Upcoming Jazz

The show with Tenement, Night Birds, Give and Snake Handler was excellent, as was the day of Skeletal Lightning Fest we played.  Thanks to everyone involved in both shows for great times and a wildly successful return to playing shows in Illinois.  Speaking of, we have another few of those coming up:

5/3/13 @ The Coach House (1825 N Bissel, Chicago)
7PM (has to end at 10pm)    $5

Cassilis (PA)
Point Breeze (PA)
Boilerman
Acidic Tree


We're also playing this fest in Springfield, IL with a MOST EXCELLENT line up.  Here's the flier:

In other news, our LP is recorded and is being mixed and mastered.  Expect a cassette version on John Wilkes Booth Records.  Details about the vinyl release forthcoming.

Back From Tour

We're back from our long weekend on shows with Boxsledder.  Not only are they an excellent band, but they are road dogs of the highest caliber and we had an excellent time over the four days we played with them.  Listen to them HERE and buy their record HERE.  Thanks to everyone who came out to a show and hung out, especially those who let us play in and sleep at their houses.

We've got a handful leftover shirts from tour that you can pick up HERE.  Local people can grab some at our show with Tenement, Night Birds, Give, and Snake Handler on 3/29 along with the last handful of our live on the radio tapes.  Seeya there.

Skeletal Lightning Fest

In addition to the excellent shows with Boxsledder and the boss gig with Tenement, Night Birds, and Give listed in the last post, we're also playing the first day of a fest in Champaign-Urbana, IL.  Here's the low down:

4/5/13 @ 8PM
Red Herring, Champaign-Urbana, IL
$5 in advance, $7 at the door
 with: Enta, Droughts, Restore, Native

We play second at 9:30.  Come scope it out if you're in the area.

Righteous Gigs on the Horizon

We've got some stuff happening!  First off, we're doing a weekend of Midwest shows with our friends Boxsledder.  Here's the low down so far:

3/7 - Milwaukee, WI w/ Tenement, Appleseeds
3/8 - Madison, WI
3/9 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Shack w/ Matthew Day, The New McCarthys
3/10 - Cedar Falls, IA @ Rat Nest w/ Strong City, Lipstick Homicide, Lover's Speed

Any suggestions are welcome, but everything should be getting worked on.
Additionally, we're playing this AWESOME show at the end of March in Chicago.

3/29 @ Township w/ Night Birds, Tenement, Give, Snake Handler

Do you see that lineup?!?!?

In other news, our LP is very nearly recorded.  We've mostly got some finishing touches and a few songs to redo/finish up vocals on.  News on that when it becomes apparent.  We've also got some live tapes and new shirts around.  I'll put them up online once we're home from the weekend, but if you want one now send us an email.  Thanks for the continued support!

Ian's Party

We've been back from tour for a minute now and it was an incredible time, as was the Metro show.  Thanks so much to everyone involved.  We've got some leftover live tapes and new shirts that will be up for sale online once locals have a go at them.  That said, the best shot for Chicago area people to grab them, and see us play, will be at the mighty Ian's Party.  Here's a flier:

We're playing on Sunday Jan 6th.  I recommend checking out the other days too, as well as the record fair happening the morning of the 5th.  

We're finally finishing guitars on our LP this coming Wednesday and doing vocals shortly after.  It's been slow going, but hopefully it will be worth the wait.  Thanks for the continued support.

TOUR!

Here's the final details for our tour.  It starts tomorrow with what is likely to be the most well attended show we will ever play.  See you at the gigs.

11/24 - Chicago, IL at Metro w/ Lawrence Arms, Banner Pilot, Sidekicks
11/26 - Cincinati, OH @ The Drinkery w/ Dead North, Dessa Sons, The Worthmores, The Creature
11/27 - Greenville, SC @ The Awful Waffle w/ Jimmy Buffet, The Soap, Hay Fever, 4am Friends
11/28 - Athens, GA @ Little Kings w/ Nurture, Kater Mass
11/30 - Nashville, TN @ Owl Farm w/ Chicken Little, Warmachine, Kilo's Kuntfart Kwartet
12/1 - Louisville, KY @ Spinelli's Downtown (239 S. 5th Street) w/ Written Off, Ill Advised
12/2 - Lansing, IL @ The Bat Cave w/ Nervous Passenger, Floorboards

We'll have some new patches, newish shirts, a collection CDR and a live tape for this jaunt as well.  

Riding on the Metro

We're very excited to report that we are playing a great show at the Metro on November 24th with The Lawrence Arms.  Here are the details:

11/24  6pm doors    6:30 show   ALL AGES

The Lawrence Arms
Banner Pilot
Sidekicks
Boilerman

$21

We play first so please show up on time and stuff.  Should be awesome.

After that, we're also going on tour.  Here's what we're looking at (dates with a * are ones we could use some help on):


11/24 - Chicago, IL at Metro w/ Lawrence Arms, Banner Pilot, Sidekicks
11/25 - Dayton, OH - ???
11/26 - Cincinati, OH @ The Drinkery w/ Dead North, Dessa Sons, The Worthmores, The Creature
11/27 - Greenville, SC @ The Awful Waffle w/ Jimmy Buffet, The Soap, Hay Fever, 4am Friends
11/28 - Athens, GA @ Little Kings w/ Nurture, Kater Mass
11/29 - Birmingham, AL *
11/30 - Nashville, TN @ Owl Farm w/ Chicken Little, Warmachine, Kilo's Kuntfart Kwartet
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12/1 - Louisville, KY @ Spinelli's Downtown (239 S. 5th Street) w/ Written Off, 1 TBA
12/2 - Indianapolis, IN or Lansing, IL .....finding out soon


Hell yeah.