Show announcement—8/23 with Joshua Polk, Kozmic Nod

The Widowers are performing live with our good friends Joshua Polk and Kozmic Nod Friday, August 23 at Chelsea's Cafe. Doors open at 9 p.m. Music starts around 10:30 p.m. 

The show is the first in a weekend slate of shows for the Exploding God Heads compilation, which is called River Hymns. 

The compilation features tunes from The Widowers, and we heard that Secret Annexe, Childrens Church, Joshua Polk, Kozmic Nod, and many others will be on it. It should be a great release. We'll have the link for you as soon as we have it. 

RSVP to the show here.

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-Matt 

Show alert! May 25 at Mud & Water with The Tomatoes, The Way High Men

We'll be playing with The Tomatoes and The Way High Men May 25 at Mud and Water.
Doors open round 8ish.
Show starts round 10ish.
Cover TBA.

Other news: 
The Widowers will release an upcoming full-length album, Mint Grizz, fall 2013. Stay tuned for more details.

Also this fall, The Widowers will have limited edition, physical runs of Friendly, Central Discount, All But Gone, and a compilation of singles and b-sides for purchase online and at shows.

Childrens Church will release a split with Joshua Polk. It is due tentatively Aug. 1, 2013. Childrens Church's songs include, "Stormsong," "Cut," "Port of Death," and "Dust." You can expect an album cover and more details soon.

German Error Message has released its fourth EP, The Lifting, and it is beautiful. Though the cassette is sold out, you should grab a digital copy via Bandcamp, iTunes, or check it out on Spotify.

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.

Legacy Magazine

Check out this profile from Legacy Magazine on the band. It hits newsstands tomorrow with an exclusive download of a compilation with a track from us as well as Monsters Will, Sun Hotel, Caddywhompus, Thou, Baby Boy, He Bleeds Fireman and more.

UPDATED: Here's a link to the said download. 

Also, our Record Store Day Exclusive, featuring "JHC" and "Turn & Run," will be available this Saturday. For that release and more, go here. 

Bands we love — #1

Each week, we'll be presenting you with a few bands we love. There's a ton of them, so don't just think this is a one time thing. 



Exhibit A: German Error Message 
This one's a given. We even did a free split release with our good buddy, Paul Kintzing (or as we call him P. King), a few months back. His acoustic-driven bedroom pop will literally make your ears glow as if heaven sent a beam of light on your head. Oh, and he just released a new album, After the Warmth. However, you should spend the low cost to get the beautifully-packaged physical copy. 


Exhibit B: Pacifico
Matthew Schwartz and his ever-changing touring band, Pacifico, create some of the sugary-sweetest pop-rock around today. Here's a recent article from DIG Magazine about him. Seek out the track "17th and Something" for some Friday listening bliss. 


Exhibit C: Research Turtles 
Oasis-like rock straight outta Lake Charles. Jud Norman and his rag-tag gang know how to craft songs that will make you smile as the amps are turned up to 11. We'll be playing with them on May 28th at Luna Bar and Grill in LC in support of their forthcoming release, Mankiller, which is a blast of an album. 


Exhibit D: The Have-Nauts 
Jason Ourso and Michael Roy have made tunes together in the Baton Rouge scene for, it seems like, a billion years. With this new band, they put a little doo-wop twist to their rock-infused cocktail. It's the city's answer to bands such as Black Keys and Kings of Leon, but with more swing and balls. Also, they're playing tonight. Here's the details. 


Exhibit E: Big Blue Marble 
The first time I saw this NOLA band was at local dive on Chimes Street. Maybe 20 people were there, but they played like 1,000+ was in the audience. In short, I was blown away. They consistently put out great records. Their new self-titled disc is available on iTunes and shows that the band hasn't lost its knack for writing some of the catchiest tunes this side of Mississippi. Not at all.