bye bye blackbirds all-night rager

The Bye Bye Blackbirds are no slouches. For proof, head to Peri's Silver Dollar in Fairfax, CA this Tuesday, Feb 17. The band begins at 9:30 and plans to power through every song they know - or until the bar kicks them out! That's the kind of rock n' roll dedication we love here at American Dust. Don't miss it! (Also, there's no cover - perfect for these pre-stimulus times.)

The Bye Bye Blackbird's debut full-length, Houses & Homes (pictured) is available now.

bye bye blackbirds rock out

If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area in the coming weeks, you'll definitely want to catch the awesome Bye Bye Blackbirds at one of two choice local dates:

Saturday, January 17
Lobot Gallery
1800 Campbell St.
Oakland, CA
9pm $7
w/ Grand Lake and Musee Mechanique
NOTE: This show will also be broadcast live on KALX Live Berkeley radio 90.7.



Thursday January 22
Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk Street
San Francisco, CA
9pm $7
w/ The Shore and The Parties

The Bye Bye Blackbirds' much-fêted debut album, Houses & Homes is available now.

miller carr gets track of the year

Thanks to the right-on Totam blog supersite, who included our own Miller Carr & the Shalants' wildly terrific "Hey" among their tracks of the year.

Scribe Aileen Tat calls the band's music a "seamless blend of surf, psychedelia, and soul." Well put, Ms. Tat.


Miller Carr & the Shalants' Passage Through Wilderness, Vol. 2, featuring "Hey" in all its loping, romantic glory, is available here.

top ten fever

End of the year means time for lists. Here's our own picks, the albums that have been keeping us warm the last twelve months:

Joe's top ten (in alphabetical order):
-Ryan Adams, Cardinology
-Breeders, Mountain Battles
-Bye Bye Blackbirds, Houses and Homes
-Miller Carr & The Shalants, Passage Through Wilderness vol. 2 (pictured)
-Dead Child, Attack
-Deerhunter, Microcastle
-Kings of Leon, Only By The Night
-The Oh Sees, The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In
-Racebannon, Acid or Blood
-Eli "Paperboy" Reed, Roll With You

Mike's top ten (ranked):
1. Marnie Stern, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That...
2. The Hold Steady, Stay Positive
3. Department of Eagles, In Ear Park
4. Blitzen Trapper, Furr
5. Brightblack Morning Light, Motion to Rejoin
6. Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, We Brave Bee Stings and All
7. Future of the Left, Curses
8. Miller Carr & the Shalants, Passage Through Wilderness vol. 2 (still pictured)
9. Glasvegas, Glasvegas
10. Why?, Alopecia

Best compilation of the year (by far): The Move, Anthology 1966-1972

bye bye blackbirds leave the light on

Nice track review of our beloved Bye Bye Blackbirds' "Leave a Light On" on the keen Unpopular Culture blog. You can check the review and mp3 here.

Bye Bye Blackbirds' Houses & Homes album, featuring "Leave a Light On" alongside a clutch of other razor-sharp pop gems, is available now.

people love matt baldwin

Matt Baldwin's Paths of Iginition is definitely our sleeper hit of the year.

Now the East Bay Express names it among the Best Music of 2008. Awesome!

Paths of Iginition is available now.

matt plays for his fans

Our favorite man with a guitar, Matt Baldwin, has a couple sweet opening spots lined up in lovely California this month. Be sure to catch him if you can:

Nov 21 - Muddy Waters Coffee House, Santa Barbara
With The Entrance Band

Nov 23rd - The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
With Sleepy Sun, Rodriguez and The Entrance Band

Matt Baldwin's remarkable debut, Paths of Ignition continues to turn heads left and right. You can grab a copy right here.