Heartless Bastards, 2.0

A couple of recent concert reviews / pics of the HB’s.

First up is from Oklahoma City Feb. 24/11

http://www.groundcontrolmag.com/detail/2/2346/

Second up is from Vancouver, BC Mar. 11/11

http://www.guttersnipenews.com/the-latest/gallery-heartless-bastards/

One of the nice pics from Vancouver for Lefty-Erika is back sporting those bangs.[attachment=0:23jc9zy6]Heartless-Bastards-at-the-Commodore-Ballroom-10-380×570.jpg[/attachment:23jc9zy6]
lwj

Just received this email update on their new record.
In the meantime, you might enjoy these live in studio sessions (older songs) from “My Old Kentucky Blog”

http://www.myoldkentuckyblog.com/?p=19835

lwj

An email I received today.
So, we have to wait until next year for the new album

lwj

I somehow missed your post, lwj, about the HB at Southgate House. I would love to see them at Canal Street Tavern but am unavailable that night so SH it is! They are also doing a secret show (or it’s being billed as such) for anyone pledging a paperless donation to WNKU during their pledge drive. On a side note, a $240 donation secured tickets to Amos & Lu’s show at PNC on July 15. They have been really pushing the show with shout outs as well.

@Lafayette wrote:

I somehow missed your post, lwj, about the HB at Southgate House. I would love to see them at Canal Street Tavern but am unavailable that night so SH it is! They are also doing a secret show (or it’s being billed as such) for anyone pledging a paperless donation to WNKU during their pledge drive. On a side note, a $240 donation secured tickets to Amos & Lu’s show at PNC on July 15. They have been really pushing the show with shout outs as well.

Any info on the “secret show” Lafayette?
Also, for those who live in Ohio, the first ever Ohio Film and Music Festival will take place Oct. 6-9, 2011 in Columbus.
The Heartless Bastards are confirmed.
Here is the info.

http://www.donewaiting.com/2011/07/18/ohio-film-music-fest-oct-6-9-in-columbus-heartless-bastards-new-bomb-turks-blueprint-cloud-nothings-more/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+donewaiting+%28Donewaiting%29

lwj

A very, very special video just for you Lefty.

Just imagine in your dreams attending this sold out concert from the Mercury Lounge in NYC last night.
Here we have our gal Erika wearing hot pants, accompanied by backup vocals from Heidi Johnson covering Bob’s “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere.”

The only downside is a couple of fans blocking the view from time to time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzAUKZ9Q0qM
And here is the review from Saturday’s sold out show at the Mercury Lounge.
The Acoustic Elegance of Heartless Bastards
July 25th, 2011

Heartless Bastards – Mercury Lounge – July 23, 2011

“A bird shit on my head when I parked coming here. I hope that means it’ll be a really great show,” the brilliant Erika Wennerstrom shared with the crowd. Perhaps if birds shit on bands more often those bands would sound as good as Heartless Bastards did at Mercury Lounge on Saturday night. Known for playing much larger venues, the group, comprised of Wennerstrom (vocals-guitar), David Colvin (drums), Jesse Baugh (bass) and Mark Nathan (guitar), took the intimacy to a whole new level, performing an all-acoustic set. There is something really special about a show like this. Sure, electric rocks, but the simple elegance of acoustic brings music back to the basics. There are no gimmicks or glitz, just real, honest tunes.

Wennerstrom’s soulful voice is unlike any others. Hers is velvety and rich and the words she sings are beautiful, sad, vulnerable and empowering. It’s like she feels out each note as if discovering it for the first time. The quartet’s musicality was remarkable. Guitars twanged and the upright bass added a timeless allure. Talented singer Heidi Johnson, harmonizing sweetly with Wennerstrom, joined in on some of the group’s newer songs.

From “Could Be So Happy,” off the 2009 album The Mountain, to “Runnin,” from 2006’s All This Time, each melody was heartbreaking but also filled with hope. After many cries for “more Bastards!” the band returned to the stage and finished with the powerful ballad “The Mountain.” Heartless Bastards create the type of music that makes you thankful to be alive and to be able to feel love, loss and life. Those in the audience appeared grateful as they swayed and held onto one another. More than once, however, someone shouted, “I love you, little bastards,” reminding us all to lighten up and have fun. —Kristen Ferreira

lwj

I can’t head south to Macon so I suppose the next best thing is to head south to WNKU studios tomorrow afternoon. I was invited to the “secret show” for being a volunteer at the studio. Stevarino, I doubt now I will go to Southgate House. Lefty, I will pass along your regards to Erika.