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)
ML
