speed of dark

Wow...it's been a long time since I've been here. I was on vacation for a couple of weeks, and when I came back, it was to a dead computer. It was a long wait until I determined that it was actually and totally dead, and an even longer wait to get the new computer up and running. But here I am, attempting to get back to the blog. I've missed so much by not being online, and I'm behind on the music people send me and even what's going on in the blogiverse. It's great to be back, but I feel like I'm ten steps behind on everything (not that I was with the frontrunners to begin with). Here's a great band I've been missing out on sharing here:

Arwin
Chicago-based band Arwin are fresh off of the release of their excellent EP, The Bright Outside EP, and have been featured in some of our favorite blogs, such as Can You See the Sunset..., Berkeley Place and The Yellow Stereo, which is where I heard them first, quite a while back. The crew from Team Arwin were nice enough to send me a copy of their EP, and I repaid them by forgetting over and over to write about them. Arwin received a lot of praise for "Valerie, Bert, and Ernie", from the EP, but the rest of the sadly short EP is excellent.

If you're lucky enough to be in the Chicago area on August 10, check out Arwin at The Hideout. See All Things Lucid or Arwin's myspace page for more info, and check out these great songs from the EP.

arwin: valerie, bert, & ernie
arwin: bright outside