HANK ALTOGETHER: I just heard that Paul Baribeau 's gonna be playing a show tomorrow in Louisville, Kentucky. Which just happens to be where my ass is planted right now. I'm pretty stoked about it. Baribeau's the kind of songwriter who can make you cry. Not because he plays that plaintive navel-gazing stuff that I like from Bon Iver or anything. Because he strums like the devil's on his tail and he knows he won't be home in time for Christmas. Baribeau's last LP Grand Ledge was one of my [...]

May 3rd, 2008 - South Union Arts - Chicago, IL - CT Ballentine, Emperior X, Real Live Tigers, Paul Baribeau, and Porches Making the trek alone, I ventured into the city to a venue that I had heard of but never been to. Arriving a half hour early I found friend and musician James Eric standing in an empty parking lot of an old fenced in church. As we enter I remember there had been an art show here the night before, and I hoped the work would still be on display. The show [...]

I've seen Paul Baribeau play twice now in Santa Barbara. He screams his big heart out about two feet away from me and for those twenty minutes of his set I cannot see anything else. If you haven't heard of him it is about time you did. Using just his voice and an acoustic guitar his self-titled debut was recorded in one night and was filled with desperate, vulnerable songs about girls, old bands and his home in Michigan. Last year we were able to see the more random and humorous side of Paul Baribeau in his second album [...]

Cute songs! They may not be sonic masterpieces (though that's up for debate), but they sure will make you go "awww!" Team Chocolate - Four Days and Forty Nights Team Chocolate - Horse with Broken Legs The Smittens - Momus, Where are You? The Smittens - Gin and Platonic Paul Baribeau - Strawberry Paul Baribeau - I Miss That Band [...]