Horse Operas Album On The Way

Written by . Posted on September 12, 2008. Filed under News. Tagged , . No comments.
Horse Operas are hard at work on their first full-length album that’ll be available this winter from Southern Love Records.  It was recorded straight to Henry Michael’s 8 track Otari and they’re now in the process of laying overdubs and mastering the final recordings. Keep an out here for for further info.

Containers tours Italy!

Written by . Posted on May 21, 2008. Filed under News. Tagged , . No comments.
Mark Anderson of Southern Love’s Containers will take his one-man performance to Italy and Southern France this June and July. Anyone wishing to let him sleep on your street corner from Milan to Marseille, please drop a line or check back for some info.

In the Year of the Pig with EARTH!

Written by . Posted on April 20, 2008. Filed under News. Tagged . No comments.
SATURDAY, 3 MAY 2008 @ the DOWNTOWN EVENTS CENTER (14 W. MARTIN ST., Raleigh, NC 27601) Southern Love’s In the Year of the Pig will play with Seattle sludge lords EARTH this weekend in Raleigh. If you’re in the vicinity, it’ll be a good show.

Horse Operas, Austin Chronicle review!

Written by . Posted on April 18, 2008. Filed under News. Tagged , , . No comments.
Texas Platters Bonus Tracks BY AUSTIN POWELL Horse Operas! This Is an E.P. (Southern Love) Like Chris Eaton of Rock Central Plaza, the Austin-bred Horse Operas! unravels dark, weary narratives – occasionally about horses – through a barrage of folk idioms that blends roots-rock with back-porch blues. The nostalgic longing and simple truths found in the lyricism works well within [...]

Horse Operas are back-porch folk!

Written by . Posted on December 11, 2007. Filed under News. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
Major thanks to Smithers of In the Year of the Pig for the North Carolina gig the other weekend. It was a fucking blast and we even got a tiny blurb in a review of the “Stellar Show”! Article: Gerrard reopens to stellar show Artists push folk music boundaries By: Bryan Reed, Senior Writer Issue date: 11/19/07 Section: Arts [...]

The Beef is Back!

Written by . Posted on July 20, 2006. Filed under News. Tagged , . No comments.
Holy crap! German Beef Initiative is finally up and running again. Now with Yankee stylings of our new Chicago boy bass player. We are sad to have lost Zulema, but the sexier 2/3rds have started fresh in Chi-town and playing at Champs Rock Room (6501 W 79th St. Burbank, IL) next Wednesday to a [...]

Awesome Review for Gutshot and Thirsty’s Release

Written by . Posted on March 29, 2006. Filed under News. Tagged , , , . No comments.
We’re back from Georgia. Thanks to the Flagpole in Athens for the great write up. Gutshot And Thirsty Songs About Women And Dying Southern Love Athens-based duo of Paul Stuffel and Jason McClellan, the guys behind Gutshot and Thirsty, play country and western, but rarely to they play them both at the same time. More specifically, the type of [...]

The Stewart Sikes recordings

Written by . Posted on March 20, 2006. Filed under News. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
During our indecisive back and forth with Power Squid to put out their 2nd and 3rd CDs, the guys completed both and let them sit on a shelf. I finally tracked down the final recordings by Stuart Sikes of White Stripes, Sonic Youth and Loretta Lynn recording fame. I’m not sure what the actual titles [...]

Buy Gutshot and Thirsty, “Songs About Women and Dying” Online!

Written by . Posted on March 13, 2006. Filed under News. Tagged , . No comments.
You can finally order our new vinyl release of Gutshot and Thirsty’s debut album over the net. Go to Purchase page and stock up.

Gutshot and Thirsty, Austin Chronicle review

Written by . Posted on February 14, 2006. Filed under News. Tagged , , . No comments.
Austin Chronicle write up of the new Gutshot and Thirsty vinyl LP.   They also display Keith’s cover art as well. Awesome!