I am happy to say that we had an awesome show last night at the Monkey House on Valentines Day!

Beginning with Dana’s sugar cookies.

Then, Let’s Whisper with some rock solid love songs — singing about the Beltway in the early morning — sounding nice as a duo on guitar, and sounding really solid as a full band with Steve and J on bass and drums.  Dana and Colin are off to play the London PopFest at the end of February.

The Depreciation Guild — as a two-person as their drummer was sick back at the motel.  There’s nothing like a long tour in February.  Some nice projections, and I was transported back to “Siamese Dream” era Smashing Pumpkins, which is in no way a bad thing.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart was a real treat!  They know what kind of music they like, and they’re doing it very well, even perfectly.  They’ve distilled and gathered up a lot of the best sounds of the 90s.  And of course, they are a well-dressed, good looking, dynamic band.  Most importantly, they’re NICE!  I know that usually comes with the territory when you’re an indie pop band, but they seemed really genuinely grateful for all of their recent success, and also just grateful to have people come out on Valentines day in a town they’ve never played in.  There was a good crowd, too — lots of people and in the best Burlington way, a nice spectrum of ages and lots of shared enthusiasm and goodwill.