
DOWNLOAD: The Wheel - Whimper and Wail (MP3) "The Wheel: Stark, eloquent Cash echoes." - NY Times "Thirteen bands were scheduled to play t he BrooklynVegan / Agency Group day party in Austin on Thursday, March 19, 2009. Twelve ended up playing - one of them twice. I think the story is that The Pains of Being Pure at Heart , who had a zillion other shows also scheduled during the SXSW week, [...]

I'm a regular visitor over at I Am Fuel, You Are Friends and thanks to Heather I've fallen hard for Denver outfit The Wheel this week. From their myspace: Whatever you do, don't ask the members of your favorite group why they start side projects. The answer is always the same old cliche: "We have all these songs that don't fit with our main band, blah blah blah." The Wheel, however, means it. Nathaniel Rateliff, along with his Born in the Flood bandmate Joseph Pope, began the Wheel as an outlet for [...]