The Pelican’s Perch

…aka why Kevin’s been slacking severely on new Perch content.  Alright, where to even begin?

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Let’s start there.  You remember Lemondrop Records right?  The record label Chuck and I started two years ago and had pretty good success getting local bands out to our Springfield community.  But with two guys, you can only really do so [...]

I’m back!  Where have I been you may ask?  I’ll answer that in the next post, which I’ll write immediately after this.  Sorry to everyone for being so dang distant and non-existant lately, but worry not my faithful readers, the Perch is back in action!  Here’s one of my favorite new bands, with their new [...]

Dave Matthews Band
Kings of Leon
Stevie Wonder
Jay-Z
Tenacious D
Weezer
The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs perform “Dark Side of the Moon”
The Dead Weather
Damian Marley and Nas
Phoenix
Norah Jones
Michael Franti and Spearhead
John Fogerty
Regina Spektor
Jimmy Cliff
LCD Soundsystem
The Avett Brothers
Thievery Corporation
Rise Against
Tori Amos
The National
Zac Brown Band
Les Claypool
John Prine
The Black Keys
Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers
Jeff Beck
Dropkick Murphys
She & Him
Against [...]

Did everyone get a good look at Apple’s new IPad?  It’s fancy sure, and should be amazing for watching HD movies on, but really?  A giant IPod Touch?  It should all depend on the apps that are released whether this does become a revolutionary device and replace laptops, but in my opinion, and apparantely most [...]

I love Manchester Orchestra, and have just now started getting into Kevin Devine’s music.  His tunes are proving to be great as well, but I found a cover project over at Spinner randomly today that had them cover each others’ songs.  Both covers are great, and whenever something strikes my fancy, you know I’ll be [...]

OK Go – This Too Shall Pass from OK Go on Vimeo.

So, Vampire Weekend’s Contra finally came out yesterday.  What do you all think.  I’d say they sound more Paul Simon like than ever, and while I think the hype has probably ruined any critical acclaim this album should most likely get from the indie elitist, I still give it my thumbs up.  Solid album that [...]

Mark your calendars for January 19th folks.  That’s the release date for RJD2’s first album since 2007’s The Third Hand, called The Colossus.  Depending on your take on Vampire Weekend, whose new album Contra comes out Tuesday, you may be more excited for RJD2’s new one over Vampire Weekend’s.  I’m probably equally excited about both, but [...]

Happy New Year everyone.  This should be a great year.  I’m working on getting the blog redone, which should make everything more spiffy around the Perch, and then I’ve got all my Lemondrop 2.0 ventures taking off soon.  Once the website is done, I’ll give you guys a complete rundown on exactly what it is [...]