Performing for a bunch of beautiful people with heads full of molly and sid. Shawn's scheeching guitar at the end, and projecting a psychopathic Vivian Leigh and Brando on the building was purely intentional for psychic effect, which was certainly not lost on the audience, many of which were no longer able to stand up...

In an extremely well done and spot on piece of music journalism, the author Nicholas L. Hall brings us the following article via the Miami New Times.

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Those unfamiliar with the Beauvilles might hear that Deep South, plantation-perfect moniker and expect a ragged group of Southern-rock traditionalists or perhaps even revved-up psychobilly retro camp schtick. There's a bit of the former, none of the latter, and a whole lot more to the story.

The Beauvilles: A sedimentary excavation of American rock 'n' roll.

With enigmatic singer and guitarist Shawn Kyle at the helm, the Beauvilles provide a modern spin on classic American rock 'n' roll, circa 1965 onward. Vintage equipment and a largely straightforward rock formula — guitar, drums, bass, and a handful of chords — play their role in the band's historian guise, while nods to subsequent eras keep the band from being mired in history.

The ensemble's tightness allows for a bit of primitive blues-rock reconstructionist stomp, à la Jack White, and sparingly applied vocal effects mingle with staccato guitar incursions for a postpunk version of the Strokes' garage rock turnaround. More of a throwback, jangly guitars and huge hooks pay homage to the best of the '70s' non-AOR wing, and a tiny angular impression fleetingly nods to the college rock kickoff we know as indie, of the Pavement persuasion. In short, the Beauvilles are a sedimentary excavation of American rock 'n' roll, but more "Indy" than "Dr. Jones" comes through in the teaching.

Details

The Beauvilles, with Guy Harvey and the Jameses. 8 p.m. Friday, July 2, at Propaganda, 6 S. J St., Lake Worth. Call 561-547-7273, or click here.

During Harvest of Hope Fest this year we kept getting friends and lovers trying to meet up with us in the artist area. Invariably everyone would want to meet at the most glaring un-miss able thing in the sea of tens / buses / cars / unwashed punk woodsmen. This meeting landmark happened to be a huge vintage bluebird bus painted red, with zebra stripes, a bio-diesel / WVO system in there, some bunk beds, hammocks and general psychedelic energy. On the back of the bus it said www.lighthousemusicband.com, and I was told that the constant stream of people coming in and out of it were indeed the band, which had a rumored ManMan meets AnimalCollective while ocassionally channeling the Thermals sound. We decdided that we would certainly like to see that to believe it.

Fast forward to last night, where (after some serious distrations in Athens Georgia that morning, and some seriously beautiful scenic driving) we arrived at a warehouse open air stage attached to a surfboard making shop with a field full of St.Augustine's music lovers drinking cold keg beer well into the evening hours. Dubbed the Strawberry Moon Fest it was a very loving affair with a ton of bands from as far away as Maine, and an audience that was nothing but appreciative.

We caught part of the set of Hyena, rapped with our friends in Tam Tam the Sandwich Man, and stuck it out till the end of the event to see the GAZE who reminded us of some of the best slacker rock of the early 1990's. But the standout was the host of the event, Lighthouse Music, who had their iconic looking bus parked out back, with a steady stream of people in and out of it, a stage set up that consisted of members swapping instruments and everyone singing. The music is not easy to describe, but it is worth the listen, and especially the good time and live show they put on, and we hope to see them again on the road.

 A list of the bands for posterity...
> Mono Mojado 1:00 - 1:45
> Roll Out The Guns 2:05 - 2:40
> The Gaze 3:00 - 3:30
> Andrew Virga 3:45 - 4:15
> Dirty Fist! 4:30 - 5:00
> Best Of Synthia 5:20 - 6:00
> Fancy Feast 6:20 - 6:45
> Attachedhands 7:05 - 7:30
> Tam Tam The Sandwichman 7:50 - 8:20
> Bermuda 8:40 - 9:10
> Hyena 9:30 -10:00
> The Beauvilles 10:20 - 11:00
> Lighthouse Music 11:30 - ?

Yes, we were (along a very select few other non-Athenians) invited up to Athfest in Athens Georgia. It was a riot, a sweaty club underground, and a straight up 1990's style rave. And while  Read more about it HERE

This hot poster 3-D design just in from S.Beauville for the upcoming show at Common Grounds in the lovely College town of Gainesville Florida, with a couple excellent indiginous bands from the psych persuasion.