“Broke” was heard on the recent episode of NPR’s All Songs Considered

02.02.12 – New York, NY @ Cake Shop
02.03.12 – New York, NY @ The Living Room
02.04.12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Sycamore
02.05.12 – New York, NY @ Joes Pub
02.06.12 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ GOTYE (sold out)
02.07.12 – New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
02.08.12 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
02.09.12 – New York, NY @ Piano’s (Wild Honey Pie Presents!)
02.10.12 – New York, NY @ The Living Room

02.21.12 – Davis, CA @ Odd Fellows Hall w/Jolie Holland
02.24.12 – San Francicsco, CA @ Noise Pop at the Independent w/ Wye Oak (sold out)
03.28.12 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop w/ Radiation City + The Loom

04.10.12 – Oxford @ The Old Boot Factory — www.wegottickets.com/oxfork
04.11.12 – Leeds @ Cockpit — www.lunatickets.co.uk
04.12.12 – Glasgow @ King Tuts — www.gigsinscotland.com
04.13.12 – Belfast @ Auntie Annies — www.ticketmaster.ie
04.14.12 – Dublin @ Academy 2 — www.ticketmaster.ie
04.16.12 – Manchester @ Deaf Institute — www.gigsandtours.com/?a=sea+of+bees&site=seaofbees
04.17.12 – Birmingham @ Hare and Hound — birminghampromoters.com
04.18.12 – Brighton @ The Haunt — www.seetickets.com/Event/SEA-OF-BEES/The-Haunt/614078
04.19.12 – London @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen — www.gigsandtours.com/?a=sea+of+bees&site=seaofbees

The EP is available at all your favorite digital music stops including these: iTunes, Amazon, eMusic

“Carefully performed, beautifully arranged, this is the kind of hand-made music that’s almost a family heirloom. Woven vocal harmonies, softly plucked strings, a cracked patina voice; it’s beautiful and fascinating and something you’d like to keep to yourself rather than share around.”
Devon Leger, No Depression

“Her poetic lyrics and gentle, rich voice are perfect for a day inside, hiding from the cold and rain.”
Bust Magazine

“Dana Falconberry’s new EP Though I Didn’t Call It Came is quietly epic and ripe with wonder. The purity of her vocals and engaging presence make her live shows as captivating as a summer evening.”
Philip Majorins, PopMatters

“Falconberry, who in the past tended to keep things on the sparse side, branches out into an orchestral-folk arrangement, complimenting the high pitch that lines her voice with strings and harps.”
Mike Ayers, MTV Hive

“As the title reflects, this is the type of music that grabs you by the guts and takes over all your insides without you ever having asked it to. It is comforting and wonderful, and it feels so damn good.”
Off the Air Review

Petoskey Stone Video from dana falconberry on Vimeo.

Flowering Deer from Gareth Smith & Jenny Lee on Vimeo.

Gareth Smith and Jenny Lee of Smith and Lee Productions created this gorgeous new video for ‘Flowering Deer’. The final track from “The Jessamine County Book of the Living”. Thanks to Gareth and Jenny for their vision and talents.

Matt has upcoming NYC dates you should know about and go see if you’re in the area.

Jan 21 Brooklyn, NY Pete’s Candy Store as a duo w/Dana Falconberry
Jan 22 NY, NY Rockwood Music Hall as a duo w/Dana Falconberry
Jan 28 Brooklyn, NY at The Gutter – Kevchino.com Presents!

This week Dana Falconberry debuted the first single, ‘Petoskey Stone’ from the upcoming “Though I Didn’t Call It Came” EP on MTVHIVE. So friggin pretty! The EP will be released on January 24th.

Download the song HERE!

Deskless Concert: The Loom from NPR Intern Edition on Vimeo.

As part of the NPR Intern Edition Deskless Concert series, The Loom were invited to the roof of NPR on their latest tour to record a stripped down set of 3 songs.

Dana Falconberry – Petoskey Stone from One Story Productions on Vimeo.

‘Though I Didn’t Call It Came’ EP is out on January 24th!

“On this white sand, however far I roam, forever will I find myself back home!”

Upcoming Live Appearances:
12.30.11 – Austin, TX @ Frank
01.08.12 – Austin, TX @ Live on KVRX
01.12.12 – Austin, TX @ Live on KKUT
01.12.12 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk – EP Release Show!
01.21.12 – New York, NY @ Pete’s with Matt Bauer
01.22.12 – New York, NY @ Rockwood with Matt Bauer
01.27.12 – New York, NY @ Living Room
01.28.12 – New York, NY @ Gutter Bar

“Bauer, as a writer, focuses on those moments that fail to cease. They continue on and they make you worry about them for longer than you’d admit. You want to hear more about them. You’d like the other pieces, for their sparseness and their dances in the gloaming light is enchanting.” Listen to the Matt Bauer session over at Daytrotter.

“This band (The Loom), like it or not, makes us actually pain for and about the things that we try to brush off as the small stuff that’s no big deal, that we choose to classify as insignificant.” Take a listen for yourself over on Daytrotter.

The Loom — 2011 Tour Dates
12.03.11 – Manhattan, NY @ Mercury Lounge*
12.06.11 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott Boston*
12.07.11 – Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse*
* – w/ BOBBY

Brooklyn Vegan premiered the 2nd single, “In Your Doldrums” from “Teeth” today!

The Loom Featured on ‘World Cafe: Next’!

“It’s easy to see why the Loom’s sets are generating a significant amount of buzz. Their specific sound is as unique as is their approach to creating that sound. If anyone likes an underlying feel of folk and bluegrass with an understated rock sound, the Loom is a band to keep an eye on.”
-The Washington Times

“Their brand of Americana, a healthy heaping of folk smattered with horns and male/female dual vocals, refreshingly cuts loose at times with hot, fuzzy guitar solos. A song like “The Middle Distance” barrels forward with crashing drumbeats, swirling brass, and frenetic vocals and gives way to guitarist John Fanning’s blissfully overdriven leads. Fanning’s voice sounds a bit like Bill Callahan on record, and his sing-speaking vocal style may remind you of that artist’s Smog days, while vocalist Sydney Price threads in the female harmonies. The five-piece’s musical gifts are best played to when they seem to let the music overflow the boundaries of the song; “A Song of Faint Praise” and “The Curtain Calls” each swell to grandiose proportions once the horns pull out all the stops.”
-Consequence Of Sound

“I’ve wanted to extol the virtues of this here record to y’all for quite some time now, and it makes me so very happy to finally, finally, finally be doing so. The Loom, a live favorite of mine and recipient of their very own honorary day here at Fuzzy Logic, can also make some magic happen on record. This album of theirs that finally gets to see the light, Teeth, is twangily triumphant, roughly-hewn and resplendent, and just plain ole excellent.”
- Fuzzy Logic

The Loom make stuffed acorn squash and debut new song “The Devil You Know” over at Brooklyn Based Blog:
“The battle of emotional chaos versus calmness and comfort is also what drives the Loom’s BB Songs track, “The Devil You Know,” a song that didn’t quite fit on Teeth. Fanning spent several years in New York, but now lives upstate in Beacon with his wife (the rest of the band lives in Brooklyn). The song was inspired by “finding fulfillment in new ways that maybe [my] younger self wouldn’t have,” he says, and not feeling sad about leaving his chaotic city chapter behind. “Even though I was in New York for almost a decade, I always felt drawn to places that were more peaceful, and I’d take a lot of opportunities to escape the city when I could.” Ultimately, he wants the Loom’s music to show that it’s possible to find light–even in the darkest times, even if it seems impossible. “There’s a lot of joy to be experienced,” he says, “but it can be hard to get to it.”