Sigh…another month, another unimaginative post title. Hey, it’s 7:30pm, what do you expect?

Anyway, we will be playing a quiet set this Thursday, December 3rd at Fontanelle Gallery  in downtown Portland, in celebration of the opening of Julianna’s solo show there. Do come! The opening is from 6 to 9, and we’ll play around 7:30….

Technically, I am a writer; you’d think I could come up with a better title than “name of the month plus name of our band” but hey…I’m not paid enough for this.

Moving right along, we have a flurry of awesome shows upcoming, with the likes of Kevin and Anita from Viva Voce and Blue Giant, Shelley Short and Norfolk & Western, all favorite local performers. Visit the LIVE  page for deets….

Love,
Seth

Hi People,

Just a quick shout about our next show…. We’ll be playing Holocene, our favorite Portland venue, with our friend Casey Neill. Let me get right to the point here: IT WILL BE AWESOME. Check here for details.

Much love,
Seth

They said we couldn’t be stopped, and they were right: We were only slowed down. A lot, as it turned out. Our daughter Evie is 2 years and 3 months old, and we’re finally back in the basement recording our next record(s). We have enough songs for an album, more or less, but right now the thinking is that we’ll release two digital-only EPs, while we try to sucker someone into releasing a full-length compilation of both on vinyl. Telling you, that 180-gram and gatefold business is EXPENSIVE!

Anyway, we pride ourselves on maintaining a clean studio, but once tracking starts to happen, inevitably all hell breaks loose.

Check back with us for progress updates; we will be playing out later this summer too; we’ll put details on the LIVE page as they become known!

Much love,
Seth + Julianna

All right people! This time, your friends–that is to say, we–will appear at our friend (and, truth be told, roommate’s) art opening. Said friend and roommate, Melody Owen, has curated a book called “Disappearing,” and we’re honored and excited to hepl celebrate its publication. More details on the LIVE page!

Love,
Seth + Julianna

Not at all to be confused with April Baer, semi-noted local radio personality. No, it’s us, playing a show in April with an old friend and erstwhile Portlander Joe Lally, also known as bassist for Fugazi. Look for more details on the LIVE page….

If we can get the babysitting together we’ll break out a few new ones, Julianna and I have been on a songwriting spree and there’s a bunch of exciting (well, exciting for us at least) stuff coming down the pike….

That’s right people, we’re on a mission to save Reading Frenzy, the wildly awesome (but economically challenged) book / zine / art store in downtown Portland. To that end, we’re performing in a benefit for the shop on Thursday, March 9 at Holocene. Please visit the LIVE page for details; one especially exciting byproduct of the event is that Julianna and I will be performing a couple of songs with the ever-awesome Corin Tucker!

Hi People,

Just a quick shout to let you know we’re venturing forth from our cave yet again, perhaps in hopes of Portland’s fabled “Warm February Surprise”? We’ll find out together, I suppose.

But in any event, yes we have a show, it’s Monday, February 16th at East End with some incredible bands, namely: Evolutionary Jass Band, Hungry Ghost, and Sad Horse.

As ever, it’d be great to see you.

Seems like that time again…for mid-winter bears to break out of hibernation and rock!

Wait, that doesn’t make any sense, not even to me! Anyways, yes, we’re playing a show. It’s with the honest-to-goodness great Quasi, at Doug Fir on January 10th 2009. What’s more, Portland’s own psych-damaged metallic god-knows-what dudes Eat Skull are playing as well.

We’re the first band that night, so do come early!

Much love,

Seth & Julianna

Hi Folks,

Just a quick shout to hype, um, myself. This Friday, December 5, I’ll be joining the reknowned (and frankly, somewhat intimidating) Portland Cello Project for their Christmas show at the Aladdin Theater. Among a sea of talented guests–including the incredible Mirah–I’ll be joining PCP on double bass for the second movement from Dmitri Shostakovich’s lovely Cello Concerto, Op. 107. If you’re game, tickets are available here. Special Bonus: Wearing a terrible holiday-themed sweater will get you a CD of previously unreleased PCP music!