Mishka Grateful Death (Dead) T shirt

Our favorite scenester clothing line Mishka and sponsor of T&B and Passions, came out with a grateful dead T shirt. The End is Near.

Theiving Irons @Union Hall

The steel pedal player looks just like a member of New Riders of the Purple Sage, thank god the Dead are once again Hip! Before everyone wanted to be indie, now people are so sick of that they are starting to rediscover the great music from the 60's once again and America's folk roots.

Nate Martinez, the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter-guitarist (formerly of buzz-band Pela), recently announced his new project Thieving Irons. The band’s first album, This Midnight Hum, will be released on Martinez’s own Seabird Recordings on August 24. The band will follow up the release with a tour of select U.S. cities in August and September, the first of which are listed below.

Martinez was intimately involved in every aspect of This Midnight Hum: as writer, performer, co-producer (with Mike Brown) and mixer (with Jim Smith at Saltlands Studio). He brought the tracks to life in collaboration with various friends and compatriots, including Bryan Devendorf of The National on drums, Dan Brantigan on trumpet, and Mike Brown on a variety of instruments. Martinez takes the reins on vocals and lead guitar as well as contributing many other instrumental parts. The compositions on the album have a distinctly American flavor that reveals the influence of classic troubadours like Tom Petty & Lindsay Buckingham.

This Midnight Hum is the first album by a member of Pela since the band’s demise. Pela were named Artists to Watch by Rolling Stone after the release of their full length, “Anytown Graffiti,” which made many critics’ Best of 2007 lists. The New York Times praised the album for “wide-open skies of bouncy, Pixiesesque basslines and sharp, sparkling guitars.”


THIEVING IRONS TOUR DATES
August 23 Washington, DC DC9
August 24 Brooklyn, NY Union Hall
August 26 Boston, MA Middle East Upstairs
September 9 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle