First of all, if you’ve never seen this adorable Disney movie The Apple Dumpling Gang, you should do your funny bones a huge favor and check it out IMMEDIATELY. It’s got Don Knots. It’s got Tim Conway. It’s got shotguns. It’s DELIGHTFUL. Period.
Okay, but after (and ONLY after!) you’ve done that and are thoroughly laughed-out, you should do yourself a smaller secondary favor, I guess, and pay due attention to the fact that singer/songwriter Emmett Kelly’s appreciably less-adorable shamble-folk project The Cairo Gang will be releasing a new album on Drag City imprint God? Records on June 23. It’s called Goes Missing, and it “was written in-between places, on the run, recorded in a variety of rooms, almost entirely by Kelly himself with help on a few songs from players such as Marc Riordan (drums) and Joshua Abrams (bass).” And heck, that sounds at least SOMEWHAT on par with the lovable hijinx and endearing camaraderie of the Apple Dumpling Gang! But if you’re (understandably) unsure about that claim, you can check out what the PR people assure me is the “catchy first single,” “Ice Fishing”, down below. OR, you can also catch the whole band (gang?) on tour this fall.
Will these cool Cairo Gang-related goings on exceed, defy, surpass, and completely redefine your expectations the way only a Walt Disney Picture can? Almost certainly not. But… hey, decently cool stuff nonetheless. And besides, let’s face it: everything can’t just be fantastic and amazing 100% of the time, can it? (Oh, by the way: this news post was brought to you by Walt Disney Pictures.)
Goes Missing tracklisting:
01. An Angel, A Wizard
02. Be What You Are
03. Sniper
04. She Don’t Want You
05. Chains
06. Gangsters Holding Hands
07. A Heart Like Yours
08. Some Other Time
09. Ice Fishing
10. The Open Sky
11. So What? Who Cares?
Cairo Gang tour dates:
09.05.15 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios $
09.07.15 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret $
09.10.15 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club $
09.11.15 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon $
09.12.15 - Ames, IA - Maximum Ames Music Festival $
09.14.15 - Cleveland, OH @-Happy Dog #$
09.15.15 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place #
09.16.15 - Toronto, ON - Adelaide Hall #$
09.17.15 - Montreal, QC - Pop Montreal at Fairmount #$
09.18.15 - Allston, MA - Great Scott #$
09.20.15 - Woodstock, NY - Bearsville Theater #$
09.22.15 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall #$
09.26.15 - Portsmouth, NH - 3S Artspace $
09.27.15 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s $
$ Mikal Cronin
# Calvin Love
• The Cairo Gang: https://www.facebook.com/TheCairoGang
• Drag City: http://www.dragcity.com/
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