Building Rockets

It is my sad duty to report that our two shows next weekend, Friday the 12th at Tim & Terry’s, and Saturday the 13th at the Civic Media Center, will be the last shows with Scott on drums...

We are starting on a new record this month. As a warm-up, we recorded a cover of John Cage’s 4’33”. It’s a composite take: the first two parts (30” and 2’23”) were recorded at the main studio, but most of the third part (1’40”) was overdubbed later back at the house...

A quick announcement to let you know that we are playing this Friday at Tim & Terry’s. The Northernness go on first at 11pm, then we follow them. As always, the show is fre

Better late than never, I suppose: we have finally succeeded in getting the first episode of the Building Rockets podcast up and running. Click the little iPod to subscribe with iTunes, or point your podcast program to this: www.buildingrockets.com/podcasts/buildingrockets.xml. Enjoy!

The Slow News Day Video:

The Slow News Day Video:

We have a new song up on our myspace page called “Slow News Day”. Go have a lis

Only 20 days, 17 hours and 23 minutes as I type this until Obama becomes president, and on January 20, we will take the stage at Common Grounds to celebrate with our good friends Morningbell and The Good Land and a bunch of other folk...

The “Sam Heath Sings Colin Meloy” EP is done! It was recorded in my bedroom exclusively on acoustic instruments and will only be available at shows by request. In other words, it is free but will be made in limited quantit

Some minor website upgrades. There is now a nifty box on our main page that has links to our facebook page, our Myspace page, and to subscribe to this news feed as well as the fanclub listserv, over which we will be giving you news and free CDs. Hint hint.

We are recording a CD EP especially for the new year and the inauguration of our 44th president, Barack Obama. The best part is, it will be totally free! All you have to do is join our mailing list by sending a blank email to buildingrockets-subscribe@yahoogroups.com! We’ll even pay for shipping...

Due to scheduling conflicts, Building Rockets can’t play the show at 1982 tonight. We will, however, be performing at the Hawthorne Amphitheater at midnight. Lots of good bands, free keg...

We’ve added another show next Saturday night, so you can catch us either at 9:00 at the CMC Benefit at 1982 with Vincent Valentine, Civil War, and Shotgun Diplomacy, or at midnight at the Hawthorne Amphitheater with Paco, Electric Church, Rachael Miles, Four Forty One and Pilly Wete...

We have another free show this Friday, Sept. 19, at Tim and Terry’s. We will be following folk troubadour Lars Din, who is well worth checking out as wel

Tonight’s the night! We will be going onstage around midnight at Tim and Terry’s...

You can now “become a fan” of Building Rockets on facebook! We’ll keep it up-to-date with stuff and whatnot. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Building-Rockets/20941