Lawrence | Mammoth Life

Happy New Year!! (December 2011 - January 2012) Submitted by Mammoth Life on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 14:49

Here's to the bonafide year that 2011 turned out to be!! With the release of our Rock N' Roll Kids - EP, a successful Kickstarter campaign, complete tour of the entire midwest, west, and west coast, and a cross country move from Lawrence to San Francisco; ML couldn't be happier. But as always... with every mountaintop scaled, there still lies even more still to be tackled. We are intent on continuing our acsent; rung by rung/ song by song/ note by note. Thanks to everyone who made this possible, our family, friends, and extended family, ie all the bands along the way.

Thank you Hospital Ships, Jumbling Towers, Talking Mountain, Cloud Dog, Cowboy Indian Bear, Panda Circus, Haunt Ananta, Kissing Party, Musical Charis, Bellafonte, Ornery Little Darlings, Fingers Of The Sun, The Black Fortys, Continents, High Diving Ponies, Tut Tut, Sleeping In The Aviary, Little Brazil, and all of the other countless bands who helped us have a bunch of kick ass shows in 2011.

Thanks to the Lawrence Music Scene and all the venues (Jackpot, Replay, Taproom, Record Bar) record stores (Love Garden, Kieffs) publications (I Heart Local Music, Larryville Chronicles, lawrence.com, The Pitch, Too Much Rock, and Oh! Snap! Photography) and radio stations (96.5 The Buzz aka Sonic Spectrum, 90.7 FM KJHK) for your support and love. We miss you all already!

Also, thanks to Mates Of State for your invaluable and intangible acts of inspiration. Thanks for the "nudge" towards SF.

We ushered in 2012 with some of our closest friends, Bradly and Joe from Haunt Ananta, who visisted us in SF for a week. They are currently residing in Lawrence working on some killer jams. Thanks for everything homies! See you sooner rather than later I hope!!

2012 is already looking very promising!! We've been writing new songs and building demos for our upcoming third full-length album. This release will be self-titled, simply Mammoth Life. Not exactly sure when it will be released... but we are spending a great amount of time, energy, and effort assembling the pieces to the puzzle right now as we speak. We are also at the moment, interviewing a handful of SF and Bay Area drummer and bass players with the hopes of performing many shows with ML as a four piece in and around the Bay Area over the next year. Rehearsals and practice will begin within the next few weeks... look for shows from us sometime in February/ March!!

Here's to having the best year to-date in ML's career this year!! We look forward to sharing it with all of you in the coming months.

Hittin The Road, As Only Two; Making Moves Submitted by Mammoth Life on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 16:43

It's official; Mammoth Life's Rock N' Roll Kids - EP is out!! Thanks to Satisfying Records, 90.7 KJHK, Cowboy Indian Bear, and Cloud Dog for throwing us the best tour kick-off/ EP release party any band could ask for. The Jackpot was well attended and as a result... a sweaty mess this past Thurday! Thanks to all who attended including Boo & Boo Too, Tyler Gregory, Hidden Pictures, Larryville Chronicles, I Heart Local Music, Lawrence.com, Bradly Girard & Joe Gronniger, Ethan Miles, and all of our fans, family and friends!! As most of you now know, this was in fact our final Lawrence performance of 2011, as we are now out for a month and a half on tour through the entire midwest, west, and westcoast; followed by a band-move to San Francisco in October!! For live accounts and information surrounding The Jackpot release party; please check these show previews AND reviews:

The Pitch {Wayward Blog}:

http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/2011/07/mammoth_lifes_nicholas_goss_on.php

{photo by Micki Hadley via I Heart Local Music}

I Heart Local Music:

http://www.iheartlocalmusic.com/2011/07/29/a-hot-hoopla-mammoth-life-cowboy-indian-bear-cloud-dog-entertain-at-the-jackpot/

Larryville Chronices:

http://larryvillechronicles.blogspot.com/2011/07/friday-art-and-music-reviews-wonder.html

In addition to the album dropping, we're also going to have our first propper music video debut as well!! During the few days building up to the Jackpot release party, Elizabeth and I took two days to record a promo video for "Tightrope Walker" w/ Rachel Helling {"Galaxies" vid for Hospital Ships}. We expect the music video to drop on vimeo within the next couple weeks while we're on tour... we'll keep you posted!!

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"The highway became their home and movement their medium of expression" - Steinbeck via The Grapes Of Wrath

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"Hittin the road, as only two

Making Moves

Trying to find, on a country grind

Making Moves"

We enjoyed a "final supper" in Lawrence on Friday July 29th w/ Neil (ML Apparel), my Mother, and Bradly Girard at Cielito Lindo... from there, headed to Wichita.

Kirby's was packed. One of those small 50 - 60 capacity bar/ venue/ hole in the wall joints that's condusive to a bonafied, rock moment. Bellafonte killed it. A six-piece indie-rock combo w/ jazz, surf, and spaghetti-western elements. (Two horns, violin, guitar, bass, drums). The leaders of the group go back a few years w/ us. Frank Bravo & Christy Oeur; two young aspiring musicians back in March 2009. They both came to ML's Blank Page performance in Wichita w/ The Paper Airplanes & Boo And Boo Too. They were wide eyed & supportive then... now they've developed a truly unique & genuinely great band in Bellafonte. Kirby's was a hit... we'll be back. Check us out on twitter & facebook to view a picture of Kirby's packed to the gills!! http://twitter.com/#!/mammothlife

Flooding and road construction added another hour and a half travel time to Omaha... got to the venue a bit late; but show got off a-okay regardless! Albeit w/ a little Amplifier trouble... easy fiz; chord from the Fender Super head to the speakers needed re-connected. That said... oye, oye, oye!! Omaha is a lot of fun. Talking Mountain's stage presence is unrivaled. Lazer light show, fog machines, really quirky twee-dance, pop. They are along w/ St Louis' Jumbling Towers, ML's favorite band. I rallied the troops (aka Audeience) and encouraged them to bum rush the stage while Talking Mountain was performing "The Abdominal Snowman." So Killer. Check out a VIDEO of the bum rush to the stage and the moment that followed via this facebook link:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2257078271344&oid=49879592200&comments

Lincoln is right up our alley, like Eugene Oregon & Lawrence Kansas, it's one of those cool "college towns." Swinging by on a Sunday, we did expect the show to be a little slow considering... boy were we wrong! Played w/ Powerful Science {pictured} and Tsumi; thanks Heather and Luke for the genergous hospitality!!

Did a bit of camping last night in Atlantic, Iowa... just arrived in Des Moines today! The Pathfinder aka The ML Tank just got a tattoo on the road {pictured}

Tonight!! Mammoth Life/ Bradley Unit/ Elizabeth Arynn at Vaudville Mews in Des Moines!! Show at 9:30 pm

Nicholas (& Elizabeth)

Satisfying Records/ ML 2011 Tour Dates Announced Submitted by Mammoth Life on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:18

Satisfying Records 2nd catalogue release will be Mammoth Life's upcoming Rock N' Roll Kids - EP due out on July 28th, 2011 w/ a release party and tour kickoff that night at The Jackpot Music Hall in Lawrence, KS w/ Cowboy Indian Bear and Cloud Dog!! The EP was recorded w/ Mike Giffin and Alex Bork in Lawrence from October 2010 to April 2011. The release was mixed in LA by Giffin and mastered in Omaha by Doug Van Sloun and Focus Mastering. The track listing is as follows:

#1 "(Small Town) Rock N' Roll Kids"
#2 "Life In The Ring"
#3 "Tightrope Walker"
#4 "An Oasis In The Midwest"
#5 "Making Moves"

Following the release party at the Jackpot, Mammoth Life will be on the road for a month and half from July to September touring the entire midwest, west and west coast. Hitting such notable cities as San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Los Angeles, and Dallas to name a few!! ML's 2011 Tour Dates have been announced below.

Satisfying Records website is now active and can be found at www.satisfyingrecords.com {twitter, facebook, and myspace profiles are up too}

ML 2011 Tour

7/16 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
7/28 - Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Music Hall
7/29 - Wichita, KS @ Kirby's Beer Store
7/30 - Omaha, NE @ O'leavers Pub
7/31 - Lincoln, NE @ Duffy's Tavern
8/2 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudville Mews
8/3 - Iowa City, IA @ Public Space One
8/5 - Chicago, IL @ Red Line Tap
8/6 - St. Louis, MO @ Cicero's
8/7 - Norman, OK @ Othello's
8/9 - Dallas, TX @ 2826 Arnetic
8/12 - Albuquerque, NM @ Burt's Tiki Lounge
8/13 - Tucson, AZ @ Plush
8/15 - Scottsdale, AZ @ Rogue Bar
8/17 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
8/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ AMPLYFi
8/19 - Long Beach, CA @ Viento Agua Coffee House
8/23 - San Francisco, CA @ El Rio
8/25 - Berkeley, CA @ Starry Plough
8/26 - Sacramento, CA @ Naked Lounge
8/30 - Cottage Grove, OR @ Axe & Fiddle
8/31 - Portland, OR @ Dante's
9/1 - Seattle, WA @ Tiger Lounge
9/3 - Denver, CO @ Lion's Lair

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Little Brazil/ Mammoth Life @ Replay on May 26th Submitted by Mammoth Life on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 16:50

Little Brazil {Omaha, NE} is swinging by The Replay Lounge on Thursday, May 26th as part of a full on tour spanning the entire midwest during the months of May through June!! Signed to Anodyne Records from Kansas City {Roman Numerals, Meat Puppets, etc}, sharing shows in the recent past with area staples Appleseed Cast; this power/post-pop quartet is not to be missed!!

Joining them will be Lawrence's very own, husband & wife, art-pop duo Mammoth Life, who's days here are numbered as they'll be moving to San Francisco this fall following their 30 date midwest, west, and west coast tour this summer on the back of their brand new Rock N' Roll Kids - EP... catch them here while you still can!!

One more area local is to be announced in the coming days, so stay tuned, stay cool, and support this gorgeous local, Lawrence Music Scene!

And in the meantime, catch Little Brazil's latest Daytrotter session here:

http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/little-brazil-concert/20030333-3737686.html

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ML w/ Sleeping In The Aviary @ Replay 4/25 Submitted by Mammoth Life on Sat, 04/23/2011 - 18:08

ML on Mass & 10th pictured w/ The Replay

Mammoth Life is making a special appearance opening for Minneapolis, Minnesota's Sleeping In The Aviary at The Replay Lounge this coming Monday, April the 25th at 10 pm!! Touring 22 dates through the midwest, south, and south east this month on the back of their brand new album titled, Great Vacation released November, 2010 on Madison, Wisconsin's small indie-label Science Of Sound, the record features the stellar lead-single, "You Don't Have To Drive." Incorporating a soaking lead vocal-chant/refrain along with polished production and sound composition, all coupled by a rough and raw, rock n' roll esthetic... this track makes "tasteful-balance" it's bitch.

Catch the new track along with a few others from their brand new third full-length, Great Vacation on their myspace.com/sleepingintheaviary now!!!

Following our opening slot at The Replay that night is Kansas City's, post-shoegaze, danger poppers, the High Diving Ponies. Familiar to us all in the Lawrence Music Scene via the now defunct, Chomp Womp Family Nights circa 2009 at The Taproom; they're gonna be back and are sure to bring the heat.

ML will be sporting a preview to our upcoming Rock N' Roll Kids - EP {due out July 2011}, so plan to catch the latest, including the songs "(Small Town) Rock N' Roll Kids" and "Life In The Ring." Get there early, bring your $2 cover {cheeeep} and we'll see you all on Mass and 10th this coming Monday night!!

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This Is Our Year Submitted by Mammoth Life on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 21:41

"...Nobody ever said it'd be easy... everybody's always had to fight to be free. Life in the ring, prize fighting, we're on our toes dancing and swaying." ...Amidst a significant roster change last summer while touring the west coast in 2010, a cross country planned band move this fall to San Francisco, a 40 date MidWest, West, and West Coast tour this summer, and a handful of releases during January to July of 2011... Mammoth Life's had/ and are having quite the year.

"Tightrope Walker" was self-released digitally this past January, and is the first single, from the band's upcoming self-titled, third album due out in July; a promo video for the single is soon to follow in the next week or so along w/ a rooftop release for the band's brand new EP, Rock N' Roll Kids out this May... new product is dropping at a significant rate at the moment and we are very excited to share with you all our latest efforts.

Mammothlife.com is now up and live and we'll be featuring regular updates w/ more and more live summer dates surfacing... right now you can count on Lawrence, Chicago, San Diego, Denver, Tucson & Phoenix, as well as Kansas City, Des Moines and Lincoln... more dates soon.

This is an exciting time for us, as we are resolving our six year stint as Lawrence residents and moving ML to San Francisco this October. It is bitter sweet for us as we love this city, but feel a strong calling out west. We are not saying goodbye, merely making moves and promising to be back for more shows in the coming years.

To dreaming, seeing, and believing.

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