Busy times, as usual, for Grand Lake - last week we finished tracking our new album (release details TBA), and played shows with Maus Haus and Battlehooch in Santa Cruz, and the Donkeys in San Luis Obispo.
Videos from the Santa Cruz show are below, as well as a couple clips from a radio thing we did on KZSC.
This week we're playing at Thee Parkside as part of SF IndieFest's Winterfest 2010. Tickets are available here.
We're also completely happy to announce that we'll be opening for Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, and the Thermals, one night only in San Luis Obispo on February 10. Tickets are available at Boo Boo Records in SLO.
The New Year is off to a great start for Grand Lake - the first week of 2010 saw us playing our first show at Cafe Du Nord (read all about it at the SF Weekly), Jameson played solo shows in Seattle, Portland and Berkeley, and we were nominated as the 'best emerging band' on the SF Deli (vote for us here!).
We also spent the last couple of days tracking at Studio Paradiso in San Francisco (see above photo). We've been working on our debut full-length album for about 6 months now, and we should be finished tracking and mixing by the end of the month. Release details are still TBA, but we're shooting for a Spring release date.
We've got some shows coming up, and we'd love to see you at one: 1/24 - The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz w/ Maus Haus and Battlehooch 1/28 - The Crossroads, San Luis Obispo w/ The Donkeys 2/2 - SF Winterfest @ Thee Parkside w/ Two Sheds (tickets here)
Thanks to everyone who came out to our CHRISTMAS MIRACLE show at the Uptown the other night. I was a huge success, and very fun, mostly because people came and had a good time - so thanks, thanks, thanks! If you didn't get to go, or had such a good time you'd like to relive the experience, Hippies Are Dead posted some pictures here. Also, below are a couple of great videos made by our most excellent amigo, Mr. Ryan Pierce.
In other news, the Trailer for 'Townies' came out today - Townies is a new web-series filmed in our hometown of San Luis Obispo. John and I are in an episode (which will be out in January), and the series looks really great. The trailer is below, but also check out townies.tv for more stuff about that. We appear for a second in this well put together trailer - we are wearing furry things on our heads:
Our amazing guitarist, Mr. Jameson Swanagon has a bunch of things coming up in the first week of the new decade. He'll be performing solo concerts in Seattle, Portland, and Berkeley, all in the first week. In Berkeley he'll be performing as part of the renowned Trinity Chamber Concert Series. Be sure to get all the details here.
Grand Lake will be performing at Cafe Du Nord with our good friends Rad Cloud on January 6. Tickets are available here.
Photos by Alex Cruz Check out her amazing blog, KULTURKAMPH I don't wanna ruin the above story with words.
I'm happy to announce that Hippies Are Dead posted this about our new EP. I'm also happy to announce this lovely post from Clatter, a delightful blog I first discovered via Music Induced Euphoria.
