Brook Barlett and Peer Hansen’s List

From Sam....
Gawd!! I hope the walls don’t cave in on us THIS SUNDAY, Strangers!!
Sunday, May 13 will be the loudest Stay Strange yet!! Frank Melendez and Riververb! Also on the bill is the equally loud Actuary from Los Angeles. Plus a rare performance by artist Gerritt Wittmer.
SUNDAY, MAY 13-
RIVERVERB/ACTUARY/GERRITT WITTMER
THE KAVA GALLERY - 2804 KETTNER BLVD - 7PM - $5.00 - ALL AGES SHOW!
Riververb is always in a constant change, and I hear that the latest incarnation is the best so far! Judge for yourself! it’s some heavy stuff! Face morphing grinder sludge. Last time Riververb played, no slayed, the smoke turned black from monolithic chunks of acid-noise.
Actuary shake the shit loose! Los Angeles breeds some sick stuff and this by no means drops the ball. Not only are this tunes in your face, it’s in your skull too! Mean ass nitro venom. Gory!!
Gerritt Wittmer is an artist in the darkest sense possible. I’m not sure what he’ll be doing at this month’s Stay Strange, but if it’s anything like his performance at LUFF, it’s going to be scary!!!

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Brook Barlett and Peer Hansen’s List 12.27.9
(ed note, Boyd): Brook is a friend of my friend Andrew and is now a friend of mine! Through a few conversations we’ve shared I’ve found her to be a highly original thinker. Andrew is an old pal from High School whose intelligence, aesthetics and insights have never failed to amaze me. Brook’s band Hawks and Sparrows will be on my “to watch” list for 2010.)

Our new band is: Hawks and Sparrows, probably won't be released until end of 2010 we have just started ... I play guitar, Peer plays bass, we have machines, sounds, both sing, think dark, groovy, pretty and dissonant...
Our list of heavy rotation for the decade, in no particular order:
Spoon -- Gimme Fiction
TV On The Radio -- Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Sybarite -- Nonument
Catpower -- Free
Radiohead -- Amnesiac
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Dodos -- Visiter (this is my new favorite)
Sufian Stevens -- Michigan
Flaming Lips -- Yoshimi Battles the Pink
Man Man -- The Man in a Blue Turban with a Face
Broken Social Scene -- You Forgot It in People
Arcade Fire -- Funeral
Pinback -- Blue Screen Life
The Strokes -- Is This It
Yo La Tengo -- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Smog -- Supper
Elliot Smith -- Figure 8
Will Oldham -- Master and Everyone
Blonde Redhead -- Misery Is A Butterfly