
Virgin Of The Birds From: Seattle, Washington, United States Tonight the Devil gives you Virgin of the Birds, a lo-fi indie pop band founded by Jon Rooney as an outlet for Rooney's songs outside of his now defunct Bay Area group, Morning Spy . N amed after a poor English translation of a Salvador [...]

I've been meaning to post something about now defunct band Morning Spy for a while now, but just haven't had to the impetus to remind/push me. Luckily, for all of you, I sat down with Jon Rooney, the man behind Seattle-based record label Abandoned Love (Virgin of the Birds, The Lovely Sparrows) and former frontman of the Bay Area band. I'll post the entire interview as we get closer to Rooney's upcoming live performances, but for now let me introduce you to Morning Spy. Sitting down with Rooney was a somewhat cowing experience, as I believe it always [...]

:::: Morning Spy - Two Horses Morning Spy - Foggy Filter :::: riyl: talking about how sick you are of the way everyone acts like san francisco's the only place in the world with good burritos and good tattoo artists and good pop bands and good radical queer activism i mean gimme a break i know lots of places with decent burritos. riyl also: the thought of moving to san francisco -meagan

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For your listening pleasure today: some neat songs from Abandoned Love Records . Luis Bunuel - Grumpy Bear I found about this song from You Ain't No Picasso , who called it one of his favorite songs of the year. I wouldn't go quite so far, but it certainly is very enjoyable. It's a bit of a suite, with a number of mood and tempo changes. Simple and uncomplicated without being even a little bit boring - which is a difficult balance to maintain. It's off the [...]
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