PopCult Best Bet: Mark Bates and The Vacancies (Song Of The Week!)
July 11, Mark Bates and his band, The Vacancies bring their Earthy Alternative sound to The Blue Parrot. As a special preview, PopCult presents a preview song right here for your listening pleasure. “Spiral Down,” is a wonderful mid-tempo ballad that sounds for all the world like a lost track from rock legends, The Band. This tasty slice of Americana ought to be enough to entice you to come out Friday night. The band starts playing at 10 PM. The cover is a mere five bucks, and if all goes according to plan, the RFC crew will be on hand to record a couple of numbers for upcoming shows.
Until then, listen to this great song,
“Spiral Down” by Mark Bates and The Vacancies
“Sprial Down” by Mark Bates and The Vacancies.
Above, Mark Bates (center) and The Vacancies.
July 10th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Excellent song.
July 11th, 2008 at 8:27 am
The sound parts of my computer is all busted up, so I can not hear the song. However, I am required by law to ponder the hypothetical situation in which Mr. Bates would have a butler.
Bates (to butler): Surely, then, Jeeves, my tea will soon go blind.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Man, that’s a great tune. Does this mean we’re going to see the return of the “Song Of The Week” in PopCult?
July 21st, 2008 at 5:02 am
[…] For the second week in a row, our Monday Morning Art features a musician who will appear on this week’s episode of Radio Free Charleston. If you think that this is because producing a weekly webshow is eating into my art-making time, you may well be correct!Check out my digital painting of Mark Bates and The Vacancies. You can even hear a song by them right here. That ought to get you all riled up for RFC 47, with Mark Bates and The Vacancies and The Diablo Blues Band. Look for it Wednesday! […]
July 29th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Man, that’s a really great song. Great recording, too. How about more from Mr. Bates and his crew?