[The Henry Clay People continue their tour diary, getting all sweaty about last week’s frolicking at the South by Southwest Music Festival.” Joey Siara reports:] So we officially survived our second SXSW. It’s kind of like running a marathon, not that I would know, but I imagine the exhaustion is comparable, except instead of drinking […]
[The Henry Clay People’s adventures on tour opening for the Airborne Toxic Event continue:] Sorry, it’s been a while since we spoke to you last. We’ve been busy and computer access proves to be tough to come by. Anyhow, we just played the East Coast. Here are a few notes on the experience: Boston: Boston […]
[The Henry Clay People’s tour in support of the Airborne Toxic Event got back on track for a week or so – and then Airborne was forced to cancel shows Thursday and today in Canada because frontman Mikel Jollett took ill. THCP’s Joey Siara was inspired to write some verse …] Hey there, friends. It […]
This week marks the three-year anniversary of the Buzz Bands show on Little Radio. If anybody in listenerland can tell me the name of the first song I played on my show on March 8, 2006, I will send you a three-CD gift pack (you’ll choose 3 from a list of 20 titles). E-mail guesses […]
[The Airborne Toxic Event’s show postponements due to singer Mikel Jollett’s laryngitis have wreaked havoc in the camp of tourmates the Henry Clay People. But …] I woke up in Denver at 4:30 this morning with a blinking phone and a text: “You’re at the part of the Muppet movie when it seems like all […]
[Some background on this update: The Airborne Toxic Event has been forced to postpone three shows — and maybe more to come — because frontman Mikel Jollett has laryngitis. For supporting band the Henry Clay People, who were eking out an existence and covering their tour costs with their small guarantees and revenue from merchandise […]
[Here’s the second installment from the Henry Clay People – Joey and Andy Siara, Jonathan Price and Mike Hopkins, along with tour manager Dane Sundseth – who are on their first major tour of the U.S., with the Airborne Toxic Event and Rademacher. While Joey authored the first chapter, this time kid brother Andy weighs […]
[The Henry Clay People – singer-guitarists Joey and Andy Siara, bassist Jonathan Price and drummer Mike Hopkins – are doing their first national tour, as the support for fellow L.A. band the Airborne Toxic Event. The brothers Siara are sharing their adventures in a tour diary for Buzz Bands. Here goes:] Day 1: House of […]
Before I introduce Buzz Bands’ tour diarists for the next six weeks, I feel it is only appropriate to spring a pop quiz on you faithful readers: 1. The name “the Airborne Toxic Event” is a reference to: a) A drummer who passes gas in a tour van b) An album review on Pitchfork that […]
The way they bond, Jonathan Hylander and Sean Johnson may as well be twin drummers of different mothers. The pair, the driving force behind the Voyeurs, were pounding the skins for different South Bay bands when they met. They went on to play in the formidable but ill-fated (and hard to type) quartet E>K>U>K before […]
