MP3: Shane Sweeney – “When I am Empty”

Donewaiting has been a big supporter of Two Cow Garage since forever. The guys even played DW’s 6-year anniversary show. For those who share our 2Cow enthusiasm, we’ve got the premiere of “When I am Empty,” the second track off Two Cow Garage bassist Shane Sweeney’s debut album, The Finding Time, out next week on Last Chance Records (Little Rock, Ark.). Like his bandmate Micah Schnabel, Sweeney went the minimalist route for his first solo record — just acoustic guitar, creaky chairs and Sweeney’s baritone thumping the bedroom walls. It’s what people talk about when they talk about an “intimate record.”

Shane Sweeney’s Columbus release show is Friday at the Rumba Cafe (10pm, $6) with Todd May (Lilybandits, Mooncussers), Jeff Fernengel (Tree of Snakes) and Nate Linek (The Proms, Raise the Alarm).

The Finding Time is available digitally on iTunes, Amazon and Last Chance Records’ website, where you can also pre-order clear or blue vinyl (includes digital download).

Not exactly a CD release party for a CD that’s been available to purchase both physically and digitally for a few weeks, Lydia Loveless plays Columbus on Saturday night for the first time since her badass twang-rocker Indestructible Machine was released by Bloodshot Records on September 13.

While Josh Krajcik put Columbus in the national spotlight due to his 7-minutes (so far) of fame on the X-Factor (one of Loveless’s first shows was with Krajcik), glowing reviews have been piling up for Loveless, the introverted (at least when she’s not on stage) singer whose biographical tales of local stalkers, woebegone relationships with both bad boys and alcohol, and the reality of everyday life have struck a chord with music listeners worldwide.

Welcome Lydia Loveless back to Columbus on Friday night when she makes an appearance at Rumba Cafe along with The Mooncussers and a solo set from Two Cow Garage’s Shane Sweeney. Copies of Indestructible Machine will be available at the show though you all certainly own it by now!

NPR’s “World Cafe: Next” (out of Philadelphia’s WXPN) featured a couple of Two Cow Garage tracks — “Sally, I’ve Been Shot” and “Jackson, Don’t You Worry” — off the band’s new record, Sweet Saint Me, out now on Suburban Home Records.

Tour dates with Franz Nicolay and others:
11/4/10 Madison, WI @ The Frequency w/ Franz Nicolay
11/5/10 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock w/ Franz Nicolay. The Evening Rig
11/7/10 Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge
11/8/10 Ft Collins, CO @ Surfside 7 w/ Michael Dean Damron
11/9/10 Denver, CO @ Illegal Pete’s (5pm w/ Micah Schnabel)
11/9/10 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive w/ Michael Dean Damron, Tin Horn Prayer
11/10/10 Salt Lake City, UT @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge w/ Michael Dean Damron
11/12/10 Seattle, WA @ The Sunset Tavern
11/13/10 Bremerton, WA @ Winterland w/ I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In the House
11/14/10 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge w/ I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In the House, Olin & The Moon
11/15/10 Stockton, CA @ Plea for Peace Center w/ Olin & The Moon, Daniel Francis Doyle
11/17/10 San Diego, CA @ Ruby Room w/ Olin & The Moon
11/18/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland w/ Olin & The Moon
11/19/10 Tempe, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room w/ Olin & The Moon
11/21/10 Manhattan, KS @ Auntie Mae’s Parlor
11/22/10 St Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
11/23/10 Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern

Already wrote about 2cow and Lost Revival for The Other Paper, so I’ll stop typing and just give ya some release-show info and let you watch that video and sample these mp3s to make up your own mind:

The Lost Revival and Monolithic Cloud Parade’s combined release show is 10 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 25) at Skully’s, 1151 N. High St., with George Elliot Underground.

Two Cow Garage’s CD release show is Saturday (Sept. 25) at the Rumba Café, 2507 Summit St., 10 pm(ish), with Scotland Yard Gospel Choir and Ghost Shirt.

Suburban Home Records has some details about the new Two Cow record, Sweet Saint Me, which won’t be out till October, but apparently the band will have some copies at the Columbus release show at Rumba on Sept. 25. “Lydia,” the single, will be available Friday (9/10) as a digital download and a limited-edition (100) Polaroid taken by the band.

Track listing and more info:

1. Sally, I’ve been Shot
2. Sweet Saint Me
3. Lydia
4. Jackson, Don’t you Worry
5. Wanted to be
6. What Dying is for
7. Closer to me
8. Angeline
9. My Great Gatsby
10. Soundtrack to my Summer
11. Lucy and the Butcher Knife
12. Insolent Youth
13. Brothers in Arms

“Lydia”, the lead off single will go on sale on Friday, September 10th. The single will be available in 2 formats: as a limited edition polaroid taken by the band (hand-numbered out of 100 w/ digital download coupon) on their way to Denver for the 15th Anniversary weekend and digitally. I will only have 20 poloroids for sale in my store which will certainly go fast and the rest of the polaroids will be for sale at Two Cow’s merch booth this weekend. If you miss out on one of the polaroids, the single will be available digitally through our Limited Pressing store and the Suburban Home bandcamp page. “Lydia” will be the A-side and “Montgomery Park” will be the b-side. The b-side won’t be on the upcoming album.

“Sweet Saint Me” was recorded at Hi/Lo Studios in Eden, New York. The album was produced by Matt Smith and Two Cow Garage. The album was mixed and mastered by Stephen Egerton at Armstrong Recording in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Album art was designed by Geoff Allen (Funisok).

The album won’t be in stores until late October, but the band will have copies of the CD for their album release show on September 25th and on their first tour in support of “Sweet Saint Me”. We will soon be announcing a pre-order for the LP, CD, and Deluxe Sets for “Sweet Saint Me”.

Two Cow Garage will be performing at this year’s Suburban Home Anniversary on Friday, September 10th and will be backing Austin Lucas and Jon Snodgrass on Saturday, September 11th.

Featuring Micah Schnabel of Two Cow Garage on drums. 52 Singles in 52 Weeks

MP3: Single #21 – Pike Bishop

From Branden:

Here is our first collaboration of many. This song features Shane Sweeney (2 cow garage) on bass and Micah Schnabel (2 cow garage) on vocals with me. This was absolutely so much fun to record with them and they will be back several times before the end of the year. The next song will feature Natey Rothacker (trainwreck, tenacious D at bonaroo ) on drums. This Tuesday we are recording one with the amazing Dane Terry on keys and vocals.

I will be hitting the road with Micah for 3 weeks in august to support ghost shirt’s first release. The CD release party will be at Rumba cafe with the release of the Hot 17 book on Friday July 9th with Envelope, Two Cow Garage, New City Gypsy, Low Men, Wing and Tusk and The Receiver. Summer is busy and awesome.

52 Singles in 52 Weeks

The album features 15 different singles, including unreleased tracks by Phantods, Winter Makes Sailors and Wing and Tusk. Only 500 copies will be made, and 100% of the sales will be contributed to the Reese family to help pay for medical bills. The album will be released July 2nd at KOBO. Bands on the album will be performing all night. Albums will also be sold Saturday July 3rd at Skully’s Music Dinner, with Mr. Fahrenheit and The Loverboys with special guest Phantods.

Other contributors to this album include The Compressions, Karate Coyote, Saturday Giant, Sleepers Awake, Way Yes, New City Gypsy, Maza Blaska, Stretch Lefty, LES Crew, Ghost Shirt, Old Worlds and Two Cow Garage.

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AM Taxi’s Virgin Records debut won’t be in stores until June, however iTunes has picked it as part of their “Next Big Thing” series and you can download it (as of today) on iTunes, just in time for the band’s show in Columbus.

Because of the ticket demand, The Spill Canvas, Tyler Hilton, AM Taxi, and New Politics show originally booked at The Basement was moved a few weeks ago to The Newport. You can catch all 4 bands Thursday night. Doors open at 6pm and tickets are $15.

Vocals are kinda buried, but you get the idea. Plus you get “The Great Gravitron Massacre” as a bonus after the new tune.

Also, the solo release from Micah Schnabel (that bespectacled guy singing up there), When the Stage Lights Go Dim, is out now, and you can stream the whole thing over at Spinner. SXSW info for Micah and Two Cow’s Saturday shows, along with Schnabel’s solo acoustic take on “Bastards & Bridesmaids,” after the jump.

TWO COW GARAGE
3/20/2010 Front Porch Musings / Suburban Home party @ Friends Bar, 208 East 6th St, Playing at 4:15 PM

MICAH SCHNABEL
3/20/2010 Front Porch Musings / Suburban Home party @ Friends Bar, 208 East 6th St, Playing at 10:30 AM (EARLY BIRD GETS FREE BEER)

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