Leg 1: In Celebration of Leaving Michigan Winter and Our New 7-inch Record: 2/9/14 – Dayton, OH @ Blind Bob’s Bar 2/10/14 – Johnson City, TN @ The Hideaway 2/11/14 – Savannah, GA @ The Wormhole 2/12/14 – Jacksonville, FL @ Burro Bar 2/13/14 – Ocean Springs, MS @ The Squeaky Lizard 2/14/14 – Lafayette, LA @ Frankie’s 2/15/14 – Houston, TX @ Super Happy Fun Land 2/16/14 – Austin, TX @ Legendary White Swan 2/17/14 – Las Cruces, NM @ The Trainyard 2/18/14 – Tucson, AZ @ The District Tavern 2/19/14 – Tempe, AZ @ TBA 2/21/14 – San Diego, CA @ Club Ken 2/22/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Redwood Bar
Leg 2: Nich and Tommy’s “Some Plurals” Revue featuring El Mysterioso 2/28/14 – Tijuana, MX @ La Prisión Bar 3/1/14 – San Pedro, CA @ Harold’s 3/2/14 – La Jolla, CA @ Che Cafe 3/5/14 – Fresno, CA @ Tokyo Garden 3/7/14 – Riverside, CA @ Morgan’s Tavern 3/8/14 – Pomona, CA @ VLHS 3/9/14 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ Frankie Teardrop’s 3/13/14 – Albuquerque, NM @ Blackbird Buvette (acoustic) 3/15/14 – Denver, CO @ House Show (acoustic) 3/16/14 – Omaha, NE (acoustic)
Dates are being updated all the time! Stay tuned to facebook and junk.
They’re finally out of the house for awhile! With a new record, their first proper slab of release, a 45 rpm 12″ LP lovingly released with our buds at Bermuda Mohawk Productions. The release party is Tuesday January 7 at the Mystery Garage in Lansing, and it’s also the first date of the tour. Here’s a video! (Courtesy Red Lion Productions)
Aaaaand here’s the full list of tour dates. West coast dates with our dearest of dears City Mouse. Stay tuned to the Hunky Newcomers facebook for intermittent updates, most of which will not be helpful towards providing information about the tour but will hopefully be entertaining!
Tues, 1/7: Lansing, MI – Mystery Garage w/ The Chirps, People Grinding Axes
Wed, 1/8: Normal, IL – Firehouse Pizza
Thurs, 1/9: St. Louis MO – Lemmon’s Bar
Fri, 1/10: Lawrence, KS – Replay Lounge w/ Mr. and The Mrs., BUMMER, The Rackatees
Sat, 1/11: Denver, CO – Seventh Circle Music Collective w/ Black Dots, more
Sun, 1/12: Fort Collins, CO – Surfside Seven w/ the Convalescents
Mon, 1/13: Denver, CO – Three Kings Burlesque night
Tues, 1/14: Boulder, CO – TBA
Wed, 1/15: Albuquerque, NM – Gasworks
Thurs. 1/16: Las Cruces, NM – Trainyard w/ Bad Antics, Half Goons
Fri, 1/17: Tempe, AZ – Palo Verde Lounge
Sat, 1/18: Tijuana, Mexico – El Tigre Bar w/ City Mouse
Sun, 1/19: San Diego, CA – Bar Pink w/ City Mouse, Rebels and Traitors
Mon, 1/20: Los Angeles, CA – Redwood Bar w/ City Mouse
Tuesday, 1/21: Pomona, CA – Character’s w/ City Mouse
Wed, 1/22: San Luis Obispo – “Frankie Teardrops” Warehouse w/ City Mouse, Couches
Thurs, 1/23: Fresno, CA – Audie’s Olympic Tavern W/ City Mouse and It’ll Grow Back
Fri, 1/24: Concord, CA – The Red Hat with City Mouse
Sat, 1/25: Oakland, CA – Early show at Eli’s Mile High W/ City Mouse
Late show; Crockett, CA – Toot’s Tavern w/ Fifteen, City Mouse
Sun, 1/26: Berkeley, CA – 924 Gilman Street w/ City Mouse
Tues, 1/28: Sacramento – The Colony w/ City Mouse, Dead Dads
Wed, 1/29: Reno, NV – Shea’s Tavern w/ City Mouse
Thurs, 1/30: Las Vegas, NV – Dive Bar w/ City Mouse
Fri, 1/31: Tucson, AZ – The District Tavern w/ City Mouse
Saturday, 2/1: El Paso, TX – TBA
Sunday, 2/2: Lubbock/Denton/San Antonio, TX TBA
Monday, 2/3: Austin, TX – The Grand “Mutant Rock Monday”
Tuesday, 2/4: Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves
Wednesday. 2/5: Springfield, Missouri – The Outland with Kill Crows and Molotov Latte
Thursday, 2/6: Springfield, IL – The Tin Can Pub
We had a terrible ice storm in mid-Michigan this year, for anyone who doesn’t live in the midwest or was smart enough to stay inside and not talk to anyone or get online for the last week. As a result, the annual “holiday” nonsense release from Bemuda Mohawk and GTG was delayed and some tracks didn’t get finished. But we got it out now! 19 tracks ranging from sincerity to depravity, much of which was recorded under the influence of various kinds of whiskey. New music from The Plurals, Frank and Earnest, CrookedSound, Hunky Newcomers, middleman, Sleeping Timmy and close GTG friends like Cavalcade, the Chortys (feat. members of City Mouse and Rumspringer), Bluffing the Ghosts, etc etc as well as the debut from MI/CA sultry transcontinental chillers Moist Things, Toledo scum rockers Holloway Flasher, bummed out folker guy Mitch Murphy and the Doves, heart of gold Chicago punks Pink Eyes, as well as the return of Snohawk legends Foxy Cyrus, Cabin Fever, and Neon Tuesday, and more! Listen, download, share, enjoy. Hard copies will be available at various BMP/ GTG parties over the next week or two in Lansing. E-mail us at gtgrecords at gmail dot com if you want a copy and live out of state. Finally, a jam to ring in the new year.
This one’s been in the works for awhile! Two new songs each from The Plurals and our beloved San Pedro brethren Black Sparrow Press! Each band turns in a complementary cut of noisy, melodic rock ‘n roll equal parts punk abandon and singer-songwriter introspection. Limited to 300 copies on black vinyl, this is a co-release by GTG, Something Dancey, and Minor Bird Records. Pre-order it now (until 12/24) and you’ll get a bonus disc of rarities that will never be available anywhere else and a love note from a member of one of these fine organizations. $7 includes shipping for this once-in-a-lifetime offer! HOLIDAYS
Narc Out the Reds “Have Just Enough to Cover Up” CD (GTG067)
The third release from these Lansing favorites continues the streak of paranoia-infused “prog pop” with a greater emphasis on the “progressive” this time around. Over the course of these five songs the influence points pivot from New Wave of British Heavy Metal riffs to Cure-ish atmospherics to vocal melodies that would do Freddie Mercury proud with a foray into beat poetry (!?) along the way. Instead of being disjointed, however, this is clearly the work of a band with a vision and the whole thing plays well as a continuous suite. Crisply recorded and mixed by our own Isaac Vander Schuur and mastered by knob fiddler extraordinaire Glenn Brown, we highly recommend you cover up with this EP for the winter. $5
Narc Out the Reds “…Have Just Enough to Cover Up” EP/CD (GTG067) is coming out of a set of speakers near you. We’ll have it in the store next week but tomorrow night (November 13, 2013) there’s a release party at the Avenue in Lansing. Starting at 8 PM there will be a soiree set to the sounds of the new EP, followed by live performances by Nick Merz, Calliope, New Day Dreamers, the Playback, and then Narc Out the Reds themselves. Here’s an event thing for the release party. This new EP is rock-solid, full of adventurous instrumentation but heavy on the melody – a group that’s been called “paranoid prog-pop” keeps getting more progressive and catchier while still kinda making you uncomfortable. Kudos! To promote the EP the boys will also be playing in Mt. Pleasant, MI on November 14 at Rubbles and Petoskey, MI at Johnny’s Suicide Garage on November 15th.
That’s all stuff by Plurals and Hat Madder folks, two bands that have no shows scheduled for a few months. But you can see these people this month:
11/8/13 – Not the Bees @ Roxy & Dukes (Dunnellen, NJ) w/ The Cryptkeeper Five
11/9/13 – Hunky Newcomers @ Mac’s Bar (Lansing, MI) w/ Antiseen
11/13/13 – Narc Out the Reds @ The Avenue Cafe (Lansing, MI) EP RELEASE SHOW w/ Calliope, the Playback, Nick Merz
11/14/13 – Narc Out the Reds @ Rubbles (Mt. Pleasant, MI)
11/15/13 – Narc Out the Reds @ Johnny’s Suicide Garage (Petoskey, MI)
11/16/13 – Frank and Earnest @ Mac’s Bar/ Punks vs Pokes (Lansing, MI) w/ Flatfoot
11/16/13 – Not the Bees @ Ding Dong Lounge (NYC)
11/23/13 – Frank and Earnest @ Mac’s Bar (Lansing, MI) w/ Failures Union, Cheap Girls
11/23/13 – Not the Bees @ Warehouse Motor Club (Middlesex, NJ)
11/27/13 – Tommy Plural & Ben Hassenger @ Crunchy’s (East Lansing, MI)
11/27/13 – Honah Lee @ Mill Hill Basement (Trenton, NJ) w/ Molly Rhythm
11/29/13 – Cat Midway @ Flint Local 432 (Flint, MI) w/ Jeremy RR
Also, check in on the City Mouse tour dates they have posted. Besides being our good friends and stuff, the California soulful pop-punk trio boasts our own Nich Plural on bass for this tour.
Thank you so much to everyone that played, came to, and helped out for GTG Fest 2013. It was our best year yet! That’s sincere, we would own up if it didn’t compare to last year or something. Big thanks to people who donated raffle prizes – Golden Harvest, Schuler Books, the Record Lounge, Harrison Roadhouse, Corie Parkhill, Craig Horky… am I forgetting someone? I didn’t put the raffle together, I have an excuse. But serious thanks. We also could not have done the show without Eric and his Mystery Garage, nor the fine people at the Avenue Cafe. Let’s do it again!
When we went to promote the show on the Impact last Thursday we put together a mix CD of bands playing at GTG Fest. We didn’t get through the whole thing on the air, but I’m putting it up for free download at the brand new free downloads section of the website. Check it out! Relive the memories, or feel bad that you weren’t there. There’s also some cool archival stuff on that page, so there’s lots of stuff to relive and/or feel bad about.
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