I read about my fellow Dartmouth graduate Eric Lindley in the Alumni Magazine and happened to contact him while he was en route to the West Coast for an arts residency in LA. I caught up with him over lunch at Canter’s and was suitably impressed. He is a rare Dartmouth / Cal Arts grad. When in Hanover, he opened for Jamie Stewart pka Xiu-Xiu, who I had booked twice into the Cubberley Series, as IBOPA (Indestructible Beat of Palo Alto. IBOPA sideman and producer Cory McCulloch worked on our crew several times, notably during a Bill Frisell show. Jamie helped out once or twice as well, I recall).

Eric performs under the name Careful and has two cds put out on a little label Sounds Super run by a Dartmouth contemporary of his. His recent one “Oh, Light” got favorable notice in both the New York Times and NPR “All Songs Considered” a quite rare feat for even an excellent product on a tiny label. Eric reports that his publicist Howard Wuelfing was a former member of the influential indie punk band Half Japanese. He said his influences include: Xiu-Xiu, James Tenney, Bill Callahan pka smog, Will Oldham pka Bonnie Prince Billy and Lady Gaga (whom he covers here:)

Hearty wah-hoo-wah and rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah  to Eric Lindley and Careful.

Dartmouth Cal Arts double grad Eric Lindley pka Careful at Canter's on Fairfax, November, 2010