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Monday, June 2, 2008

Wednesday Reminder

Bzzzz.... Sorry to bother you, but this is your Redcoats alarm, reminding you that we are playing Wednesday evening at Smith's Olde Bar with Renegade Jane and The Kin (who hail from Australia). Let's just hope tonight's show will be as fun as the last time we played with Aussie bands...(think WAY back).




We've also added another Atlanta show. This one should be fun: @ Vinyl with uber indie talents, Ski Club, and Atlanta rock veterans, Modern Society. Check back soon for more shows!

-Wednesday, June 4th : Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta w/ Renegade Jane and Australia’s The Kin
-Friday, June 20th : The Arch, Athens Athfest
-Thursday, July 3rd : The Earl, East Atlanta w/ Rantings of Eva
-Thursday, July 17th : Star Bar, Little Five Points Big Trouble in Little 5 Points One Year Anniversary Party
-Saturday, July 26th : Vinyl, Atlanta w/ Ski Club and Modern Society

Monday, May 26, 2008

New Shows

Hello everybody. Hope all had a lovely holiday weekend. Here's an update on new show dates for the band, just to give your weekend that happy ending we all long for. You're welcome:

-Wednesday, June 4th : Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta w/ Renegade Jane and Australia’s The Kin
-Friday, June 20th : The Arch, Athens Athfest
-Thursday, July 3rd : The Earl, East Atlanta
-Thursday, July 17th : Star Bar, Little Five Points Big Trouble in Little 5 Points One Year Anniversary Party

...and just in case that tidbit didn't completely satisfy you, here's some more pics from 500 Songs for Kids. Sorry Beau...




Toodles!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Catch Up Time

After the Redcoats most interesting run of shows:

-being the only retro pop act on an other wise rap-rock bill
-Monday night show in Athens with the Whigs and Modern Skirts in attendance
-first acoustic gig
-random bouts with gout
-etc.

...we ended it in the most awkward way possible. Covering Biz Markie. With Beau rapping. Wearing a 17/18th century style wig and genuine authentic redcoats. Brilliant. Anyways '500 Songs For Kids' went over very well, with big help from a receptive and boisterous audience. I wish we had a picture of Beau, because I doubt he will be brave enough to try that again. But pictures of Hoffman are always crowd pleasers, so here ya go!















Anyhoo, stay tuned for more info on upcoming shows and new recordings. Til then...

Thursday, April 10, 2008

New Shows

Mark your calenders kiddies! Friday April 25th at the Loft (off of West Peachtree and 17th St in Atlanta), we'll be playing our first all ages show with old pals, Heavy Mojo. Doors open at 8 PM. Tickets are $12 at the door and $10 in advance.

Here's a full listing of upcoming dates. For more info, check our myspace.

-Friday, April 25th : The Loft w/ Heavy Mojo
-Monday, April 28th : Tasty World-Upstairs
-Thursday, May 1st : P'Cheen (Acoustic Set)
-Saturday, May 10th : Smith's Old Bar 500 Songs For Kids

Monday, April 7, 2008

Friday Recap And Other Goodies

Big thanks to everyone who made it out to the Earl on Friday night. It was a lovely evening of music from start to finish. Ponderosa got things kicked off with a spot on performance of their southern brewed rock'n'roll, and Tentonic ended the show with a quality set of their brit inspired tunes.

It was definitely our most enjoyable and satisfying set to date, and the reception from the crowd during and after the show took everyone by surprise, so thanks once again.


Here's some other tidbits of info to keep your interest perked for the moment:

-Our web guru, John, and his lovely assistant taped our set and will be putting together some footage for us to post at a date to be determined.

-As some of you may have noticed, we ended up streaming Friday's set live. We're investigating our options with doing more live casts of shows, etc. Any future casts will be announced ahead of time here and through our mailing list

-Speaking of which... anyone interested in joining our mailing list, please email us at theredcoatsband@gmail.com. Put "mailing list" in the subject and leave your name and email of choice.

-Stay tuned for info on our possible involvement with the latest installment of 500 Songs For Kids, and other upcoming shows

-Check out our myspace page for our current 3 song demo. These were produced by Jake Sinclair from The Films and engineered by Ryan McDougall. Free CDs of said recordings are available at any local shows that happen to include the Redcoats.


Until then...keep checking in and tell your friends!

Friday, March 28, 2008

Getting Connected

Ok, here it goes... Welcome our blog. It's visual aspects are still a work in progress but the content starts, NOW!

First:
We're playing a show at The Earl, in Downtown East Atlanta on Friday April 4th with Tentonic and Ponderosa. If you want to get tickets ahead of time here's the link. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Until there's a calender and some tunes up here, you should head on over to our myspace to listen to some of our music and keep track of upcoming shows.

Second: This is where we will be keeping a centralized update of all things pertaining to the band and we'll try to regularly upload lots of media for your consumption and enjoyment. You may want to bookmark the blog now or subscribe to RSS/Atom feeds to get updates delivered right to your screen as we post them. I know it currently looks a little bare but it will look nice and pretty very soon.

We will be using some of the best social media tools available (ie. twitter, friendfeed, youtube and more) to bring you content and updates as they happen, not after. Don’t worry if you not savvy with all the Web 2.0 goodies. You can still keep up to date on our myspace, but just in case you start feeling left out here are some quick and easy videos that will fill you in and send you in the right direction to keep up with all of our activities online from here on in.




I hope these videos help to clear things up a bit. If you have any questions (or ideas) about the tech stuff please email theredcoatsband+tech@gmail.com

Stay tuned!

Monday, March 24, 2008

In Construction

We promise it will be worth the wait!

In the mean time check us out here on Myspace . Also you should subscribe to our RSS/Atom feed to get notifications whenever we post new content.

- The Redcoats