on your portable music-playing device. Okay Thursday splintered off into two factions a while back – one kept the original name, and one became One Happy Island. This is the latter, and author or perhaps my [...]

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Part two of our two-fer, it’s Boston’s Pink Mantis. They win the award for most parts broken on the mini drumkit. It could have just been a quirk in the cosmos, or it’s quite possible that the little guy just couldn’t handle the pure rock might. Either way. Song List: Mexico Mono Cactus Flower Castle the Queen Deserter Mr. Deedle Quintin

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Ok, so we finally took a break yesterday. To make up for it, here are two today. Starting off with Detroit’s Child Bite, AKA Sean from Rescue. Woooo! Song List: Banana Gorgin Jules Rules Muscle Chalet Do the Physical

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It’s hard to pin down exactly where these guys are from. As best we can figure, it went like this: Boston, New York, Australia, back to Boston, and finally back to New York again. In their travels, they’ve worked out quite a few damn catchy glam-pop numbers. Song List: City Boy Hit & Miss The Bomb Get it Right Washboard Dig Come On

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Merry Christmas everyone. Our gift to you: Elizabeth and the Catapult. A little bit of Aimee Mann, a bit of Eleni Mandell, and a funky backing band all come together in a very festive manner. Song List: Taller Children Race You Back Home Waiting for the Kill So Serious Apathy Just In Time The Wishing Well

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Another one from the vault for you kids. St. Helena’s new album comes out mighty soon. Here they are just around when their first album came out! Song list: Peppered Asaulted and Blue Lucy’s Hands Happy Oh Jane Number 13 and Counting Here Lay Me Down Henderson the Rain King

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When you think of a power trio, the first thing that comes to mind usually isn’t saxophone. Bottle Up and Go are ready to change that. Guitar, drums, and sax come together to lay down some kickass rock and roll. They stopped by the same day as Abigail Warchild, and our advice remains the same [...]

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This is just some full-on, high energy rock and roll as god intended. Our recommendation: steal a car, turn on this session at full volume, drive as fast as possible until you run out of gas, set the car on fire, then ride a lion/dragon hybrid into the land of Hades.* I think you get [...]

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Here’s another one in the “how did it take us so damn long to get this out?” category. And, like most of them, the answer is “I sucked too much at mixing to do it justice.” Hopefully that is no longer the case. Song List: Manhattan Nectar Day 7 (by Notwist) The Innovator Into the Bright Light Apollo Set the World Alight I Am [...]

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I have no idea how to describe Paper Thin Stages. Let’s try… Improvised, experimental, atmospheric, and trippy as hell. I totally found myself drifting off into lala land a few times as they played. Not recommended while driving or operating heavy equipment. Perfect for a snowed-in weekend. Song List: Love Barge The Reverend Blues Band Caruto’s Last Stand Computer Era Paper [...]

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Here’s a great band from San Francisco. They will normally implode your eardrums in a flurry of volume and musical talent. In our living room, they showed just how big of a soul lies at the root of their songs. Song List: Run Everywhere The Shores are Hardly Safe Mexican Disco Fun Crusher Shoot the Pass Mussels & Clams Sky Pilots on the [...]

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Hands down the largest band we’ve had in the living room, Earth People Orchestra consists of approximately 12 people (exactly 12 on this particular day), playing drums, buckets, slide guitar, glockenspiel, mandolin, digiridoo… well, just about anything they can find. I wasn’t entirely sure how to mic this one, but we lucked out and caught [...]

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No one’s going to accuse Pretty and Nice of being long-winded. Here they fit 6 songs into 12 and a half minutes. And no one’s going to accuse them of being quiet either. They singlehandedly inspired me to build the drum baffle system we now have, as well as implementing the “no vocal monitors” rule. And [...]

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Them Janovitz boys are a talented bunch. We’ve had his brother Tom in a few times, now Paul stops by with Mike Leavey on electric guitar. Let’s listen. Song List: My Shoes Falling Freedom Fighter So Lonesome (by Hank Williams) Get Off the Rope Wrong Road Why Do I Swirl? There’s a Fight (by Christie Turlington) Independence Line Paul’s MySpace Page

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Mix a bit of the Apples in Stereo, a dash of Elvis Costello, maybe a little Kinks for good measure, and you’ve got yourself the Emeen Z band. Emeen and company came in in the midst of our last residency. Being a tough crew to wrangle into one place, it’s a real treat to have [...]

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Ghosty’s from Kansas. They make… indie-lounge-rock? I have no idea. All I know is we LOVE it. Song List: World’s Strongest Man (by Scott Walker) Rose Colored Glass Draining a Pool for You (by The Go-Betweens) Make it Easier Let Me In I Won’t Be Stopped

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We have been holding on to this one forEVER. I felt like I never could do it justice, mix-wise…  At this point, I am not totally ashamed to put it out, but it doesn’t do them credit. Mako has long since changed their name to The Red Royal, but this is an interesting look into [...]

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In one of those “small world” moments, Clif from In Endeavors came in with Dickie Haydon the same day that we booked the rest of the band. Which wouldn’t be so strange if they weren’t from Kentucky. It’s good to see that they’ve got a lot of great music down there. Song List: So Much Better One Life Flames You’ve [...]

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From Santa Monica, Hello Echo has some familial and musical relations here in Boston. Self Righteous Brothers? Apollo Sunshine? Baker? We’re starting to think they’re all a one big family/cult. Here’s what they sounded like when they stopped by in September.

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God we love this session. I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve mixed, remixed, restarted, and mastered this one. Every time I read about some new mixing technique, I find myself trying it out on The Press. I’ve completely ruined it a few times, but I think I’ve dialed back the insanity and ended [...]

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Dickie is from Kentucky originally, but lives in Ontario. He’s in Petticoat, Petticoat, The Scourge of the Sea, and The Vicious Guns. Yet he finds time to tour solo. I have no idea how. He stopped in with fellow Kentuckian Clif Meyers (from In Endeavors – stay tuned for their session!) and made pretty noise. Song [...]

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Low Red Land is from San Francisco, but a San Francisco from about a hundred years ago. Their songs take you on a journey through the sprawling west of gunfighters, tumbleweeds, and fields of grain. Or at least that’s where I found myself. Song List: Wovoka Weight of Nations Hogstyle Gunfighter’s Afternoon/The Duke

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As promised, it’s Diamond Sharp, from Portland Maine! They stopped by a looong time ago with Impossible Hair, and by the time we got around to mixing their session, they had broken up. I hate it when that happens.  We’ve grieved long enough. Let’s remember the good times we had. Song List: I Got Love Pigs Harvest Lost Job

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Impossible Hair (from Maryland) stopped in many moons ago while on tour with Diamond Sharp (guess who’s session is tomorrow!), and they both did very quick sessions. Fair warning: don’t let them lull to into a false sense of relaxation with the opening song. Song List: Streets of Laredo The Dog Kettles Sister Hand Tambourines of Fury

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Argh. No time to write a clever intro. We knew it would be tough to get this many out!!! Relay – awesome. You listen. Song List: Safe Driver Season Start Project for the Palace Contact

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Ryan came in for a second session on a hot day in August, 2007. We left the windows open, so you can hear the occasional car, plane, or child passing by. I feel warmer just listening to this. He is hosting two nights in a row at PA’s Lounge this Friday and Saturday. Song List: Old Lovers Everyday [...]

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