I’m always proud of how talented my friends are.  Every once in a while, I like to share their music and accomplishments with everyone I can.  Today I’d like to mention a few pals that are doing good things.

Elizabeth and the Catapult

I was a big fan of their self-titled and self-released EP, but their first full-length album on the Verve label is worth listening to over and over and over.  And over again.  These are songs that are not only well-crafted, but immortalized in a pristine production that reveals more with each listen. (What a cliche thing to say.  This is why I hate writing about music.)

Visit their site here.

Zigmat

My good friend Steve Yonkin plays bass for this cool electro-pop/rock band (is that a good description?  I neither know nor care) who is up to lots of very good things these days.  Listen to them now so that you can be with the “in” crowd before they’re really popular and make you look like a bandwagoner.

Visit their site here.

Apache Stone

My college roommate and one of my best friends Hank Woods moved to New York City when I moved to LA.  I often sat around in the sun, wondering what the hell he was going to do with his life having grown up playing jazz trumpet and then suddenly shifting to rock guitar during school.  It turns out he would get picked up for a gig with Rescue Me star Mike Lombardi’s band, Apache Stone, and now he’s more of a rock star than I’ll ever dream of being.  Even more of one than he’ll ever dream of being!

Visit their site here.

OK fine.  One thing about me to finish this post off.  The Shaimus song “Tie You Down” will be appearing in the ABC Family show “Ruby and the Rockits” on September 22nd.  But I knew you’d already be watching that show anyway, so I was just gonna let it be a surprise.