SABRA’S NEW BIG BROTHERS ON FIRE!

We’d like to present the award for Tuffest Week in Rock for this past 7er to our friend Sabra Laval. There she was one minute, driving her car and minding her own, enjoying the new Listen! Listen! ep no less, and then the next she’s standing outside the car as it burns to the ground with her guitar, microphones and left shoe inside. Harsh.

If her saintly pipes and auto misfortune weren’t enough, there was another reason why we took an hour out of our phone-destroying, wii-breaking player-hating Saturday night to go check her out – new lineup! Yuss. Returning to the stage as part of the band of brothers called the, er, Big Brothers was the banjo-tastic Mr. Craig Breaux, but joining them for the first time on guitars was Mr. Austin Lloyd and on drums Mr. Richard Didnotcatchhislastname. Yes. Drums. Richard and Craig play in a rockabilly band together (we’re stoked – more on that when we can unearth it) and we’d have to say that the entire thing went very well, and added a great dynamic to the live sound. Add to that the fact that Richard’s first and only practice with the band was a few hours before the show, and it goes without saying that there’s still a bit of this and that to be worked out before their next show.

Sadly, however, said show (in Houston anyways) is not until July 23rd. However, take some solace in the fact that there are now four (COUNT EM!) tracks of their available for download off ye olde myspace profile. If you happen to be in San Antonio or Austin, you can catch Sabra at the Mohawk or the Red Room on June 22 or 23rd respectively.