this saturday we’re recording a live ep in our rehearsal space, and we’re inviting you to join us. here are the details:
when: saturday, 11/22, 8pm doors
where: 2 prince street, brooklyn, ny (google map)
why: to make the mugs live ep. we are recording the whole performance, and the material that is recorded will then be properly […]
well another cmj has come and gone. and good times still prevailed. my brain is still recovering from the goes cube day show and ponytail early am sets i caught. both worth seeing for sure.
as for our show, thanks to everybody who came out as well as thanks to union hall for hosting another amazing […]
this tuesday (10/21), we’ll be kicking off our cmj experience with a live performance on WRXP at 9:15am here in new york. you can tune in online or you can put your local new york city radio to 101.9 on your FM dial.
we’ll be performing a couple songs acoustic, and if we’re lucky, maybe a […]
watch in high quality. it makes a difference. enjoy.
gowanus now has a full-frontal rock shop and lounge in the bell house, and we think gowanus likes it. it was our honor to start things off for this amazing space on wednesday night, and we had a great time warming the stage for tim fite, eugene mirman, ac newman and a whole slew of […]
Saturday night was amazing. Thanks to everyone for making it such a great night.
Union Hall, The Lovely Sparrows, Mr. Richard Swizzle - fantastic as always.
Thanks as well to BrooklynVegan for helping us get the word out about the new album and the show.
Todd and Bob, thanks for taking video of the show (”Arizona” featured below). […]
Inviting people to 6+ hours of spontaneous jamming involves a bit of hope. You hope people will be comfortable standing in a small-ish room next to two drum kits at full tilt. You hope people will be patient during those rough-edged beginnings of each jam when the participants seek out instruments and work to sync […]
2007 was a good year. We recorded and mixed an album entirely on our own in a studio housed by walls we built and filled with equipment we funded, selected, collected and connected ourselves. DIY. *High Five* It feels good, especially since we are still very much proud of that album. Here Tomorrow sums 2007 up well […]
last tuesday we had the pleasure of visiting and performing at woxy (located in cincinnati, ohio). just before we left, they handed us a burned disc with our performance on it, and we figured we’d put it up so you could enjoy the show anytime you wanted. so here you go…
the mugs @ […]
Sam took a few pictures from the show, check them out here.
Thank you everyone for making it such a great night.
Union Hall, The Diggs, Condo, Mr. Richard Swizzle- fantastic as always.
Skippy- spectacular work on the karaoke slow jams, wow.
Thanks as well to Chris, Shannon, BrooklynVegan, the Metro (Amy), and Gothamist for helping us get the word out about the new […]
thick. heavy. delicious. those are the words i’ll use to describe this years new years eve jam-fest-alot. and maybe i’ll throw in tasty. just press it straight to vinyl. here are a few selections from the evening, in the order that they appeared in the evening. not sure […]
Looking forward to this year’s jam.
We decided to celebrate the arrival of 2006 by holding an open house jam celebration at our rehearsal space. Fortunately Joe and Lori Raffa found the idea intriguing enough to make the trip from Syracuse. Armed with two well-stocked coolers and a folding table, they transformed our space into a […]
this trip/tour/adventure has had a tremendous affect on us, and i wanted to first thank everyone who let us sleep on their floors, fed us, welcomed us to play at their venues, came out to see us, cheered us on, and made us laugh for the past 3 weeks. after this last leg of […]
this is a photo brett took when we finished our kexp event show at the sunset tavern this past friday. smiles all around. similar to describing rock music to someone who has never heard it before, it’s hard to convey completely our amazing experience in seattle in one post. i’ll try though with a few […]
so it is 5:30am here in seattle, and we just pulled into the kexp parking lot. we’re missing a hubcap, and we’ve got a crack in the windshield, but besides that, we’re doing pretty good. while the melody section sleeps in the van, brett and i are sitting here in the lobby of […]
tonight we are packing up our stuff here at alex’s place, and it’s a little tough to leave san francisco. the city has been more than kind and generous to us, and we have given as much back as we could to repay for the good times it provided.
i’ll be brief since my last […]
only one week in, and i’m not sure what day it is. when i last signed off, we were heading right to omaha to get some dinner and some rest. after a nice greasy dinner and a few pints of beer, the rest came easy. brett, jeremy, and i went for a run the next […]
both of these places have a good thing going.
when we left off, we were “resting” at ron’s house in plainville, il. and by “resting”, that meant celebrating ron’s birthday at 7:30am with a few bottles of homebrew and pancakes (with grade b maple syrup from new hampshire). that’s a good way to start […]
the “yeah country: an american idiodyssey” tour is underway, and as we sat in traffic on the BQE on our way up to boston on thursday, we were just thinking, “we’re on tour…yes!” we started it all off for the abbey lounge portion of the nemo festival, and we used every second of our […]
the summer has been pretty amazing this year, and each experience has been followed up with another amazing experience. there have been a few events i was thinking of doing a recap for, but last night’s fire party demands to be written about, so here we go.
i received a forwarded e-mail from a good […]
when josh garza used to work at sam ash, i would go there just to buy drum sticks. he sold me my favorite cymbal, which was a used jazz ride. his quote was “you can always buy a sweet ride“. josh told me a story about how he went to this show where the […]
wow. we finally had a chance to catch our collective breath after two enjoyable shows last week. the buttermilk was fantastic- shit karate and proton proton both played excellent sets. they also roll with excellent folks. we had a great time getting to know everyone. very important: thanks to steve for throwing such a mind-melting […]
the mugs’ trip out to chicago was all and much more than expected. the people of chicago have got a good thing going out on the coast of lake michigan, and music is alive and well in and around the windy city. all accounts below are as accurate as possible since we spent […]
