thisisamericanmusic:

Dorardo is a late add to this weekend’s Secret Stages festival in Birmingham, AL.  

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One of the ongoing alternate universes of Birmingham, Alabama’s, Through the Sparks, on the same book case, with Cosmo Vac and Grey of the Eighties.

Live, Dorado often includes members of Through the Sparks, but is other times a Smothers Brothers set up with Jody Nelson and bassist Jay(son) Taylor.

The songwriting is lyric-based and aims at something that might be called “new traditional folk music” but has no sonic restrictions. It’s sort of like what would happen if the Traveling Wilburys had let a 1980s Bob Dylan do all the singing. The debut record “Modern Man: Second-hand Stories” is set for release in the late summer/early fall via This Is American Music.

Members:  Jody Nelson, Greg Slamen, Jay(son) Taylor, Shawn Avery, James Brangle

withreservation:

Teen Getaway - Spring Fever

havoctv:

THE GREEN SEED: CRACK KILLS

These guys are mostly unknown right now, but I have a hunch they’re about to blow up. Havoc was sent these guys’ music video a couple weeks back, and we had to share.

Great video, great song… Enjoy.

thejoyofviolentmovement:

Gregory Scott Slay

Horsethief Beats

Communicating Vessels

Release Date: November 15, 2011

Track Listing

1. Moony Pt. 1
2. Keep It Secret
3. Kindred Spirit
4. New Loop, Old Hope
5. Visit With a Snowman
6. Birds Next Door
7. Hidden Among the Somethings
8. And When She Speaks
9. Moony…

shopsmallblog:

Why is this picture so yellow? I’m hoping it’s the reflection from the golden glow of my future! More likely, the light was just weird in my kitchen.

Of all the issues I’ve talked about over the past year on Shop Small, the most controversial has been my attitude toward Amazon. It’s easy to…

grungebook:

Melvins drummer Dale Crover

shopsmallblog:

Fantastic local band Persons playing at Bottletree last December. They’re also playing Bottletree this Thursday.

My Facebook and Twitter feeds have been blowing up with this article about Bottletree, and how it could do great things for the bigger Birmingham business community.

There are…

criterioncollection:

When WILD STRAWBERRIES was nominated for an Oscar in 1960, Ingmar Bergman wrote this letter to the Academy.

Isidore has reappeared… Click the album cover and have a listen.

thisisamericanmusic:

Model Citizen on We Have Signal

Birmingham garage rock masters — featuring Smilin’ Matt Patton. 

“Keep It Secret” by Gregory Scott Slay. Pick up a copy of Horsethief Beats from www.communicatingvessels.net

New Order: Ceremony. 

Thanks Jackie Lo for passing this along. 

hello… hello…. hallo?!?!??!

churchstreetshop:

By Sri Koduri

For years, many of us went regularly to local coffee shops and to get our cup of coffee in Birmingham, until the early 2000 when coffee chains stepped into the scene. They had the glitz and glamour that attracted most of us to frequent them, sometimes forgetting our local…

shopsmallblog:

Sri loves his medium roast, locally bought coffee so much he drinks it straight from the carafe! (Okay, not really. But I wouldn’t put it past him.)

I like blogging — this much is probably clear. But I also like inviting friends to collaborate with me, because I love the way a blog can…