Posted a new Love You Moon Song

check out a recording done in caracas of a song called Mourning Son

Matthew Embree To Perform at Benefit Shows

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Matt has been asked to come play at the Second Annual Calling all Crows Benefit in Sommerville, MA on December 11 & 12.

Chad Stokes and company will play stripped-own versions of State Radio and Dispatch tunes in an intimate, sit-down setting.

Appearing Friday 12/11: Chad Stokes & Lefty, Pete Francis & Michael “Mad Dog” Najarian, Matt Embree from RX Bandits & Love You Moon - SOLD OUT

Appearing Saturday 12/12: Chad Stokes & Lefty, Matt Embree from RX Bandits & Love You Moon

Stephen Kellogg VIP Reception: 6:00PM
Doors: 7:00PM Show: 7:30PM$35 performance-only; $75 VIP reception & show Tickets through Brown Paper Tickets Please note: all 2-day passes are sold out.

Guitar Lesson Videos - Request Your Top 2

Matthew Embree of RX Bandits and The Sound of Animals Fighting is going to be creating 2 different guitar lesson videos of songs taken from the RX Bandits and or TSOAF catalogue but he wants your input. After many email requests and you-tube videos of covers gone wrong, he decided why not ask the fans what 2 songs they would like most to have him teach. So, here is a list he made up to choose from with songs from both bands and a few different albums – Please email your top 3 choices that you would like to see him teach we will do the top 2 with the most requests - send to: teachmematt@sargenthouse.com

RX BANDITS
Pal-treaux
Taking Chase As The Serpent Slithers
To Our Unborn Daughters In Her Drawer
A Million Miles An Hour Fast Asleep
Bring Our Children Home Or Everything Is Nothing
March of the Catepillar
Bled To Be Free (The Operation)

THE SOUND OF ANIMALS FIGHTING
Chasing Suns
The Heraldic Beak of The Manufacturers Medallion
I, The Swan

* Send only 3 choices to: teachmematt@sargenthouse.com
*Emails will not be replied to and please don't vote multiple times, won't be counted from the same email

Artists For World Peace

As Matt said below, I wanted to share some pictures with everyone from the night of July 31st at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC where Matt proudly wore the International Peace Belt - it was an honor to help make this happen, the belt has traveled all over the world and this was it's first US stop, at the end of the evening Matt packed the beautiful, handmade belt back into it's carrier where it's next destination was to be Brazil for more information on this organization please check out Artist For World Peace

I must say I'm going to have to find a peace belt for him to wear all the time he looked amazing. Like a Modern Day Jim Morrison Gypsy! I have big love for Jim Morrison, "better to be a word man, better than a bird man"

Kickin' it in Montreal. Bon Nui!

Hello folks it's been a while I apologize it is truly hard to attempt to keep up with such rapidly moving technology that has all but enveloped our everyday lives. I choose than tobe the tortoise and to choose my steps wisely and purposefully. So allright first I would like to update everyone on my cousin and her situation. She finished all her treatments and is officially cancer free! Hell yeah! I can express in feeble words the gratitude I feel for all of you who sent her messages and presents and so much good vibes, it made a huge difference and I know for some people she has created new friendships throughout her ordeal. From the bottom of my heart I appreciate the unprecedented kindness sent to her by perfect strangers. On a whole other level she is now on tour in the UK doing radio station promo shows for her record. HUGENESS! They are super hyped on her over there and she has been texting me non-stop about how much fun she is having. So basically I am super stoked that she is living her dream and have no doubt she will only continue to experience more as time progresses.

Ok so what else... I am currently in Montreal with some friends just lampin' hard on our day off. I brought my bicycle on our bus so I'm going to go ride around in a bit. Montreal is an amazing place, so multi-cultural but very european in design and overall attitude. There are so many parks and open public places, delicious eateries and social programs. Most of Canada just feels to me like a more mellow America, but Quebec really retains the feeling of a different country. I am sitting here typing while our friend Sam's housemate Marie is cooking and talking jubilantly on the phone to her boyfriend in french. At the same time our tour manager is getting a tattoo in the living room while his roommates also converse in their native tongue. It's one of my favorite aspects of travelling, to be in someone else's home observing their way of life, listening to them speak in their language, for some reason it is amazingly comforting. I enjoy being the stranger, alone with my thoughts or talking to new people and enjoying their cultures and quirky nuance.

So it seems Montreal has become tattoo fest. Yesterday I got a new quarter sleeve from an amazing artist Cat (I try and get all my tattoos from women, I believe they have a unique touch and technique and I make a conscious effort to support woman as artists in a largely male dominated profession) @ Tattoo Mania on Rue St. Denis. I'll be honest it hurt significantly more than my last though it is unique to it's kind and I feel like tattoos are a place to put other pain, emotionally or mentally. Overall it is a beautiful experience and well worth any fleeting agony that may be consequently inflicted. Chase, Rojer and Choi already got new pieces today and Cgak is on deck to get proverbially blasted, so it seems as if I may be minutely responsible for catalyzing a tattoo barrage. Rojer got a killer chest piece, Choi a fatty leg piece and Chase got the vacuum tube from the cover of "...and the battle begun" on his forearm. Representing son!!! I'll include some pics, maybe video when/if I get the chance...

Other than all that the tour has been amazing for us, we now have new brothers in Zechs Marquise and already I am experiencing separation anxiety and have resorted to drinking only Cuba Libres in their honor. Seriously maybe the most amazing group of dudes we have ever toured with. Marcel jammed on second(or third) drums almost every night and consistently blew my face off. So brothers, we miss you dearly, safe travels back to El Paso... Good old War was amazing as usual, always inspiring us to step up our harmonies as well. Everytime we tour with those cats we get psyched. So genuine and borderline insane, in the specific case of one drummer who shall remain nameless... hahaha. Every east coast show sold out, mostly pre-sale which was huge for us especially because we did 2 nights in NYC, one at the Fillmore and one at Bowery Ballroom. Much love to all the folks who came out and made those nights some of the most memorable occasions of my short life. Oh on that tip I must sincerely thank an organization called Artists for World Peace for honoring me with the opportunity to represent the people of my country by wearing the International Peace Belt on stage at the Bowery Ballroom. Cathy will probably post some ish about the belt and allit's travels and the basic idea behind it because it write it here would take me another whole page. Essentially in is a belt that is carried all over the world in the attempt that by uniting artists of different cultures we can hope to better increase the goodwill and tolerance of the many different cultures across the globe. Check out the website artistsforworldpeace.org for more info. Much respect to those cats, such a huge honor, I am so beyond flattered. All right then that's all for now I am stoked to be traveling and being able to eat again (long story. you know, love and loss that kind of drama) and look forward with open arms to the adventures that lie ahead. Those who wander are never lost...vu

till next time,

M.E.

Laura Roppe's I Kicked Cancers Ass Show!

On May 28, 2009 at Belly Up Tavern
143 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach, California 92075
w/ Laura Roppe

This is my cousin Laura Roppe’s "I Kicked Cancer’s Ass" come-back show after months of treatment! and it would mean so much to all of us to see you there

Playing with friends in Caracas