Can you believe that it’s already October? Where did the time go? I can admittedly say that time was not wasted in Monk land. We are 10 months into 2011 and I guess it is OK to begin to reflect on the year. Maybe it’s a good thing because there are two months left to [...]
The last day of our tour involved driving almost 17 hours through the day and night to get back in time to our lives in Chicago to celebrate my birthday. While sleepy eyes and exhaustion overtook us, we were still riding high off of the experiences and the amazing people that we met and caught [...]
Oh the road. I find its where a band can truly find themselves for better or for worse. Kudos to the bands that can tolerate one another after a long tour: shows night after night, lack of sleep, McDonald’s (I admit its delicious the first time, chicken nuggets!) Using up all the drink tickets like [...]
We have a present for you Kansas City and Colorado. It’s perfectly candy red and spins on a record player. August 15th marks our first stop on our Hiding Places Mini Tour and we are so thrilled to be heading out to some of our favorite stops along the way. Our tour may be small [...]
Happy Monday! It is a very special day in Monk world as we are thrilled to announce our limited edition 7″ red vinyl and release show. Included on the album are two brand new songs recorded by Narwhal Audio. The “Hiding Places” release features an exclusive photo booklet brought to you by IshootRockstars which showcases [...]
Spring is taking it’s darndest time to get to Chicago. There have been those few moments where the sun has met our Winter Midwestern skin, when this happens all the blizzards, negative tempertures and wondrous rain become a mystery. With the seasonal change comes a million things on our list of things to do, places [...]
Can you feel it? The sun is shining in Chicago, Spring is battling the rain drops away, and boy do we have an exciting weekend ahead of us. Tomorrow we light up our hometown stage at Schubas with lovely distortion and masked goodness. We’re fresh off our Spring tour and we have a full cello [...]
Tony Bennett was right about leaving your heart in places. We left our hearts safely in the pillows of the Bay fog nestled between the arches of the Golden Gate. Before we introduced ourselves to the City of hills, Denver was there showing off it’s mountains and cool crisp air. It was our second time [...]
This past Winter we headed out to the land of Daytrotter. For those not familiar with it, Daytrotter hosts about 7-14 bands per week and releases four to five songs per day from each band. The band will record their songs live in about one to two takes, and each band gets a character drawing [...]
Three weeks of touring and memories galore. We totaled over 6,120 miles during this span, and were able to expose our music to all sorts of new and beautiful people. It’s pretty amazing to experience the music, locals, and incredible food in every city. It was encouraging to observe music communities throughout the Midwest, West [...]
