We left our hearts and our Traynor amp at the Red Room last night…  a wonderful show in Vancouver.  Shawn, thank you for the beautiful flowers!

We read this piece in Time Out this morning, and can hardly believe our eyes:  Ray Davies’ response to hearing Charmaine Champagne:

This is fascinating. It sounds like the music I was writing with the Kinks when we first started. I’d like to record with people like this. They’re the sort of band that you look to come on tour with you—it’s so fresh and energized.

The Fiery Furnaces star siblings, just like the Kinks. Do you have any advice for them?
Leave all your quarrels at home. Although inevitably, it’s going to come through in the music.

You famously quarreled with your brother, Dave. Do you regret forming the group with him?
Oh, no. I wanted to do well and let him do well. The best bands are like families—it’s always been that way.