The last DARK MEAT shows

Feb 12 2010 8:00P
New Earth Music Hall Athens, Georgia
Feb 13 2010 8:00P
The Earl Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 19 2010 8:00P
The Milestone Charlotte, North Carolina
Feb 20 2010 8:00P
Village Tavern Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
Feb 21 2010 8:00P
Valhalla Infirmary Valhalla

Drew Danburry leaks 2nd single from upcoming LP

Second Single from the up and coming album Goodnight Gary by DREW DANBURRY… http://bit.ly/8K8PHX

DARK MEAT CALLING IT QUITS…

From Dark Meat’s Facebook page…..
Last Shows Ever! It’s true: Dark Meat will play our last four shows ever on the weekends of Feb 12 and Feb 19th. Dig the dates below. This serves as an open call. If you’ve played, come play once more; if you’ve freaked, come freak again. Recordings remain that will see the light of day somewhere; there will be no more shows. We’re moving on. The reaper calls. Valhalla awaits! See you there. DMVLFB

Drew Danburry gets geared up for a new release

From Drew Danburry-

I just posted the first single from the new and upcoming February release “Goodnight Gary” on my website for download:

www.drewdanburry.com

It’s called “Religion of Me” and if you need a direct link you can right click/save as here:

http://drewdanburry.com/downloads/ReligionOfMe.mp3

If you are wanting to review the full album, and post your opinion about it, please feel free to write back and I can send you a link to download it or I can maybe mail it. (It is a digital release though, so there isn’t any real physical packaging)

Secondly, with the beginning of 2010 I’ve begun a new video recording project with some of my friends here in Utah called Reliving the 90′s. It’s going to be 12 month by month episodes and you can watch the first episode on youtube here:

It is local Utah artist Katie Brandeburg singing “Stay” by Lisa Loeb.

If you want more details on any of this stuff and are interested in seeing cool pictures and reading real cool things. You can check out my blog and read a little more details and grab some more free music you may not otherwise be able to get:

http://drewdanburry.blogspot.com/

I’ll be playing a show Jan 22nd in Provo, Utah and will be giving out free cds to anyone who comes. Please spread the word if you can and for those who might not have downloaded the most recent Drew Danburry release “Geraniums” yet, anyone can do so for free right here:

http://drewdanburry.com/downloads/Geraniums.zip

Thanks so much and I hope the New Year has been off to a great start!
Drew

DARK MEAT review on blogcritics.

from blogcritics.org

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-dark-meat-truce-opium/page-2/

Imagine a gaudy van filled with hippies, hurtling down a turbulent road with no brakes and a lot of mushrooms, and you might have the gist of Dark Meat. A pack of road warriors out of Georgia, with a tendency to jam oodles of sound into tight spaces.

The thing about this band of merrymaking weirdos is that it can be difficult to tell where things start and stop. The crew was initially 30 people strong before dwindling down to a mean 18-piece outfit. With the release of Truce Opium back in October of this year, it was rumoured that Dark Meat was only boasting a lean band of nine members to flog their brand of psychedelic oddity.

Believe it or not, Dark Meat began things as a Neil Young cover band and somehow collected members like a giant ball of snow rolling down a hill and collecting things like houses, horses and lawn darts. Their live shows were spectacles, as you might imagine, resembling the agitated joy of Flaming Lips and the colossal madness of Polyphonic Spree.

Jim McHugh is the ringleader of this circus of the strange, writing the songs and rigging the blissful explosives with his wacky vocals. His presence is that of a cult leader, piling his cheery band of folks into the church van and back out on to the road for another escapade.

Truce Opium benefits from a leaner band somewhat, as one can actually differentiate different instruments (sometimes) amid the ring of noise emanating from this nutty nonet.

In the end, as weird and bizarre as a band might be, their music still has to matter. In the case of Dark Meat, their import is tied up almost entirely in their bulk. It is, unfortunately, the size of the band that appears to be the biggest feature and the songs suffer as a result. They become busy quickly, losing any pace or groove to a bunch of instruments jockeying for position like sugared pre-schoolers trying to astound their parents with kazoos and recorders.

Take “No One Was There” for instance. The track assembles itself with a tight groove and McHugh’s vocals spring out nicely. The tempo is maintained for a few minutes, but the background struggles to life with sounds and bleats from instruments trying to work their way into the song. The competition to be heard soon becomes overpowering and the track loses steam.

Such is, regrettably, the case all over Truce Opium. That may be a part of the outfit’s appeal for some people, but others will most certainly put off by the mass bewilderment the band attempts to pass off. As good as some of these players might be, it’s all lost when they’re repeatedly playing over one another.

In the end, Dark Meat is probably an act better seen live than heard on record. While there’s no questioning their energy and joyfulness, the end result on Truce Opium leaves a lot to be desired.

NETHERFRIENDS in CHICAGO, TONIGHT

Attention Chicago: Netherfriends, Jams Dean and Big Splashes @ Ottoman Empire TONIGHT! 9pm! Be there! http://bit.ly/8uRkr0

BANDS ON TOUR NOW!!!

Netherfriends:

Dec 3 2009 7:00P	Columbia College Chicago	Chicago, Illinois
Dec 11 2009 8:00P	Weirder Park W/ Jams Dean	Chicago, Illinois
Dec 12 2009 8:00P	Fort Cutie Pie W/ Jams Dean	Columbus, Ohio
Dec 13 2009 8:00P	The OX w/ Jams Dean	philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 14 2009 8:00P	Cake Shop W/ Jams Dean	Manhattan, New York
Dec 15 2009 8:00P	Glass Door W/ Jams Dean	Brooklyn, New York
Dec 21 2009 8:00P	Empty Bottle (Free MONDAY!)	Chicago, Illinois
Jan 17 2010 9:00P	Schubas Tomorrow Never Knows W/ Clues and Pomegranates	Chicago, Illinois

The Foundry Field Recordings:

Dec. 2nd 6pm Jefferson City Mall/Hot Topic – instore performance

Dec. 11th 8pm Mojo’s- Columbia, MO w/ Cursive and Capgun Coup

GENTLEMAN AUCTION HOUSE:

Dec 17 2009 10:00P	Schubas Tavern w/ Raise High The Roof Beam and Old Stable Hands	Chicago, Illinois
Dec 18 2009 8:00P	Mike ’N Molly’s	Champaign, Illinois
Dec 19 2009 8:00P	Off Broadway w/ Jumbling Towers and Jon Hardy & The Public and Dear Vincent	St. Louis, Missouri

DREW DANBURRY:

Dec 2 2009 7:30P	Velour w/Local Natives & Desert Noises!	Provo, Utah
Dec 5 2009 8:00P	The Official Top Secret (by invitation only) Cory T. Cooper Birthday Party Show	the bountiful area of Utah, Utah
Dec 11 2009 8:00P	Muse Music w/Polka Dot Dot Dot, JP Haynie, and The Awful Truth!	Provo, Utah
Dec 22 2009 7:30P	Muse Music w/Jacob Smigel, Matt Weidauer and Willy Eklof!	Provo, Utah
Jan 2 2010 7:30P	Kilby Court w/Bicycle Voice and Miniature Tigers!	Salt Lake City, Utah
Jan 30 2010 8:00P	Kilby Court w/Future of the Ghost!	Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar 25 2010 7:15P	Kilby Court w/Kevin Greenspon & The Awful Truth	Salt Lake City, Utah