Free=TooNICE!

Our reggaeriffic band, TooNice has just released 2 songs from our debut cd for free download!  Check ‘em out at Soundcloud!  Sweet!

TooNice Vizness

as luck would have it, some1 actually brought a camera that took decent video to the last TooNice show this past Friday.  t’was a great show and thx to skaface and frankie foo for having us play! also thx to every1 who packed the dancefloor.  that was a dandy sight to behold indeed! Mitzi’s Sister is a sweet venue with swell staff and TANKHOUSE on tap too!  all in all, natty times!

hopefully some of the reggae vibe of the night translates well to ye…. enjoy!

Change

Last Call

lets do the disc as a setlist, k?

TooNice's debut, "Change"

So the idea for Friday’s CD release show with TooNice is to play the new album as a set.  That is… the setlist for the show is the CD in the order as it appears on the CD.  A different concept for us as usually setlists are put together with the thought of the live show and how we want the energy to flow.  The album track order was put together with the thought of the listener at home, kickin’ back and enjoying.  How will that order play out?  Well having reviewed the album the last few days as a set, it should do ok.  Maybe not the best set ever, but it will be fun “one time only event” nonetheless.  It will also be a different night for us, as we usually like to have a few covers sprinkled into the set.  If any of those come up, it’ll have to be as an encore!

In other news, the Bassmetaphors is off the pedalboard for good.  Too much noise and tone loss in our books.  We gave it a honest go for a few months and now with the BassPi on board as our distortion source, the cons were outweighing the pros of keeping the Bassmetaphors “on board”.  In its place, is ol’-reliable-first-pedal-we-ever-owned, the Tech21 sans amp bass driver DI. Reunited and it feels so good.

Of Trees and Trails

A wicked case of heartburn yesterday after our run.  Maybe the result of some dehydration on our part. T’was a horrid end to an otherwise beautiful day.  One of the best of this summer that has been mostly cold/rainy or stupid hot/humid. This shot is taken from the end of our running route.  The trail makeup is new.  Our town in its infinite wisdom decided this year that a gravel trail was needed instead of the ol’ skinny dirt trail. Based upon the increased number of ppl on the trail, maybe they were onto something. It suprised us how many more ppl have come out to use the revamped trail that has been in existence for many, many years.  Was the old trail that bad?  That undesireable to use?  We think not.  Though its lost some of its old charm, not all the trails in the system got the new treatment. That provides us a good mix of terrain and hopefully it will stay that way for some time.  We do enjoy the perks of the new trail (there are even “official” rest stops for your convenience) though it has taken some time to get used to. For instance, seeing work trucks in the middle of the wilderness always throws us off unexpectedly and is something we’ll never get used to. Hopefully the new trails will work well with snow and our skiis.  Time will tell in that regard.

Musical discovery of the week: Animal by Miike Snow