I would definitely have to agree with that assessment. Passerby has a killer live show and Lacy has some serious pipes on her (i.e. she can wail!!!!!!) Anyway, I needa go see em play again sometime. great band, love em (but I could just be biased cause they're friends, then again, maybe not))

they are awesome people to hang out with. sameer is my homeboy band nerd lol. anywho, have you ever heard of a band called Freeslave? they're awesome too. they won't play another show till feb*recording and stuff* but you should definitly check them out when they come back. www.freeslave.faithweb.com lol ok, had to get that in somewhere. if you've been to a lot of passerby shows, you've probably heard them...they play together a lot, sameer and peter<from freeslave> went to school together and all that good stuff... anyways, both are awesome bands with awesome people that everyone should listen to and get to know!!! hehe...ok i think frostbite is setting into my fingers..rock on! \m/ \m/

You might consider putting up a thread on here (Inde/small bands) dedicated to Freeslave that way they'll have their own thread and people can check em out.

thought i'd check back in. fyi, james hurt his ankle back on the 20th of december so they've have to cancel most of the shows. he's getting a lot better, and they're practicing for some out of town business this month.

for those interested another runt entertainment band that rocks in envoy. it's a little like radiohead meets ut, with 3 guitarists. they're out of dallas. check out www.envoyofficial.com or www.runtentertainment.com for more info...

- aaron

Ugh. Just got back from Java Jazz. When the crap did punk bands take that place over?! Missing Passerby, I am. I can't wait until they record their album and start playing shows again!

So does anyone else have the scoop on current Passerby activity? I'm on the outside looking in here, so please help me out DMW or someone .

what do you want to know specifically?

and btw, javajazz has always been a punk-ed out blink-182 wannabe hideout, in my opinion. though dave has done a lot to help out with the place, it's unfortunately a product of its own environment...

- aaron

Well, like how the album is coming along, what songs are going to be on it, and where they are going to be playing shows now.

As for JJ, there used to be several VERY good bands there that were not punk at all. ie. Fed by Ravens (now called Four Star Union, my friends too!), Glass Intrepid, Ibis, and the like. It used to be where Saturday almost always had really good bands. That seems like a rarer thing now . Hmmm, speaking of venues... do you know of any good ones in the Houston area? Brenham, TX just isn't really the best place for my band to play. The town's way too country/hip hop.

well, as far as songs go, i'm sure we can expect to see red sam, cassie, and breathe today. ocean waves, penholder, whispering fingertips, so i thought are also likely to show up. i've also heard two new songs they've written that should be heard at upcoming shows.

as for the album that's still a ways off. i think the next thing on the agenda is a label backed ep to shop producers and distribution. there's a new york trip planned for the end of february.

not sure about shows. i'll try to find more info out on that.

- aaron

Gracias man.

Awesome! More shows! Soooo, anyone going to be there?
[Edit: Oh by the way, nobody ever support Utopian Noise Tree. Their bass player was spamming ads on the Passerby guest book and when asked to stop, answered rudely and stated that he would continue to do so. However, the last thing I want is to ruin the Passerby site by getting into a juvenile argument with him. So, I call for a boycott on his band! mwahahahah! ]