Attitude

Hey there, Hollerites.

Just wanted to reach out to all y’all looking for some honest music.  Hopefully we give you what yer looking for.  Tonight can be yer litmus test.  We’ll be playing with Columbus, OH folk outfit, SaintSeneca, and local dudes, Ursa Major at the Mr. Roboto Project, an artist’s venue that used to be located out in Wilkinsburg, closed dahn fer a few, and now is reopened and brandspankin in Bloomfield/Garfield.  It’s an earlier show, starting at 7pm.  Check it out.

 

And then there’s this:

And this:

 

These are pure and simple, songs that rely on no more than she and he, guitarin’ and stompin’, with a bit of hollerin’ for good measure.

God bless you.

ps.  look out for an EP coming from your favorite band named The Whiskey Holler!

November 21

On this coming Monday, November 21, the Whiskey Holler will be playing with SAINTSENECA, a band out of Columbus, OH.  Listen to their tunes here.  You can get a real tangible feeling from these recordings, but watch some of their videos; there’s a spontaneous reaction occurring in these live sessions, something that only exists when sitting in front of them.  They all play acoustic instruments (no amps), suggesting that their chords and harmonies and lyrics and melodies and faces and hands are all the most important right then, when they play that chord and sing that harmony.  It’s a live thing, man.  You gotta hear-see it.

And you can this monday at the Mr. Roboto Project.  Facebook event here.

We’ll also be playing with local folk-outfit, Ursa Major, a band we’ve been meaning to share a stage with for a long time now.

Also here:

and then here:

Furthermore

Take a listen to this one:

The Kossoy Sisters really knock it out of the park.

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The Whiskey Holler is releasing an EP.

Take a listen on our bandcamp when the word is given.

-TWH

Keep on keepin’ on

First and foremost, howdy.

 

Secondly, how goes it?  Over at the Holler, we’re gearing up for winter.  You know, the cold?  Gathering a bunch of firewood, longjohns, and (duh) whiskey.  A few cable-knit sweaters for good measure.  We’ve been fattening ourselves, too.  Not for hibernating purposes, mostly just as a side effect of our lack of exercise.

 

Anyways, October is over.  That’s what I’m trying to drive home.  Why is this important?  Well, cause, the Holler has recorded a new EP.  A collection of songs that will be available on a physical CD.  Ain’t that something.  These songs are a long time coming, and we’ve spent some real good time on them, making sure that they’re an honest representation of the messages that we’re trying to convey.  We’ve been assembling help from lots of different sources and getting inspiration from friends and family.

 

Speaking of inspiration: DAZZLETINE.   They’re releasing their 7-track record this Saturday at Garfield Artworks, and have asked us, along with SleepyV and IKE., to party all night.  All, night. Like, all night.  It’s gonna be huge.  Lots of good people coming to see lots of good music.

Fall-Time is Upon Us

Yes.
Fall-Time IS upon us. And with that, we bring you an update. An update on all the hollerin that’s been goinawn.

Summer was good for us. We played some shows with some excellent bands, some from near and some from far. Lots of wide smiles, jivin’ handclaps, and clip-cloppin’ foot stompin. We even did a goshdarn photoshoot with a friend who took some real pretty shots of Colin….

But as for fall, we have plans. Plans to keep on movin. An EP is in the works. Recordings are under way. We are keeping eight steady and careful ears to the music, not to mention additional ears-on-friends who’ve been lending a word. It’s been a real creative time, full of experimentationing. We can’t wait for all o’y’all to hear what we’ve been doing.

Keep us close. I don’t know when I’ll see you or anyone I used to know, but I’ll keep you safe inside me. And as you know, you can’t kill a show; it will explode. So I suppose I’ll see you at home.

Hopelessly devoted,
The Whiskey Holler
-lukas

www.thewhiskeyholler.com

ps. yer a genius all the time

Featuring August 20

as seen here, the Whiskey Holler will be playing August 20th at the 31st St Pub, with the Beagle Brothers and The Honeycutters, a great twang band from down Asheville, NC.  We really just can’t wait no longer for that show.  And for the show, Lee Nycz, has crafted another promotional poster.

Check out our friend drinking the beer, Mr. Armand Dillo:

Yr a genius ALL the time

Howdy there, Hollerites.

I been expecting to see your rambling eyes over on here.  It’s Lukas, by the ways.  I come to ya from  Charleston, SC where I’m vacationing.  Not too sunny today, tho.  More rain than anything.  So, as i sit in the kitchen, the mid-day peacetime falling in on me, i bring you a few thingers.  first of all, we got some (2) new live tracks from le Howlers, when we played with that Ike. and the Dazzletine.  it was a totally killer and radical show.  seeing all y’all people looking up at us…dang.  we like playing real loud for ya.  so, but, back to what i was saying about that music.  check out the bandcamp page for the two new live tracks.

what else, you ask?  how bout my brother’s band, Mount Royal, getting some video treatment, courtesy, T-Willie.

Here’s une originale for ya to listen to:

further, i wanted to keep the bop blowin with this tune from the Cave Singers.  a seattle band with three guys who got a cool sound…

…and a spooky video:

another spoooooky band that’ll be rollin’ on through pittsburgh-town in october (the 8th) (at Brillobox).  they’re called mr gnome 

here’s a video for Night of the Crickets, a real fine song.  dig on the groove.  and that guitar riff riding simplistic.  and the vocals drifting above it all.

Grease Lightning

Jeeze, louise.

 

Things are moving, fast.  Lots of cool people doing cool things to buzz about, new and old.  First off, the boys over at Take Away Tuesdays have done it again.  Let us present their fourth and final video, featuring help from some Hollerites–Dan Gurwin, Rob Weber, Derek Krystek–throwing some percussion into the mix of the official Hollers.  Thank you Derek and Bryan.

Style to Sleep:

Let’s keep going:  Local Hollerite, Ohad Cadji, is a killer photographer in the Pittsburgh area who was in the audience for the Howler’s gig last Friday and posted some rock.and.roll shots he got of Ike., Dazzletine, and the Whiskey Holler.  Check ’em out at his BLOG.

 

And finally.  Let us listen to a killer tune that I’ve been hopelessly devoted to on repeat:

people we admire

The author of these ruminations, one Andy Polefrone.

 

Spice-Cafe

The weekend is almost over.  A warm and sunny and Sunday afternoon celebrating birthdays and eating home-cooked food seems to be the smoothest way to transition out of the live music setting.  A quiet respite, with little more to do than make sure your lemonade has enough ice cubes.

Howlers was a blast on Friday–we really enjoyed seeing Ike. and Dazzletine on the same night.  A massive audience was also very encouraging.  Club Cafe was an equal success–we met Remington Pettygrove–a groovy dude from Chicago who had some really nice things to say.  He’s currently on a journey of musical and pseudo-searching purposes with his equally charming girlfriend.  We wish him good luck and await the time we can share the same city.

As for news:  The Whiskey Holler will be playing Saturday July 16 at Oakland’s Spice Cafe with local Pittzburgh melodic math-rockers Legs Like Tree Trunks.  Check that. Out.

 

Here’s something to listen to on a porch with a cold fizzy lifting drink: