Sunday, February 26, 2012

Portland fun



Kelly's Olympian was a blast last night. PLaying with our bro band FASTERS was fun and they certainly rocked the house with at least a few new songs I'd not yet heard. The bar side was pretty near full of folks before the bands went on; I spent much time chillin' talking to friends and drinking some kind of unpronounceable beer. Everyone drifted over to the band side once the Fasters started, so I moseyed along with them and took in the rock. Taken Outside and Shot Twice (T.O.A.S.T.) were on second, and they rocked the house and were really fewking funny to boot. I especially dug the Jesus Christ / white belt, Kung Fu hippie member, his motor-breath speed-rapping was great and the band seared along with a blood-pumping, modern alt-metal crunch, although they all look like regular dudes in tutus and superhero underwear. Not to be missed, go get burnt by T.O.A.S.T. sometime. The Underlings crawled up onstage last and we rocked it despite Dave's bass amp crapping out a couple times. Luckily, the sound guy was very competent and raised the bass to an appropriate level and we proceeded to do our thing. Lost my voice by the end of the set, but people seemed to dig and everyone stayed and it was very nice. We even sold a couple CDs and a 7", say yay for commerce. Now, we head back into our practice cavern to prepare for our next event: April 6th at Sam Bond's Garage with the Soothesayers and Pierced Arrows.

peace,

Ed/'lings

Sunday, February 19, 2012

The CRY! I Think I'm In Love




I didn't bring a camera for any image-capturing last night, so here is someone else's video of a song by the Cry! a tuneful young quartet of lads from Portland. Ya know how sometimes, as you go through life, you get confronted by youthful energy, talent and vigor, and you want to hate it, but then you actually get lost in it and just have a fucking good time? That's what the Cry! did for me. Great songs, great playing, great singing, great style choice and only 20 years old...goddammit, grrrrr....Fuck Yeah! A totally fun act, I'll go see them next time they play in town. They remind me of my friends from way back, Brent's T.V. from Arcata. We, the Underlings had a good, tight set and I caught sight of several friends, groovin' hard to the rock. We cut it loose, put the pedal down and rocked out, and it felt good. I can't wait for our CD release at Luckeys on April 27, it always seems to be the one room in town that fits our sound the best. OK kids, rock and roll, we will next be playing at Kelly's Olympian in Portland this coming Saturday, I hope to see some P-town friends out that night.
Rock ya later,


the 'Lings

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Totally Stoked!!



I can't believe the luck we have. When ya get a call that speaks in your ear, " you guys wanna play with Pierced Arrows?", what do you say? Hell yes! Thank you, Gods of Rock for letting this bit of good fate trickle down onto us, your underlings. We also have a killer show coming up next week, opening for Portland power-pop band the Cry down at Luckeys February 18th. In the meantime, we are doing our best to get some out-of-town legends to appear on a bill with us in the EUG, trying to bring the ROCK back to the dankest citidal of gloom on the west coast.