Category: gigs

grand outings

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We’re coming out of a mini-break, ramping up for 3 weekends of gigs, starting with a return to the Grand America Lobby Lounge this Friday night (October 27), 7-10p. Yes, in the big city of Salt Lake! Come hang out, have a snack and a drink, and listen as we center ourselves within the grandeur as the sun sets on the courtyard fountain behind us. Maybe we’ll even sneak over to the grand piano in the corner if we play it cool.

Upcoming beyond that: Our first return to Gandy Dancer in too many months is on Saturday, Nov. 4, from 6-8p. And then we’ll be back in the Grand Lobby Lounge on Friday, Nov. 10.

Hope to see you out soon! In the meantime, here’s another of our tracks from the now fully released Van Sessions episode:

Adam is here, too. He’s just off in the dark corner where keyboard players belong.

message from the Van

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Last month we sat in with Brandon and Todd for Van Sessions, a podcast featuring live music on First Friday at the Monarch in Ogden. We played an extended set for them that is being released one song at a time this week, culminating with the full video podcast this weekend. Message in a Bottle is the first track to drop. Audio mixing by Scott Rogers of The Proper Way is great, but also it’s extra fun to see the video swap views and pans. Brandon, Todd, and their crew make it look easy, but we know it isn’t.

Tune in here on YouTube each day this week for more! We don’t know what they’ll pick from our set, since we played more than they can pick from to span the days of the week. (Okay, now we see what they ordered and is in the queue, but we can still act surprised as they come out.) You can also follow our Van Session friends here on Instagram or Facebook for updates! Or just check out their webpage, the old fashioned way.

Enjoy! Looking forward to seeing all of these this week, and looking forward to returning to the Van next summer. And stay tuned! Soon we’ll see people live at the Grand America, Gandy Dancer, and Lighthouse Lounge.

back-to-stage & back-to-school

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We’ve had some fantastically fun gigs of late, celebrations in backyards in lush gardens and with epic mountain views. It’s been a good time closing out the summer season.

For all four of us, this time of year means back-to-school, but that doesn’t mean that it’s the end of summer music. We get to go back inside next weekend at Ogden’s Lighthouse Lounge, Saturday night, August 26th, 9p-midnight ($5, 21+). It so happens that Ogden Twilight is that same night, so you can think of Flaming Lips as our openers. Join us to stay out late and celebrate the new school year.

A week later, we get to play a set with our favorite podcasters at The Banyan Collective for Van Sessions. Join us at the Ogden Monarch where we’ll play some new stuff in front of their iconic van. Friday, Sept. 1, 8:00p (free, all ages). It’s a good time.

And then, a week later, we play at Ogden Nature Center‘s Wildwoods Bash. We’re donating the entertainment so you can have music with dinner and drinks outside. Get tickets and bid on auction items — including us! Give to the ONC and we could end up playing in your backyard! Bring friends and get reservations here. We played here last year and we can attest that it’s a really good time.

More to come, public and private events near and far. Check in here and on our gigs calendar to follow us around. (It’s not creepy. We love seeing you there.)

a grand opening gig

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We’re really excited to play for dogs and for hot dogs on Thursday, July 27 from 6-8 at Sydnee’s Pet Grooming 7706 S. Union Park Ave., Midvale. People get hot dogs; dogs get free nail trims; everyone gets music. Here’s an event on Facebook and a flier below.

busy

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We’ve been busy. Most notably, Ian’s got a new baby who’s being taught All The Things by big sister. The rest of us are scattered about in different states, both of geography and of mind. We were strategic to plan childbirth and vacations all at the same time so that we can ramp back up at the end of the month with an exciting collection of private and public gigs. (Stay tuned: Thursday, July 27 from 6-8 we’ll be in Midvale to play music for dogs and their people — all are welcome for this grand opening!)

In the meantime, we’ve rehearsed a few new things and have tried out music in a few new places before we ramp up again. Here’s an unreleased sample from a swanky lounge a few weeks ago:

See you out and about in a few weeks!