purple mountains ain't a hill of beans unless you're on top.

Perhaps Will Courtney is Davey Von Bohlen's (Maritime) brother. The brother that moved south and spent his hours divided into equal parts of working a 9-5 day job, slouching at a bar, having his heart broken, and gathering friends to play indie folk rock about all of the above. Well, all except the brotherhood seem to hold true. But you knew that that supposition was rhetorical and more an allusion to Courtney's voice than a genuine proposition. Courtney is the primary song writer and singer of Brothers and Sisters, a Texan group of eight that doesn't let the despondent nature of Courtney's lyrics bring them so down that their brand of alt-country/folk is hindered too much.
Here are two songs from Brothers and Sisters' debut. They've got a few more on their MySpace. And more beards than most bands.



Brothers and Sisters' "Sunday Living"
& "Grass Is Brown"
from Brothers and Sisters


Please spend some time with yesterday's Of Montreal Spotlight.

Please spend some time rejoicing that the Page France/Suicide Squeeze deal has happened. The Squeeze is now nursing two phantasmagorically great young bands. It's hard to believe I haven't done my own Page France post, but I did post on the other. Remember?