I cordially invite you all to the release show for the music video for Why Not Now created by the lovely fellows at Backslash Bomb! The bash is going down at Full Cup on Friday May 31st. Later in the night Ghost & Goblin! will be releasing their new EP! Three bands $7 and two releases! Cya there.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/451535628270023/
I am so thankful for a couple of very positive blog write ups that got published lately.
First of all Michelle Panzironi from Hypetree wrote up “What Do I Do?” in the Hypetree blog SEEDS. Hypetree SEEDS blog write up
Second Steve Fabian from the blog Those Who Dig published an inteview with me he conducted at the Waverly Dinner in NYC a few months back. He also included “What Do I Do?” in his most recent podcast.
Those Who Dig David Pollack Interview
Please check out Hypetree, a very cool spinoff on Pandora Radio and Those Who Dig an up and coming music blog based out of NYC.
What a week! After three days of touring the northeast and Canada I stepped off the plane into the zoo that is Austin, Texas during SXSW. Music and film galore in this week-long industry hang that attracts the masses from all over the world. I rented a house in East Austin for the week with my friend and Billboard intern Chris Palermino and a couple other artists and journalists from New Orleans. It was a great refuge away from downtown Austin that turned out to have chickens chilling in the backyard. The serenity of the birds chirping and the chickens clucking in the backyard gave me a lot of inspiration. I even wrote a couple songs while I was down there.
Downtown I saw countless bands and rappers throughout the week. The highlights included Talib Kwalib, Green Day, The Flaming Lips, Daedalus, and Action Bronson. I also checked out some friends of mine – Bucks Rockers Hunter Valentine and Elle King. The Skins at the Wreckroom showcase fucking rocked!! They are so much tighter than they where when I saw them last. Their French tour with The Heavy really paid off. Oh yeah and Adrian Grenier from Entourage was there to top it off.
On Friday I had the pleasure of getting on Mr. Palermino’s showcase. Check out his label Shorewave Records when you get a chance. Palermino does a great job of finding and helping out Boston-based bands.
I had the chance to busk when I was down there and met Amelia Romano, a fantastic harpist from San Francisco. Be sure to check her out. I got a chance to sneak into some fancy private party with an open bar and BBQ food being pumped out all night thanks to Bryan Blaylock and Pierce Saxon, a couple rad folk musicians who turned me on to some Jim James.
I got to hang out and work the WFUV radio day showcase featuring Iron & Wine, Dawes and Vampire Weekend. Speaking of WFUV, I gotta be there at 8am tomorrow morning for my shift. This Monday is gonna be rough.
-David
P.S.: Bonus links!
1) April Siese, a New Orleans writer for NolaDefender, was our housemate for the week. Check her out on Twitter and her site.
2) The Ugly Club is a great band from New Jersey that I caught playing on 6th St.
Playing a last minute showcase tonight at the Shorewave Records Showcase tonight at 9pm!
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