On The Road October 13, 2011

Well it’s officially that time…  Anthony Loic and our newest member Jordan have been squeaking through the miasma that has been rehearsal and we leave for Mexico city tomorrow. Are we fully prepared?  Probably not.  I swear to God it feels like we never stopped touring.  It will be painful, it will be euphoric, mostly [...]

Loving tendrils of the M83 Galaxy August 7, 2011

Holy shit it’s that time again.  M83 is releasing a new album, “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming” and I am proud and happy to say I was given the opportunity to collaborate again with Anthony on some of the tracks. The first single, “Midnight City” was released last week and the response has been astonishing.  Thank [...]

Kevin, Elliot and Morgan Oh My. June 30, 2011

While Mr. Kevin Devine was in town a couple months ago for his Hotel Cafe Residency, I asked Mr. Elliot Glass if he would be interested in shooting a Little Videos session with him.  Naturally, the answer was a resounding yes… I have yet to meet someone who doesn’t think Kevin is a very special [...]

+ Kevin Devine + May 1, 2011

I’ve always felt very blessed to have moments in my life that bring incredible people and deep friendships my way. This past SXSW experience did just that: I was lucky to meet a young artist named Kevin Devine. We spent all of 30 minutes hanging out (in the street no less), and yet it was [...]

Remixes Vol. I : Estate April 9, 2011

  Overdrawn is perhaps the weirdest song on White Sea’s EP “This Frontier”.  Estate took the song and made it special.  Like really special.  When I got the MP3, I started jumping up and down in my apartment, totally elated. Gone was the indie pop, in was the 80s dance revival: perfection! Hailing from Minneapolis, [...]

Remixes Vol. 1 : Lord Huron March 28, 2011

Well, I think it’s obvious that I’m a big fan of Ben’s new project Lord Huron.  (See previous posts!) Ben was gracious enough to do a remix exchange with me, (the WS remix to be announced soon…) and hence Mountaineer got the Lord Huron special treatment. What’s there to say that I haven’t already?  It’s [...]

Remixes Vol 1: School of Seven Bells March 22, 2011

These are my brothers and sisters.  Not only are they incredible humans who I would happily get stuck with on a desert island, they are (as many of you already know) INCREDIBLE musicians.  Like bananas talented. Being as rad as they are, they asked me to do a remix a while back for Dust Devil, [...]

Remixes Vol. I : Spirit Animal March 10, 2011

You may know him better as Gray Kid, but Steve Cooper of Spirit Animal, regardless of what you call him, is a baller.  I’ve known Steve for a couple years now and had no idea what to expect when he agreed to remix Ladykiller. We met up for some wine, and two glasses in we [...]

Remixes Vol. 1 : Seven Saturdays March 7, 2011

Jonathan Haskell of Seven Saturdays and I have known each other for about 3 years now. He invited me to sing on his first album and since then, we have been fast friends.  I was lucky enough to take Jon’s remix cherry when he gave White Sea’s Oljato a lush, haunting re-working for our “Remixes [...]

Lord Huron November 17, 2010

So many amazing musical discoveries in the last couple months!  For this post, I am delighted to share Lord Huron with you. I recently ran into an old friend, Ben Schneider, who I hadn’t seen in some time outside of Downtown Rehearsal.   We promptly exchanged our musical tales, mine of White Sea, his of [...]