Spectral Spurs

I can't believe we forgot to include Hillary in our tour thanks. She was sort of like the founder of the feast for the whole tour. Thanks to her we ate so many delicious, delicious meals of those little flavored crackers that come in packages of six. David and Erica too, for weed and stencils.

This weekend we are playing with WEATHER IS HAPPENING at the Jackpot in Lawrence on Saturday and with VIDEOHIPPOS and LIZZ KING at the 8th Street Taproom on Monday. Weather is Happening are two guys from the now defunct Ricky Fitts from Wichita and a drummer. They are fucking awesome, really reverbed out screamy vocals with twin sick noisy deafening guitars, on top of sort of new wave beats (they started out using a drum machine instead of a live drummer, apparently now they incorporate both). Videohippos are part of the WHAM CITY Baltimore collective, and I recently saw them open for Dan Deacon in Lawrence. The force with which their drummer hits his kit sort of reminds me of the way Brian Chippendale from Lightning Bolt plays the drums...except Videohippos play fuzzed out, dreamy pop songs. We saw Lizz King play in an alleyway in Baltimore recently, and she was temporarily crippled, hopping around, alternating between guitar, keyboard, and other shit. It was bizarre and awesome. Come to these shows.

I am listening to the Smiths "Unlovable" and it reminds me of Katie V. The first BRAMBLE THRASH song began to reveal itself last night to those involved. More on that soon...

Track 3 on Bjork's Homogenic is so amazing. My ITunes doesn't have its title listed...