We've done it again boys.
We've eaten a whole 'nother year up and are about do the same dang thing to this dang one.
Just wanna say. Thanks.
We really appreciate how much this year has been so much more different and bigger and crazier than last year. What a gift a true true gift, and we couldn't've done it without every single person who bore witness to whatever it is we're doing.
Whether you came to shows or looked at our three videos or went on soundclown or dis blawg or bought tapes?? or CDs????? or a sock? ?? ? ? we couldn't be more grateful for your support. While being percieved makes us uncomfortable, we do know really truly how much it means just that you put yr pants on (or didn't) and showed up for us. God bless.
We're also making a big grinnin' shout out to every band we played with. To all those incredibly talented, thoughtful, ambitious bands we played with in 2023, we appreciate the risk you took puttin' known stinkers like us on a bill with you (and boy did we stink up the place) but in the end it paid off because we're all best friends now and made one bagillion dollars from door.
We also couldn't be more prouder of ourselves in OR out of the fruitbasket. Some of us went to school for The Brady Bunch. Some whiteknuckled. Some got very thirsty and cut up paper. Others played ☆. *☆˚Tennisﾟ✧･☆. Some fruits had too many speakers. Even more still cried in the middle of nowhere! Go us for doing that crazy little thing called love. And heck! Finally, some music!!!
Here's to 2024! May it whack you right upside th' 'ead!!
- fruitleather
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ohandhere'sourlistoffavoritesoundsweexperiencedlastyearreadysetgo!
Godcaster @ sxsw
The Cure @ Riot Fest
Kim Gordon @ Empty Bottle
Disco Doom, and ovlov @ Sleeping Village
Modest Mouse @ Salt Shed
Black Midi @ The Basement East Nashville
Chaepter, Sick Day, and Friko (Solo) @ Church of the Cat
The Microphones @ Old Town School of Folk Music
Hemlock Final Full Band Show @ Flying Oskos(?)
The Zombies @ sxsw
Brody Price @ sxsw (in a convenience store)
Neptune's Core @ Schubas
The Courts @ Reggies
Big Freedia @ Tipitinas
R.A.M. @ Somewhere on Frenchman St.
Machine Drum @ Joes on Weed
Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ Radius
Astrobrite, The Courts, and Cairo Jag @ Sleeping Village
L'Rain @ Cole's Bar
Todd Terje @ smart bar
RP Boo @ smart bar
Lia Kohl @ Color Club
Etran de L'Air @ Constellation
Godcaster and Neptune's Core @ Cactus Club ( + whoever tha FUVCK was playing heavy shit across the street)
Sarah Weddle @ Lincoln Hall
Sunglow @ Archies
Devon Gates, Kaleigh Wilder, and Lily Finnegan @ Hungry Brain
Anoushka Shankar @ Symphony Center
Morinda @ Record Breakers
Tokyo Disco Night @ Sleeping Village
Phantom Broadcast @ Beat Kitchen
Ira Glass @ Record Breakers
Precocious Neophyte, Jyonson Tsu, and Blood Hype @ Cafe Moustache
Kiwi Fruit @ Underground Lounge
Udababy @ Golden Dagger
Brian! @ Golden Dagger
Moshun @ Easy Does It
Preston Klik @ The Horatio N. May Chapel in Rosehill Cemetery
Francisco Mela @ Experimental Sound Studio
Rai Omri @ Steve's Guitars
Dance Chance August @ The Hyde Park Cultural Center
Ar1ada3, Harley Omega, Aeri, Alaska Jules, and dumbn0b @ Alice's
Acid Mothers Temple @ Empty Bottle
Sunny War and Marvin Tate @ Judson and Moore
Joyfriend (ft. Chaepter) and Creaturefight @ Empty Bottle
Astrobrite @ Sleeping Village
Oruã and Cairo Jag @ Square Cat Vinyl
Melaina Kol @ Empty Bliss
Harvey Waters @ Sleeping Village
Spicetown Open Mic @ Cole's Bar
Friko @ Empty Bottle
Lifeguard @ Thalia Hall
llo llo @ Schubas
Plastic @ Hideout
Stalled @ Cole's Bar
Garrett Frank w/ Trenton Frank @ The Forest
Friko @ The Attic
Lifeguard @ Record Breakers
NYE :3
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- The Smile
- Jockstrap
- Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul
- Alvvays
- Koffee
- Killer Mike
- Leikeli47
- Lucrecia Dalt