MPLS Henrys are Going to Austin!

The MPLS Henrys participated in a contest...and won! The guys won a spot at Reggie's unofficial showcase at the Jackalope in Austin. The party is March 19th . To raise money for the endeavor, the Henrys started a Kickstarter campaign. Support the Henrys!!

...soihadto... UPDATE!

Hey everyone! First of all, we'd like to thank you for your support. Without you, it wouldn't be as much fun.

Album stuff... "Adventure Stories (Not Based On Fact?)" is the name of our new record. Pre-sell begins on December 1st, and it comes out on February 2nd, 2010.

We started the recording in June and finished it in October. It was recorded at Magpie Cage studios in Baltimore with J. Robbins. If you don't know who he is, shame on you. Google Jawbox and you'll see. Lukas Fronzoli and Brett Schatz lent us a hand on a lot of the percussion, and Billy (Homeowner) Wertz played a beer bottle. Listen closely, maybe you'll hear it. J. also played some keyboards here and there.

The artwork was done by our friend, Joe Karr. It is in the "pulp fiction" vein. No, not the movie...like the pulp fiction books that came out back in the day. The insert contains images for each song. We love it, and hope you do as well. You can check out some of Joe's other work at the link below.

Tour stuff...We are in the process of putting this together now. It looks like we'll be hitting the midwest, southern Canada, New England, the mid-Atlantic, and the southeast. People on the west coast, don't worry. We'll get out there as soon as we can. You all are a long way from Baltimore, and we have to work around Duff's TV schedule (which is very challenging). We will put up our tour dates as they get confirmed. We look forward to seeing you on the road soon!!!

We will be featured in the January issue of Food Network Magazine. We did the interview in Atlantic City when we opened for Black Label Society at the House of Blues. Three of us consumed a good deal of whiskey, so we hope we didn't say anything to dumb. We did disclose that we tease Duff about being our Keanu, and that we are Dogstar. No disrespect, but we are no Dogstar, and Duff wishes he was Keanu!!!! Keep an eye out at your local magazine stand!!! Maybe we'll make the cover (we wish)!

Also, check out our other projects (see the links below). Yungwirth has a band called Dos Osos (Brett is the drummer). Honus has a punk band called The Revelevens (the beer bottle playing Billy is the bassist. And they have a women singer (she rules!). Rahn is 100% soihadto, and we love him for that! And I'm sure you may have heard of Duff's other "project", Ace of Cakes and his bakery, Charm City Cakes. We freely admit that a good deal of our success is from this, and we are grateful. Don't hate!


So, we'll keep more blogs coming as the release date and tour approach. We hope to see you when we are in your city! Please come up to us and say hello, and buy us a beer (except Duff, he don't drink)! See you soon!!!

Love,
Rahn, Duff, Yungwirth, & Honus
...soihadto...

Grape Juice Records (our label)
Joe Karr (who did the artwork for Adventure Stories...)
Honus' punk band, The Revelevens
Yungwirth's kick ass duo, Dos Osos
Need a cake? Duff's real job!

We're excited about...

The upcoming exhibition of Lincoln Hall's first show posters! The exhibition is being put on by the Chicago Printer's Guild and will feature the likes of Chad Koury (The Post Family), Spike Press and Delicious Design League, just to name a few.
Lincoln Hall celebrates with a free event Wednesday, December 2.

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Our Picks for Lollapalooza 2009

It's that time again. Arguably one of the Midwest's most anticipated summer music festivals, Lollapalooza returns to Chicago for another three-day stand. While last year's lineup left little to be desired, we're pretty excited for this year's craziness nonetheless. Overall, we're most excited about Friday's lineup, but all three days have a little bit for everyone. Below we've listed our picks for each day:

Friday
Hey Champ
Manchester Orchestra
Bon Iver
Gaslight Anthem
Heartless Bastards
Fleet Foxes
Andrew Bird
The Decemberists
Kings of Leon

Saturday
Constantines
Los Campesinos!
Joe Pug
Atmosphere
Robert Earl Keen
Diplo
TV on the Radio
Animal Collective

Sunday
Ra Ra Riot
Portugal. The Man
Dan Deacon
Gang Gang Dance
Neko Case
Snoop Dogg
Lou Reed
Jane's Addiction

...soihadto... is embarking on a (short) journey to Atlantic City this weekend to play the House of Blues with Black Label Society. Just a little heads up for anyone in the area...

We're excited about...

Islands coming to Chicago! The group is releasing another album on -ANTI on September 22nd, and we couldn't be more elated to hear that they'll be stopping at Subterranean on October 15. Here are the rest of their tour dates:

Islands 2009 Tour Dates:
08/19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Bell House
08/22 - Los Angeles, CA @ Sunset Junction Street Fair
09/28 - Tampa, FL @ Ritz Ybor ^#
09/30 - Orlando, FL @ House of Blues ^#
10/02 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade ^#
10/03 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend ^#
10/04 - Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa ^#
10/06 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ^#
10/07 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero ^#
10/09 - New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom ^#
10/10 - Cambridge, MA @ House of Blues ^#
10/12 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall ^#
10/13 - Pontiac, MI @ Clutch Cargo’s ^#
10/14 - Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus ^#
10/15 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean *
10/18 - Missoula, MT @ Badlander *
10/19 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey *
10/20 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre *
10/21 - Portland, OR @ Hawthrone Theatre *
10/22 - Davis, CA @ Oddfellows Lodge *
10/23 - Berkley, CA @ Lower Sproul Plaza *
10/23 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill *
10/24 - W. Hollywood, CA @ The Troubadour *
10/25 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room *
10/27 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk *
10/28 - Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves *
10/29 - Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone Cafe *
10/30 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree Cafe *
10/31 - Atlanta, GA @ Lenny’s Bar *
11/01 - Durham, NC @ Duke Coffee House *
11/02 - Baltimore, MD @ G-Spot *
11/03 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *
11/04 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East *
11/05 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *

^ = w/ The Psychedelic Furs
# = w/ Happy Mondays
* = w/ Jemina Pearl

Thanks to Consequence of Sound for the tip!