Evangelicals @ Emo's Annex - 14 March 2008 (SXSW Day 3, Pics)

I almost believe that having so many shows booked at SXSW worked against Evangelicals in a sense. At least for me, with so many opportunities to see them I kept putting it off until freaking out and realizing that I may had missed them altogether. Luckily, they stopped by Emo's Annex on Friday afternoon for their last SXSW show and rocked a handful of blissed-out reverb-heavy tracks from The Evening Descends.

Since we last saw them at Mercury a few years back, singer/guitarist Josh Jones has really stepped up and emerged as a charismatic and engaging front-man. Check out the dance moves in the pics below after the jump...






Listen: "Paperback Suicide"

See more pictures of Evangelicals (from this show) HERE.

Visit Evangelicals on MySpace.

New Evangelicals Video: "Midnight Vignette"

This little doozy of a video fits in perfectly with our forced attempts all week at providing film-related music content in celebration of Sunday's Oscars.

It's inspiration is pretty clearly derived from the song's title (and the whole vibe of The Evening Descends for that matter): a spooky, grainy, midnight B-movie. Directed by Matt Leach. Enjoy!



Also, don't forget to catch Evangelicals this Sunday (2/24) at Mercury Lounge and next Friday at Union Hall (2/29), both of which are with Headlights

Pinback does Fuse TV, SSLYBY shills Mastercard (?) and Other News = Yesterday in MySpace Bulletins

Who needs RSS feeds, PR email blasts, and hyperbolic blog posts* when you've got a good old fashioned community bulletin board still up and running on MySpace?

True, the 21st-century equivalent to cork-board and thumbtack affixed solicitations for ride shares and pottery classes down at the rec center may have lost some of its shine to Facebook, but there's still much desirable info to be collected. Keep reading to hear about Pinback playing live on Fuse TV, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin shilling Mastercard, and Evangelicals waxing on Neutral Milk Hotel. Call it OPP part deux...

Example: The Bulletin Board Exclusive - This is breaking news direct from the horse's (err, Rob Crow's) mouth.

Case Study: Pinback

Bulletin Subject: Pinback invited onto Fuel TV's "The Daily Habit"

Body: Fuel TV's "The Daily Habit," which covers the best in alternative sports, pop culture, music and comedy, has invited Pinback to perform live on Friday, February 22 at 9pm EST. If you don't have cable, find a friend that does! If you do have cable, find a friend that doesn't! What we're trying to say is find a way to watch, and make sure you spread the love. Tune in and tune up!

Prognosis: I didn't know that, did you? Who pays attention to Fuel TV? EXACTLY. Circle the date...

Listen: "Good To Sea"

Example: The Hidden News Item - Mentioned as almost an afterthought within a bulletin board post.

Case Study: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Bulletin Subject: Our Show Tonight = Cancelled

Body: We have to cancel our show tonight because of icey roads. It's rescheduled for Tuesday, March 25th. More info soon...

Oh yeah, that Mastercard commercial got canceled too... it'll probably air in a couple weeks.

New tour dates really soon!!

Prognosis: Mastercard commercial? That's the first we've heard of SSLYBY shilling plastic. Heck, even a Google search undertaken in the guise of journalistic integrity failed to unearth anything about this. Details please?

Listen: "Glue Girls"

Example: The "On Second Thought" Bulletin - Or, one that makes me go back and read an article I otherwise would have skipped.

Case Study: Evangelicals

Bulletin Subject: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

Body: Sup dudes...
This month is the 10 year anniversary of Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea... I wrote a few words on how I feel about the record over at Pitchfork. You can read about my embarrassment of not liking it and how I eventually found redemption.
Also, did any of you guys catch Friday Night Lights this last Friday? I was in Europe visiting my brother so I missed it but apparently they played "Diving" from So Gone during a scene taking place at a megachurch. Now we sit back and wait for the royalties to come flooding in....!

Prognosis: My eyes usually glaze over when I see the words "Neutral Milk Hotel" and "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea", not like I don't enjoy the album but I just find the fuss made over it disproportionate to it's actual worth. Hearing someone else's take on the album however - and this being someone whose music I respect very much - makes for a nice angle from which to submerge myself in NMH overkill (Happy 10th Anniversary). Oh right, this post also garners consideration as a "Hidden News Item"...Evangelicals on Friday Night Lights? How did I miss this?

Listen: "Diving"

*please don't ever stop reading these hyperbolic blog posts

Evangelicals - just the facts ma'am

I've heard that online readers are notoriously lazy. Short attention spans and such. Still with us? Okay good, let's keep this short and sweet then. EAR FARM likes Evangelicals and so should you. Here are the FACTS:

FACT 1: Their new album The Evening Descends comes out next Tuesday, January 22nd, on the Secret Canadian and Jagjaguwar sister label Dead Oceans.

FACT 2: You can stream it in its ENTIRETY over at their MySpace page until next Monday.

FACT 3: Those residing in the band's hometown of Norman, OK, take notice: Evangelicals will be playing a free CD release show on January 24th at the University of Oklahoma's Meacham Auditorium.

FACT 4: Evangelicals will be playing TWO NYC-area shows next month - Sunday Feb. 24th at Mercury Lounge and Friday, Feb. 29th (Leap Day) @ Union Hall, both with Illinois-based trio Headlights. So far, only Union Hall tix are available online, you can get them HERE.

FACT 5: Actually, not fact at all but complete conjecture. Amateur sleuthing led us to find Evangelicals playing Schuba's in Chicago on March 7th with nary a date scheduled again until March 29th. We're guessing loads of SXSW dates will be in the cards betwixt these two....

FACT 6: The first single off The Evening Descends, "Skeleton Man", is available for download all over the place, including right here on EF.

Listen:
"Skeleton Man"