Author Archives: Faiz

25. Lake of Fake

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Faiz

Ahoy! Small Awesome is pleased to announce our first vinyl appearance on the Lake of Fake compilation Q6. Lake of Fake PRF Quarter 6 is a six song EP released on 45rpm vinyl. The EP is part of an eight … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

24. Reelsounds

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Faiz

Hey! We recorded nine songs at Reelsounds in Skokie with Mouse and Matt.  It was tremendous.  Still exhausted and exhilarated, but here’s batch one of our photos:

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

23. 35:35

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Faiz

Ahoy! We are recording a new record.  It will also be called Still Awesome. I put together this 35:35 playlist of some things we’ve had knocking around, and thought you might enjoy it. Plays well in a loop, and you … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

22. Get Caffeinated

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Faiz

SO… Our amazing friends / Caffeinated Recordings (we recorded Still Awesome there, and they’ve done pretty much all of our live footage) got royally screwed by a busted pipe and flooding: They’re covered by insurance, but they lost a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

21. Twelves

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Faiz

Schuba’s was a blast! Our most fluid set yet. Thanks to Mike Armstrong out of Bric-A-Brac for the show and the photo below. ************************* Greetings! We’re having our annual Dec 12th rehearsal etc. and are sitting on 21 new songs, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

20. Live Wire

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Faiz

Live Wire was great. Sorry if you missed it! at the end of Five-Eight’s set, there was a special thing that happened: Tim Midyett and Andy Cohen out of Silkworm and Bottomless Pit with Patrick Ferguson, Mike Mantione and Sean … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

19. Tails Out

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Faiz

This is a portion of the song we wrote in loving memory of John Grabski III. It is called “Apparitions”, and was recorded by Beth Wiedner @ the Metropolis Coffee Co. warehouse. Sound by Jeff Fox, event courtesy of Bike … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

18. the Jury is In

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Faiz

The fine folks at Pocket Jury in the UK just reviewed our twinned EPs in anticipation of the vinyl release of Still Awesome. It is lengthy and thorough and you can read it here.  An excerpt: “Unsurprisingly, their debut album … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

17. Rock Always Wins

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Faiz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcbox8l5mvo PRF BBQ 2012 kicks off Thursday June 28th We’re only a week away from our eighth four-day music, food and art extravaganza, the PRF BBQ. Our Annual/Semi-Annual celebration of the underground music and art D.I.Y. community that is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

16. They Shoot Horses

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Faiz

Band photo by the brilliant Mr. King styled after the lovely photo of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. More about that here.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment