Hemlock recap, Band in Boston: Round Two, and upcoming shows.

So, Saturday’s show ruled.  Thanks to everyone who came out, thank you to the Hemlock for having us, and thank you to Anna and the Deli SF for co-presenting the night.  Teeeth opened up and were great, playing a quick and tight set of wiry, rocky post-punk.  Ketman, friends on the road from Boston, brought along their horn section, and this was the first time we had seen them as a five-piece.  They brought a healthy Boston contingent with them in the crowd, too, and got everyone going early.  Their set was great, and seeing them play live again did more to further my theory that Eric Ketman and James Appomattox are two halves of the same person.  (I’m too lazy to link any pictures.  If you think this is interesting enough to explore on your own, have at it.)  We appreciated seeing our friends out at the show, and it was great to meet some new folks (thanks, Dink and Kiley, for sending some east coast transplants our way).  We had a blast playing our set, though we’re still trying to work out the kinks of playing with earplugs.  We’ll work it out, though, because we must protect our hearing, mustn’t we?

Jen and Andy, the folks behind the awesome Band In Boston podcast and Flophouse Sessions, have posted another set of ours.  As with our previous session, we were invited into their Somerville home, given instruments, tea, coffee, and a plate of snacks, and told to have at it.  They recorded us, did some mixing, and posted it.  Last time, we recorded everything on acoustic instruments, so we switched it up this time and played on some of the electric instruments they provided.  It was sweet.  The phone rang at the end of “Hawks Die,” I decided to use a fretless bass and totally ruin the first few songs because I am a huge jab and I hate the idea of us ever sounding good ever, we tried our hand at across-the-room tuning, and we covered Mission of Burma.  All in all, a great time was had by all.  We highly, highly recommend performing for Band in Boston.  They are sweet people doing an awesome thing for Boston and touring bands.

1. Hawks Die Hogstyle
2. Battles
3. Dog’s Hymn
4. Weight of Nations
5. That’s When I Reach For My Revolver (Mission of Burma)
6. Gunfighter’s Afternoon/The Duke
7. Queen Esther

See?  There’s a picture of me totally blowing it with a fretless bass played solely because I thought it looked cool.

As I oh-so-slyly hinted in the last post, we have a big show coming up.  It’s at Slim’s here in San Francisco, and it’s with Sacramento’s recently-reunited Far.  As you may or may not know, Far’s beard and bassist, Johnny, is a member of the excellent Two Sheds, and he mentioned the opportunity to us when we were in Sacramento a couple of weeks ago.  That guy is the man.  It came together beautifully, and we’re pretty excited.  We had a blast the last time we played at Slim’s, and this time promises to go off.  The date of the show is Sunday, February 22nd.  Mark your calendars.

We are also booking our spring and early summer tours.  Keep an eye on this page and our MySpace page, as dates will be posted as they are confirmed.

That’s it for now.  Thanks for reading.  Take it easy.