Tonight was our first New Year’s Eve performance in four years. Back in 2002, we took the stage at Biddy’s to a packed house. People danced on the bar, a line extended out the door onto Washington Street all night, and Irish Car Bomb races were held at the stroke of midnight (I beat then [...]

Tonight started off (pre-studio) with a discovery that one of my dogs at home had rolled in a dead animal when I put them out to pee, which prompted an impromptu bath (which in turn made me late for the studio), and wasn’t exactly the kind of jet propulsion device I was looking for before [...]

There’s nothing worse than playing an empty town 10 days away from Christmas. Even the warmest spots seem spirit absent, and a hollow ring echoes through the backrooms and barstools, striking the heart melancholy. While you’re standing there playing to an apathetic crowd, your mind races to unfinished holiday responsibilities, and while everyone else is out [...]

It’s been a while since we’ve spoken. Things have been crazy around here lately, and I apologize for the communication slack. Since I last wrote, Edge has completed guitar tracks on all five songs (which came out A-M-A-Z-I-N-G), and we’re now working on acoustic guitar and vocal tracks. From my early adolescence, I’ve been singing [...]

In the independent music business, expectations are better left alone. I’ll even go a step further and put to use the old New England attitude of “prepare for the best, expect the worst” when referring to any and all local shows and events. Such was the case last night at Kelley’s Row (Dover, NH). We [...]

Have you ever started telling someone a story, and then realized halfway through it’s something they’ve already heard? Oh yes, the best of us will be polite, as there’s nothing that kills a storyteller’s steam more than letting her/him know you’ve already heart their story. In that moment of conviction, when you realize you’re living in [...]