thanks to everyone that came out to the release show at Record Exchange last Friday for the split 7″ we did with our buddies Hillfolk Noir for Record Store Day! so pleased with how that all came together. super fun. (more info on how to get a copy of the 7″ below) we’ll have the records in tow with us for the rest of our spring shows… all of which are in Idaho. full schedule is below — some really radical shows in the next month, culminating with the annual barn burner in ‘ol Tumbleweeds, ID at the end of May — RANCH FEST 2011. contact us thru the contact page for more info. epicness awaits you.

lots of new jamz in the works… writing of the new album is starting to pick up some steam… been exciting. the new song on the 7″ record that came out last week is definitely a glimpse into some of what we’re working on. if you’re interested in hearing this new tune (SOME ARE KNIGHTZ), it’s currently only available on vinyl… as of press time, the records can be purchased on the Finn Riggins MERCH page, at Record Exchange (boise), Tender Loving Empire (portland) and at Finn Riggins or Hillfolk Noir shows. you can also order them online by contacting us thru the contact page… soon the merch page will be hosting a way to purchase as well.

APRIL + MAY SHOWS
4/22 BOISE, ID @ BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY — Sustainability Club Trashion Show in SUB (we play 6-7pm)
4/22 BOISE, ID @ EGYPTIAN THEATER — Radio Boise Kickoff Party
4/23 HAILEY, ID @ FRESSHIES (9pm / all ages / $5)
4/29 MOSCOW, ID @ JOHN’S ALLEY w/ Jared Mees & The Grown Children (9pm / 21+ / $5)
4/30 SANDPOINT, ID @ THE TUNNEL w/ Josh Hedlund
5/2 GARDEN CITY, ID @ VISUAL ARTS COLLECTIVE — opening for tUnE-yArDs + Buke and Gass more info
5/27+ 5/28 RANCH FEST 2011 w/ Tartufi, Jared Mees & The Grown Children, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Yeah Great Fine, The Mutineers, Hillfolk Noir, Youth Lagoon, Le Fleur, Owlright, Nollifur, Old Death Whisper, Slow Trucks, Sleepy Seeds, Dark Swallows, Atomic Mama, With Child, Neo Tundra Cowboy, Low-Fi, Sons Of Guns, Elidila, Junior Rocket Scientist, Larkspur, Travis Silvers, A Seasonal Disguise, Shaun Daniel, Sam Cooper, The 11th Hour and more!

thanks for listening. drop us a line anytime.

LOVE
FR

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 (ALL AGES)
9/16 LA GRANDE, OR @ Elks Lodge w/ Sons Of Guns + Tyler Fortier (ALL AGES)
9/17 MISSOULA, MT @ The Badlander w/ Victory Smokes + Vera
9/24 EUGENE, OR @ house show (Oregon Voice Presents) (ALL AGES)
9/25 PORTLAND, OR @ Backspace w/ Kittin + others (ALL AGES!!)
9/26 PORTLAND, OR @ Reed College — The Deep Vibes Festival w/ Deakin (from Animal Collective) + more!! (18+)
10/1 CALDWELL, ID @ house show w/ No Comprendo + Jonn E Combat & The Jungle Fucks (ALL AGES)
10/2 KETCHUM, 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) (outdoors = ALL AGES!!)
10/9 BOISE, ID @ Promenade Music Festival (TLE Showcase @ Neurolux)
10/14 DAVIS, CA @ Natsoulas Gallery (KDVS Presents) (ALL AGES)
10/15 EL CERRITO, CA @ I Am We House w/ The Dont’s (ALL AGES)
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 (ALL AGES)
10/27 SOLANO BEACH, CA @ Belly-Up Tavern w/ BUILT TO SPILL + ReVoltReVolt
10/28 LOS ANGELES, CA @ El Rey Theatre w/ BUILT TO SPILL + ReVoltReVolt
10/29 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ The Fillmore w/ BUILT TO SPILL + ReVoltReVolt
10/30 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ The Fillmore w/ BUILT TO SPILL + ReVoltReVolt
10/31 ARCATA, CA @ The Depot (HSU) w/ BUILT TO SPILL + ReVoltReVolt

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.

whoa. tour is officially off the ground. shows last week were soooo fun. first at the Silver Moon Brewery in Bend, OR where we met up with our buddies and labelmates CHURCH and they kicked the evening off. such a cool band. Bend treated us all great. but each night would just get better.

on Friday night we held the first of several album release parties for VS WILDERNESS at the infamous Crawlspace in La Grande, OR. this would, at least for the time being (sequel?), be the final show at the Crawlspace and the end of an era as our friends and cohorts in La Grande Bill and Annie (from TEST AUDIENCES) are moving to Alaska to pursue some new adventures. but spirits were high this evening and we celebrated in fine Crawlspace fashion.

the party was enhanced by special guests JARED MEES and YEAH GREAT FINE who made the trek from Portland for the evening. more photos and video to come, but in the meantime, Shaun Daniel posted some pretty rad photos. thanks to the whole crew in La Grande that makes that place one of a kind!

on Saturday night, the weekend culminated in a fantastic show at our homebase, the VISUAL ARTS COLLECTIVE with CHURCH once again and TALKDEMONIC. we played first and at the end of our set debuted the new video that Jason Sievers did for our song Wake. more on this to come and it should hit the internet in the next week or two. it’s awesome. so thankful for all of Jason’s hard work! the rest of the show was stellar. both Church and Talkdemonic destroyed. it was a truly epic show. and we were stoked to be playing at VaC again as it had been awhile…

we finished the weekend off with a backyard party in Bellevue, ID in our old stomping grounds in the Wood River Valley. Sheryll Mae Grace kicked things off with a fun set of her tunes. then as dark settled in we unleashed some rock music amongst the trees to a nice crew of friends dancing in the yard. flood lights on the trees above. cool fall evening. some more photos from this soon as well.

tomorrow VS WILDERNESS becomes available digitally exclusively through iTunes. the time has come. very excited to finally be sharing this album with you all. and the tour continues…

WED 9/30 MISSOULA, MT @ The Palace (under The Badlander) w/ The Broken Valley Roadshow 21+
THUR 10/1 SPOKANE, WA @ The Empyrean w/ Sera Cahoone + Hey is for Horses + Dane Euland ALL AGES
FRI 10/2 CLARKSTON, WA @ Hogan’s Pub w/ The Murrs 21+
SAT 10/3 MOSCOW, ID — Radio Free Moscow Fundraiser @ 1912 Center w/ The Holiday Friends + Rhythmmemory ALL AGES

thanks again to CHURCH for a fun weekend of shows together!! they’re rad and on tour around the West right now… check them out if you missed them with us. you won’t be disappointed!

love,
FR