Catfish Haven

This post was lost during the Blogger outage, and it's important so I've recovered it.


Each time I hear a new Catfish Haven track, I'm floored. Luckily for me, I just got hold of "You Can Have Me," a cut from their newly-released Please Come Back EP. It's consistent with their compellingly dirty sound - the strangely springy guitar, crashing drums pacing the song perfectly, and those vocals. George Hunter yowls and yawls without a trace of affectation, mixing soul and whiskey and coming up with his blues. And these blues ring just as true, with resignation and self-pity tarnishing a burning heart until everything's a warm yellow glow. Suddenly the Missouri trailer park connections don't seem like a schtick and even the band name become forgivable as Hunter & co. set us down and lay it on us.

From the new Please Come Back EP (buy!!!):

Catfish Haven - You Can Have Me

Catfish Haven - Please Come Back

Catfish Haven will be touring with the ridiculously named Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, check it out:

02/03/06 Champaign, IL - Canopy Club (18+) Andrew Bird Afterparty

02/04/06 Chicago, IL - Subterranean

(Catfish Haven CD Release Show. FREE copy of CDEP with your ticket) w/ Matthew Kerstein

02/08/06 Lansing, MI - Mac's Bar (18+)

02/09/06 Detroit, MI - Lager House

02/10/06 New York, NY - Knitting Factory Tap Bar w/ A Northern Chorus

02/11/06 Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw w/ The Drones

02/12/06 New Haven, CT - Bar Nightclub

02/13/06 Allston, MA - Great Scott (18+)

02/14/06 Philadelphia, PA - Space 1026 w/ Be Your Own Pet

02/16/06 Washington, DC - Wonderland Ballroom 1101 Kenyon St. w/These United States

02/17/06 Louisville, KY - Headliners w/ Your Black Star + Cabin

02/18/06 Mufreesboro, TN - Grand Palace Records (18+)

02/21/06 St. Louis, MO - High Pointe

02/22/06 Springfield, MO - The Outland

02/23/06 Columbia, MO - Mojo's

02/24/06 Iowa City, IA - Gabe's Oasis

(EARLY SHOW ALL AGES)

02/25/06 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot

SSLYBY, if you're not familiar, put out a split EP with Michael Holt on the upstart Catbird Records, and a well-received full length Broom (buy).

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Accident

MySpaces: Catfish Haven + SSLYBY

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From the vastly confusing Danielson Conflagration: Danielson has posted a new song called "Did I Step On Your Trumpet?" from the upcoming Ships on his/their/its MySpace page. Looks like Secretly Canadian's got it going on!

Via Stereogum: Grillz by Paul Wall. Seriously, you can have the rapper's crack dental team deck out your mouth, anywhere from $75-$800 per tooth. Me, I went for the "Party Don't Stop Disco Ball" style, only set me back two grand.

"Holler."