BEL AIR ON THE AIR

Bel Air opens and closes the current episode of Americana Rock Mix! Check it out here! Scroll to the bottom to listen to the episode.

SHOW AT PETE'S

After practice on Thursday, Bel Air went to Pete's Candy Store to see Hartwell Littlejohn and T.K. Webb play. They were both great and both covered great songs - Hart did 3 Gram Parsons songs and T.K. did Pancho and Lefty. Here's a pic of T.K. (it was dark in there):

CURRENT OBSESSION

Antony and the Johnsons - Aeon

Just try to watch this video and not get completely sucked in. I dare you!

I'm totally obsessed. Who's with me? Antony and the Johnsons' new album The Crying Light is really, really good. Antony's voice would have been enough for me to love it but his songwriting puts it over the edge. It incorporates melodies and cadences that seem to be inspired by the "classical" art song tradition and still manages to sound of the minute.

8MS - ON THE BEAT - AUGUST

Hey Y'all! My August edition of On the Beat is now up on Eight Million Stories. Check it out!

LIVE AT LEGION

The fundraiser for Toy Box Theatre Company was a success! Here is a video clip sent in by a very nice friend of Matt's that features a sneak peak at one of our brand new tunes. And, a creepy, moving (possessed?) doll:

LIVE SHOW!!

Bands start at 4, we're the second band. Extrapolate from that what you will.

Not only is there no cover for this show, the hosts of this party are paying people to attend (in BBQ which is the best currency I can think of).

This is a benefit show for our pal Mike Holmes' theater company so you can feel good about drinking in the middle of the day. You'll be (drunkenly) supporting local theater!

DON PEDRO'S SHOW - BEL AIR

We would like to thank our buddy Dave Reich for taking these photos. He is both talented and charming.

Click on the photos for slightly larger versions.












Our new drummer Eric!

DON PEDRO'S SHOW

Here are some pictures from the show last night at Don Pedro's. It was an awesome night. Thanks to Nervous Assistant, Holy Moly and Katy Mae for playing with us! Pictures of Bel Air will follow...

LIVE BEL AIR

We are playing a free show tonight in Brooklyn at Don Pedros!
This will, unfortunately, be one of our last two shows with our bass player Matt, as he has decided to move on to browner pastures (LA).
Tonights set should be a really exciting one, as we plan to strip away some of the slow jams to expose our inner rockness.
This will be our "official" release show for our new 7" (which you can buy from our blog sidebar------->)

You can plan on hearing plenty of new music from us tonight! We will be previewing a number of songs that we have been working on for our upcoming full-length.

Hope to see you there.
love, bel air

Don Pedros is: 90 Manhattan Avenue b/w Boerum & McKibben.
Bands include our friends Holy Moly and Katie Mae. We will be playing at 10 SHARP.

NEW REVIEW

Hey! The folks over at fensepost.com just posted a very positive review of Pole to Pole.
Check it out here:
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GOD HELP US

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Get ready for some SWEEEEEET TWEEEEEETS!

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8MS - JULY

Hey Y'all! My July On the Beat column is now up on eightmillionstories.com.

Check it out!

Here's a pic of one of the coolest guitar players ever, Jason Groth, that got cut from the column:


photo by the Tuze

I swear, everything that this guy plays is solid gold magic.

Last month's column marked the one year anniversary of On the Beat. Whoops! I forgot to celebrate. That party would have been a rager. Oh well. Next year...