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08.07.10
Sleeping in the Aviary is now in the mastering stage of their new album, Great Vacation!  Planning to release this sucker late Fall-ish... more details soon. For now, here's a video from their last show in Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon which features the opening track.

Have you heard Icarus Himself's new Mexico EP yet??  They are going to be working on a video for the opening track, "Digging Holes," very soon. Take a listen here.

The SOS Studio has had a good amount of recording / mixing / mastering going on lately, but has lots of open slots for booking.  Visit our Studio page on the website for details here.

And here's some info for upcoming shows below.  

Thanks so much for your support!
SOS

Icarus Himself
Aug. 14 - Madison, WI @ Mickey's Tavern w/ Sabertooth Man 
Aug. 27 - Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon w/ Blueheels, Joey Ryan & the Inks, Crane Your Swan Neck
Sept. 25 - Dubuque, IA @ 180 Main
Oct. 16 - Madison, WI @ Project Lodge (ALL AGES)

Sleeping in the Aviary
Sept. 2 - Minneapolis, MN @ Sauce
Sept. 4 - Madison, WI @ The Frequency w/ National Beekeepers Society, His & Her Vanities
Sept. 16 - Milwaukee, WI @ TBA
Sept. 17 - Indianapolis, IN @ TBA
Sept. 18 - Chicago, IL @ TBA

His & Her Vanities
Aug. 17 - Madison, WI @ Project Lodge w/ Lower Dens, TBA (ALL AGES)
Sept. 4 - Madison, WI @ The Frequency w/ National Beekeepers Society, Sleeping in the Aviary

The Hussy
Aug. 19 - Madison, WI @ Project Lodge w/ Call Me Lightning, The Transgressions, Zebras
Aug. 21 - Madison, WI @ Mickey's - Turkeyfest

07.13.10
Icarus Himself "Mexico" Reviews / Sleeping in the Aviary - July 23 Madison Show / Upcoming Shows

ICARUS HIMSELF has been receiving some nice reviews on their Mexico EP. For the full reviews, click below the album cover on our Store page. Here are some highlights:

"Sounds of folk, disguised as electro-pop, disguised as psych rock, disguised as indie rock propel the release into a strength that's never foreboding. Whetro and his bandmates spin off as many fantastically drastic twists and modifications to thrill every sense." Delusions of Adequacy

"...squawky vocals prod along their electronic pulse, synthesizing constant static in an atmospheric storm that pierces your chest. Equal parts soothing and self-depracating, Icarus Himself lull listeners to about as much of a daze as a lightning bolt to the chest will allow." Examiner.com

"When pushed up against 2009's more singer-songwriter oriented 'Coffins,' Whetro's haunting vocal delivery sounds a bit more soulful and less forced this time around as he sparsely colors in the tiny arrangements of watery guitar, lo-fi keyboards and low-key rhythms... Sure, 'Mexico' tumbles into darker dives than its predecessor, but it may be Whetro's penchant for the morose and his leaning toward incorporating lo-fi electronics that help split him off of his over-orchestrated neo-folk peers." Onion A.V. Club

 
Sleeping in the Aviary

SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY is returning to Madison July 23rd, both for a show at the High Noon (details below), as well as to finally let us hear the tracks for the new album! We will be planning a release date also, and fill you in shortly.

UPCOMING SHOWS:
Sleeping in the Aviary
July 23 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI w/ Teenage Moods, His & Her Vanities, Bouncer Fighter, The Hussy
Icarus Himself
July 23 - Reptile Palace - Oshkosh, WI
July 24 - The Green Room - Sheboygan, WI
July 28 - Memorial Union Terrace - Madison, WI
July 29 - Mill Creek Tavern - Appleton, WI
July 31 - Infinitea Tea House - Eau Claire, WI (7pm)
July 31 - The Mousetrap - Eau Claire, WI
Aug 14 - Mickey's Tavern - Madison, WI
His & Her Vanities
July 23 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI
Sept 4 - The Frequency - Madison, WI
The Hussy
July 16 - Mickey's Tavern - Madison, WI
July 21 - Memorial Union Terrace - Madison, W
I July 23 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI
July 25 - Breakwater Bar - Algoma, WI
Aug 19 - Project Lodge - Madison, WI
Aug 21 - Mickey's Tavern - Madison, WI

05.10.10
Icarus Himself "Mexico" EP / Sleeping in the Aviary Making New Album + Videos / Upcoming Shows

ICARUS HIMSELF's "Mexico" EP is almost here! The scheduled release date is May 25th, but it's now available for pre-order on our Store page, where you can also sample a couple of tracks; "Digging Holes" and "Half Ton Load." The band explores more of their electronic side on this release, incorporating more keyboards, organs and drum machine into the songs than on last year's "Coffins," so expect it to be a bit different, but still great stuff! We should be getting the discs in very shortly, and will send pre-orders as soon as we do. The release show is May 21st at The Frequency in Madison. Details:

ICARUS HIMSELF - "Mexico" EP RELEASE SHOW
Friday, May 21st @ The Frequency (Madison)
10pm 21+ $5
ICARUS HIMSELF with
SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY and
FLIGHT
*This is also a round robin between Icarus Himself and Sleeping in the Aviary... each band rotates playing 3-song mini-sets until one band dies.
*Event on Facebook here

SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY is more than halfway finished recording their new album, and we're getting eager to hear some samples of it soon! The photo to the right is the attic in Minneapolis where all of the magic has been taking place. We're hoping to unleash this third release this summer. Also, the band is about to start shooting a series of videos with Minneapolis filmmaker Sam Thompson, and from what we've heard, they are going to be quite unique. SITA has been busy hand-making giant props for the videos in between recording sessions, which sounds like a blast. More details when we have them!

UPCOMING SHOWS:
Icarus Himself
May 21 - Madison, WI - The Frequency (EP Release)
June 15 - Madison, WI - The Frequency
July 24 - Sheboygan, WI - The Green Room
Sleeping in the Aviary
May 21 - Madison, WI - The Frequency
May 22 - Appleton, WI - The Patti Mayonnaise
June 5 - Minneapolis, MN - Hexagon Bar
June 19 - Minneapolis, MN - 501 Club
July 23 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
His & Her Vanities
May 28 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
May 29 - Madison, WI - The Frequency
July 23 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
The Hussy
May 15 - Winona, MN - Ed's No Name Bar
May 29 - Madison, WI - The Frequency
July 23 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon

03.02.10
ICARUS HIMSELF - MARCH TOUR DATES! Visit their MySpace page for details.

March 5 - Minneapolis, MN - The Hexagon (w/ Sleeping in the Aviary!)
March 6 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
March 7 - Omaha, NE - O'Leavers
March 8 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
March 9 - Springfield, MO - Lindberg's
March 10 - Tulsa, OK - Soundpony
March 11 - Dallas, TX - City Tavern
March 12 - Denton, TX - NX35 Music Conferette (@ The Hydrant)
March 13 - Houston, TX - Super Happy Fun Land
March 14 - Denton, TX - House show (NX35)
March 15 - Memphis, TN - Murphy's
March 16 - Little Rock, AR - Vino's
March 17 - Birmingham, AL - The Nick
March 18 - Carbondale, IL - PK's
March 19 - Peoria, IL - Peoria Pizza Works
March 20 - Chicago, IL - Quenchers

*Also... expect a new EP from Icarus Himself coming May 25, 2010!!! More info coming soon...

01.18.10
2009 in Review / Icarus Himself Spring Tour Shaping Up / Sleeping in the Aviary Recording

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2009 in Review
We had three releases in 2009, one split 7-inch and two full-lengths.  So far here are the reviews we've collected for each:

SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY / THE HUSSY - Split 7-inch - Released March 27, 2009
Reviews:
7-inch Atlanta
7 Inches
Fan-Belt
Terminal Boredom


ICARUS HIMSELF - "Coffins" - Released May 5, 2009
Reviews:
Rocksposure
Local Sounds Magazine
Examiner
No Ripcord
MLive.com - WIDR's Top 5 / Kalamazoo
CokeMachineGlow
Delusions of Adequacy
Berkeley Place
Here Comes The Flood
Dane101
The Isthmus
Top Ten Madison Albums 2009 - Isthmus
Top Ten Madison Songs 2009 - Isthmus
The Best Local CDs of 2009 - 77 Square
Das Klienicum

HIS & HER VANITIES - "The Mighty Lunge" - Released October 20, 2009
Reviews:
Citizen Dick
Mad Tracks
MP3Hugger
Some Lost, Some Found
Delusions of Adequacy
CokeMachineGlow
Surviving the Golden Age
Rocksposure
The Onion A.V. Club Madison
Dane101
The Isthmus
Local Sounds Magazine
The A.V. Club
Das Klienicum
Einstein Music Journal
Best Local CDs of 2009 - 77 Square
Top Ten Madison Albums of 2009 - Isthmus
Top Ten Madison Songs of 2009 - Isthmus

Icarus Himself Spring Tour Shaping Up

Here are the dates Icarus Himself has so far, but check their MySpace for the most recent details...

Jan. 23 - Madison, WI - Mickey's Tavern
Feb. 13 - Madison, WI - Project Lodge
March 5 - Minneapolis, MN - The Hexagon
March 6 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
March 7 - Omaha, NE - O'Leavers
March 8 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
March 9 - Springfield, MO - Lindberg's
March 10 - Tulsa, OK - Soundpony
March 11 - Dallas, TX - City Tavern
March 12 - Denton, TX - NX35 Music Conferette
March 13 - Houston, TX - Super Happy Fun Land
March 14 - New Orleans, LA - TBA
March 15 - Memphis, TN - Murphy's
March 16 - Little Rock, AR - Vino's
March 17 - Memphis, TN - TBA
March 18 - Carbondale, IL - TBA
March 19 - Peoria, IL - Peoria Pizza Works
March 20 - Chicago, IL - TBA
April 2 - Sheboygan, WI - The Green Room

Sleeping in the Aviary Recording
We got word that Sleeping in the Aviary is now all properly set up in a Minneapolis attic and ready to start working on their third album.  There are also some really exciting plans for a video project.  Stay tuned!

11.24.09
inBOIL / MusicFloss / Icarus Himself Tour Dates

Pssst... have you heard there's another solo album out by a member of Sleeping in the Aviary? Phil Mahlstadt (SitA bassist) has a project called inBOIL which just self-released an awesome lo-fi folkish album that is quite a trip! We would tell you what the name of the record is, but each hand-packaged copy sports its own title on the back, ours being: Crying on the Outside. Visit inBOIL's MySpace page to hear a couple of the songs, and you can inquire about purchasing a copy by sending them a message.

On another note... we wanted to tell you about a brand new site called MusicFloss.com which offers digital downloads for sale (high-quality MP3 format), and allows artists to keep 100% of their revenue. Very cool! We just got all of our artists' downloadable material on there, and you can check out our page using this link: Science of Sound on MusicFloss.com. The site will go live early 2010.

And hey, Icarus Himself is heading out for a few dates in December, and also planning a longer tour for the Spring. Visit their MySpace page for updates at www.myspace.com/icarushimself and try to catch one of their shows if you can!
Dec. 3 - Chicago, IL - FearlessRadio.com (live interview)
Dec. 3 - Chicago, IL - Quenchers Saloon
Dec. 4 - Memphis, TN - Odessa
Dec. 5 - Carbondale, IL - Booby's
Dec. 6 - Iowa City, IA - Public Space ONE
Dec. 11 - Sheboygan, WI - The Green Room
Dec. 12 - Madison, WI - The Frequency

10.21.09
His & Her Vanities' new album, The Mighty Lunge, has now officially been released! And of course you can purchase it on the Store page! Some reviews have already surfaced and are being compiled underneath the album cover on the Store page. Here are a few of the first comments:

His and Her Vanities, which started circa 2001 in Ricky and Terrin Riemer's Madison basement as a late-night side project to their married-with-children gig... Call H&HV's third album, "The Mighty Lunge," a punk record I guess, but the Riemers, drummer Sara Quigle, and rhythm guitarist Matt Abplanalp decorate their bouncy staccato sound with melodic new wave flourishes, like the rubber band guitars bending around driving, Thermals-esque opener "Hits Like Hail." Far-off pianos chime like glimmers of hope against lead singer Ricky's cries of "When will this cyclone ever end?" on "Wait It Out," a frustrated, hair-pulling pep talk that gets drowned out in the drums and guitars tumbling downhill. It's all coming apart on "The Mighty Lunge," and while H&HV don't arrive at any world-saving epiphanies in the album's brisk 30 minutes, what you do hear hits your weary heart like a booster shot. - Rocksposure (Read full review here)

His & Her Vanities tumbles and screeches into cleverly bent-up pop that shows a clear love for the jarring sounds of Brainiac and Enon. Most of HHV’s tunes, though, keep it a bit more sweet and catchy, not getting overly caught up in mechanical new-wave weirdness. That's especially true of the band's new third album, "The Mighty Lunge." It took five years of on-and-off work to complete...(but) the wait pays off emotionally in some of the band's most direct, accessible, and warm songs to date. - The Onion A.V. Club

On their 2002 self-titled debut album His & Her Vanities were more experimental, creating a record of beautiful, sonic chaos. Two years later they returned with "A Thought Process," which had a more stripped down, post-rock sound in comparison to the debut but never skimped on production. "The Mighty Lunge" is a perfect marriage of those two albums. At times it can be a seven layered cake of post-punk goodness and the next moment you’re attacked with a jagged guitar and bass beat down. With the album clocking in at just under thirty minutes it can prove to be one hell of a ride. - Dane101 (Read full review here)

10.08.09
We've got a couple of things in SOS news for you!!

First off... the third album by angular post-punk band, His & Her Vanities, "The Mighty Lunge," is coming out Oct. 20! Song samples and pre-order are now available on the Store page. H&HV will be celebrating with a release show in Madison on Oct. 17th at The Frequency. The show's at 10pm and cover is $5 (21+). H&HV will be playing first, followed by The Candeliers from Milwaukee, and then Sleeping in the Aviary!

Speaking of Sleeping in the Aviary, they're getting ready to play the CMJ 2009 music festival in NYC on Oct. 22 at Local 269, set time 10PM. Please help spread the word! The band will be stopping for a show in Fredonia, NY on the way to NYC, and in Brooklyn on the way back. Check our MySpace page for details.

Hey... SOS is now on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook and Last.fm. Check out the new links at the top of this page!

And if you haven't yet checked out our latest release, "Coffins" by Icarus Himself, please do so! You can listen to three whole songs on the Store page of our site!!! "If you want to get 'Coffins' in a single sound bite, try 'lost Bowie demo tape overdubbed with acid confessions.' That should warm you up for Whetro’s eleven-track, half-hour romp and prepare you for what first feels like alt-country experiments with a lunatic wailing at the back." - CokeMachineGlow

Thanks for checking in!!!
SOS
 
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