Naughty Pajama Party with A-Town Mob

Apr 19, 2010 News

We played another show with A-Town Mob, this time at TBC Venue on April 16^th. A-Town Mob has invited us to play quite a few show with them now, and we have almost become the token rock band. But somehow we seem to fit in really well with the crowd and the shows go over really well.

We were really excited about this show for a few different reasons. First, TBC Venue was a new club for us. It’s always exciting for us to play a new place. Not only was it a new venue, it was also off the beaten path for us. Located in Pevely, MO, TBC Venue at first seemed like it was pretty far away, almost an out of town show. Especially with the response from our friends, “Oh man, I’m sorry, I don’t think I’ll make it to that show, it’s so far away.” But after taking the 20-minute trek to the ‘Far Away Club’ we arrived early and still with a near full tank of gas.

Another exciting thing about this show was TBC Venue has a great stage. From the bands standpoint it’s really nice because it big and has a padded floor. Big means we have a lot of room to move around, that also means a more interesting show for the audience. There is also a movie projector pointing at the stage, for the viewing pleasure of the audience. We asked them to turn it on for our show, which allowed us to play to some vampire love. I hope there are pictures. If you find some let us know, I’d like to see them.

This was also our first show after recording Norman and Broken. Not that it really means much, but it was sort of odd playing the songs live rather than piece-by-piece in a studio. The power was there as well as the excitement of the songs. They also blended in well with the other songs we were playing, which is also something we missed in the studio.

So, to get to the point, the show was a success. It reminded me of a high school party, with people just hanging out everywhere, inside and out. The music was loud and good, and more than entertaining. My only advise to you if you missed it, go see Achalachia at their next show. Another piece of advise, check out A-Town Mob. You are guaranteed to have a good time.

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Busy Few Weeks

Apr 1, 2010 News

We’ve got a busy few weeks ahead of us. With the completion of a great show at Brothers Bar & Grill in Wildwood, a two hour set might I add, and recording at Jupiter Studios next weekend, then finally the Naughty P.J. Party the following week, it’s getting hard to keep things straight.

Brothers Bar & Grill

Brothers Bar & Grill

First off, Brothers Bar & Grill in Wildwood is, to say the least, a really cool bar. We are usually not fans of playing Bar & Grills, but this one turned out to be a really good show. We played about two hours and then Common Era closed the show (they invited us).

If you never been to Brothers Bar & Grill, during a show or not, you really should make the trip. They have American bar food, great parking, video game, shuffle board, and in the evenings live music or open mic night. It’s a really comfortable bar and to top it off, it’s clean. Like I said, if you’ve never been, give them a try, follow the link above.

Jupiter Studios

Next week we are recording Broken and Norman at Jupiter Studios. After a great debate and a lot of compromise we decided that these two songs would be best. We know them well, enjoy them and think they show the true diversity of our music. Unfortunetly, we will not just be giving these tracks away, you’ll have to buy them, most likely .99 cents. But we will be putting up some samples, my guess is 30 seconds or so, so you can hear something before you buy it. We are also thinking of making some CDs with the two tracks and a few live ones and selling them at shows. So if anyone is interested or has any good ideas, let us know.

Naughty P.J. Party

A-Town Mob has once again invited us to play a show with them, this time in Pevely, MO at TBC Venue. We’ve never been there before, but are expecting a good time. The show has been named the Naughty P.J. Party and people are asked to wear the Pajamas, we are planning on it. Too bad I sleep naked, so watch out girls.

This is an 18+ show for only $5! The whole shindig starts at 7pm, so don’t be late. Other bands that will be playing with us are The Fat Blunt Crew, Deimos, Sexion 8, Local Kings, John Boi and The Catalyst. If you need more info shoot us an email.

Well that covers the highlights of the world of Achalachia, we still have a lot of other things going on as well, song creation, new band name, trying out new guitar players and finding a label/manager. So if you think you can help us out in any way, let us know.

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A-Town Mob Show

Jun 11, 2009 News

Let me start by saying, I the show went really well. All the bands were great (do you call a rap group a band?) and from what I saw the crowd was having a really good time.

As you may or may not have heard, we played a show on June 5, as one of the opening bands for the A-Town Mob CD Release party. We really didn’t know what to expect going in to it, because we don’t have a lot of experience playing with rap groups. So we decided to play a bunch of new songs. See the compete set list here.

There was a really good turnout at the show, and the crowd’s reaction to us what a lot better than I expected (since I didn’t know what to expect). There were a few guys that seemed to really enjoy what we were doing, Lurch and Dustin (I may have these names wrong, I was drunk and am bad with names anyway). But anyway, Lurch and his friend came and talked with us for a long time after the show. And we hope to see them at Fubar on July 1st.

We recorded the show, with our amazing recording studio (ask about it sometime), and I think it sounds really good. Somehow the beginning of the first song, Broken, got cut off and we ran out of tape during the solo of Personal Canary, but what can you expect, I cant be everywhere at once. I do want to thank Steve for hitting the record button and guarding the studio with his life, and also for helping us lug our gear. But if your worried about not hearing all of Personal Canary, we did record the sound check of that song, so we’ll post that as well. We just need to transfer the tape to the computer and we’ll put them up, check back often – we promise we’ll put them up soon.

The songs have been transfered and you can here then here!

We got some great pictures as well. As soon as we get copies of these we’ll post them for you as well. Take a look at the pictures here! We gave access to our photographer, Dana, to the stage, and she was everywhere. If you’d like to hire her, too bad, she’s ours. But you can always send us an email and we’ll forward it off to her, maybe.

We had a few technical difficulties, broken strings and bass guitars, so we ran out of time before we could really thank A-Town Mob for having us out. So thank you guys, it was a lot of fun. And I hope you’ll have us back at your next CD release party.

Now that the party’s over, its back to work, making new songs, creating a set list for the Fubar Battle of the Bands and preparing for our recording time at Jupiter Studios.

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A-Town Mob CD-RELEASE PARTY – 06/05/09 – Pop’s

Jun 5, 2009 Shows

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June 5 2009 Set List

Jun 4, 2009 News

We have finally got the set list hammered down for the A-Town Mob CD Release Party show on Friday, June 5th at 7pm. We’ve been working all week at finishing up a few new songs and trying them in different orders. Our main problem is that we are only playing a 25-minute set and with such a short amount of time it’s hard to make a dynamic set. But after much debate it looks like the set list will be:

Broken – A new song we have been working on for a long time. We started working on it about 5 months ago when John brought a riff to practice but just couldn’t find the the other parts. It would pop up every now and then showing its ugly face at us and laughing, but we tamed the ugly beast by giving it a refrain and bridge/solo.

Self Esteem – This one almost went away a few different times, but John would never let it go. There were some worries that the song resembled “In The Way” too much, so the song started changing, getting softer and more complicated, until one day it snapped. Self Esteem didn’t want to be soft and/or complicated, it wanted to rock. It completely reverted back to the way it started with a few minor additions and tweaks added by Nick.

Petunia Pussylittle – A staple for every Achalachia show, Petunia Pussylittle is quickly becoming a fan favorite.

Better Than This – Played for its first time live at the Pop’s May 6th show, it seems to be the perfect middle of the set breather that the set list needs.

Vomit – Also played for its first time live at the Pop’s May 6th show, Vomit actually has nothing to do with its name. During the creation of the song we needed some way of referring to it, and Adam thought up Early Morning Vomit, it stuck. Now just shortened to Vomit, its quickly becoming an Achalachia favorite.

Personal Canary – By far one of the more exciting songs for Achalachia to play, Personal Canary is one of the oldest songs in the Achalachia playbook, but has gone through some of the most dramatic changes over time.

For future shows, if there is a song you would like to hear us play, let us know and we’ll see what we can do.

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