Pray for Rain Vinyl Release Celebration

May 9th, 2012 by admin

Mutts - Pray for Rain Vinyl Release Flyer

Sat. May 12 @ The Burlington

3425 W. Fullerton Avenue Chicago, IL
9:00pm | 21+ | $5 Donation

Directions | Facebook Event

This is a special event, and we’re happy to share it with Good Grief, and Jet W. Lee. We’re going to celebrate our first VINYL release, of our debut full-length Pray For Rain:

Everyone in attendance can get a copy of the limited pressing for just 10 bucks.

You can also pre-order at the special price here until Saturday.

The album comes on 180g audiophile-grade, mixed-color (no two alike!) vinyl, in a matte finish sleeve with cover photography by Lisa Victoria Geisler – click here for more information on the images. There’s also an insert poster, with photography by our own Bob Buckstaff and hand-written lyrics on the opposite side, check it out:

Pray for Rain limited edition 180 gram colored vinyl with poster

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New York New York

March 12th, 2012 by admin



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Thanks to everyone who let us crash on their floors, all the bands we played with, and the clubs that treated us well.

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Rockford/Iowa City

February 27th, 2012 by admin



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Rockford live shots courtesy of Lance Young (http://www.facebook.com/Bighuskers1) and Andy Juris.

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Champaign/St. Louis

February 9th, 2012 by admin



Mutts Pis in Champaign and St. Louissweaty in Champaign - thanks for a bad ass show at mike n mollyshello, stl - photo by bobthe monkey is the only one that's loaded... photo, guns and monkey courtesy of Billwe found Beatle Bob at the ShantyPhoto by Tommy Walker of Bob at Firebird in St. Louis on Feb 4 2012Photo by Tommy Walker of Chris at Firebird in St. Louis on Feb 4 2012Photo by Tommy Walker of Mike at Firebird in St. Louis on Feb 4 2012Photo by Tommy Walker of Bob at Firebird in St. Louis on Feb 4 2012Photo by Tommy Walker of Chris at Firebird in St. Louis on Feb 4 2012Photo by Tommy Walker of Mike at Firebird in St. Louis on Feb 4 2012Photo by Tommy Walker at Firebird in St. Louis on Feb 4 2012Photo by Tommy Walker at Firebird in St. Louis on Feb 4 2012Crowd at the Firebird in St. Louis on Feb 4 2012Bill Chris Bob

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Black and white live shots courtesy of Tommy Walker.

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SOPA?

January 18th, 2012 by admin

I suppose I should be grateful that the US Congress has my back. But I know that they aren’t proposing this bill for me (because I don’t “bolster the economy” or “pay taxes” or “contribute to Super PACs”).
Anything that could potentially prohibit my silly little tunes from reaching the ears of someone who might enjoy them, especially at the behest of conglomerate media corporations, is garbage.

Sure, SOPA seems like artistic altruism, protecting inventors and writers. But the only ones it’ll end up protecting are the conglomerates who chew up and spit out the inventors and writers they profit off of.

It could potentially put an end to Twitter, Vimeo, Flickr, and many other ways we have come to love sharing and discovering honest and genuine art. Art for the sake of art… and maybe making a buck or two to pay the rent and eat a sammich a day. It’s us little guys who will be caught in the shuffle. And all I want is to play piano and hope it’ll pay for my sammich a day. mmmm, sammich. It’s almost lunch time…

Anyway. I protest the passing of SOPA, and with the full knowledge that this bill’s purpose is to “protect” my financial interest as a professional musician. If you believe that art-for-the-sake-of-art can benefit from free transfer of information on the internet, you should protest too. Wikipedia will help you, they’re blacking out their own site today in protest with information on what you can do.

And by the way, our music is free.
Click here:
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Pray for Rain – Out Now!

December 13th, 2011 by admin

Our first full-length album is now available:
- It’s free to download .
- The CD comes in ultra-hip recycled packaging with a fold-out poster.
- Coming May 12 on mixed-color, limited edition 180 gram vinyl with a poster insert!

Hear Pray for Rain Here:

We’re proud of how our first full-length album turned out, and that it even turned out at all… (see the recording journal here for further explanation). Also to our surprise, it charted on the CMJ Top 200 for 6 weeks, peaking at #107 twice, made some Best-of-2011 lists including Huffington Post and was recently featured in national magazines The Deli and Alternative Press.
Here’s what some kind online reviewers have said about it:
“… with so many angles—so many stories, so many tones and sounds—ragged, raw, explosive, all these words are just a taste, a first-bite, a start to describing something so human.”Hiawatha Review

“To say that an artist is “coming forward with a truly unique sound” is a cliché that, more often than not, doesn’t even truly apply, as there is very little ground that hasn’t been traversed before. However, that is the most accurate way to describe this album and its feel.”Lumino Magazine

Give it a spin and let us know what you think! Thanks for listening.

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Pray for Rain Chicago CD Release Party

October 7th, 2011 by admin

Mutts - Pray for Rain CD Release Party

Thursday, December 1st

2011 W. North Avenue Chicago, IL 60647
8:00pm | 21+ | $5

Directions | Facebook Event

This is a special event, and we’re happy to share it with Hemmingbirds, Glittermouse and Sleepy Kitty. We’re going to celebrate the release of our first full-length album, which is called Pray For Rain.

Everyone in attendance can get a copy of the limited first pressing before the official release date of Dec 13.

If you’re not in Chicago, or you can’t wait until December, preview and pre-order the CD here. You’ll get a couple tracks right away, and we will mail your copy out on December 5.

The CD comes in a matte finish digi-pack with cover photography by Lisa Victoria Geisler – click here for more information on the images. The inside photo is by Bob Buckstaff. CD also includes a poster with the full cover photo and hand-written lyrics.

Mutts - Pray for Rain - Debut LP coming December 13, 2011 - Cover image is a barn submerged halfway up its walls by a flood, taken by Lisa Marie Geisler of the man-made Missouri River floods in the summer of 2011

For those of us without five bones to spare, it’ll be a free MP3 download here on release day, December 13, 2011.

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Beat Kitchen with AM Taxi, New Single Release

September 22nd, 2011 by admin

Mutts at Beat Kitchen in Chicago with AM Taxi

Saturday, October 1st

2100 W. Belmont Avenue Chicago, IL 60618
10:00pm | 17+ | $12/advance $15/door

Directions | Facebook Event | Tickets

We kick off October opening for AM Taxi, one of the best rock bands around. It’ll be a hell of a night, can’t wait!

We also just finished mastering our new album, Pray for Rain. We’re thrilled with how it came out, thanks to Dan Smart’s mixing and Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering. For our first full-length release we’ve got a lot of work to do before it’s actually available. So in the meantime, get the first single on next week’s Chicago Mixtape.

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Just added – Lincoln Hall in Chicago – This Thursday

July 18th, 2011 by admin

Mutts at Lincoln Hall in Chicago

Thursday, July 21st

2424 N. Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL 60614
8:00pm | 18+ | $8/advance $10/door

Directions | Facebook Event | Tickets

Last-minute Chicago show; back at Lincoln Hall, one of the best-sounding spots in town. We’re first of 4 so get there early and get ready for some new tunes. Thanks for listening, and see you there!

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Recording Journal Part Five

June 18th, 2011 by admin

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