http://www.ravensandchimes.com/blog Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:18:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So we did it. It took two years and a lot of very hard work and difficult decisions but we have finished recording our second album. Would have written more during the process but we were pretty focused in to the task at hand. We're playing our first show back at ... http://www.ravensandchimes.com/blog/2010/06/18/holiday-life/ Friends! After a year of intense rehearsals and pre-production here in NY we are heading back up to Montreal later this week to start recording the last group of songs that will constitute our second album. YAY! Feels good to type it. It's been a long time coming. For those of ... http://www.ravensandchimes.com/blog/2010/05/30/getting-back-to-it/ Plans keep shifting around this 7'' so we decided to post Hearts Of Palm for free download on the site. You can get it here Also here is a review of the song and an interview I did with a blog in the UK this week. Hope you enjoy! In other news we're ... http://www.ravensandchimes.com/blog/2009/10/21/cmj-show-friday-download-hearts-of-palm/ Last Saturday, we just played at a Bushwick Music Studios show with Or The Whale, Palmyra and Alex Greneir.  My friends Lisa and Sue from Renminbi even dropped by!  There was an excellent 2$PBR/BBQ balance, though the weather had just started to turn frigid, and playing with cold fingers is ... http://www.ravensandchimes.com/blog/2009/10/12/pianos-tomorrow-night/ Hi Everyone, We're playing September 23rd  (tomorrow)  at Southpaw!  Should be a fun show -- hope to see you there. -Avery [caption id="attachment_148" align="aligncenter" width="388" caption="September 23rd 2009 at Southpaw"][/caption] http://www.ravensandchimes.com/blog/2009/09/22/southpaw-rumble-show/ It's been a bit since any of us have posted. Hope you're all well. We've all been busy of course. Working on new songs here in New York. As of now we have half an album recorded and it looks like we'll be heading back up to Montreal in a few ... http://www.ravensandchimes.com/blog/2009/09/14/hearts-of-palm-on-kexp/ I'm new here. To the band and bloggerfying. In the band I play bass guitar.  Ravens inducted me to the band way back in October when we were where we are right now...Montreal. Back in October we were playing up the street from the studio at a place called Sport Benfica, ... http://www.ravensandchimes.com/blog/2009/04/19/hi-my-name-is-patrick/ Hello friends! We're back in Montréal at Hotel2Tango, recording the beginnings of something.  The new studio that Howard and the rest have built is really wonderful - it retains all the charm of the old location, with the addition of some amazing new facilities.  The main tracking room is huge and ... http://www.ravensandchimes.com/blog/2009/04/19/montreal/ Been way too long since I put anything up on the blog. We've been busy back in New York, working at our jobs and writing the next record which we are going up to Montreal to start work on in April with Howard Bilerman who did our first record. I've been ... http://www.ravensandchimes.com/blog/2009/02/25/been-busy-hello-euro-fans/ This summer I finally got film for my "analog" cameras, A Kodak Brownie and a Holga. The brownie was one of the first point and shoot cameras sold to the public at a relatively cheep price. It's also one of the easiest cameras to operate: load in some 127mm film, ... http://www.ravensandchimes.com/blog/2008/09/10/129/