dogs under water

I've got nothing to say, but these photos of dogs under water make me laugh every time I see them.

If you don't find those hilarious, you have no soul. 

Other than looking at pictures of dogs underwater, life is busy.  Went and saw Every Time I Die in Myrtle Beach this past weekend with the Stonez and Jared. Such an amazing show and one of the openers, Let Live, absolutely blew me away.  I saw them open for August Burns Red but the sound was so bad (popping speakers are the worse) that it didn't dawn on me how amazing they were.  ETID had tons of energy but nothing will compare to a Let Live show, dude was all over the place.  We're going to have to get Kyle a longer mic cable for our next show. 

Here's "Homeless Jazz" off of Let Live's "Fake History", you should go pick it up....right now. Support good music by good dudes. 

Besides the great show, hanging out with Jared, Kyle, and Harmz is always a blast. Lots of laughs, stupid jokes,  and good, good food (you'll always have my heart Steak & Shake). 

This weekend the House of Fools dudes will be playing Charleston, so that's going down on Saturday and if you're in the chucktown area, you should be there. I've already roped Jared into coming, which is awesome. Plus it's nice to see them play live without having to drive 4 hours to Greensboro. 

April is already shaping up to be a pretty busy month, should be a banger. 

And here's ETID's "Grudge Music", just because it's awesome and I enjoy it a lot. 

much love, 

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versus the beast

so it's 2012 now. fingers crossed no one i'm close to dies this year and that the mayans weren't correct and the world collapses on December 21st. other than those two things, it's just a different number at the end of the date. let's roll with the tunes.

so my pals in house of fools finally released their new album (after years of record label turmoil) and it's everything i expected and more.  i couldn't make the release show on the 30th since i had some band stuff to do down here in chucktown but i've heard nothing but good things about the show. plus HoF has always been a band that you have to see live, no matter how good their albums are.

anyway, back to the album. it's full of great music, great songwriting and great harmonies. it's equal parts classic rock (tom petty, pink floyd), americana (wilco, ryan adams) and pop (the format, steel train). since i haven't owned it for even 24 hours yet, i'm reluctant to pick a favorite song but it's safe to say Time will remain as one of my favorites.  so watch the video below and then go pick it up over at cdbaby.

House Of Fools - Time from Patrick Caudle on Vimeo.

also, yes i'm a bit biased since i've known these dudes for a while and they're one of the reasons i wished i still lived in the g'boro area so i could see them live more often but even listening to it objectively, i still think it's an amazing record. 

now, there are two releases in 2012 i couldn't be more excited about, and completely different type of music than HoF, Every Time I Die's Ex Lives and Lamb of God's Resolution.  

if you've known me longer than a week you'll know how Every Time I Die is one of my favorite bands so even without hearing anything off the new album (drops March 6), I planned on pre-ordering it.  luckily, they released a song yesterday and it's every thing I would expect from them(and yes, I completed my pre-order package within about 20 minutes of posting). 

also, lamb of god has a new album coming out January 24th.  they're in the same grouping as etid in the fact that they never disappoint.  their single, ghost walking, speaks for itself.  two things to add to that though, (1) how amazing that lyric video is, and (2) how someone can play that riff on an acoustic is beyond me...then again, i'm a shitty guitarist. 

the best thing about both of those singles is that they sound like the band they represent while still evolving their sound.  it's not an easy thing to do. 

in other news, the merchants set is coming along nicely and hopefully we'll have our first show in the next month (shooting for a february 10th show currently). we'll begin recording soon too so that should be frustratingly fun (stupid click tracks).  and i actually posted a new by sea / by land demo the other day up on soundcloud. it's nothing fancy, pretty simple to be honest, but i like it. 

hope everyone is doing well, much love.

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