DROWNING IN THE FLAME

July 5, 2013

I got tattoos on my body, psycho bitches in my lobby...

THIS!

I got that tunnel vision for you.

Counting down until I see this man next month! I am going to fan girl the fuck out! And I have no shame about it whatsoever.

June 28, 2013

staring at the sun pt. 5

Jonas "JoNasty" Stein (Turbo Fruits)

My favorite things about summer: Cabrewing on the piney river. Hanging out with no shirt. Riding motorcycles through the hot night!

Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye

Let It Out - The Hombres

Groovin' - Booker T and the MGs

Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield

Strawberry Letter no. 23- Shuggie Otis

ph. Ashley Stanford

Every Friday night at Foobar in Nashville get your sexy on with Sparkle City!

June 25, 2013

staring at the sun pt. 4

ph. Jacob Lillis

Sandy Vu (Dum Dum Girls & SISU)

In the summer in LA, we eat popsicles and hang eternally loose at BBQs or manmade lakes. Echo Park Lake just opened again, so I am particularly looking forward to the parade of bare bellies and men in tank tops. The smog blanket gets even thicker and makes an especially psychedelic sunset behind those transplanted palm trees. That is my favorite.

Felt - Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow

The Zombies - Walking In The Sun

Dawn Penn - It Must Be Him

SISU's dreamy video for "Two Thousand Hands" has made it's debut today on SPIN! Some serious sultriness going on here. I adore the song and video and can't wait until their full length is released. It's going to be amazing, y'all!

SISU fall 2013 tour dates:

September 4 - Montreal, QC @ Societe des Arts Technologiques #
September 5 - Boston, MA @ Church of Boston #
September 8 - Washington, D.C. - Rock & Roll Hotel #
September 9 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's #
September 11 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison #
September 12 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle #
September 13 - St. Louis, MO @ Firebird #
September 14 - Nashville, TN @ Exit/In #
September 15 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree #
September 17 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk #
September 19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room #
September 20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echo # %
September 21 - San Diego, CA @ The Void # %
September 22 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill # %
September 24 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios # %
September 25 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza # %
September 26 - Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret # %

# = with Dirty Beaches
% = with Chasms

Keep updated with the happenings of SISU on their official website and facebook page!

I'm an animal just like you.

I am really behind on keeping things updated on here. Here are some photos from my times in Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver (where I saw Arctic Monkeys and visit with my longtime friend Kelsey and her adorable cat Laika), Lawrence and St. Louis, where I spent time with old friends and made some new ones along the way. Got to see and hang out with my favorite monks, Foals.

This is just a scratch on the surface of some of the photos I took. Sadly, I did lose my disposable camera somewhere along the way, at least I had only taken like 5 photos on it but still...it's always sad when you lose a roll.

more photos soon from all my adventuring...

crawling back to you...

I am proper excited for Arctic Monkey's new album 'AM'. Their new song 'Do I Wanna Know' slays live and come on, the track listing alone guarantees some brilliance. I'm particularly interested to hear what "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High" and "Knee Socks" will sound like.

June 11, 2013

staring at the sun pt. 3

Jules Medeiros (Dum Dum Girls)

(ph. Andrew St. Clair)

I can't wait for summer nights warm enough for a skinny dip.

The Troggs "Love is All Around"

Hell Shovel "Blowholes & Q-tips"

Althea & Donna "Uptown Top Ranking"

The Breeders "Cannonball"

The Gun Club "Sex Beat"

Check out the multi-talented Jules on tour with Dum Dum Girls and Sisu!

June 6, 2013

staring at the sun pt. 2

Daniel Legs

(Laura McDaniel's other half)

To me summers are about hanging outside with friends getting high, skateboarding and listening to music. This is a selection from a playlist that I skate around to.

The Soul Sisters "Wreck a buddy"

Tronics "Shark Fucks"

Dr Feelgood "She Does it Right"

Tom Robinson Band "2-4-6-8 Motorway"

Check out Young Boys, and like their facebook page!

Also, see Daniel and Brandon's (of Crocodiles) Fuckology set at Passanger Bar, 10pm-4am every Tuesday night, spinning the best punk music, ever! I love these dudes, so obviously, since my opinion is the only opinion that matters, you should go, get drunk and give them hell.