Shawn Skinner Videos

Photo by Kha Do.

One of the dreams of Habañero Collective has always been to promote culture, community, music, art, and the overlap of all of the above. Sometimes we’re lucky enough to work right alongside some mighty talented people.

One of those people is Arizona’s own Shawn Skinner. Shawn has played around town both solo and with his band The Men of Reason.

Shawn grew up playing in a family band all over in Arizona. But that’s not why we’re posting today. In 2013, Shawn opened for Denison Witmer at the Last Exit Live in Phoenix. The set was recorded and released as Skinned Alive At The Last Exit. But that’s not why we’re posting today. Then, in 2016, Shawn released his debut album Letting Go and Holding On with his band the Men of Reason. We highly recommend it, but that’s not why we’re posting today. Shawn also plays guitar and sings harmonies with Habañero Collective friends Some Dark Hollow. They’re terrific, and we highly recommend catching them live if you can. But that’s not why we’re posting today.

We are posting today because, in 2013, we had the privilege of working with Kha Do to record two videos of Shawn walking in the middle of nowhere. No overdubs.

First is “Mainstay”

Next up is “You Better Not Miss”

• Purchase Skinned Alive At The Last Exit at Bandcamp.

• Purchase Letting Go and Holding On at Bandcamp.

• Follow Shawn Skinner at Facebook.

• Visit Some Dark Hollow’s official website.

• Follow Some Dark Hollow at Facebook.

• Support Some Dark Hollow at Bandcamp.

Seryn at the Thomas Listening Room (08/25/13)

One of the dreams of Habañero Collective has always been to promote culture, community, music, art, and the overlap of all of the above. One of the ways we set about this has been by hosting house shows. Concerts. In or at your home. We highly recommend you try hosting one.

In 2011, we were lucky enough to host (the sadly missed) Seryn on a return to Phoenix.. We hosted them at the Thomas Listening Room and our friend Kha Do was there to record, film, edit, and publish and all that good stuff. They were touring in support of their fantastic debut album This Is Where We Are. Though the lineup had changed, the heart of the group and the music had not.

Here is “Spoke”

Here is “Beach Song” from the 2011 release This Is Where We Are.

Though Seryn is mostly gone, you can still support them at Bandcamp.

• Support Seryn at Bandcamp.

• Purchase Seryn’s music at Amazon.

Seryn at the Thomas Listening Room (06/25/11)

06/25/11

One of the dreams of Habañero Collective has always been to promote culture, community, music, art, and the overlap of all of the above. One of the ways we set about this has been by hosting house shows. Concerts. In or at your home. We highly recommend you try hosting one.

In 2011, we were lucky enough to host (the sadly missed) Seryn on one of their first Arizona stops. We hosted them at the Thomas Listening Room and our friend Kha Do was there to record, film, edit, and publish and all that good stuff. They were touring in support of their fantastic debut album This Is Where We Are.

Here is “Our Love” from the 2011 release This Is Where We Are.

Here is “So Within” from the same release.

Though Seryn is mostly gone, you can still support them at Bandcamp.

• Support Seryn at Bandcamp.

• Purchase Seryn’s music at Amazon.

Dylan Pratt Live at the Bear Den 2013

All artwork and image design by Drew Dunlap.

One of the dreams of Habañero Collective has always been to promote culture, community, music, art, and the overlap of all of the above.

On 09/21/13, we hosted a house show at the Bear Den in Tempe, AZ. The night’s lineup consisted of Dylan Pratt, Northern Hustle, and Christian Lee Hutson. If you don’t know Dylan Pratt, don’t worry, it’s not too late. Dylan is still writing, playing and recording and we highly encourage you follow his work if you aren’t already.

Here’s “Honest Kind of Luck” from the 2013 release Beg For Fire.

All video and editing belongs to Kha Do.

• Support Dylan Pratt at Bandcamp.

• Follow Dylan at Facebook.

Northern Hustle Live at the Bear Den 2013

All artwork and image design by Drew Dunlap.

09/21/13

One of the dreams of Habañero Collective has always been to promote culture, community, music, art, and the overlap of all of the above. Part of that has meant trying to support local music whenever possible.

One of the local groups we were privileged enough to work alongside was Tempe’s (sadly missed) Northern Hustle.

On 09/21/13, we hosted a house show at the Bear Den in Tempe, AZ. The night’s lineup consisted of Dylan Pratt, Northern Hustle, and Christian Lee Hutson. Here’s two songs from Northern Hustle.

First we have “Northland” from the 2013 album Forgether.

All video and editing belongs to Kha Do.

And here’s “Weakmouth” from the same release.

Though Northern Hustle is no longer, we’re thankful that you can still purchase Forgether at Bandcamp.

• Please purchase their album.