{"id":2111,"date":"2013-05-15T11:55:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T15:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2013-05-16T19:08:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T23:08:26","slug":"tallahassee-old-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2013\/05\/15\/tallahassee-old-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee: Old Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tallahassee<\/a> is: Brian Barthelmes (Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Resonator), Scott Thompson (Guitar, Banjo, Keys), Shawn Carney (Electric Bass, Upright Bass) and Matt Raskopf (Drums, Percussion), and they are from Rhode Island, not Florida.<\/p>\n

Despite taking their name from a Native American word meaning “Old Town” and calling their most recent record “Old Ways,” this is not a band that is facing backwards or hewing closely to traditional lines. Or at least not just one traditional line; their tunes are a rich stew of country, blues, and funk lightly spiced with shoegaze, the kind of thing that will warm you up and stick to your ribs at the same time.<\/p>\n

These are three of my favorite songs from the record:<\/p>\n

Old Brown Shoes<\/i>: Because Meet me down at the Greyhound station \/ What have you got left to lose<\/i> resonates in weird ways right now, mainly because I’ve spent a lot of time on the bus these last couple of months. Sometimes it’s been awful; other times it’s been shared hash browns and shared stories in the chilly light of dawn.
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