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| Home Again! Upcoming Shows |
April 13, 2011
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Hello everyone! We are home from nearly two months on the road. We had a blast on the West Coast with our new bffs Olin and the Moon (and Thor!) and Horde and the Harem, enjoyed the insanity of our third straight SXSW, and rocked it hard on our Midwestern and Rocky Mountain tour with the stony Vermonters in Chamberlin. Our hometown Rickshaw Stop show was fantastic and it was great seeing so many friends/family after being gone for so long.
We have some upcoming localish shows to talk about, including a last minute show with the amazing Mother Hips in Folsom and the Olin boys in Davis! All the upcoming info is on the Shows page, make sure to get tickets early for that Folsom show! We're finally gearing up to head back in the studio for our next album. New stuff is on the way! |
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| Back from the UK and on to SXSW/Midwest |
March 07, 2011
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Our first foray into the wilds of England was a blast! We played lots of great shows and want to sincerely thank all of the people who came out to see us in every town we played in and thank all of the bands/artists that opened up shows. We hope to get back across the pond sooner than later...
An easy way to follow our (mis)adventures and see what we see, check out our Blog or our Facebook page!
In the meantime, we'll be back at it tomorrow starting in Sacramento and playing all down the West Coast before heading off to our third straight South by Southwest festival! We'll be listing our SXSW shows soon so keep your eyes open for free day parties and an official showcase show for No Depression!
The tour will then take us through the Midwest and back over the Rockies to San Francisco. See you all at a show or two! |
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| UK Album Release and Tour! SXSW and Midwest Shows! |
February 08, 2011
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We are a week away from our arrival in London and we're crazy excited about our first international tour! So much to do!
The self-titled album is being officially released in the UK via Proper Distribution on February 14th, Valentine's Day! Show some love and pick up a copy. We arrive in London on February 16th and play all over England and Scotland. Take a look at our Shows page or Myspace page for more info on shows. Can't wait for all that delicious Indian food!
We arrive back in the states on March 6th and have a day to rest before we head out on a California tour with Olin and the Moon (LA) and Horde and the Harem (Seattle) that takes us around Northern and Southern California before a stop in Arizona on our way to SXSW 2011 in Austin, Texas. We'll be playing the No Depression Showcase as well as a few free day parties during the festival. Again, keep your eyes on the Shows page for info.
Post-SXSW, we head through the Midwest with a great band from Burlington, Vermont called Chamberlin and continue on throughout the West with them until April 8th.
Phew! I am exhausted just typing this! We couldn't be more excited to share all of this news with you and we sincerely hope that you can make it out to a show or two, wherever it may be. Keep your eyes on our blog and our Twitter page (www.twitter.com/orthewhale) for loads of tour updates, pictures, videos, and lots of talk about food.
Love and see you all soon,
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| New Year, New Merch, New Shows |
January 19, 2011
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We've got a big year ahead, folks! Especially these first couple months. To start it all off, we've got a live performance on West Coast Live, an NPR radio show out of San Francisco on Saturday morning, January 22nd from 10am to noon. We'll be playing a couple favorites as well as a new song or two. We'll see how many we can squeeze on the show. Stream it live here: http://www.kalw.org/music.html
Next week, we'll be heading on a relatively local four-date run including Oakland, Santa Cruz, Chico, and Merced. All the shows will be with some great bands including Tape Deck Mountain, Typhoon, Poor Bailey, and others. Check the Shows Page for more info on the shows.
Finally new merchandise is here! We've got new totebags, t-shirts, hoodies, and all sorts of goodies on our Big Cartel site. We'll also have all of these at our shows. Check them out on our homepage! |
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| Happy Holidays and Happy New Year |
December 28, 2010
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From Or, the Whale to you, Happy Channukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, and New Year! Thank you to everyone who has come out to a show, bought or listened to a song, or supported us in any way. We are truly appreciative of everyone's love and support and 2011 is going to be an awesome year filled with lots of shows and new music. Thanks and we'll see you in the new year!
Love,
Alex, Sean, Lia, Lindsay, Tim, and Jesse
Or, the Whale |
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| UK Release, January Dates, UK Tour! |
December 09, 2010
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Big News! Or, the Whale will be touring throughout the UK on the heels of the official UK release of the self-titled album on February 14th! Proper Distribution will be spreading the record throughout the UK and the band is crazy excited to make our European debut.
We've also got some Northern California dates lined up for late January (Oakland, Santa Cruz, Chico, and Merced) and a SXSW update for after Europe. Keep your eyes on our Shows page for updates as we get more details hammered out. In the meantime, come see the new line-up at our San Francisco debut with the Mother Hips at GAMH! Saturday, December 18th. All Ages. |
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| New Line-Up and Mother Hips Shows |
November 29, 2010
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We hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season so far. OTW has recently finished our final shows with Matt, Julie, and Justin. These founding members have been there since our first practices and it is somewhat surreal to see them go onto other musical and photographic projects. We wish them the best and will definitely be attending whatever amazing project that they create.
With that said, we'd like to welcome Lia Rose and Sean Barnett into the OTW fold. They are both great people and great musicians. Come give them a high five at our next show! Their first shows with Or, the Whale will both be with our great friends, the Mother Hips. We'll be in Chico on December 5th (sold out!) and in San Francisco on December 18th at the Great American Music Hall. We hope to see you there as we finish 2010 right with all our friends! |
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| Final Tour of 2010 |
November 06, 2010
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We are looking forward to our final tour of the year with Chris Pureka. This tour will take us up and down the entirety of the West Coast. Check out the Shows page for info on all the shows. Hope to see you all!
Love,
OTW |
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| Mother Hips Shows and Festivals |
September 20, 2010
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Our shows with Langhorne Slim were awesome! Thanks to all who came out to the shows and bought merch (we sold so much vinyl)! It was great working with Britt and (((Folk Yeah!))) and we can't wait to do it again.
The next two weeks will consist of a Friday show with The Mother Hips and a Saturday festival show. We can't wait for October! Check out the Shows page for more info and definitely buy tickets to these awesome events. |
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| New Shows Added with Langhorne Slim! |
August 23, 2010
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We've just returned from our Southwest tour with These United States. Thanks to everyone for coming out, these were great shows and we had a blast! On the heels of that, we've just announced a couple Bay Area dates with Langhorne Slim as well as a couple California festival stops for October. Look for more shows coming with the Mother Hips and new songs getting played! |
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| Blackbird Artists Agency and Bob Paterson Agency! |
July 21, 2010
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Big news! We now have booking representation both here in the States as well as over in the UK and Ireland! We are represented by Brian Jonas of Blackbird Artists Agency (www.blackbirdartistsagency.com) in the US and Dave Moss-Blundell of The Bob Paterson Agency (www.bpa-live.com) on the other side of the pond. This all means more touring in the Fall and a busy 2011 on the road and abroad. Can't wait to see more of your friendly faces more often. Keep on the look-out for Or, the Whale in your town with some great bands in the coming months.
Looking forward to our run with These United States in August! |
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| Tamin' the Rockes and Tour with These United States |
July 10, 2010
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We're gearing up for our Rocky Mountain adventure next week. Excited to get back to SLC and Denver and visit new people in Colorado Springs and Carbondale. We've also just announced a week of dates with our great buds from last Fall, These United States. Can't wait to see Robby, Tom, Justin (Krustman), Colin, and Jesse! We will beat them in bowling this time.
Check out all of our shows and all the subsequent details. And keep your eyes peeled for lots of October dates coming up. Back east perhaps? |
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| Rocky Mountain High |
June 28, 2010
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Our trips up to the Northwest and down to Santa Barbara were wonderful. Thanks to everyone for coming out. We even caught most of the Naked Bike Ride up in Portland!
We've got a bunch of great shows in the Rockies coming up in mid-July as well as a show in Oakland with Dusty Rhodes and the River Band! Looking forward to that beautiful mountain air. Hope to see you at a show! |
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| Lots of New West Coast Dates Announced |
May 24, 2010
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We'll be spending Memorial Day weekend down in Southern California with some of our favorite bands at Spaceland and the Casbah. Meanwhile, we've just announced lots of shows for June and July all over the Northwest and Rockies.
Check out our Shows page for information on these upcoming dates. And keep following us on Twitter @orthewhale to get into the lives of all the different OTW members. Every member has a different day! |
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| Davis and Oakland Shows/Twitter Days |
April 19, 2010
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We have two Bay Area shows this weekend and would love to see our Davis and Oakland friends! Check out the Shows page for specific information.
We have also began Twittering daily with each member taking a different day. Here's the rundown:
Matt Mondays!
Tim Tuesdays!
Lindsay Wednesdays!
Alex Thursdays!
Julie Fridays!
Justin Saturdays!
Jesse Sundays!
Which check it out at www.twitter.com/orthewhale.
See everyone at the shows!
Love,
OTW |
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| Upcoming Bay Area Shows |
March 29, 2010
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Back from South By Southwest and basking in the afterglow of touring with our favorite band The Maldives. Please do yourself a favor and check them out!
We've got a few Bay Area shows coming up, including a show with Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers in Davis and a show with Odawas in Oakland. Check out our Shows page for info on the shows. We'll see you there! |
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| West Coast and SXSW Upon Us |
March 05, 2010
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We're already into March! With that, we've listed all of our upcoming shows for our West Coast tour and all seven South By Southwest shows we're taking part in. All the shows are free and we encourage attendance at all. Some of the bands we're playing with include Bowerbirds, Pattern is Movement, The Mother Hips, Bear in Heaven, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Sleepy Sun, and a bunch of amazing bands on Sunday at Cheer Up Charlie's.
We'll be blogging/tweeting/updating as the trip rolls through your town so please keep an eye on our facebook page and our blog. Pics, videos, and lots of regional treats will be at your fingertips!
And we'll be adding more West Coast dates in the coming months. Stay tuned and hopefully we'll see you at a show. |
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| "Toxic"/West Coast Dates/SXSW |
February 05, 2010
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We have officially released our cover of "Toxic" by the incomparable Britney Spears! Check it out on our blog (www.thewhalestale.blogspot.com). It's getting lots of press on the internet.
We've also got our February and March West Coast dates coming up and we'll be debuting a few new songs on the trip down to Austin for South by Southwest. All these dates are with great bands like The Mother Hips, The Maldives, Weinland, and The Delta Spirit.
And check out Alex's debut of our new song "Come Back Home" on art webzine The Black Harbor (www.theblackharbor.com)! |
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Or, the Whale is a collective of members
who prove power in numbers. With a strong DIY ethic, and a Carter
Family chemistry, they’ve continued to warm hearts and move feet
across America for the past five years. They deliver honesty and
energy every time, weaving smooth classic rocks jams, sweet folk
lullabies, boot-stompin’ country rockers, and gritty blues porch
anthems into a seamless and powerful live show. |
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