The Pelican’s Perch

I can’t guarantee I’ll be at SXSW this year, but if plans go well I’ll end up going with camera in hand documenting every show we see.  That being said, I figured I’d check out some of the bands I didn’t know from the insanely long list of bands playing this year.  Here’s some that [...]

Monologue
…also, the SNL Digital Short: Business Meeting from that episode…

Last week I went from missing a concert I had really wanted to see in the Of Montreal show, to randomly catching a concert I had no idea I really wanted to see.  I had known Sparta was going to be in town Saturday night because people kept telling me at my show the night [...]

First of all, I’m sorry ahead of time.  I didn’t get a chance to go see Of Montreal like I said I would yesterday because of various reason (preparing my setlist for the show, meeting up with people, etc), but I know that’s no excuse.  All I know is I can’t complain about never seeing [...]

“hi kevin. my name is david and im a fun guy. i saw that you liked a thing or two about hush records so im going to hip you to the best record of 2007. mine. this is the baddest, meanest, heaviest, most rocking, bone crushingest hard rock record that you have heard in a [...]

Here’s a big thank you to Matt over at You Ain’t No Picasso for posting Of Montreal tour dates just in time for me to realize they’re coming to Remington’s downtown tomorrow.  Heck yeah.  That’s what I call a good random stroke of luck.  I would’ve hated missing that show not knowing they were even [...]

1. Cloud Cult - The Meaning of 8

There’s really been no doubt this whole year as to which album I’ve liked the most.  I came across the album in early January and was blown away.  Cloud Cult won me over completely with their previous album, Advice from the Happy Hippo, and I didn’t expect them [...]

This album’s been a long time coming considering I saw David Terry, aka Aqueduct, live in Seattle way back in June when he touted the album would be out by fall.  Well, that never happened and it looks like February 20th is the new winner for the album’s release date. 
Found on the ever-great Barsuk, David [...]

I’m absolutely exhausted today.  I worked all day yesterday and stayed up till 2am, then had school all day today and am getting sick because of this crappy weather.  Fittingly enough, I finally got around to reading the email I received from Alysia over at BaDaBing! Records about Essie Jane. 
Her bio states the following:
“Essie was [...]

I wanted to go to bonnaroo last summer, but I had the whole interning for Sub Pop thing going on, which I consider a pretty damn good trade-off.  But they announced officially the line-up so far for this summer’s festival.  Looks pretty nice to me, although missing Radiohead last summer will make actually going this [...]