oh brother(s) where art thou

Whilst scrolling for updates to http://www.pollstar.com/ as is customary for me, I came across a little something that warmed my heart:

For those of you who don't know, "Behold! The Rolling Thunder" is the band fronted by my little brothers, Kale and Kory. I'm a terrible sister as I have yet to attend one of their shows, but I think they actually prefer it that way. Their style is a little too hardcore for me... I know you are thinking "but Ashlea, you are such a hardcore person" and the truth is, the thrashing and screaming just doesn't do it for me when it comes to musica. BUT the right thing to do is check them out at least once, right? Any takers?

They've been playing shows for a couple years now, but it's never gets old seeing them advertised in public forum. Good job brothers, good job.

oh sweet gravel...

12/28/07 - Hollis Brown & The Beautiful Clarks @ El Corazon
www.myspace.com/hollisbrown
www.myspace.com/thebeautifulclarks

This will be my first El Corazon experience, believe it or not... I didn't even make it to a show when it was the dirty Graceland. BUT I am excited as I have been trying to make it to a Beautiful Clarks' show for a while now.

The band is headed up by a friend of mine from the Mars Hillbillies days, Billy Hatcher, a master of lap steel and all things dirty south. Billy and the band recorded a four song demo with the help of several MH friends and background vocals contributed by Rosie Thomas and Damien Jurado. The product is a melodic soundtrack that puts me in the mood to drive out to the country and lie in a field drinking sweet tea until sunset.

They are playing with Hollis Brown, whom I have not heard before, other than a quick myspace listen, but have heard good things on the street about. Should be a laid back good time.

it's show time

I have made a very important decision with regards to this blog and decided to add a little feature I like to call "Upcoming Shows to Note" ... so creative and original I know. At any rate, I will be regularly posting upcoming shows taking place in Seattle and maybe even Portland & Vancouver, that have peaked my interest and I would like to or am planning to attend. I have also added a link to my "shows" google calendar(see links on righthand side) in case you prefer to view things that way vs. archived posts... this is all assuming you care to view my thoughts at all . (insert overused emoticon here)

Please feel free to leave comments with other shows I may have missed, or your thoughts on the bands I have listed. I intend to add commentary as to what kind of music it is and why I want to see them, etc... but for now here's to get us started:


1/25/08 - The Bravery @ Neumos
www.myspace.com/thebravery

1/30/08 - Nada Surf @ The Triple Door
www.myspace.com/nadasurf

1/30/08 & 1/31/08 - The Decemberists @ The Moore Theatre
www.myspace.com/thedecemberists

2/21/08 - Sia @ Showbox at the Market
www.myspace.com/siamusic

3/8/08 - Alanis Morisette, Mute Math, & matchbox twenty @ Key Arena
www.myspace.com/mutemath


As I said before, commentary to follow.

this is going to be fun...