Nice review on the new Bright Shuttle record:
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“With some wonderful tones and textures, the music of Bright Shuttle, is drifting,haunting and occasionally rocks out, at which point the band sound like Crazy Horse, without Neil Young singing. Genrally, moving between these points on their album ”Cold Nice Gold”, the nine songs flow together with a cohesive vision, the albu m weaving its magic with flecks of Galaxie 500, Dinosaur Jr, and A quieter Mono, glinting in the sonic sunlight. With the opening track ”Mountain City” leading you in softly, the album grows slowly until side one ends in noisier fashion, as ”Smatterings” shows the musicians control and power, free flowing yet perfectly judged. A similar feel is present as side two plays, the music washing over you until the final track ”Caves”, the music becoming even more distant and delicate, the perfect closer in fact.” - Rumbles, January 2010

See the original here.

David Daniell
Bright Shuttle
Saturday, January 2, 2010
@ Pilot Light
Knoxville, TN

more info to come…

LSR-006 Bright Shuttle 'Cold Nice Gold' LP

Recorded beneath Knoxville by early evening spectres. Two long sides of shaky images and basement dreams. Skeletal and comfy. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Pick me up in the ‘releases’ section. Yes, have some.

Jason Ajemian (Lay All Over It, etc.) is going to be on the road for a few weeks with his latest group The High Life. check it..

3rd - Columbus Oh. @ Floorspace, 3041 Indianola

4th - Cinncinnati Oh @ Northside Tavern

5th - Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light

6th - Asheville, NC. @ Bobo Gallery,

7th - Columbia, SC @ Hunter Gatherer

8th - Charleston SC @ Redux Gallery (& Workshop)

9th - Athens, GA @ Farm 255

10th - Charlotte, NC @ Bay Street House (2328 Bay Street, Charlotte, NC)

11th - Richmond VA @ TBD

12th - Washington DC @ Bossa, (2463 18th St NW)

13th - Park Slope Brooklyn @ Tea Lounge

14th - Williamsburg Brooklyn @

Bright Shuttle will be playing a set tonight @ Lox Salon in the Old City as part of Knoxville’s First Friday Artwalk. Music will begin at 8-ish. Artwork will be up all night.

Lay All Over It live in Poland 2008.

Lay All Over It

Still available: LSR-004 “Never Too Fat to Fly”

We’re not gonna have the records in time, so this won’t be record release show. However, that means we’ll have to make it twice as awesome. Good music, good beer, all your friends in one place.

Thanks out to James Jackson Toth for giving us a nod in his column Sewers of Mars over at the great Your Flesh online mag. Reviewed are both Lay All Over It and Double Muslims. Dig it!

Friday, January 30th:
Au w/ Midway & Joseph Gillenwater
Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN

Friday, February 6th:
Hello City: A showcase of local music at Big Ears 2009
Bright Shuttle, Double Muslims, Fecal Japan, Mountains of Moss, New Madrid, & Psychic Baos
Catalyst in the Old City (formerly Blue Cats)
show at midnight

Friday, February 27th:
Bright Shuttle w/ Ian Henderson & TBA
Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN

New Madrid “Operation Aquarius” Sokno Records This CD-R is a grab bag of tunes from the sessions that produced a split 7” on the Laboratory Standard Recordings label. Questionable origin aside, “Operation Aquarius” is a cohesive, LP-worthy collection of country-fried slow-burning psychedelic gems from this mysterious Knoxville quintet. It’s been a long time since a band flying the ‘country-rock’ flag (or really, I should say ‘country-psych’) has turned my head, but New Madrid’s combination of quality song writing (even the covers that they do seem to sound original under their direction) and instrumental prowess forces one to take notice.The male/female vocals from Bill Warden and Lou Vesser carry a slightly downtrodden, off-kilter tone – as if they’ve been to several dark places and are singing their way to a sort of redemption. The effect is almost spiritual, even when the lyrics are espousing their penchant for cocaine (to the band’s credit, this only occurs on a cover song). Furthermore, the expressive violin playing of Liz Tapp and Cain Blanchard (one of the owners of Laboratory Standard Recordings, who also plays bass) adds a hint of sorrow to the already world-weary proceedings.There is a lack of information available on the web regarding New Madrid, so I’m assuming that the band’s presence outside of Knoxville is almost negligible. This is a shame, as this crew of half-broken songsmiths deserves to be recognized, and “Operation Aquarius” is the proof. Someone reissue this on vinyl, please!! 9/10 — Bryon Hayes (14 January, 2009)

http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=3980

Buy Operation Aquarius Now from the distro page or our MySpace site.