Obviously, my new life’s goal is to find a reason to be at spaceland every Saturday Night. I mean it is the best ten bucks spent north of the Mexican border.

I feel like these two bands are probably new to TSS community as they are fresh to the Kittle dome.

Grails is an experimental, post-rock, noise band ala God is an Astronaut and Trans Am except a little on the lighter side. James Blackshaw is an acoustic guitar specialist whose songs embody more than their original point of origin. There are many rhythms and paces yet one person, ten fingers and six strings. Enigmatic. From JB, I recommend the album “The Cloud of Unknowing” which was released in 2007.

I am really interested in seeing James Blackshaw who just signed with YoungGodRecords (Angels of Light, Banhart, and formerly Akron Family). Michael Gira described listening to his acoustic sets as “exquisite in an ineffable way, and taps into a place, a dream place, or a pre-thought place, which each of us might recognize was always there inside of us and is suddenly revealed. Like coming home after a painful journey, I suppose…” Sentences such as that make me want to jump out of a building.

On balance I figured I could spend ten dollars on “Marley & Me” or explore spaceland. My choice was easy. What is yours?

Tags: Grails, James Blackshaw, Michael Gira, Spaceland, Young God Records

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