been working hard on all kinds of new jams this fall. played some on our trip to Portland and Moscow back at the beginning of the month, have some more that we’ll have ready for our upcoming show here in Boise on SATURDAY DECEMBER 3rd — big Radio Boise party and fundraiser at the Empire Building (10th and Idaho) with our buddies Le Fleur, Atomic Mama, Storie Grubb & The Holy Wars, Run On Sentence (pdx) and Bonefish Sam & His Orchestra. for more info on this show click HERE

lots of exciting things in store for 2012. in the meantime, enjoy this new song that was released back at the beginning of the month on the new Tender Loving Empire compilation “Friends and Friends of Friends Vol. 4″. this song is called PARKOUR, it was written and recorded specifically for this compilation, many of you may have heard it this summer and fall at our shows. enjoy!
Finn Riggins – Parkour by Finn Riggins

we have another new song that will be unveiled in early December that was written and recorded for a collaboration with Jason Sievers and Trey McIntyre Project. stay tuned!

Happy Thanksgiving!
xoxo
FR

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.

xoxo
the finn rigginses

www.facebook.com/ranchfest

RANCH FEST 2010
FRI MAY 28TH
12am CATCHUM TROLLS (hailey)
11pm YEAH GREAT FINE (portland) http://www.myspace.com/yeahgreatfine
10pm THE HOLIDAY FRIENDS (moscow, id) http://www.myspace.com/theholidayfriends
9pm SONS OF GUNS (la grande) http://www.myspace.com/sonsofguns
8pm SLEEPY SEEDS (boise) http://www.myspace.com/sleepyseedsmusic
7pm ROOKS (hailey)
6pm FINN RIGGINS (boise) http://www.myspace.com/finnriggins

SAT MAY 29TH
12am FINN RIGGINS (boise) http://www.myspace.com/finnriggins
11pm THE DONT’S (san francisco) http://www.myspace.com/thedonts
10pm BOY EATS DRUM MACHINE (portland) http://www.myspace.com/boyeatsdrummachine
9pm TARTUFI (san francisco) http://www.myspace.com/tartufi
8pm LE FLEUR (boise) http://www.myspace.com/lefleurgang
7pm CITY OF ANIMALS (la grande) )
6pm LOW-FI (boise) http://www.myspace.com/lowfirocks
5pm WITH CHILD (boise)
4pm PIERS LAMB (hailey) http://www.myspace.com/pierslambartist
3pm THE VERY MOST (boise) http://www.myspace.com/theverymost
2pm TRAVIS SILVERS (bay area) http://www.myspace.com/travissilvers

HILLFOLK NOIR (boise) http://www.myspace.com/hillfolknoir – in between sets acoustic by the fire
A SEASONAL DISGUISE (boise) http://www.myspace.com/aseasonaldisguise – in between sets acoustic by the fire.

man, all kinds of exciting things. thanks to everyone that came out to the shows last weekend!! really fantastic time in Moscow + Clarkston + Spokane + Missoula. love you all. here’s a link to some photos and a little review from the Spokane show thanks to CheckitoutMusic.com

amazing time at the Record Exchange last night… follow that link for photos!! all kinds of exciting shows this week… check our full schedule at myspace.com/finnriggins

really nice articles in the Boise Weekly today and they posted the new video that fellow Boisean Jason Sievers did for us… stop-animation!! what a labor of love!!

off to Pendleton for a show at the Pendleton Center for the Arts!! all ages!! show tomorrow night @ Foresters in MCCALL with Jared Mees & The Grown Children (portland) and then huge awesome party and duel with LE FLEUR on Friday at the VAC. it’s going to be unreal!! also performances by BOY EATS DRUM MACHINE (portland) and JARED MEES & THE GROWN CHILDREN and VAGERLY (boise) and A SEASONAL DISGUISE (boise)!! the evening will be emceed by Alley Repertory Theater star Nick Garcia and he will be performing some of his skits + break dancers + door prizes + and of course the “knife fight”!!

check out this epic poster by JULIA GREEN and ERIN CUNNINGHAM

we’ll stop there… we don’t have a night off until the 26th in the LA area. so lots more to talk about. including Saturday’s huge album release party in Portland. more on that tomorrow. we have to hit the road.

love,
gilbert