Shows, shows, shows — May 28th, June 9th, June 24th

New shows to announce. These will be live and with the full band, no acoustic-ness. Loud-ass guitars, drums...the whole shebang. We'll even debut some "new" songs.

Saturday, May 28th 
with Research Turtles and Lochness Mobsters.
at Luna Bar and Grill in Lake Charles, LA
It's the Turtles' CD Release show for Mankiller Part 1. That album kills me every time I listen to it.

Thursday, June 9th
with The Thermals
at Chelsea's Cafe in Baton Rouge, LA
Opening for the extraordinary punk act from Sub Pop Records.
Fuckin' A.

Friday, June 24th
with Research Turtles and Big Blue Marble
at Chelsea's Cafe in Baton Rouge, LA
The Turtles do it big again, this time in the red stick. Boom.

Featured in Mike Watt's podcast

Our song "I Laugh at Everything" is featured in Mike Watt's The Watt from Pedro Show's 10th anniversary podcast. Click here for the full playlist and subscribe to this podcast like now!

Random Press of the Day

Check out this lovely bit of press from a show we did in February with Baby Boy and Secret Society in Smaller Lies from Stereo Gumbo's Kasha Lishman.

GO BULLS!

Lyrics of the Day: "JHC"

young boy is amazed at the power of flight 

young boy is grinning at his flapping wings 

young boy, he thinks he'll grab the sun 

young boy's dreams are fiction 

he still thinks he's an eagle 

daddy-daddy daedalus, he's never there 

killed himself, a hurricane of shame 

momma and minos, you know they tried 

young boy melts wax wings to his back 

he still thinks he's an eagle 

the sunshine was special on his fingertips 

he braced himself, yeah, felt it on his lips 

and the feathers tore away 

meanwhile, kids back home, stare at the sky 

always knew what he didn't, always knew 

he could never ever 

he could never ever 

fly 

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Upcoming dates and other news

I'll keep it short and to the point as you probably are ready to enjoy the rest of either Playoff basketball, Festival, Jazzfest, Hockey playoffs....the list goes on and on. Anyway, here are some dates featuring The Widowers and some other bands the guys are in. Check them out!

Thursday, May 5th — Cinco de Mayo awesomeness at Red Star Bar in Baton rouge, featuring Dov Charney (with D. Logan on drums, Louby singing and on git-fiddle and the massive, huge star-killer Lee "The Dream" Barbier on bass), Neighborhood Threat and NOLA's Dead People. Click here for more details, should be amazing. NOTE: Don't use the midnight showing of Thor as an excuse to miss out....Kenneth Branaugh directed that movie...it's not Shakespeare, it's flippin' Thor.

Friday, May 13th — Friday the 13th extravaganza (meaning, we probably won't get killed by a slasher) at Red Star Bar, featuring Pacifico (with D. Logan on drums, Jon "The Thrill" Tillman on bass), The Diane Lanes (Louby singing and on git-fiddle...again!) and Laffy's The Viatones. More details here.

Friday, May 21st — The Widowers acoustic set with War Jacket at The Haven in Baton Rouge. More details here.

Friday, May 28th — The Widowers with Research Turtles for their CD Release at Lake Charles' Luna Bar and Grill.

Friday, June 14th — The Widowers, Research Turtles and Big Blue Marble at Chelsea's.

How's your mind? Blown? Boom. BCF.