From the Austin Chronicle
Dana Falconberry/(Hotel Brotherhood)/Judson Claiborne
Fri., Dec. 30
Frank, 407 Colorado, 512/494-6916
Prepping the release of her new EP, Though I Didn’t Call It Came, local songstress Dana Falconberry previews her latest harmony-enriched swoons, powerfully delicate and resiliently rootsy. Chris Salveter of Chicago’s Judson Claiborne wanders South, trailing his own acoustic ballads, while Marfa’s Ross Cashiola reconstitutes his former Windy City collective Hotel Brotherhood to open with a Will Oldham-eque weariness pitched into the rambled narratives. Hot dogs, cold beer, cool music. – Doug Freeman
San Antonio Current
Hotel Brotherhood: Pairs of Things and Other Stories |
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| Label: | King Condor-Blackmott |
| Release Date: | 2010 |
| Genre: | Recording |
BY CALLIE ENLOW
Chicago-based songwriter Ross Cashiola has managed to put together Marfa’s closest approximation of an “it” band. Under the Hotel Brotherhood banner, the sculptor and part-time Marfa resident (sparked by a Chinati Foundation internship) seems to open for everyone worth seeing who comes through Marfa; in fact Austin’s own Heartless Bastards recently backed him during the El Cosmico music festival. Musically, Cashiola’s a great ambassador for the artsy desert outpost, producing country music bare as floorboards, matched by bracing, literary lyrics. Hotel Brotherhood’s second album pairs Cashiola’s lyrical contributions and earnest vocals with gorgeous instrumentation, especially Sam Wagster’s polished guitar, pedal steel, and piano work on “Two Rights a Wrong,” “Wild Clouds,” and “Wild Rose Pass,” respectively. Singers Jessica Moore and Jenny Walton-Wetzel help soften the austerity, though some songs, like the excellent character-driven “Rudi Corales,” need no adornment. Much like Marfa, Pairs of Things isn’t a fast-paced, thrill-a-minute ride, but instead captivates with its spare, slow simplicity.
JANUARY 24, 2008
NO DEPRESSION
JANUARY 28, 2008
THE DAILY TEXAN
APRIL 7, 2009
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