REVIEW AND IMAGES BY IAN HRABE
The Donkeys are so good it makes me sick. I mean, not really sick, but sick that a band can be so fucking good every time I see them. Sunday night at the Replay was the fourth time I've seen San Diego's the Donkeys and, like every other show I've ever seen them play, it was excellent.
Ian Hrabe
I first saw the band two summers ago opening for Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, where the Donkeys earned the title (in my head) of Best Opening Band of All Ti
It's been about a year since Lawrence singer-songwriter Suzannah Johannes wooed us with her debut EP on Range Life Records.
Thanks to sublime droplets of folk ambrosia such as the NPR pick "Horserider's Smile," that was one of our favorite records from '08.
There was a tour, a Daytrotter session and then...silence. Where, oh, where, did our Suzannah go?
Well, she's back, sort of, and not a moment too soon. Last week, Fader caught up with her in an unnamed dive in St. Louis for the ma