Ya Ho Wa 33: gettin the band back together again some more

Djin Aquarian's coming back to town and we're gonna psych out with him and the gang for a few Northwest dates this month. This time the gang includes: Me (Shana), Gonzo and Johnny, David and Emily of Midday Veil, Garrett Kelly of Hollow Earth Radio and buncha bands, Sam Yoder (Geist and the Sacred Ensemble), and Dave Abramson (Diminished Men) for one show, and maybe some others filling your head with the good noise.

Signal to Noise

Check out the new issue of Signal to Noise for a nice little bit about the Shana Cleveland and the Sandcastles album written by the great Plastic Crimewave. And thanks to P.C. Esq. for reminding me of the beautiful sounds of Angel Olsen (whose tape I heard briefly months ago in my friend Danah's car on a quick drive to a house party and then forgot about). I just ordered Angel's new LP (a total bargain at $10 on the Bathetic Records website) and can't wait to see it on my doorstep.

Tiniest Lights from Randy Sterling Hunter on Vimeo.

Another great review from the Big Takeover!

Oh man, cover the ground

The Shana Cleveland and the Sandcastles record is done and it sounds great. Endless thanks to everyone who played on it and especially to Johnny and Ola. Check it out here.

Live on KEXP tonight! + Ya ho wa 33!

Two crazy happenings tonight, my friends:
First, the Myst'll be live on KEXP tonight at 8pm pst. We'll be playing 4 songs off of "We Creeling" (in stores everywhere in a matter of days). If you live outside of Seattle you can still tune in live at http://kexp.org.

And tonight at Radar hair and records, Nic and I (along with Dave Abramson (Master musicians of bukkake, Diminished Men), Emily Pothast and David Golightly (Midday Veil), Kaz Nomura (pwfl power), and Garrett Kelly (Hollow Earth Radio)) will be sitting in with Djin Aquarian, an original member of the famed 70's psych band Ya Ho Wa 13! This show is part of Hollow Earth Radio's Magma fest and you can find more info about this show and the other stellar shows this month here.

We Creeling in the Oxford American Journal's "Editor's picks"

It's right here!
Jim Morrison always reminds me of that guy in Annie Hall who's like 'touch my heart...with your foot'

"a slow, dark majesty"

Oh man were we glad to see this review today on the Big Takeover! The wait can be rough between the time it takes to finish recording an album and the time when people start hearing it. I think Nic and I both had a sigh of relief this morning, can't wait to share this record with the rest of you come March!

Famous Faces

I made a calender, it's got whatchu need from a calender and Little Richard too. You can but one through the K mail order dept here for cheap!

Oly winter nights

This Friday we pack up the van and head to the heralded HD video studio at Evergreen State College to play on the first episode of Olympia Winter Nights. If you live in Olympia you can watch the show live (Friday at 8pm) on cable access or hear it live on KAOS, if not you can watch it live on online I believe and I suspect it will be archived, more information at the OWN blog

Booking a monster tour

Big news, this week we start booking a tour that will take us across the US and back. Drop us a line if you know a good place for us to play anywhere in the country. Be it gallery, bar, vegan potluck, chilly warehouse...we just wanna spread our new album liberally around all of your affected areas. you can reach us at: thecuriousmystery@gmail.com