We've got a new pressing available of Madness in Miniature available at our store. Our 3rd pressing made for us by our friends at Gotta Groove Records features a beautiful translucent orange vinyl with white swirls. Our first 2 pressings of this album are officially sold out, but we are giving away a few signed copies of all 3 pressings at our blog! Click HERE for for details.
Our music video for "House of Circles" has been awarded 3 Telly's in the following categories:
- Art Direction
- Editing
- Music Video
Hello all of you lovely folks out there,
We've been hibernating a bit, working on our fourth album during this beautiful, grey, rainy, snowy Cleveland winter. We'll be sure to keep you up-to-date on the writing and recording process. You can now follow us on Instagram where we'll be posting all types of fun pictures throughout the process.
Hugs to you all,
mr. Gnome
We are very excited to have NPR premiering our new music video for "House of Circles." Check it out here!
Hello sweet people of Earth,
We love you very much and because of that we want to give you free things. CLICK HERE to visit our blog for your chance to win free tickets to a mr. Gnome show of your choice. Contest ends Wednesday, September 19th!
Best of luck to all you kiddies and we'll be seein you soon!
love, us.
Hello friends,
We'll be hittin the road again this fall. Tour dates below (please visit our SHOWS page for more details). See you all very soon!
10/24 Louisville KY @ Zazoo's
10/25 Indianapolis IN @ White Rabbit
10/26 Grand Rapids MI @ Pyramid Scheme
10/27 Madison WI @ Frequency
10/29 Kansas City MO @ Riot Room
10/30 Denver CO @ Hi-Dive
10/31 Salt Lake City UT @ The Bar Deluxe
11/01 Boise ID @ Red Room
11/02 Seattle WA @ Sunset Tavern
11/03 Portland OR @ Star Theater
11/06 San Francisco CA @ Thee Parkside
11/07 Los Angeles CA @ Bootleg Bar
11/08 San Diego CA @ Soda Bar
11/09 Tucson AZ @ Plush
11/10 Albuquerque NM - Venue TBA
11/13 Oklahoma City OK - Venue TBA
11/14 Dallas TX @ LaGrange
11/15 Austin TX @ Stubb's Jr.
11/16 Houston TX @ Rudyard's British Pub
11/17 Pensacola FL @ The Handlebar
11/29 Lexington KY @ Cosmic Charlies
11/30 Cincinnati OH @ MOTR Pub
12/01 Columbus OH @ Woodlands Tavern
12/04 Chapel Hill NC @ Local 506
12/05 Jacksonville FL @ Jack Rabbits
12/06 Orlando FL @ Will's Pub
12/07 Atlanta GA @ The Drunken Unicorn
12/08 Nashville TN @ Exit/In
12/13 Dayton OH @ Blind Bob's
12/14 Chicago IL - Venue TBA
12/15 St Louis MO @ Firebird
12/21 Toledo OH @ Ottawa Tavern
12/22 Cleveland OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Select songs from our first two albums, Deliver this Creature & Heave Yer Skeleton, will be featured in the premiere episode of Final Witness tonight, Wednesday, June 27 at 10/9c on ABC.
ABC Music Lounge has us as one of their featured artists today! Check it out here.
You can also read a little blurb about us on ABC here and check out the Final Witness blog about the episode and us here. Thanks so much to Lincoln Square Productions for including us in their production.
We're going to be playing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Summer in the City Concert Series on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 7pm with Bear in Heaven. The event is FREE and will be held at the museum plaza.
We're having a sale at our online store starting today - all T-shirts are $14.99 and for U.S. customers, we're offering FREE first class shipping on all orders over $50.00 - just use discount code: FREE1SHIP at checkout. The sale ends Monday June, 11, 2012.
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Good news! For those of you who weren't able to pick up our Blue-Skull T on our latest tour, you can now purchase it at our online store! Check it out here.
Thanks so much to Anastasia Pantsios and Cleveland Scene Magazine for putting us on the cover of this week's issue! We are very humbled and flattered. Check it out here.
Thanks to NPR for featuring us on All Songs Considered and for picking us as a band to watch at SXSW! Check it out HERE.
Check out the trailer for our upcoming video for "House of Circles." The comic book style surreal adventure is a live action interpretation of a sci-fi graphic novel written by mr. Gnome featuring the dark fantasy characters from the Madness in Miniature cover art. Full video coming soon.
MTV Hive was nice enough to premiere our song, "The Way," off our upcoming digital 7" b-side, Softly Mad. Check it out HERE.
We've got new vinyl! Our Madness in Miniature vinyl just got an upgrade and is now available on coke-bottle green with orange splatter. To celebrate we're giving away a few signed copies. Check out our BLOG for details!
We'll be hittin the road again starting March 1st. See dates below with more to be announced. Please check our shows page for details and updates:
03/01 Nashville TN @ Exit/In
03/02 Cincinnati OH @ Mayday
03/03 Lexington KY @ Green Lantern
03/08 Atlanta GA @ The Five Spot
03/09 Pensacola FL @ tba
03/10 Orlando FL @ Orange You Glad Festival (Venue TBA)
03/15 Austin TX @ Lucky Lounge - TapeOp magazine SXSW party
03/20 Fruita CO @ Cavalcade
03/22 Boise ID @ The Red Room - Treefort Music Festival
03/23 Portland OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
03/24 Seattle WA @ Sunset Tavern
03/27 San Francisco CA @ Thee Parkside
03/28 Sacramento CA @ Luigi's
03/29 Los Angeles CA @ Bootleg Theater
03/31 Albuquerque NM @ tba
04/03 Salt Lake City UT @ Urban Lounge
04/04 Denver CO @ Hi-Dive
04/06 Springfield MO @ The Outland
04/07 Kansas City MO @ Riot Room/Middle of The Map Festival
04/10 Columbia MO @ Sideshow
04/11 Saint Louis MO @ Plush
04/12 Indianapolis IN @ Radio Radio
04/13 Chicago IL @ Schuba's
04/14 Grand Rapids MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
04/20 Cleveland OH @ Beachland Ballroom
04/21 Toledo OH @ Ottawa Tavern
04/27 Dayton OH @ Blind Bob's
04/28 Columbus OH @ Skully's
Magnet Magazine was nice enough to feature us in issue #83. Check it out here on page 32. Thanks Magnet!
Rolling Stone is premiering our song "Watch the City Sail Away" and is giving away a free download over at their site. Listen and download over at Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone Magazine has picked little ol' us as the band to watch in December's issue! Wicked awesomesauce:
Just wrapped up the first leg of our monster tour behind our new album, Madness in Miniature. Thanks to everyone for all the support! We'll be hittin the road again this weekend for a pair of Ohio dates in Columbus and Dayton, then we'll be heading out for our Southern run, which will take us through mid-December. Check the show page for dates and details.
(Photo by Nate Burell)
We are happy to announce our new album, Madness in Miniature, is officially available to the world today! Pick up a copy over at our store on CD or Vinyl. Digital downloads are available at:
Check out a few reviews we've received so far for the new beast:
Check out our Tour Dates to pick up a copy at a show near you.
Magnet Magazine has chosen our song "House of Circles" as their MP3 at 3. Head on over to their site for a free download.
Free Download of "House of Circles"
HEY HEY HEY!!!
We're giving away another track off our upcoming album, Madness in Miniature. To get your free download of "Ate the Sun" just click below and enter your email address. You have to sign up to download, but don't worry if you're already signed up, we won't email you twice...or thrice (but you still have to sign up to download)!
We're also happy to announce you can now pre-order your very own copy of Madness in Miniature on CD/Vinyl and Digital
Pre-Order Madness in Miniature CD
Pre-Order Madness in Miniature Vinyl
Pre-Order Madness in Miniature Digital Download
Pre-order your digital download now and get 2 tracks immediately, and the rest of the album will be emailed on the day of the release!
We'll be hittin the road next week for the start of our monster tour. Visit our show page for complete listings and details. It's a long one (that's what she said), so chances are we'll be stopping somewhere near you.
Love,
WE
Mornin Everyone,
We are giving away a bunch of goodies...including a new Madness in Miniature poster! Just check out our blog for details:
Loves and hugs,
us.
The new album is finally here...almost!!! And to celebrate we're giving away a free download of "Bit of Tongue," the first single off the aptly titled, Madness in Miniature.
Madness in Miniature will be available on CD, Vinyl, and Digital on October 25, 2011 through El Marko Records. Pre-orders and other info coming soon. Until then here is some artwork to wet your whistle, as well as some fall tour dates below, more tba.
2011 Fall/Winter Tour Dates:
October 5 @ The Millcreek Tavern in Philadelphia, PA
October 6 @ Union Pool in Brooklyn, NY
October 7 @ The Elm Bar in New Haven, CT
October 8 @ The Brillobox in Pittsburgh, PA
October 20 @ The Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids, MI
October 21 @ The Frequency in Madison, WI
October 22 @ Cicero's in St. Louis, MO
October 24 @ The Riot Room in Kansas City, MO
October 25 @ 3 Kings in Denver, CO
October 26 @ Burt's Tiki Lounge in Salt Lake City, UT
October 27 @ The Neurolux in Boise, ID
October 28 @ Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, OR
October 29 @ The Comet Tavern in Seattle, WA
October 31 @ El Rio in San Francisco, CA
November 1 @ Los Angeles, CA (venue TBA)
November 3 @ Plush in Tucson, AZ
November 4 @ The Launchpad in Albuquerque, NM
November 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (venue TBA)
November 7 @ The Outland in Springfield, MO
November 8 @ Sideshow in Columbia, MO
November 10 @ The Empty Bottle in Chicago, IL
November 11 in Fort Wayne, IN (venue TBA)
November 12 @ Ottawa Tavern in Toledo, OH
November 18 @ Skully's in Columbus, OH
November 19 @ Blind Bob's in Dayton, OH
December 2 @ Cosmic Charlies in Lexington, KY
December 3 in Nashville, TN (venue TBA)
December 10 @ Handlebar in Pensacola, FL
December 12 in Orlando, FL (venue TBA)
December 14 @ Snug Harbor, Charlotte, NC
December 17 @ Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, OH
New Show Announcement: We will be playing a benefit show on Saturday, August 6th at the Auricle in Canton, Ohio. All proceeds for the event go to the Brian Hudson Fund. Details and Ticket information can be found here: http://theauricle.net/?p=1319
Hello all,
Just wanted to thank everyone for coming out and supporting us over the last month of regional shows!
News regarding Album Numero Tres' release, pre-orders, new videos and our national fall tour coming very soon...
Also, thanks so much to the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival for screening our "Vampires" video over this past weekend.
More news to come...
We're gonna be hoppin back in the van for a few regional dates starting this Friday in Newport, Kentucky. Dates below, please visit our show page for details. See you soon!
May 20, 2011 • Southgate House • Newport, KY
May 27, 2011 • Beachland Tavern • Cleveland, OH
June 3, 2011 • Darkroom • Chicago, IL
June 4, 2011 • The Frequency • Madison, WI
June 11, 2011 • Skully's • Columbus, OH
Our short film "Vampires" was an official selection at this years Cleveland International Film Festival, and more recently has been awarded 3 Telly Awards; Cinematography, Art Direction, and Editing, and has been selected to screen at The Detroit Windsor International Film Festival. Who knew a video based around drugs, sex, Emongs would get so much love? Thanks so much to all those involved in the making of this disturbing film.
