Gwyneth & Monko Continue Tour This Fall

Gwyneth & Monko will dish up more of their earnest, stripped-down folk when they continue their tour, this time zig-zagging through Montana, New Mexico, Iowa, and Illinois. The 15-date tour is in support of the group’s newly released EP, Good Old Horse, which was released July 20th. The duo has been touring the entire spring and summer, and are loving life on the road, so why not extend into the fall? The lovely band will hit both the West coast and the Midwest on this round. Keep an eye out for a show near you.

Gwyneth and Monko Tour Dates
9/16/10 Blue Moon, Seattle, WA
9/17/10 Top Hat, Missoula, MT
9/18/10 Stillwater Landing, Whitefish, MT
9/24/10 Westport Hotel, Westport, CA
9/25/10 Caspar Community Center, Caspar, CA
10/7/10 The Adobe Bar, Taos, NM
10/8/10 Riverbend Hot Springs, Truth or Consequences, NM
10/9/10 High Desert Brewing Co., Las Cruces, NM
10/16/10 Nyland, Lafayette, CO
10/22/10 Forrest Hills Concert Series, Wichita, KS
10/28/10 Monk's Kaffee Pub, Dubuque, IA
10/29/10 Mojo's, Davenport, IA
11/4/10 Beatniks Café, Marion, IN
11/5/10 The Black Feather Café, Berea, KY Click Here to Read More..

The White Ravens Tour East Coast

Ann Arbor's The White Ravens keep getting hotter.....and we don't just mean this 90 degree weather. We couldn't be happier to announce that the duo is set for their first out-of-state tour in late August/early September. Joining siblings William and Amy Bennett, are drummer, Vince Russo, and guitarist, Andrew Brown.

The band does have plenty of shows under their belts, though. In May, the siblings played on Canada’s Breakfast Television, a morning show seen all over Canada. A White Ravens show is energetic, designed to get people to move, and the best way to do that is to set an example. With Amy’s spirited vocals and impressive bass runs, and Will’s fingers flying over the keys with maniacal speed and precision, it’s hard to resist the urge to bop along. And why should you?
The White Ravens’ latest release, Gargoyles and Weather Vanes is filled with catchy indie pop gems like “Sparks,” which happens to repeat on my iPod a lot these days, and it's video is just as interesting and vivacious as the song itself.

The White Ravens Tour Dates
8/28/10 Raven Lounge, Philadelphia, PA
8/29/10 Arlene’s Grocery, New York, NY
8/30/10 The Living Room, New York, NY
8/31/10 The Space, Hamden, CT
9/2/10 All Asia, Cambridge, MA
9/3/10 Campfire Festival, Cambridge, MA
9/4/10 Campfire Festival, Cambridge, MA Click Here to Read More..

The Motion Sick's Michael Epstein in new duo Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling

Boy/Girl duos seem to be all the rage these days: She and Him, GLG's own Naked Hearts, and now Michael Epstein, lead singer for The Motion Sick, is joining this growing trend. And we like this trend...if that's what it is.

For this new venture Epstein puts down the guitar and takes up the bass alongside his own darling, singer/drummer Sophia Cacciola, for the duo Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling.

This is no ordinary album or band; its references to a cult British television series will mostly likely be lost on Americans, but it's still marvelous music, even if you don't exactly know what spies they're singing about. Epstein and Cacciola have found an innovative way to put the classic sci-fi drama The Prisoner (which was only on TV from 19670 - 1968) into a musical form on their debut EP, The New Number 2. Two words. Awe-some.

The Boston Globe recently interviewed Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling about their new EP, and their admiration for the bizarre TV show they have based this project around. Read the entire interview, with both members, on The Boston Globe's website. On the duo's site you can check out the hard-rocking track "Episode 1: The Arrival."

I mean really, how can you go wrong with songs about a British secret agent? Click Here to Read More..