The Pelican’s Perch

For those of you that may have not been paying attention this last year, I have a record label I started with my friend Charlie called LemonDrop Records.  We’re oh so close to having the online store finished and up and running, then things will really take off.  But for now, we’re pumping out our [...]

Sometimes the best medicine when you’ve been busy as ever, unorganized, and just plain stressed out is to simply leave civilization altogether. Go somewhere where computers don’t exist, your cell phone doesn’t work, and your wallet is completely useless. That place for me was Ponca, Arkansas, camping and floating on the Buffalo river [...]

EDIT:  A Perch Earch listen?!  Now that’s a funny typo.  That’s what happens when you’re in a hurry.  Whoops.

Neon Golden, the 2002 Notwist classic, was one of those albums I obsessed over. I remember it being in the background for the latter part of my high school days and all throughout college. I [...]

I might revisit this post later when I’m not hurrying because I’m on lunch break, but for once in probably the last five or so Best New Music picks by Pitchfork, I actually totally agree. This album is fantastic. Fans of the band The Acorn will find much to love here. Acoustic [...]

I missed Stereogum’s exclusive mp3 from Wolf Parade’s newest album last week. It’s definitely an interesting direction for the band, who recorded long improvisational sessions in the Arcade Fire owned cathedral after scrapping five or so new songs since they sounded too much like Apologies. After a few listens to “Call It [...]

It seems I always get on a roll and post a ton, getting a lot of feedback and talking to all kinds of new people through the blog, then I get super busy with work, my record label, writing music, and well, just being plain busy.  So, here’s a big I’m Sorry and next week [...]

My new friend Omar, from the up and coming blog Love is Elusive, threw some great mp3’s my way from his interview with Georgie James, which is chock full of good acoustic versions of their songs from Places, an album I’m still listening to a lot and enjoying. Since he’s not up on the [...]

I wrote a song out of the blue last night. I’ve been writing more fun rock songs than usual lately with songs like “Mr. Optimistic” and “Haze”, so I made up a simple, dare I say it, Jack Johnson sounding riff and just went with it. Ignore all the ooh’s, as I’ll hopefully [...]

I just got done listening to Phantom Planet’s new album “Raise the Dead”, which is on Fueled by Rahmen and is out next Tuesday.  “Dropped” is great, as is most the album and I can see this album growing into a definite keeper throughout the year.  Where their previous self-titled album found them not quite [...]

I don’t know how many of you came to the site in the last couple of days to find it had vanished.  Believe me, I was as surprised as you were.  Had my April Fool’s joke become a reality?  I called the hosting company I go through, and obviously I get someone I can’t understand.  [...]