Dec
04
Ska-POW is just around the corner...
Get excited!
Nov
24
Grooving to Crosstown Collision
Nov
19
SHOW: Saturday 11/22 @ Uptown Lounge (Chicago)
Nov
18
Vines from the radio station (WZRD )
Nov
01
Run and Pumpkin!
Oct
30
Halloween Show at Hattrix in Kenosha!
Hattrix
2425 60th St, Kenosha
Friday Nov 1, 2013
$5 / 21+
https://www.facebook.com/events/454946951283385/
Oct
08
Have You Voted Yet?
Voting to get us to the RAW:Chicago 2013 semi-finals ends tomorrow. Have you voted yet?
http://rawartists.org/runandpunch
http://rawartists.org/runandpunch
Oct
01
RAWards is here. Get Out The Vote!
tl;dr We're competing for RAW:Chicago Musician of the year. We need your vote once per day for 7 days, 10/1-10/8. Vote here!
We tend to shy away from battles of the bands and competitions nowadays because most of them suck for one reason or another— maybe you have to pay to play and they're just money makers for the venue, or the online voting site blows and lets people vote as many times as they want (examples of stuff we've seen before). But at the end of the day, talent and ability often have little to do with who wins.
RAWards however, is a very different animal. RAW is an indie arts organization and awards show that we mentioned earlier this summer when we were first accepted into the program and played our first showcase. They hand pick artists for entry into the program and have a tiered voting-based competition which pits artists first against each other in their city, then across the nation.
Only the very first round of voting is done by the public. One vote per day, Oct 1st - Oct 8th. Also, in that first round you only compete against others in your city— round about 80 musicians. The top 5 bands move on from the first public round to the closed industry panel.
We like those odds.
If we can make it past the public round, all the others are done via an industry panel judging based on talent, musicianship, professionalism, etc. You know, things that matter.
Voting is open from (today) Tuesday October 1st - Tuesday October 8th. Please vote once per day, each vote makes all the difference in the world!
Vote here: http://rawartists.org/runandpunch
We tend to shy away from battles of the bands and competitions nowadays because most of them suck for one reason or another— maybe you have to pay to play and they're just money makers for the venue, or the online voting site blows and lets people vote as many times as they want (examples of stuff we've seen before). But at the end of the day, talent and ability often have little to do with who wins.
RAWards however, is a very different animal. RAW is an indie arts organization and awards show that we mentioned earlier this summer when we were first accepted into the program and played our first showcase. They hand pick artists for entry into the program and have a tiered voting-based competition which pits artists first against each other in their city, then across the nation.
Only the very first round of voting is done by the public. One vote per day, Oct 1st - Oct 8th. Also, in that first round you only compete against others in your city— round about 80 musicians. The top 5 bands move on from the first public round to the closed industry panel.
We like those odds.
If we can make it past the public round, all the others are done via an industry panel judging based on talent, musicianship, professionalism, etc. You know, things that matter.
Voting is open from (today) Tuesday October 1st - Tuesday October 8th. Please vote once per day, each vote makes all the difference in the world!
Vote here: http://rawartists.org/runandpunch
Aug
08
New album drops this weekend at Summer Ska Fest
Sam inspecting the new album case printing at Dr. Graphx
We've been working on our first full length release "No Loose Ends" for quite some time now, and it finally drops this weekend at Chicago's first annual Summer Ska Fest! Words cannot describe the excitement.
Speaking of Summer Ska Fest, Chicago Music just published a profile on this event that we've been planning for the past several months and touches on the story behind the festival.
Life is good.
Aug
04
Summer Ska Fest Mixtape
Several months ago we set out with the idea that Chicago needed an annual ska festival and decided to do something about it. After much planning, Summer Ska Fest was born. It's next weekend, August 11th at Ultra Lounge in Chicago and we couldn't be more excited!
We're teaming up with 5 awesome acts of varying flavors of ska (including punk, pop, dance, reggae, and dub) to bring you one hell of a night of music.
To get an idea of what's in store check out the Summer Ska Fest 2k13 Mixtape. It's a free download with tracks from all the bands playing this year.
We can't wait to see you there!
http://summerskafest.org
We're teaming up with 5 awesome acts of varying flavors of ska (including punk, pop, dance, reggae, and dub) to bring you one hell of a night of music.
To get an idea of what's in store check out the Summer Ska Fest 2k13 Mixtape. It's a free download with tracks from all the bands playing this year.
We can't wait to see you there!
http://summerskafest.org
