NEWSLETTER / UPDATES / HELLO from Ryan (Hammers sitting still/ other things)
MAY 19 2026
Woah just updated the Hammers Sitting still site again (w it's own updates page!) cuz we got two random shows to fill out the whole summer :D Rock n roll show at The Silhouette Lounge on may 27th. The sil was the first venue i went to to see a show when we moved here last summer so that's cool. and our buddies Finger Foods from nashville are coming july 12th at the lilypad which will be dope too. Used to play w them with when they'd come thru Knoxville. Feel very blessed that these shows popped up for us within just a couple days, as it's a good push towards figuring out what this project will be for Kozbi and I and fulfills a continuing goal of having a show per month. Lets go. We saw Hum this wknd in nyc it was epic. and we stayed with our friend Ted who makes music under Law Office.
While this isn't a true "newsletter" as there's no emails involved (maybe there will be one day), I still kinda wanna use this page within the hammers sitting still website (for now) to write about whatever interesting things that've been going on/ I've been consuming w perhaps helpful links. May use this page as an overall updater to other projects of mine in the future as well. whatever. I found out about Car vs Driver this week and it makes me happy. You can tell it's real emotional writing while still not comprising dope riffs and arrangements. and it's a fire band name. I also learned about Jacob King this week via some bandcamp journey and the force on this is rippin. perfect use of reverb in a live setting and I'm a sucker for live recordings of any kind really. As an instagram fiend I keep noticing this Age of Peace album This is the direction of folk I've been directing my little folk walking shoes towards for a little bit. They sound so free and in love. Seems like I need bigger shoes and a wider stride to keep up. or maybe just guitar lessons. Speaking of guitar lessons, I found this website for Sam Davis via Google maps around Cambridge looking for guitar stores. Man it's so cool. His Flyers are so awesome and funny makes me miss the days when physical posters were a more used format for local advertisement. I've been trying to get deeper in the flyer design world and it is a mysterious place. forces me to refine my design processes. For the first time I designed a poster almost fully in my head while in bed in the morning and made it within like 10 minutes when I got up. Maybe that's a normal thing for people, it usually takes me while of messing around. Lmk if you, reader, want a poster or anything. I love the designs this person from Chciago (I think?) makes. Maybe I'll run into them one day and we can talk solid color backgrounds and superimposition. I also love this dude Aidan from Athens' designs. He plays in a bunch of dope Athens bands. Inspiring me to try and do more hand-involved splish. Maybe move away from the photo digital collage style I usually am used to. Thanks modern architecture school.
There's some words for you. I sense good things ahead this summer. - Ryan
MAY 10 2026
I updated the website today to be more spring cuz now it's spring. I also put a little photo of our schedule for our next show(s) which is June 13th at the Camberville folk house show #16 :0 There's a chance we may play at an impromtu house show in Madison, Wisconsin around memorial day. We'll see what happens. I am excited for what this spring will bring and super excited for the Summer. I've been listening to a lot of Frank Hurricane this week. I'm excited to feel worn out from the sun and write new music. Kozbi wrote a song earlier this week about how my 3 front teeth are dead via root canal and maybe that will make its way into our song lexicon soon. Thanks for looking at this website and hope the summer will be dope for you. - Ryan
