coupla things

1. we played a great, well-attended show @ the silverlake lounge

2. said show was named a "show of the week" by huffington post.

3. we booked a show at esteemed live venue, The Echo (1822 W Sunset Blvd, LA CA 90026) on Wed, October 5th.

come, why doncha?

Couple things

summer 2011 update

Hey all,
I hope yr having a great summer here's what we're up to:
1. got some nice reviews - Parasites and Sycophants, Faronheit, POP! Stereo and The Vinyl District.
2. The Elleoner (Rae) has been in India w National Geographic. we'll post up some pics for sure at the blog
3. The Blue Eyed Devil (Stephe) has been doing a lot of music writing at LA music blogs Grimy Goods and seancarnage.com .
4. Working on recording two new songs w a new engineer. I think we'll have some old friends and some new guest help out as well.
5. Working on booking some shows when the Elleoner gets back

Here's some music to hold you over:

http://soundcloud.com/heroes-of-popular-wars/american-loser
http://soundcloud.com/heroes-of-popular-wars/06-shes-a-microscope

Well, that's it for now. Miss you.

listening to: Her Space Holiday, Son Vox, Midlake

new recording

we're bringing lots o creative peeps to help w for new recording. multiple recorders, engineers and collaborators. i think we'll record there's the bell, 3rd of july, i will not hesitate and shoulder separation (featuring a co-lead vocal by the elleoner), i've always written a song or two while recording as well as some inpromtu jams. that's exciting for us.
listening to: adele, cass mccombs, still listening to that antlers

some of stephe's online music writing

i've been lucky to get the opportunity to write about music for a couple of blogs that i actually read and enjoy. what a treat. here are some of the interviews and reviews i've done:

for seancarnage.com
chapter 25 interview
no paws interview
kid static interview
religious girls interview
laco$te interview
pedestrian deposit interview
ezra buchla interview
stellaluna interview

for grimy goods
charles bradley show review


listening to: cass mccombs, times new viking

so not to brag but....

basically we've just written our two best songs. the novation station has been invaluable. as is eric's ability to play in time w out a click.

listening to:
antlers, stone's throw's "spiritual jazz" comp, geotic

new toys

novation x station. yamaha vss-30.