lalagray

It’s only a thumbnail shot, so look closely! If...

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:01:32 -0500

It’s only a thumbnail shot, so look closely! If you’re paying attention, you might get an idea of what the cover art for the album is going to look like…

"[lalagray] Masters are back. Hard to be scientific and critical when you are this happy."

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:31:00 -0500

“[lalagray] Masters are back. Hard to be scientific and critical when you are this happy.”

- Lindsay Graham of Junius recording co.

Because he played lalagray with no questions asked

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:55:40 -0500

Because he played lalagray with no questions asked:

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Our music is more local than your music.”

In addition to being able to hear cuts from the new album IN YOUR CAR, you are also going to get a lion’s share of amazing local music in one hour in one show…for FREE. Can’t beat it. Become a “fan” on Facebook and see what all the hubbub is about.

here’s a preview of the work Dylan Hollingsworth and I did...

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:44:17 -0500

here’s a preview of the work Dylan Hollingsworth and I did yesterday. Some of these images might be used in upcoming lalagray artwork…..*shifty eyes*

my album is going to see Chicago before I do!

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:28:57 -0500

Today we cleaned out our ears and brains and are giving the fully mixed album one last once over before we send it off to Carl Saff in Chicago for mastering. Some of you may know Carl by some of his recent work. He’s the mind responsible for mastering the albums of a few local artists here in DFDub. Notably: Nervous Curtains, The Beaten Sea, Vanessa Peters, Sleep Whale, Shiny around the edges, The Southern Sea, The Cutoff, Faris Nourallah, and a handful more. It’s good news as it puts me one MAJOR step closer to having a release show in August.

Just to give you an idea of how much I think you will enjoy this show, let me break down to you how the band is shaping up so far because this will be the biggest group of musicians I have ever had the privilege of playing with and I am extremely excited about it:

There will, of course, be me on piano. Shawn Spurrier on full drum kit, Benj Pocta (the beaten sea) playing bass, Becki Howard (The Crash that took me, Sara Jaffe) playing violin, Cynthia Hart playing Cello, Ryan Becker (RTB2) playing guitar, Jamie Wilson (The Beaten Sea) playing Banjo, Eli Browning (Dirty Birds, Republic of Texas) vocals and organ, and Kelsey Bowman (The Fox and the Bird) vocals.

All I really have left to add is a pedal steel player (if you know anyone, lemme know…). But this pretty much represents the record quite accurately. In addition to simply wanting an amazing performance to kick off the life of “Devil’s Nest”, I would really like for all of these talented musicians to have a chance to play these songs together in one room. We spent 5 amazing months in studio tracking this record and it would be so unfair to have never played a live version front to back. Not to mention the amount of high-five-ing that is bound to happen afterwards.

Anyway, I guess you should probably just keep the whole month of August free because I wouldn’t want you to miss it. And with ‘Devil’s Nest’ heading to Chicago to get the final glistening touches, you really wouldn’t want to waste any time getting your eager little hands on it because, y’all, it is so much better than I anticipated. And I can’t wait for you to hear it.

poster from the group switch show

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:22:05 -0500

poster from the group switch show

"we stopped checking for monsters under the bed because we realized they were inside of us."

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:20:11 -0500

““we stopped checking for monsters under the bed because we realized they were inside of us.””

this must be what it’s like to accept your flaws.

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:15:02 -0500

this must be what it’s like to accept your flaws.