Today, my dear friend Ruben sent me a song called "On the Rise" by his band River Shiver. It's a mellow song, but that's not to say it's boring. Sometimes mellow is just what you need. The singer's voice sounds so much like Joshua James it's uncanny.

They just played at Hotel Utah in San Francisco this weekend, and they are playing Cafe Du Nord soon with the one and only Joshua James. (I always wanted to go to a show at Cafe Du Nord in high school, but they were 18 and over.)