::UPCOMING
SHOWS::
12.10.06 The Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco (with Jay Bennett)
INFO
12.11.06 Silverlake Lounge, Los Angeles (with Jay Bennett)
INFO
::NEWS::
12.07.06
TWO
SHOWS WITH JAY BENNETT!
Hey everyone! We're heading out of town (and then coming right back)
for a couple shows with ex-Wilco badass, Jay Bennett.
Jay was instrumental
in putting together three of Wilco's best records
(Being There, Summerteeth and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot) before leaving
the band in 2000. Now, he's just released a solo album that's damn
good
and we're happy to get the chance to rock with one of our musical heroes.
Get all the info here.
10.05.06
Weed
Patch Radio - Episode 3
This Episode features LONG SONGS and SHORT SONGS by the likes of
Ween, Bob Dylan, Sparklehorse, John Cale, Mary's Danish and Built to Spill.
If you hear something you like, support these artists by buying their music.
Produced by martyr.design
06.13.06
05.26.06
Great review of our new album here.
05.10.06
Weed
Patch Radio - Episode 2
We're back with another installment of our radio show.
Give it a listen and let us turn
you on to some music we think is worth your time.
***Includes a live acoustic performance of a new Weed Patch tune***
Produced by martyr.design
04.04.06
Weed
Patch Radio - Episode 1
Spend an hour with Weed Patch as we play some songs we
want you to hear and talk about recording our new album, Some
Kinda Happy. AVAILABLE NOW!
It's work-friendly radio with no cussin' or fightin'. We even got Neal to agree not to bad-mouth the President.
Produced by martyr.design
03.11.06
LIVE
WEED PATCH
Recorded at the Echo in Echo Park, CA, March 09, 2006.
Available for the downloading and the enjoying.
Crooked
Mile (4MB MP3)
Sweet
Thing (4MB MP3)
Ray
Charles > Get To Heaven (10MB MP3)
Where
The Day Takes Me (4MB MP3)
Some
Kinda Happy (6MB MP3)
Technicolor
(5MB MP3)
Or download them all in a .zip file here.
Thanks for stoppin' by. WP
12.11.05
Hi. Marty here. I just wanted to take a moment on our site and say good-bye
to an early Weed Patch fan, Jocelyn Juriansz.
I met Joc shortly after joining Weed Patch and worked with her for most of 2003. Post that, she was someone I spoke to every six months or so but was in my thoughts constantly; Joc was simply someone you would never forget after spending any amount of time with her. She was larger than life - beautiful, inside and out - and, she had come to LA to make it as a designer and a creative person just as I had. She was an energetic spirit that loved to laugh and talked about good food like it was a religious experience.
I last heard from Joc through an email from her roommate, Erin, earlier this year. This last Saturday I Googled Joc's name, looking for any trace of her or her design work out on the www, looking for inspiration that she was still out there trying to make it happen too. The first page that came up in my search was a website created in Joc's memory, informing me that her life had somehow ended on September 24th of this year. This news hit me deeply as I sat searching the site for something to let me know what had happened.
I only knew Joc a short while but if you care to visit her memorial website, you'll get a sense of why someone who knew Joc for such a short time in her brief life would do what they could to let people know of this incredible person and horrible loss.
Joc was at the first official Weed Patch show at the Derby on June 10th, 2003.
Thanks for comin' down, Joc. I'll always be able to hear you yelling for us on the recording I made.
Stop in and say hi, or bye, to Jocelyn Juriansz.
marty
07.15.05
::HI! First things first: The new WP album is in the can...It's
been laid down
...Rocked and rolled...We brought it home...We came, we saw and we rocked
that mofo!!! Pics from the studio can be enjoyed here.
Next, the tracks make
their way to Denton, TX the first week of August where they will be lovingly
mixed and toiled over by our producer Seth Rothschild and Matt Pence -
drummer and all 'round studio bad-ass behind such incredible bands as
Centro-Matic and
South San
Gabriel.
At the
risk of sounding flat-out giddy, we're all very excited about the shape
this new record took under Mr. Rothschild's watchful ears. We think we've
got
a great one. Defintely a worthy follow-up to Maybe the Brakes Will
Fail. By
the way, if you don't have a copy of ...Brakes, you're just going
to be completely lost when the new album comes out. You'll have no frame
of reference...and isn't that what life's all about? Fear not! You can
procure yourself a copy of our debut album by following this link here.
Finally,
check out our SHOWS
page so you can come hear tunes from the
new album. Thanks for stopping by. WP
06.01.05
::Weed Patch nominated for an LA WEEKLY MUSIC
AWARD in the
BEST COUNTRY/AMERICANA ARTIST catagory. How cool is that? Wish
us luck.
04.13.05
::Hello, loyal Patch addict(s). It's been a while since
we last spoke but there's
plenty to talk about.
First,
we've got a show comin' up next week in Costa Mesa as part of the
Dirt Joint music series. Always a great night filled with great music.
Don't believe us? Come see for yourself! Get filled in here.
Also,
and this is something we're damned excited about, Weed Patch
is currently in pre-production, getting things in order to record a
follow-up to the very well-received "Maybe the Brakes Will Fail."
We've got our eye on the end of June to start building the new CD and
we're
planning to work, once again, with our friend Seth Rothschild of Gingersol.
Glen Ballard was trying to set up a meeting with us but we didn't even
return
his calls. That's how cool we are. Over & out. WP
02.15.05
::We'd like to introduce you to the newest member of the
Weed Patch family.
Béla Denton Richard. Born Feb. 2nd, 2005 @ 4:44pm - Groundhog's
Day
Weight: 6 pounds 11 ounces & 19" long. Named after jazz/bluegrass
banjo
player Béla Fleck (pronounced Bay-Luh). Pics
here!
12.27.04
::HAPPY NEW YEAR! WP
12.17.04
::Hi! Three quarters of Weed Patch are playing an acoustic show
to benefit the children of Iraq and the soldiers over there trying to
put that place back together. Come on down & bring along something
on this
list to help make someone's Christmas over there a little
brighter. Thanks. WP
12.07.04
::'Sup? Here comes Santa Claus! Can you see him? I HOPE HE GOT
MY LIST!!! That said, take a perhaps much-needed break from the holiday
fervor and come spend some time by the fire with Weed Patch (note: there
may or may not be a fire). We've got some new shows in the works before
we put this year in our annals and we'd love to have you 'round. Details
here.
11.10.04
::Weed Patch's residency at Taix in Echo Park is no more. We
are currently looking for a more comfy setting in which to continue our
molasses-like march toward world domination. Stay tuned for more details.
WP
11.05.04
::What are you doing this weekend? Nothing? Great! Come hang
with Weed Patch in San Diego on Saturday night. We're hitting the PB scene
- gonna work on our tans - with a show at the Tiki
House in Pacific Beach. We've got a local Wilco/Replacments
cover band called the Nards joining us for an opening set, then it's all
Weed Patch for the rest of the night. Come drink yourself silly with us...it
might help you accept the FOUR MORE YEARS of W we've got waiting for us.
WP
10.02.04
::Hola, Weed Patch loyalists. As we're sure you all know by now,
Weed Patch has been invited to play Spaceland
in Silverlake on October 13th with the Silos and the Sid Hillman Quartet.
It's quite an honor and we're all excited about the opportunity to play
that room. We respectfully ask that y'all do what you can to come out
and spend the evening with us that night. A good crowd of friendly faces
is always a great thing to see from the stage and we'd really love to
show everyone at Spaceland that Weed Patch can bring the folks as well
as the fun. Hope to see you there! WP
09.18.04
::Weed Patch (and our pal Bill See) brought the rock last weekend
at a fund raiser held in Beverly HIlls for Democratic candidate John Kerry...who
didn't even bother to show up! He'll be plenty sorry when we all vote
for Bush in November. KIDDING! TOTALLY KIDDING! See some pictures here.
::Plenty of new dates added to the Shows
page, including Weed Patch in San Diego!!!
08.12.04
::More photos added here
::Early Weed Patch song, 50 Miles of Bad Road here
07.23.04
::Photos added here
07.12.04
::Weed Patch 3.0 is officially here. Joining Neal, Marty and Robinson
in our
molasses-like trek toward world domination is Brad Richard, a Florida
ex-pat with a knack for guitar/lap steel/slide that is madly creative,
exhilarating, and sometimes just plain weird. All good. We're pleased
and lucky to have him on board (and will even oblige him his Rush fandom).
Brad replaces our old pal and longtime collaborator Kip Brown. Kip has
moved on to focus on his long-in-the-works book on Jimmy Dean, the sausage
maker. No wait – that's James Dean, the legendary actor. Happy writing,
Kip. Get that tome finished already
::Let
Go of the Wheel featured on Bob Harris Presents,
Volume 5
A bbc radio compilation of “...gems from independent
record labels operating just outside of the mainstream.” We’re
honored to have been included. Info
::Check
out the Happy Kingsize
Sunshine Weed Patch Show!
Our monthly residency with good friends Kingsizemaybe
taking over Taix French Restaurant in Echo Park on the
third Saturday
of every month! If your calendar's broken, go here
for more info...
::New shows added!
Thanks for stopping by. WP
No
Depression magazine
talks up Some Kinda Happy
in their current issue
(Sept/Oct).
Read
their review here.
AVAILABLE
NOW!
The NEW ALBUM
from Weed Patch
"Their
musical vision combines the woozy
sunsets and dark portents
of Workingman's Dead,
the smiley-face dream-pop
of Big Star, and a noodling streak that treads into dissonant Wilco /
Sparklehorse territory."
Matthew
Duersten
LA Weekly