A. Seeing The Outs a few times was nice. They recorded in 2009, but the songs haven't been released, so here is a video of an overcrowded show I attended (*It's too close so it's mostly shadows. But I like the drummer shadow...)
B. The Reigning Sound released their 'Love and Curses' album, which contains some nice tracks. Here's an acoustic version of Broken Things with bad sound quality:
C. Wolves in the Throneroom, "Malevolent Grain" and "Black Cascade"
I was disappointed with a lot of metal this year but it was nice to find this new ep and cd before winter.
D. Tyr, "By the Light of the Northern Star"
I almost forgot about this album. I felt like the previous album "Land" was a bit of a let down, but this one really steps it up. They are from a small island from off the coast of Norway called Faroe and sing in English, Norwegian, and their native language Faroese. It is really catchy viking metal with over the top lyrics like "I will decimate and decapitate those who question the sword" about a young man tricked by Loki into reeking havoc. "Into the Storm" is one of my favorite tracks of the year:
E. Blind Gary Davis
A Serbian ex-pat who is one of my regulars rebuilds guitars, and he rebuilt a small size Harmony acoustic guitar from 1960's for me. I began learning to play fingerstyle guitar on it in the winter of 2009. It took a while but I got to where I can mistake my way through the Rev. Gary Davis song Devil's Dream. I might learn 'Candyman' next:
F. Mirah, '(A)spera'
yeah.
G. Universe
The Universe show and ep were definitely summer-defining. People were nice. I got to see both Nates, someone not named Nate had just been fired from forbidden planet, and I was introduced to Dash Shaw and never saw him again (where are you?). A lot of comics stuff at a non-comics event and an amazing band:
H. Fall on Your Sword
This band is great live, because one guy actually plays the video mixer with the music. The visualization is great. I was presently surprised by their performance at Comic Book Club last Fall.
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No, we are not in Trinidad. This is an interview we did about WWBY from last summer that just went up on CBR, but I would move to a boat if the sun didn't make me blink so much. Evidently, Bruce Campbell did an interview on the same boat earlier that day and when the camera man started to fall overboard during the interview, he jumped up and saved him. That doesn't happen here, but it was still fun. You can watch it above, or here: Brea/Zane CBR interview
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WWBY press info was sent out today. You can see more at Comic Book Resources: We Will Bury You
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