Author: Joseph
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Debut Album out July 17th
HOUTAKKER – S/T Release Date: July 17, 2012 Listen to “Le Sphere De Monde” From the very beginning, Houtakker was meant to be an outlet for songs that I didn’t think had a home anywhere else. I worked on them alone, and sent them out to my friends. Somewhere along the line someone asked me…
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J. Fernandez – “Jewelry Watches Gold”
J. Fernandez – “Jewelry Watches Gold” Video by Randy Sterling Hunter This track is one of the many gems from J’s forthcoming cassette No Luck, due July 5th via Pretty All Right / Teen River.
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Moments of No Erase
I just realized that Mr. Roland Potions is putting out a tape called Moments of No Erase, which is a compilation of collaborations with Potions and a great selection of Chicago musicians, including Katrina Stoneheart, Bo Hansen, Johnny D, Ryley Walker, Gordon, Sea Priest, and Houtakker. Click the link and check it out! I seriously don’t…
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April 18 at The Whistler
We are super excited for our show tomorrow night! The Whistler is one of the classiest places in Chicago, everyone knows that. The cool thing about them is that they are also nice people who run the joint. Not an easy combination to find! Come on out and have some fun with us, and get…
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April 10th at Subterranean
Looking forward to this show! Our friends in The Elements of Style asked us to play, and why not? Sub-t has gotten back into the habit of putting on great shows, and with bands like Colony Park and Big Empty on the bill, it’s sure to be a good one. We go on at 9:00p,…
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February 8 at The Burlington
We’re pretty excited for this one. Click this link to the facebook event to attain all of the information necessary.
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They Were Thieves
Good start to the new year. Our pal Tom runs a label called Pretty All Right, and he is releasing the new album from Michigan based They Were Thieves on January 24th. They posted one track called “Ride These Nights”, and it’s really good, so I’m sharing it. Check it out.
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Le Sphere De Monde
This is an instrumental jam I did yesterday. I forgot to let the first part ring out when I recorded it, so when I cut to part two, it was really harsh, so I just did some fancy crossfading and threw in some dub repeats and voila, Le Sphere De Monde. Do you know what…
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J Fernandez
Matt and I helped Justin tonight with the mastering for his upcoming tape release on Teen River. Let me tell you, Olympic Village by J Fernandez is going to blow you away. Justin is one of the best musicians I know, and has lent a distinct style to a number of great bands, including Distractions, Thin…
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Free Ringtones for the Holidays!
Hey y’all, I made some ringtones for iPhones and Droid phones, you can download them for free right here. To do so, click on the links below. Also: the Droid versions of these are just MP3s, so if you don’t have one of these phones, but have a way to use MP3s as your ringtone,…
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We Have a Blog
Let me be honest with you- we don’t have a lot of news. We play and record music in a lot of bands, and don’t have time to sit around and update the blog with important band related information. That being said, we are fluent in lots of terrible, pointless information, so we’re going to…