Heartache With Hard Work

Charles Olney, Ph.D - you have made my day. Thank you for the kind words!

"In the midst of a sea of detached coolness, The Rutabega stand tall, a lighthouse in the dark, holding up a flame.  Brother the Lights Don’t Work is a marker which simply says: we remain, we keepers of the faith, unbowed and unyielding.  And there is a warm port in the storm for any who would come join us."

 Full review.

photo by Jeff Moody

not CYBER MONDAY

Ok, all this Cyber Monday / Black Friday / Robot Wednesday stuff makes me feel dirty. So this is not a Cyber Monday deal, but a "Hey Thanks For Supporting The Little Guys" thingy.
*Any vinyl or t-shirt order this month will receive a special bonus from my personal vinyl collection. 1st come, 1st serve (if there's something in particular you'd like, leave a note when you place your order). Order HERE. Some of the options:
Matt Sweeney/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - SUPERWOLF LP; Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - sings GREATEST PALACE MUSIC 2LP; Johnny Mathis - JOHNNY'S GREATEST HITS LP; Mozart Piano Concerti LP; Sesame Street - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! LP; Portastatic - spying on the spys 7"; Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's Door 7"; CCR - Have You Ever Seen The Rain 7"; etc...

2013

Thank you so much to all of you humans for a wonderful year.
xo,
Josh & Garth

photo by Mister King / http://king23.com

Razorcake

Hey! Nice review from Kurt Morris at Razorcake!

"Many of the songs build and break, always a key ingredient in an emotionally touching song. The payoffs are huge and so is the album. My only complaint is that I wish there was more here. Eight tracks just don’t seem enough. More please."

Read the full review here.

Last Show of the Year

What a show to go out with! Light Coma are musical giants. And if you're not familiar with Bottomless Pit, the Chicago Reader ran a nice write-up on the show with some background info. The new BP record, Shade Perennial, is FANTASTIC. Here's the scoop on the show:

11.16.13 - Township (2200 N.California Ave. Chicago, IL)
w/ Bottomless Pit (record release); Light Coma
9pm |  21+ | $5 | tickets | FB event

WPRB

Spent some time with the lovely Jon Solomon at WPRB in Princeton, NJ last week. He pretty much rules. We recorded a 4 song live session which airs TONIGHT (11.13.13) at 8PM ET.  I don't remember which songs we recorded, but I'm pretty sure I disappeared for a little bit during 'turn on the summer'.

Read some nice words from Jon HERE. Stream WPRB HERE.

*Update - stream the archived live set HERE. Set list:
i am the cloud / the shaman / buried in the snow / turn on the summer

Gratitude

Cannot even begin to express how grateful we are to everyone who helped make our Carp to the East tour what it was.

THANK YOU to all who set up shows: Chris Clavin & Joe Savarino (last minute heroes!), Stu McLamb (based on a tip from Steve V.), Jon Solomon, Nathan K., Jason Karby, Houlihans, Voss & Panza...

THANK YOU to all who put us up (put up with us) and fed us: the lovely Vickers family, McLamb Inc., the Bates-Brennan crew, Karby & Baldridge at the Goddard B&B, and Igor "Boxer Briefs" Rodriguez...

THANK YOU to the amazing, inspiring bands & musicians who joined us:  Love Language, Stepdad, Goddard, Elephants, Huge Face, Risk/Reward, We Ride On, Joshua Jesty ("Ladies Love Cool Jesty"), Marmora, Lauren Voss, Alan Madej, & the folks at Grant St. Co-op...

Lastly, THANK YOU to all who came out to the shows and lent us your ears. You are beautiful and we love you.

Getting weepy just typing this.

xo,
Josh & Garth

photo by Jon Vickers