What the hell is going on and why do we smell like Transmission fluid?

After a long haul up the east coast and back, the month of May was spent with each Beauville taking time to himself to ponder his place in the universe and lick some wounds. 

Jason went deep sea fishing, played with his dog and opened a project studio. Max went camping and grew a beard fit for a woodsman. Shawn fixed his Triumph Bonneville, and killed a 1966 Mercedes 250se during a test drive. 

The boys got in a Tascam 48 Reel to Reel, and a matching vintage analog console. It got hot as hell in Florida. And now it is June. 

The tourvan (#3) is beat, and being retired. Tom Cruize Control will be put out to pasture. Like an alcoholic uncle that you can no longer take anywhere, Tom guzzled and vomited only the most expensive full synthetic transmission fluids all over I-75. This, like the alcoholic uncle makes anyone nervous about showing up anywhere on time without altercation. We will miss your leather heated seats, Tom. But we will not miss the lack of legroom. 

So, friends, it looks like it will be a hotter than hell summer. We will likely not be back on a long tour until August, but we will be sticking it around the Southeast. Friends from West and North If you are down south give us a shout.

Spring Tour on the Way.

Please check out all the spring tour dates here:

Link->The Beauvilles Spring Tour 2011 venues & lineups

the Beauvilles set to release new LP

The first of 3 upcoming releases for 2011, the new LP will be available early March right before the band hits the road for tour. This solid banger is being recorded at Red Room, studio of our good friend John Wesley (of the Grammy Award winning band the Porcupine Tree).

Track List

Whompum

Turn Out the Lights

Barker's Beauties

Golden Hummers

Hooker

The Great One Four Five (Fleeting Life)

B-Sides

the Ballad of Jim Jones

Jannus Live: the Beauvilles headline at Jannus Landing.

the Beauvilles at JannusOnce upon a time, there were fellows that flew airplanes when they were basically home made contraptions made of balsa wood with little motorcycle engines in them and wings held together with horsehide glue. All these dangers were offset by wearing a very stylish leather helmet and goggles.

One such fellow named Tony Jannus made a humble living out of flying one such contraption, apparently having solid balls of russian steel...

Departing from a location on January 1, 1914, near the downtown St. Petersburg Municipal Pier on Second Avenue North, Jannus piloted the twenty-three minute inaugural flight of the pioneer airline's Benoist XIV flying boat biplane. A crowd of 3,000 gathered at the pier to watch the history-making takeoff at 10 a.m. and were told by Fansler that "What was impossible yesterday is an accomplishment today, while tomorrow heralds the unbelieveable".

(Jannus went on to die at the young age of 27 while training russia pilots over the black sea, he nor the bodies of his crew were ever found).

Fast forward almost a century later, Jannus Landing (recently rechristened Jannus Live) is a state of the art concert venue, and just plain huge. On December 3rd The Beauvilles performed their biggest headlining show to date and had the pleasure to play there to a very willing audience.

the Beauvilles perform at Jannus Landing Live

Shawn Kyle

Also performing were the reunited Ten Spoke Indies (formerly the southeastern based band, Harry Dash) and also recent prodigal sons returning home after hiatus, the very excellent garage rock - pop sounds of Tres Bien, who aside from the French name similarities the Beauvilles also really really like. 

*all photos by John Wolding of Ground Up Films

Notes from Athens, GA. How Reptar rocks. Cops are called.

Hello, Shawn here.

I am writing as I sit here at the Redneck Ramada, home of the lovely Jenn Bryant from http://www.knucklesammitch.com/, DriveByTruckers.com (and the finest web mistress & southern cook this side of the Appalachia.) The view out back is perfect, the weather is cold (a welcome change from the sweat of Florida) and it promises to get more brisk as we head North this week.

Last night we had the pleasure of doing a house party with a new(ish) band called Reptar from Athens GA. I had missed their set when we both played at Ath-Fest this year, and from what I had been hearing they were getting some well deserved attention above and beyond their hometown.We admit, the Ben H. Allen produced 7" two song EP from Reptar is one of the best indie releases we have heard recently. I wondered how they would pull it off live.

 Last night, what developed was a sweaty rock and roll show on our part at the Reptar house (with the not-so-rare-occurence of the police getting a call). To open was a collaborative noise rock band, feat. members of other Athens ground along with William, from Reptar. Then the Beauvilles played, and made new friends while Will and the other fellas tried to convince the police to leave. The police demanded that we stop playing (we didn't, instead launching into an quiet rendition of the Ballad of Jim Jones) and then somehow, amazingly somehow the guys convinced the police that all was well, and after locking the front doors and barracading them with kegs, the cops never came back despite a house so packed you could barely move around any of the rooms.

 In the end Reptar did bring it live. I have never seen crowdsurfing at a (non-Punk House) house show before. Lots of good people there at this show, plenty of keg beer and a great time by all including the rockers necking in the bushes, all the girls wearing leather boots, and Jay and the other dudes who kept trying to figure out how the hell I made all that noise with one vintage 1968 SG custom guitar. Thank you. We will be back to Athens soon.

Now time to hit downtown, a guitar shop to get a repair & some strings, and our favourite vintage store here to try and get matching fringe leather jackets like Max Norton has already.

Next: Raleigh, NC and the Pour House