quick update from the laundromat:

- Great Deceivers and Coaster both have shows comin' right up this month!
- I'm beginning tracking for the next Options LP in 6 days
- Mary at Rare-States did a 3rd printing of those neat Options glow-in-the-dark shirts! You can get one on Bandcamp
- Playing at Lincoln Hall for the first time on 12/18 with Nnamdi Ogbonnaya
- Pyramid Scheme will (finally) be recording songs within the next month

Finished tracking for Winter Classic's new EP at Minbal last Sunday, and it sounds really great. The band and I are mutually stoked on how it turned out, and I'm psyched to dig into mixing it when I'm back from tour, which BY THE WAY, starts tuesday! Check out the "live" page for updated locations/times of my Fest shows.

Coaster v2's first show back was a banger, and we're stoked to get cooking on new tunes. I gave my first real shot at mastering a record with Mitar's newest release, Emerald. Would absolutely not consider myself a proper mastering engineer by any means, but I think it turned out pretty a-o-k! Check it below:


After a month of rescheduled dates due to a million things, New Color finally laid down vocals for their new EP, which they're mixing. Really really can't wait to hear it - some of the tightest, most original music I've heard come out of Chicago. If you haven't heard their debut LP that I recorded/mixed, check it out on my "recording" page!

Hopefully going into the studio with Great Deceivers soon to lay down a couple tracks. We've been writing a bunch, and playing with them is a blast.

WOW, lotta shows coming up! Got three this week, including a twofer on Saturday. City On Film tours to Fest at the end of the month, too. Coaster EP is coming along, and our first show with the new lineup is this weekend. Went into MINBAL this past weekend with Winter Classic to begin tracking for a new EP, and mixing Nature's Neighbor's 2nd LP this week.

Michael Byrnes (Coaster) and Julia Steiner (Ratboys) have a new project called Teethes. I recorded/mixed their first track at the Owlery, and it's out now. Listen below:

I recorded this track for Sean Eldon a couple days ago and it came out awesome. He posted it on his bandcamp and you can listen below:



Pyramid Scheme is playing our first show in a few months this Thursday at Quenchers. Information on the live page.

A new (limited-edition) incarnation of the Options Band will be playing this friday, 9/18, at SubT Downstairs. It'll be the project's first band-show since February. I'm also playing drums in Great Deceivers that night, too. Demoing is getting out of hand for the record (30+ songs/ideas for this project). I've whittled it down to a little more than 30 minutes of music, but still have a few important pieces to discover and put together before the album's ready to be tracked.

Bathing Resorts tracked our final release last week. It's been a great (and all too brief) experience playing with Michael and Brendan, and I'm glad we were able to put some interesting stuff into the world. If you'd like to keep tabs on Michael's musical adventures, do so here - Brendan is currently playing with Teen Cult, New Color, and Nervous Passenger.

What a summer it's been. Touring with Coaster was amazing, and it was such a wonderful thing to experience the West Coast for the first time. Hoping to be back as soon as I'm able. Tour with Great Deceivers was excellent too, and you'll be hearing some new tunes from us soon. Back in Chicago, and my September is already nicely stacked with recording projects. Making quite some headway on the new Options record, too. Maybe I'll write more on this, now that I have access to a computer again.