man its hotter than a motherfucker down here, but i know we aint alone. one thing i love about the south is that no matter how hot it gets you will still seem quite a few ladies dressed to the nines. it was about 90 degrees at 10 am on saturday while we were at the virginia highlands summerfest. i was sweating my ass off in shorts, flip flops and a holy t-shirt and what comes struttin down highland ave but a bunch of 20 something broads who looked like they just stepped out of the 80’s porno version of sex and the city. they werent the only ones though, not by a long shot. i guess i just dont understand the southern thing sometimes.
if i am not mistaken there was a big to-do made about benji hughes a year or so back and i paid it no mind, but i think i do remember the stir he caused. regardless of my shitty ass memory, he’s got a new ep entitled a little extreme coming out which is in preparation of his 25 song debut, a love extreme, which comes out on new west on 7.22. at this juncture i am still making up my mind on whether i dig him or not. i like his whimsical style, but not so crazy about his voice. he may grow on me though. the below tracks are from the ep but also on a love extreme.
benji hughes site
if ya dig rustic and gritty americana type stuff, as i do, then you should find william f. gibbs to your liking. he’s got a new one out that he has called my fellow sophisticates. the more i listen to his stuff streaming via his myspace page the more it convices me that i must investigate further. btw, you can buy my fellow sophisticates via old man records.
darling you were beautiful once
william f. gibbs myspace
i’m bound determined to get everyone, or at least 13 - 27 of you, that visits this dump to fall in love with the glorious and heartbreaking sounds of the everybodyfields. so, here are the same three tracks from nothing is okay that i have been posting over the past 10 months and a show from suwannee springfrest in lovely live oak, fl. much love to the original taper.
1. intro
3. cant sleep
5. cant have it
6. magazines
7. tva
10. leaving
11. dont turn around
12. baby please
13. angels
everythings okay - high rez clip
i belive they are playing Bonnaroo. should be a good band to check out for the lucky ones going.
they are indeed playing. i thought about hitting it up this year but i really dont have it in me to be that up close and personal w/ 50k strangers. they are here in atlanta on the 13th of july i believe.
Good call on The Everybodyfields, man. “Nothing Is Okay” is a great record; one of the coolest new sounds I’ve heard in a while. Great singing, lyrics, melodies…fucking classic. Count me in as one of the 13-27. Keep cool - it’s unseasonably cold up here - high of 47 today, and snow in the mountains.
Eric in Spokane
thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for the Everybodyfields. Fucking awesome!!!
My very favorite band…well, right after Gillian & David.