Nothing says fun quite like 10 hours on the road in the pouring rain with a teething 7 month old in the backseat, right? Well, it wasn’t really all that bad. Last Thursday, Amy and I packed up the little one and headed off to Pennsylvania to visit the home of Straub Beer and fine powdered metal products. Below is a loving tribute to the greenies and brownies.
MP3 | No On 15 – Pass Me A Straub Previously Unreleased
We spent much time relaxing and visiting with family, but I did manage to squeeze in a little time lounging on the porch swing and catching up on some great podcasts. I highly recommend checking out Those Transatlantics and also Slowlands (both of which were featured on Contrast Podcast #7). Great bands.
MP3 | Slowlands – One More Fire Never Was There A Town
Another band that I became familiar with on this trip was Peoria, Illinois’ The Forecast. Their latest record In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen is pretty darn good (blending emo and southern-tinged rock) and out now on Victory Records.
MP3 | The Forecast – And We All Return To Our Roots In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen
And as the weekend cam to a close and we endured another 10 hour drive back to Chicagoland (why does the drive home always seem so much longer?) Hot Chip’s new record The Warning at least provided a little bit of a soundtrack.
MP3 | Hot Chip – Over And Over The Warning
After finally getting back into the swing of things, I’ll be back with the regularly scheduled programming tomorrow.
The new Forecast record is surprisingly great.
ah yes! the trannies are so much love. they’re great. glad to see they got a bit of love on this blog!
also, the forecast track doesn’t work. i’d love to hear it though. (i love their song “these lights”. it’s amazing.)