This morning I caught up with Ricky Carlson of Corvallis’ The Crescendo Show (runners up for Eugene Weekly‘s Next Big Thing 2013) contest. They have a show at Sam Bond’s with Caroline Bauer on Dec. 19 but the band is mostly prepping for their first professionally recorded album at Jackpot! Recording Studio in Portland. They head into the studio Jan. 2. Check out the 12/12 issue of EW for our interview with Carlson but first check out their firstever, recently released music video for the sweet, sweet song “Volcanoes”: