hey team
so we’ve got some awesome fall dates around the West through October to announce…. they’ll peak with five more dates with our buds BUILT TO SPILL, all of those shows will be in California over Halloween weekend and will be our last shows before Christmas as we’ll be taking our first break longer than a couple of weeks in the last 4 years to begin work on a new record. we’re very excited for some downtime to focus on writing and creating anew… but first, we are so very pumped for all these shows in September and October and hope to see as many of you as possible. some more dates will be announced in the weeks to come, but here’s how they look as of right now. look for regular updates to our schedule at www.facebook.com/finnriggins or www.myspace.com/finnriggins. happy fall time!!
FINN RIGGINS FALL 2010
9/3 MOSCOW, ID @ John’s Alley w/ Hosannas
9/4 SPOKANE, WA @ The Empyrean w/ Hosannas + Sassmatrons
9/5 SANDPOINT, ID @ Schweitzer Fall Festival w/ Larry & His Flask
9/8 BOISE, ID @ Neurolux w/ Suckers
9/10 PORTLAND, OR @ MFNW (TLE Showcase @ Someday Lounge)
9/11 PORTLAND, OR @ MFNW (Burnside + Riot Act Party @ Rontom’s)
9/11 HOOD RIVER, OR @ Hood River Inn
9/15 BEND, OR @ McMenamin’s Old St. Francis School
9/16 LA GRANDE, OR @ Elks Lodge w/ Sons Of Guns + Tyler Fortier
9/17 MISSOULA, MT @ The Badlander w/ Victory Smokes + Vera
9/24 EUGENE, OR @ TBA
10/2 KETHCUM, ID @ Whiskey Jacques w/ Triple Nixon
10/7 MOSCOW, ID @ John’s Alley w/ Tartufi + Jared Mees & The Grown Children
10/9 BOISE, ID @ Promenade Music Festival (Day Party @ Visual Arts Collective)
10/9 BOISE, ID @ Promenade Music Festival (TLE Showcase @ Neurolux)
10/13 BAY AREA @ TBA
10/14 DAVIS, CA @ TBA
10/15 BAY AREA @ TBA
10/16 ASHLAND, OR @ Alex’s Restaurant
10/21 LA GRANDE, OR @ Eastern Oregon Film Festival
10/22 LA GRANDE, OR @ Eastern Oregon Film Festival w/ Yeah Great Fine
10/23 BOISE, ID @ North End Nursery Harvest Festival
10/27 SOLANO BEACH, CA @ Belly-Up Tavern w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Revolt Revolt
10/28 LOS ANGELES, CA @ El Rey Theatre w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Revolt Revolt
10/29 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ The Fillmore w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Revolt Revolt
10/30 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ The Fillmore w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Revolt Revolt
10/31 ARCATA, CA @ The Depot (HSU) w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Revolt Revolt
thanks to all the incredible bands that made the trek for this year’s barn party on the remote camas prairie in central idaho. high desert rock n roll. doesn’t get much wilder. amazing amazing amazing. thanks to everyone that attended and helped out and rallied the spirits!! what an incredible group of people committed to awesomeness. seriously, blew our minds how smoothly everything went. and what a ridiculously amazing time the whole weekend was. please do keep up with the bands (links below) that played this year on their endeavors around the country and we’ll see you next year!
summer tour dates announced next week!! some very exciting stuff going on this summer season.
we’re home safe and sound. best tour yet! thank you all for making it so incredible. blown away by all the enthusiasm and generosity that came our way over the 80 days we were out bouncing around this country in our humble little van. we couldn’t have done it without all of your kindness and we can’t thank you enough. great people all over this country. it’s moving. it’s awesome. thank you.
lots of exciting things on the horizon. some shows regionally this weekend and throughout the summer and fall. full schedule at www.myspace.com/finnriggins more updates soon!!
hard to believe we’ll be home in 4 more days. day 76 today. our own beds are calling us! big bad fun shows in MOSCOW, IDAHO this friday and back home in BOISE on saturday! more details at www.myspace.com/finnriggins
thanks for all the love and support. y’all have made this monstrous tour the best ever!!
love
FR
PS we stopped by the infamous Daytrotter Studios yesterday morning in Rock Island, IL and recorded a 5 song session. got to play on some rad gear and re-interpret a couple of our songs and record a little surprise. not sure yet when the session will be released, but we’ll keep you posted. very excited to share!
holy moly what a tour!! can’t believe we left in February and it’s now May 3rd and we still have almost two weeks left… but the light at the end of the tunnel is definitely getting brighter as we turned our headlights westward today from Ithaca, NY to Cleveland, OH. from here on our out we’re headed West toward home. pretty exciting. still lots of great shows on the way though. here’s what’s left:
5/3 CLEVELAND, OH @ PAT’S IN THE FLATS — w/ Talons’ + Safari + Chief Bromide
5/4 MIDDLETOWN, OH @ THE VENUE at KIDD COFFEE w/ The Spring Standards
5/5 INDIANAPOLIS, IN @ VOLLRATH TAVERN — w/ Holy Ghost Canyon + Home School
5/6 KALAMAZOO, MI @ THE STRUTT (WIDR sponsored show) w/ Pan
5/7 CHICAGO, IL @ THE ELBO ROOM w/ Teenage Rage
5/8 SHEBOYGAN, WI @ THE GREEN ROOM w/ Surgeons in Heat
5/9 IOWA CITY, IA @ PUBLIC SPACE ONE w/ Hello Shark
5/10 ROCK ISLAND, IL @ Daytrotter Session
5/10 LAWRENCE, KS @ REPLAY LOUNGE w/ The Kinetiks + New Franklin Panthers
5/11 MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ KITTY CAT KLUB w/ Prozac Rat + Sorry OK + Gallupstar
5/12 DICKINSON, ND @ THE EVIL OLIVE
5/13 MISSOULA, MT @ THE PALACE — w/ Vera + Airstream Safari
5/14 MOSCOW, ID @ ONE WORLD CAFE — free all ages early show!! 7pm
5/14 MOSCOW, ID @ JOHN’S ALLEY
5/15 GARDEN CITY, ID @ VISUAL ARTS COLLECTIVE — Fauxbois album release party!!
we’re now in the Northeast. just spent a couple of chill days off with Lisa’s family in New Hampshire. snuck in a fun visit to Lisa’s alma mater — Belmont High School — yesterday and played for a bunch of the music students and took questions for a couple hours. really love doing that sort of thing and wish we were able to do it more often. on our way to Boston now for a show there tonight. here’s our full itinerary while we’re in the Northeast. let some friends know! and/or hope to see you if you live out here.
4/21 JAMAICA PLAIN (boston), MA @ Midway Cafe
4/23 NORTHAMPTON, MA @ The Elevens
4/24 WINOOSKI (burlington), VT @ Monkey House Bar
4/25 MONTPELIER, VT @ The Lamb Abbey (all ages)
4/27 WATERBURY, CT @ Lil Tommy J’s Home For Lost Boys (all ages)
4/28 NEW YORK, NY @ Cake Shop
4/29 BROOKLYN, NY @ Cameo Gallery
5/1 ONEONTA, NY @ Seen Un Seen (all ages)
5/2 ITHACA, NY @ Castaways
we’re playing a fundraiser show for the Sunlight Foundation to help with their efforts toward government transparency this coming Thursday (Apr 15th) in Washington DC at Tabaq Bistro. this video pretty much sums it up.
couple of weeks ago in Chattanooga, TN we spent a few hours in an old abandoned YMCA exploring the many rooms and playing some acoustic songs. here’s two of the four we shot. thanks to team WE’LL MISS YOU MORE for making it happen. camera + edit by Sahale Jensen. sound by Ben Norskov.
we had a blast with them. very spontaneous. very fun. check these out.
new tour blog posted at www.boiseweekly.com with some recount of our epic late night journey and ghost tour in Savannah, GA last night and other adventures from the South Atlantic Coast that has been treating us sooooo well.
also, some more press from the last week or so:
cool recount of SXSW and independent musicians from Gavin Dahl for the Boise Weekly — article
sweet article about Vs Wilderness, our tour and our Wilmington, NC show by the Star News — article
preview for our Savannah show (scroll down) — Connect Weekly
preview for our Let Feedback Ring Festival appearance in Raleigh, NC — The Independent Weekly
lots of love on this tour thanks to our team at Riot Act!! shows have been great. for more regular updates follow us on Twitter and Facebook
had an absolutely amazing time at SXSW. been heading East since… very excited to be back out in these parts. played at JJ’s Bohemia in Chattanooga last night. so fun. spent the afternoon yesterday shooting live acoustic videos in an old abandoned YMCA. very curious to see how those turn out. shot in old empty pool. on a spanish style roof. in an old basketball gym. and running around playing through the halls. more on that soon.
in the meantime, you can read the full report on our SXSW experience that i sent to the Idaho Statesman here: Finn Riggins at SXSW 2010
here are some photos that our buddy Ryan Dornfeld just sent along:
Official SXSW Showcase at Habana Calle 6 - Saturday, March 20
SXSW Portland Indie Industry Party at The Liberty -- Saturday, Mar 20
SXSW Portland Indie Industry Party at The Liberty -- Saturday, Mar 20
so our first show in Texas was a blast last night at The 806 in Amarillo… thanks to everyone that came out!! we’re headed to San Angelo today and then on to Austin… here’s our full schedule of events at SXSW. please pass the word along to anyone you think will be at the fest this year! thx
3/16 pre-SXSW Daily Juice Boat Party (3700 Lake Austin Blvd) ~ boat departs at 5:30pm sharp Boat Party details
3/18 Nail / Distiller day party @ The Side Bar (602 e 7th St) ~ 12:45pm (outside stage) details
3/19 Zilker Park afternoon BBQ
3/20 Portland Indie Industries day party @ The Liberty Bar (1618 1/2 E 6th St) ~ 4:20pm details
3/20 Official SXSW Showcase (Burnside Distro Party) @ Habana Calle 6 (709 E 6th St) ~ 1am details
going to be a wild one.
xoxo
FR
PS if you haven’t already seen this video of “Pancakes” from our 2-6-10 Portland, OR show at Tribute Gallery… check it out.
just successfully traversed HWY 1 between Monterrey, CA and Santa Barbara, CA despite mudslides and blockades and absolutely epic scenery… stoked for our show at Muddy Waters tonight in Santa Barbara! i’m currently in the backseat of our swift hearted travel beast Ghost Ghost and was marveling at this blog post of Lloyd Winter IV’s and wanted to share… some nice photos and a walk through of the process that he and Santiago Uceda went through in hand-printing the epic tour posters they’ve sent along with us on this monster lap around the US. check it out… split fountain mountains
also, our friend and kind hostess in Eugene — Cara Merendino — posted a nice blog about our time together in Eugene last sunday and monday morning… including a video of us playing Pancakes in the cozy KWVA studios. very cool. mouth trumpet and other shenanigans in eugene
tour’s been great thus far. thanks for all the kind kind folks along the way for the home cooked food and awesome company. very thankful for all the generosity!
also worth noting is that the Boise Weekly is hosting tour diaries of local Treasure Valley bands now and we’re essentially hosting the pilot episode. look forward to seeing more local bands involved as well!
Cruising into Ashland, OR where we’ll be playing a free show at Caldera Tap House tonight…. thrown together this morning after the house party we were going to play got cancelled due to a sick resident of the host house. Caldera have invited Finn Riggins and Boy Eats Drum Machine to crash their “open jam night” and we couldn’t be more excited…. have played many great shows here and thankful that we get to rock with our Ashland friends tonight.
this tour couldn’t have gotten off on a better foot… halfway thru our drive to Seattle on Thursday for the first show of tour we got word that we’d been added to the official SXSW festival lineup. very exciting news. and coupled with several other showcases and parties we’re playing that week in Austin it should be a wild wild time. show that night at The Sunset in Seattle was rad. kicked off this 3 week stretch we’re doing with our labelmate BOY EATS DRUM MACHINE who’s certainly added to the coziness of the van, but also been a serious contribution to the dance party mission that we’re continuously dedicated to. Seattle locals THE GLOBES were stellar once again. love playing with them. check out what the Seattle Weekly had to say about the show.
Friday in Bellingham was at this incredible place called Jinx Art Space that was basically like playing the art studio basement of all of your favorite artists all in one. it was huge and the coolest basement show ever! locals ROOFTOPS and NO-FI SOUL REBELLION were incredible and most gracious hosts. so fun.
Saturday we helped Boy Eats Drum Machine celebrate his new album “Hoop + Wire” at the Doug Fir in Portland. locals BROTHERS YOUNG opened. incredible night. pretty much a packed house and we got to run around with all of our Portland pals. fantastic Portland send off for the rest of tour. here’s a video of DeTamble Wings from our set that night. watch?v=IXS9OMtuVvU
Yesterday we rocked some afternoon airtime on KWVA 88.1 FM Eugene with DJ Bonecrusher and DJ Karma. it was pretty wild and boisterous. got some soggy park time in afterwards in the spring like weather. good sunday night crowd at The Muse Lounge last night and our local hosts ON THE TUNDRA were awesome and took great care of us. very fun show. fog machine. projections. and good company. partied under the full moon until nearly sunrise with our friends from KWVA and the Oregon Voice. woke up to home cooked amazing breakfast by our generous host Cara. epic. damn great start to tour. spirits are high and we welcome March 1st with open arms.
tomorrow starts the 8 day California leg of tour… we love California…. we’re looking forward to sunshine and beachtime. but first, Ashland. the moon’s still big, and Ashland has a knack for wackiness….
