Article on Saintseneca in The Latern
18 February 10
Article on Saintseneca in The Latern
14 January 10
Check out the “Bands to Watch” feature on Columbus Alive from today about Saintseneca.
1 October 09
Although three of Saintseneca’s four members hail from the tiny Appalachian town of Caldwell, the band doesn’t view its banjo-, dulcimer- and fiddle-infused folk tunes as an extension of their regional music tradition.
“People tend to think of [Appalachian music] as being a banjo-picking thing,” Zac Little said, “but it’s not really. It’s more like Toby Keith.”
For Little, Luke Smith and Steve Jacobs, switching from amplified power chords to unplugged rustic strums was more of a practical concern. Upon enrolling at Ohio State and moving to Columbus two years ago, they had little choice but to quiet down.
“We were in a band in high school together, and we had pretty much played music together since we were really young,” Little said. “We were in a rock band, and we couldn’t play that in my apartment, so we just started playing acoustic instruments.”
The trio began accumulating stringed instruments, added fellow undergrad Grace Chang on violin and transformed a plastic trash bin they jacked from the basement of Jacobs’ dorm into the most unconventional percussion instrument in Columbus since Psychedelic Horseshit used a cardboard box as a kick drum.
“I really didn’t want to take it. I didn’t think it was that great,” Smith said. But he soon became, as Little put it, “the total trash can advocate,” often pounding his open hands on the plastic as de facto percussionist – when Jacobs isn’t stomping on it, that is.
With all the ingredients in place, Saintseneca quickly found the magic touch that has won them instant approval from an underground network of friends and fans in the local DIY scene. Whether playing in a living room, a bar, a clothing boutique or under a bridge, Saintseneca attracts a dozens-strong throng of devotees singing, stomping …
2 September 09
Just posted a little story about the first record I released The Anniversary / Proudentall split 7” back in 1998 over at Rubin Recommeds. Check it out!
1 September 09