Sunday, July 02, 2006
Have to admit being a bit teary-eyed when we saw the lineup put together on Saturday down in San Pedro. Top-to-bottom probably our favorite show of the year, not so much for the performances (perfection) or the atmosphere (not cold), but it's always nice to have a gathering of our friends to just hang out and listen to music. The Sweet Hurt was celebrating the release of their lovely new EP Everyday Mistakes by inviting some of their Top 8: Ferraby Lionheart, Correatown, and Let's Go Sailing. The band's gone through some ups and downs over the years as an off-and-on foursome but appears to be on a permanent upswing as a duo. Plus, the songs are absolutely lovely.
The evening began with Ms. Levy of LGS kindly filling in last-minute with the charming indie-pop she's known for, playing songs from her highly-anticipated album The Chaos in Order. She was joined by Ms. Sweet Hurt on a few songs on guitar. Word is we'll be seeing a lot more of these ladies together onstage. The Sweet Hurt themselves were fantastic; assisted nicely on keys by Raymond Richards of The Idaho Falls (producer of their new EP)... who coincidentally will be in the studio in the coming weeks with Correatown. Some new recordings from her will be arriving soon we hear and if "Liar, Liar" is any indication of her direction, we're prepared to buy in bulk. The evening ended with the wistful tunes of Mr. Lionheart who seems to be making new fans each time he strums his guitar, all of whom are in dire need of a full-length album. Especially us.
The Sweet Hurt on Myspace
Correatown on Myspace
Let's Go Sailing on Myspace
Ferraby Lionheart on Myspace
The Sweet Hurt - "Lost Again" (MP3)
Correatown - "I Tell Myself" (demo) (MP3)
Let's Go Sailing - "All I Want from You Is Love" (MP3)
Ferraby Lionheart - "Tickets to Crickets" (MP3)
Ferraby Lionheart performs every Sunday in July at Tangier. Let's Go Sailing performs at El Cid on 7/25.
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Dude, that cellist sucks. They should kick him out of Correatown. Glockenspiel is the way to go!
# posted by 
: 7/05/2006 01:41:00 PM
: 7/05/2006 01:41:00 PM
Why does the Sweet Hurt hurt so good?
That was one of the best shows I've seen in a long time...and I've seen a lot of shows.
That was one of the best shows I've seen in a long time...and I've seen a lot of shows.
# posted by : 7/05/2006 06:15:00 PM
: 7/05/2006 06:15:00 PM
hey that's my bass (in it's bag in the corner) and I played the sweethurt set... but no mention of me. typical, I'm used to it as a bassist... thanks!
maybe next time you could leave out mention of a guitarist or drummer, you know, even the playing field a bit.
seriously though, the songs are good and that's why I play with wendy; I'm lucky to have met her, the only reason why we know each other is bc of another band I was in - that I didn't even like - so I'm happy even though you so dutifully left my name out of this article.
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maybe next time you could leave out mention of a guitarist or drummer, you know, even the playing field a bit.
seriously though, the songs are good and that's why I play with wendy; I'm lucky to have met her, the only reason why we know each other is bc of another band I was in - that I didn't even like - so I'm happy even though you so dutifully left my name out of this article.
# posted by : 7/24/2006 01:27:00 PM
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