Vio/Miré-Shrinking Coasts
Vio/Miré
Shrinking Coasts
Thanks to the last minute recommendation of Joanne from Obsession Collection, I was able to have these 3 lovely people over to record. Vio/Miré is the solo project from Brendan Glasson, a Providence, Rhode Island native. He's joined on the couch by Liz Isenberg, who recently accompanied Deer Tick on tour as a guest vocalist.

They are currently on...
Posted in Pink Couch Sessions on February 25th, 2010
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Everyone Everywhere-A Lot of Weird People Standing Around
Everyone Everywhere
A Lot of Weird People Standing Around
I vaguely knew of EE existing over last couple of years, and am making up for it now by listening to this EP over and over.

One of the first bands that this reminded me of was The Progress, which is funny because EE is on the same label with the singer's new band Into...
Posted in Albums on February 24th, 2010
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Walter Schreifels-Open Letter to the Scene
Walter Schreifels
Open Letter to the Scene
Before going the solo route, Walter was part of some seminal New York bands over the last 20 years including Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, Quicksand, Rival Schools, and Walking Concert.

He is currently working on a full length that is going to be split released by Academy Fight Song (US), Big Scary Monsters (UK), Dine Alone Records (Canada),...
Posted in Pink Couch Sessions on February 23rd, 2010
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Football, Etc-First Down
Football, Etc
First Down
Lindsay and Mercy returned recently to play two Tin Kitchen reunion shows with good buddies P.S. Eliot. I've always wanted to have her over to record, but Houston isn't the closest city to New York.

If you like what you hear, you can also download Football, etc and Tin Kitchen's records in the Album section.
Posted in Pink Couch Sessions on February 18th, 2010
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Salinas Records-Label
Salinas Records
Label
Marco has a birthday coming up, so I figured I'd be a great guy and write something nice about him. Over the last 7 years, he has ran one of the most consistently awesome labels that I know of. Salinas has put out so many great records over the years that cannot be pigeonholed, and it's all ran out of...
Posted in Love on February 17th, 2010
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Ava Luna-Past the Barbary
Ava Luna
Past the Barbary
Ava Luna was first brought up in my interview with Laura Stevenson. Since then I've been trading emails back and forth with them about having them over for a Pink Couch.

This is the 1st recording to use a drum machine, and they also were able to fit 7 people on the couch, beating out Defiance, Ohio. The music...
Posted in Pink Couch Sessions on February 16th, 2010
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The Holy Mess-DISMOUNT
The Holy Mess
DISMOUNT
When asked for a description of this band, Justin August of Punknews said "I'd say Banner Pilot, Loved Ones, Lawrence Arms and the Menzingers having a naked twister orgy lubed up by Natty Boh." I was with him until the very end. That's way too many people playing Twister.

If you are fan of late 90's/early 00's Fat Wreck,...
Posted in Albums on February 11th, 2010
2,538 comment • 6 comment • 4 heart

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