In two
years, the Spokane, Washington-based five-piece Paper Mache - which
will be performing at Mixtapes in East Moline on September 3 - has
gone through more than a dozen members.
You might assume that singer/songwriter Chelsea Seth Woodward is difficult to work with, but to hear him tell it, it was simply a process of shaping Paper Mache.
"It started off as me doing a singer/songwriter, solo acoustic," he said last week, "but the intention was always to have the songs that I wrote have open interpretation, that we could play with them and I could have different members join and see what fit, and then develop a sound from there."
Leo
Acton didn't think this career path was open to him. He considered
being a musician, but he always thought of himself as a physical
comedian. "In a lot of ways, I've always been a clown," he said
last week in a phone interview.
When
Flyover,
the fourth album from Des Moines-based Brother Trucker, sees the
light of day - maybe yet this summer - the band's fans will be
treated to a collection of timeless roots rock.
So
far this week, we've already recorded Royal
Bangs and New Zealanders
The Ruby Suns,
who parked their motor home at West Lake Park for the night, ate some
Huckleberry's pizza, and then drove to Chicago to make the long
flight home. They were a little worn out when they came to see us,
but the tunes turned out well. Everyone should check out their newest
Sub Pop record and complain to someone that it's not been released
on vinyl.
