I like...

Since this is a music blog I figured I'd talk about some other music for a hot minute. I used to stay abreast of new music much better than I do now, but I'm still no codger, my ear is to the ground.

With that being said I really have been getting down on Apes and Androids! They only have one album to my knowledge so go get it. Or fuck, even better, go get their songs "Golden Prize" and "Nights of the Week," our boys The Whigs "Right Hand on My Heart," Ghostland Observatory's "Heavy Heart," for FREE, and you've got one hell of a mix started (click link below, and thanks Stereogum)!

FREE MUSIC

Don't get:

Ween - La Cucaracha - I really like Ween, and have for some time now, since the 90's, yes that long, but this album is god awful. Magnet named it the best CD of 2007; and they also reviewed our last CD, so, go figure, ha-ha!

Relax now...

Enjoying Life!


The Sammies have had it good recently. We just got back from playing Robert Redford’s prestigious Sundance Film Festival! That was some experience. We played the Friday night before we left in ATL with The Whigs. It was great to play with them and Wax Fang again. Ben Holst sat in and played some slide and a couple other things, and we had a damn blast. Moustaches to boot! We all love the Earl in ATL too; great food and a great sounding venue, especially when it’s sold out!




Anyway, so we had to roll out before the Whigs played, but we would see them in Chapel Hill soon. Got into Charlotte again at 4:00am, we slept about an hour, then, booked it to the airport to catch our early morning flight. It took us 5+ hours to get to freaking Phoenix, so when we arrived we ran from terminal to terminal; they actually opened the door back up for us! We touch down in Salt Lake City, had about an hour ride up to Park City, checked into our sweet room, met Elizabeth, and before we knew it we were off to our first show!

We played at JB Mulligans with a band from Seattle called The Real You, nice fellows! Everyone was very nice, we did a little ditty for some Marines who had just come home from fighting for our freedom (not just Bobby, all of us!), and then we got offered to walk up the street and play a Columbia Records party at Star Bar, so we fucking did it. Just a couple songs acoustic turned into a small set of electric awesomeness and we warmed up the crowd nicely for our new friends in Royal Bliss. We had a piece of the night, and a piece of the morning and then we were back to Charlotte. We all want to go back next year, earlier in the week, and for longer. I only heard great things about the movies, and from what I saw, you will be seeing a lot of them in a theater near you real soon.


We played a weekday show in Chapel Hill with the Whigs and Bull City once we got back @ Local 506. Thanks so much to all for coming out in force on a school night! All of the bands were great and we were so privileged to play with such good bands. The Whigs are blazing one hell of a trail now, so catch them opening for the Truckers tail end of March.

Otherwise, we have been putting the final mixing touches on our next album, and head up to NYC to master at Sterling Sound with Greg Calbi March 4th. He did our last album so much justice we had to get him again! We have a benefit in Chapel Hill next Tuesday called Cancer Sucks. It’s at The Cat’s Cradle and is for a good cause so please find your way to Carrboro next Tuesday for that. The next Tuesday is in Asheville with the Whigs and Spinto Band, one more Whigs show for the hotch!

March 15th St. Patty’s in Columbia (Five Points)
Fredericksburg March 22nd (3rd Floor)