Joe Pug @ J&J's, Roadside Graves @ Lamberts

These two videos explain two things: why I've barely slept the last two weeks, and why I love these bands.

Dante's Inferno (The Crawdad & Weed in the Mouth Version)

Daytrotter is currently showing an absolutely killer session with Los Angeles boot-kickers Roadside Graves.

Occasionally their songs are about Heaven and Hell, and that's when they transcend modern fiddle country into good, Rolling-stones like blues rock (listen to "Far and Wide" at the bottom of the Daytrotter post, and then scream obscene words like I did because you can't download it).

Roadside will be playing hearty sets at SXSW this year, as you can see from their Myspace page. Their album My Son's Home is out on Autumn Tone Records.

Roadside Graves (Daytrotter Session) - Ruby

Egg Shake, Clap Clap Clap

On a perfect little tour: Roadside Graves, Rural Alberta Advantage and the strange folk of The Daredevil Christopher Wright. Like RRA and Roadside Graves, there's a distinct sense of loss in their music, or at least in this sad & Final Fantasy-like, asynchronous, recorder happy "The East Coast" - with a egg shake and a set of harmonies, they sing,

"The sun is setting on the bay and the wedding it's a lovely lovely ceremony"

And there's a recorder. Beat that, folk lovers.

The Daredevil Christopher Wright - East Coast

Roadside Graves Are Playing Your Local Tattoo Parlor

Interview with the Roadside Graves Part 1 from Flynn Hundhausen on Vimeo.

Roadside Graves is on the road, in the smoky wood of whiskey bars and southern tattoo parlors, touring their new album, My Son's Home. It's damn, damn good.

"I lie in bed and hope that I can be true / I don't care who slept with who"

Something in this record is perfect for the summer heat - a southern rock sound that has sweat, blood and beer in it.

My Son's Home is out now on Autumn Tone Records, which is the ever growing cool spawn of Aquarium Drunkard.