The Slip

As some of you may know, I've been working with various local bands in one fashion or another for years now. The band I've been working with the longest is The Slip, who are also the soundtrack to my life. Thier latest album is really amazing, and I managed to get one of thier tracks into the first Guitar Hero, which was something that made that game a little more special for me.

The Slip's music is hard to nail down. They arn't really one band, but several in a constant battle for the amplification. They seemlessly blend many different styles together with a level of musicianship rarely seen, and smoothly move from jazz, to rock, to reggae, to blues, to bluegrass, to indi-rock, and back again. As such, they're a really hard sell despite thier obvious talent. Sometimes it almost seemed like they were fighting against it - I remember having to convince them to put the band logo on thier first T-shirt.

Through a concerted effort of many, the mainstream press finally seems to noticing them. Last months Rolling Stone featured a small article on them, and Episode 12 of this months Grey's Anatomy used one of thier songs in the closing montage. Tommorow night, monday the 5th, they'll be playing on Conan Obrien. I can't help but feeling a little giddy about it. I love the user created videos for thier music as well.