Hey folks,

In case you've never heard of it, there's this great blog called the Adios Lounge maintained by a record junkie named Lance Davis. This guy eats and breathes music minutia, which is a good thing if you happen to a write a rock and roll blog. He's been cranking out articles over there for a while now, and he recently posted one that includes yours truly, the Archibalds. Go check it out and peruse the archives.   

Hey folks,

Austin Sound was nice enough to review our latest, Easy Living.
Check it out:

http://www.austinsound.net/2009/02/05/the-archibalds-%E2%80%93-easy-living-superpop/

Plus, if any of you subscribe to Paste Magazine, be sure to download our track "Cemetery Songs" featured on their latest digital sampler. Of course, you can always download it for free right here on ye ole MySpace.

Y'all have a good'un.

Thanks to Austin Powell over at the Chronicle for the shout out. Click on the link, scroll down, and check out our ridiculous picture.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid%3A721290

Also, the official version of our new record, Easy Living, is now for sale. You can pick it up at End of an Ear and Waterloo Records in Austin or at one of our shows. It should be for sale on iTunes and the rest of the world wide web really soon.

Come see us at the Hole in the Wall this Saturday, January 3 with Leatherbag and Quiet Life. 

Happy New Year and Roll Tide.

Hey folks,

The Archibalds have finally posted some new songs to our page, so please come check them out. These songs are from our new record called Easy Living, and we're really excited about it.

This record is not for sale yet, but you can download four of the tracks off of MySpace for free. The tracks posted so far are
                                                        
                                                        Sorry for Your Loss
                                                        Easy Living
                                                        Cemetery Songs
                                                        Me and Your Sister

There will be more songs soon. You can also stop by and see us at a show for a free copy of the whole dang record.

Thanks,

the ARCHiBALDS

...well, the advance promo version anyway. The full record with all the art and the immaculate, final track sequence will be for sale later.  Nevertheless, do not grieve young pilgrim! Come to the Hole in the Wall on Saturday night, and we'll give one of the aforementioned advance copies. Yes, give you one - as in for FREE. If you like it, then you can buy a real copy at a later date to be determined by a mule-powered random number generator. The record is called Easy Living, and we're real proud of it. Seth makes his beatboxing debut on it. I'll be posting some new songs from it real soon, so keep a lookout.

Hope to see y'all at the Hole on Saturday. It'll be a really fun time. We're playing with our old friend Chuck Fleming and our new friends the Shake'em Ups. See you there.

Isaac Hayes died today. This man wrote, performed, and damn-near invented southern soul music. I hope that folks today remember him for something other than being the voice of Chef and a Scientologist.
Watch Wattstax, listen to Black Moses, read Soulsville USA. Go to Memphis and see his Cadillac. Hot Buttered Soul.

In case haven't heard, the folks at Almost There Records just released a Big Star tribute record called Thank You Friends. We were lucky enough to contribute our version of "O Dana," one of my favorite Big Star tunes. Here's the rest of the tracks:

01. Service Industry - You Can't Have Me
02. Joe Marc's Brother - You Get What You Deserve
03. Grand Champeen - Daisy Glaze
04. Youngmond Grand - Jesus Christ
05. Glossary - Don't Lie To Me
06. Mike Nicolai - Nightime
07. Matt Devine - My Life Is Right
08. Gleeson - Blue Moon
09. Moonlight Towers - September Gurls
10. Beaty Wilson - Ballad Of El Goodo
11. Ol' Yeller - Thank You Friends
12. Ron Flynt - When My Baby's Beside Me
13. Archibalds - O, Dana

All the versions on this record are amazing so go purchase your very own copy at www.almostthererecords.com We will also be on their 4th annual compilation due out sometime this summer. Keep them eyes peeled yo.

Later,

Melvin

Go get your own copy - it's theWinter 2008 edition with Ghostland Observatory on the cover.  Many thanks to Mr. Freeman for the kind words!
Here's the words:

If the Gourds were 20 years younger, they might sound something like the Archibalds.  The eclectic Austin quartet bites with the same satiric wit, and its debut full-length, O Camellia, effortlessly encompasses any number of genres while still maintaining a distinct southern regionalism.  The songs explore a familiar small-town malaise as filtered through the astute eyes and ears of Alabama native Joey Thompson, who drapes disillusion in the banjo and steel-laden missive "Muzzleloading Evangelicals" and Beck-inspired country of "Meth Mouth" and "Opelika."  "Back Home" rolls like the Band before slipping into "Sinking Ships" zydeco stomp, while "Bettin' on the Dogs" plies a slow-burn blues and "Rain and Thunder" even kicks with a touch of soulful hip-hop.  But most impressive is that the Archibalds cull these influences into an altogether cohesive, and infectious, sound. -- Doug Freeman 

A big thanks to Austin Powell for mentioning our little ol band in the recent Chronicle. We're a band to watch out for in '08!

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid%3A577231

So, we made a little 4 song EP called Proof of Purchase, Vol. I  to give away when we went on tour. The idea was that if you bought our full length, O Camellia, you'd get this EP with 4 track demos of new songs for free. Genius, right?

Well, it seems that people are digging it, so we will continue to give these away at shows until further notice - or at least until we make a new record.

By the way, the cover art was done by Jerstin Crosby - formerly of Tennis and the Mennonites, continually of art collective Team Lump. Check them out!