![[guest post] 2009 In Review, Vol. 10 - Simon Joyner](http://cache.elbo.ws/posts/2210902_lg.jpg)
When I first heard Out Into The Snow earlier this year I knew I was listening to something truly special. I hadn't heard, or even heard of, Joyner before that day - but the first song to be released by Team Love , "Roll On", was a barreling folk-rocker with some standout lines (" you were up to your necklace in drunk friends and wreckage ", for example) that made my further investigation into his catalog an easy decision. As exciting as that song is though, it doesn't [...]
The Blizzard of '78 – "Mercy" No one really believed that the snow-bearing Blizzard of '78 was coming; people doubted the weather forecasters and went to work anyway – a costly mistake that stranded many, killed some and generally bummed out the entire local population. You probably still don't want to sleep on this band either, judging by this song, anyway. They certainly won't bum out the entire population; in fact they should have the opposite effect on anyone who finds themselves within earshot. [...]
Simon L of Teeth!!! was kind enough to share a diary of the band's tour of the West Coast with us, the first part of which can be found here . Below Simon fills us in on Christmas, his holiday romance and hanging with faeries... Day 5 I've not done much apart from sleep off my hangover...I met Yutaro from work, we took a bus down to the Super 8 Motel and booked a room. We hungout in the room forever spoke about past-lives (not [...]
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