Amnesia Haze LP listening party
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Thursday Oct. 5 9:30 OM
Cafe Mustache 2313 N. Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL.
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Join the Velcro Lewis Group as we celebrate the release of our 5th full album, AMNESIA HAZE.
We'll be dropping the needle on side A sometime between 9:30 and 10.
The whole damn band will be there offering unsolicited fashion advice, judging your bf, carrying on about Deep Purple/Missy Elliot/Xymox/Eddie Hazel, etc. it'll be great!
We'll have LPs on hand for purchase & some other b.s.
See you there!
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Monday, September 25, 2017
AMNESIA HAZE! PRE-ORDER NOW!
-.-.-.-.-.Listen to "CASTLES WILL FALL" from our upcoming record -.-.-.-.-.
Our newest LP, Amnesia Haze, is available for pre-order.
Street date 10/6/17 Safety Meeting Records. Tell your local record store that they'd be doing everyone a solid by carrying VLG stuff. We're certain that they'd agree.
GO HERE to order now and sweat it out until the release date.
Here's what you need to know...
On their 5th full length album, Amnesia Haze, the group set out to deal with some serious shit. The band entered the studio 2 days after the Presidential election. With disgust and uncertainty driving the session the lyrics had changed and the performances intensified. What was once abstractly political had become unapologetically direct. Racial violence, gun violence, police violence, street harassment, xenophobia, fascism, feminism, every point of rage and discourse the country was feeling. Patriarchal Reptile, a free-noise piece voiced by Theremin player Alison Hunger, was recorded and added to the album last minute as a response to the thin-skinned gynophobiac set to lead our country. Amnesia Haze is a cry for unity and awakening from a band sick of fucking around.
Our newest LP, Amnesia Haze, is available for pre-order.
Street date 10/6/17 Safety Meeting Records. Tell your local record store that they'd be doing everyone a solid by carrying VLG stuff. We're certain that they'd agree.
GO HERE to order now and sweat it out until the release date.
Here's what you need to know...
On their 5th full length album, Amnesia Haze, the group set out to deal with some serious shit. The band entered the studio 2 days after the Presidential election. With disgust and uncertainty driving the session the lyrics had changed and the performances intensified. What was once abstractly political had become unapologetically direct. Racial violence, gun violence, police violence, street harassment, xenophobia, fascism, feminism, every point of rage and discourse the country was feeling. Patriarchal Reptile, a free-noise piece voiced by Theremin player Alison Hunger, was recorded and added to the album last minute as a response to the thin-skinned gynophobiac set to lead our country. Amnesia Haze is a cry for unity and awakening from a band sick of fucking around.
-----------GUESS WHAT ELSE!!!--------------
We'd like to introduce to you our brand new drummer, Ascension 'Izzy' Price!
You may know Izzy from drumming in the Phone Calls, Die Time, Disrobe, and as the leader of get Up With The Get Downs. And as sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
our songwriting has intensified and the jams rival the atom-splitting power of Sern Labs. Welcome to the cult, Izzy!
-----------GUESS WHAT ELSE!!--------
We're opening for NIK TURNER'S HAWKWEED on 10/23 at Reggie's in Chicago!
Get your tickets HERE as soon as you can!
That is all for now.
Stay safe, lock arms, and tell them all to fuck off...
VELCRO LEWIS GROUP
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
An Inauguration Day Message....
FREE / PATRIARCHAL REPTILE
On Martin Luther King, Jr., day we commemorate the Presidential Inauguration of Donald J. Trump and the Women’s March on Washington, D.C. by streaming 2 new songs by the Velcro Lewis Group.
The future-funk anthem, “Free”, calls out Trump and the blood thirsty racists that love him. “Patriarchal Reptile” is an abrasive feminist rant aimed at the puny pussy-grabbers who’s superiority complexes mask their true fear; women.
As the Trump regime begins to dig its disease-ridden claws into our nation’s freedom many of us fear for our health and safety. The Republican agenda has been crafted to oppress the rights of black and brown people, women, LGBT, and the disabled. The rest of the country will become collateral damage while the GOP scorches the Earth. Before the eminent war on art begins and freedom of speech becomes a punchline the Velcro Lewis Group wanted to tell you something: The partys over. Now is not the time to stay in bed. Now is not the time to cry. It is time to call out every enemy that threatens our country. Mitch McConnell & Paul Ryan, the NRA & the MRA, and every bastard in-between - we’re going to hold your feet to the fire until you listen or someday you'll fall into the flames.
JAMMING THE TRUMP AGENDA
The Trump agenda and the policies it embraces are now a horrifying reality, one that poses serious threats to the planet and millions of Americans...especially women, immigrants, refugees, all people of color, indigenous people, Muslims, LGBTQ Americans, and many others. That's why we've chosen to put together this phenomenal compilation of music from an enormo-array of BBiB artists, all who've provided a really wonderful, rare piece of music. All proceeds from this compilation will go to two organizations, the ACLU and Sierra Club, as they tirelessly fight for the rights of all walks of life and the future of the planet.
On Martin Luther King, Jr., day we commemorate the Presidential Inauguration of Donald J. Trump and the Women’s March on Washington, D.C. by streaming 2 new songs by the Velcro Lewis Group.
The future-funk anthem, “Free”, calls out Trump and the blood thirsty racists that love him. “Patriarchal Reptile” is an abrasive feminist rant aimed at the puny pussy-grabbers who’s superiority complexes mask their true fear; women.
As the Trump regime begins to dig its disease-ridden claws into our nation’s freedom many of us fear for our health and safety. The Republican agenda has been crafted to oppress the rights of black and brown people, women, LGBT, and the disabled. The rest of the country will become collateral damage while the GOP scorches the Earth. Before the eminent war on art begins and freedom of speech becomes a punchline the Velcro Lewis Group wanted to tell you something: The partys over. Now is not the time to stay in bed. Now is not the time to cry. It is time to call out every enemy that threatens our country. Mitch McConnell & Paul Ryan, the NRA & the MRA, and every bastard in-between - we’re going to hold your feet to the fire until you listen or someday you'll fall into the flames.
JAMMING THE TRUMP AGENDA
The Trump agenda and the policies it embraces are now a horrifying reality, one that poses serious threats to the planet and millions of Americans...especially women, immigrants, refugees, all people of color, indigenous people, Muslims, LGBTQ Americans, and many others. That's why we've chosen to put together this phenomenal compilation of music from an enormo-array of BBiB artists, all who've provided a really wonderful, rare piece of music. All proceeds from this compilation will go to two organizations, the ACLU and Sierra Club, as they tirelessly fight for the rights of all walks of life and the future of the planet.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
"Bernadette" featured on Showtime's Shameless
For yo' Super Bowl after-party...
Our song, Bernadette, will be featured on an episode of Shameless 2/7 on Showtime 9 ET.
William H. Macy might be drunk but most likely swearing on screen while the cut plays.
Get yourself a copy of the Bernadette 45 from Eye Vybe Records, a copy of our album "Open The Sky" from Beyond Beyond Is Beyond, and the digital tracks from iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp...
See ya on the TV!
Our song, Bernadette, will be featured on an episode of Shameless 2/7 on Showtime 9 ET.
William H. Macy might be drunk but most likely swearing on screen while the cut plays.
Get yourself a copy of the Bernadette 45 from Eye Vybe Records, a copy of our album "Open The Sky" from Beyond Beyond Is Beyond, and the digital tracks from iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp...
See ya on the TV!
Saturday, October 17, 2015
UPCOMING SHOWS!
10/22 - URLINGTON CHICAGO
PROTOVULCAN "STAKES IS LOW" RELEASE PARTY!
VELCRO LEWIS GROUP
PROTOVULCAN
WEREWHEELS
9PM
Read write-up in Chicago Reader
11/5 RED LINE TAP - CHICAGO
WHITE HILLS )NYC/THRILL JOKEY RECORDS)
VELCRO LEWIS GROUP
9PM
TICKETS HERE
PROTOVULCAN "STAKES IS LOW" RELEASE PARTY!
VELCRO LEWIS GROUP
PROTOVULCAN
WEREWHEELS
9PM
Read write-up in Chicago Reader
11/5 RED LINE TAP - CHICAGO
WHITE HILLS )NYC/THRILL JOKEY RECORDS)
VELCRO LEWIS GROUP
9PM
TICKETS HERE
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
SEISMIC ALPHABET - new album by John Forbes and Velcro Lewis Group
What would it be like if the Velcro Lewis Group & John Vernon Forbes made a record in just one day?
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
John Forbes & Velcro Lewis Group - 'Tears Are Gone' Single & Video
Velcro Lewis Group made a record with John Vernon Forbes.
It was written and recorded on January 15,2015.
The first single is "Tears Are Gone."
The video was made by Suzy Mae.
Ok, those are the facts, now here's the truth...
We went into the studio to jam out some ideas for the next Velcro Lewis Group album.
Forbes was hanging out at Frogg Mountain smoking tea and tuning an electric piano with a ball peen.
Since we didn't want to kick him out (he is our buddy) we asked him to join us in our session.
The result is "Seismic Alphabet", 8 songs, 45 minutes long.
You know some folks use ALL the parts of the pig? Bacon, ham, feet, snout scrapple?
Well, we used every damn part of this session on this record.
Basically, all the songs were written on the spot with a little bit of overdubbing after the fact.
This album will show just how we operate.
We jam, give Hawk a mic while he drums, Velcro comes up with some silly theme for the jam and there's your cookie.
Seismic Alphabet will be released in July! CDS, tapes, download, VHS...
We had fun making it, you'll have fun sitting around and listening to it.
Advanced copies of Seismic Alphabet will be available for sale at PRFBBQ 6/19-21.
The band performs their PRF set 6/19 at Quencher's Saloon in Chicago.
It was written and recorded on January 15,2015.
The first single is "Tears Are Gone."
The video was made by Suzy Mae.
Ok, those are the facts, now here's the truth...
We went into the studio to jam out some ideas for the next Velcro Lewis Group album.
Forbes was hanging out at Frogg Mountain smoking tea and tuning an electric piano with a ball peen.
Since we didn't want to kick him out (he is our buddy) we asked him to join us in our session.
The result is "Seismic Alphabet", 8 songs, 45 minutes long.
You know some folks use ALL the parts of the pig? Bacon, ham, feet, snout scrapple?
Well, we used every damn part of this session on this record.
Basically, all the songs were written on the spot with a little bit of overdubbing after the fact.
This album will show just how we operate.
We jam, give Hawk a mic while he drums, Velcro comes up with some silly theme for the jam and there's your cookie.
Seismic Alphabet will be released in July! CDS, tapes, download, VHS...
We had fun making it, you'll have fun sitting around and listening to it.
Advanced copies of Seismic Alphabet will be available for sale at PRFBBQ 6/19-21.
The band performs their PRF set 6/19 at Quencher's Saloon in Chicago.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Daytrotter!
We recorded our second session for Daytrotter.
This session was recorded by Ian Harris and features Ali Hunger on the Big Briar Theremin.
This session includes 3 never recorded songs:
The Rolling Tide, Peccadilloes, and Start A Fire as well as a crushing version of No Dream. It's even more End Timier than the LP version.
Give it a listen!
Friday, April 3, 2015
Velcro Lewis Group - They're Having A Party (official video)
Our video for THEY'RE HAVING A PARTY has been nominated for best music video in this year's CIMMFest.
The screening will be April 17 at the Society for the Arts.
The program will begin at 10:45. Tickets are available at CIMMFest website.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Jingle Jangle Morning Remix Party!
Everyone loves a remix.
Whether its the extended club-dub 12 inch mix of Shannon’s “Let
The Music Play” to the first ever mash-up,
“Rebel Without A Pause”, by The Evolution Control Committee, most weirdoes
agree that remixes are fun. We hear at the Velcro Lewis Group could take ‘em or
leave ‘em but we are intrigued by prospective madness our fans could create if
given the right tools and a little encouragement.
In September, the Velcro
Lewis Group released the single, “Jingle Jangle Morning.” The song has been a
staple of the band’s live performance for years and honestly, we’re getting
kind of bored with it. So, now seems like the perfect time to host a re-mix
party!. Let’s breathe some new life into this jam.
“Sounds fun, right?”
“Sure.”
We’ve made it easy to create your
own mix of “Jingle Jangle Morning.”
Send an email HERE and
we’ll send you a link to download the file folder. We will also send some words
of encouragement to help you define your mix. Something like: “Rufus Thomas
playing tennis in a spacesuit” or “High tea with a man-sized cockroach.” It’ll
be your choice to follow our lead or not.
Once you’ve downloaded the
folder:
· Import each track into your favorite DAW (Pro Tools,
Logic, Ableton, Tascam Portal, Audacity, etc).
· Align the tracks and have at it!
· Do WHATEVER you want with the content, we don’t care.
· There are many ingredients to this mix so the
possibilities are endless.
- Mash it up
- Add your own vocals or guitars
- Rap over it
- Dub-step it (whatever that means)
- Mix it better than Velcro did for the original
- Work on it with your Gramma
- Whatever
We will create a digital album that will feature everyone’s mix (yes every single mix) and make it
available for free download.
Deadline for
submissions is April 5, 2015. (soft deadline)
Remix Party Preview
Don't worry, here's the original version...
And the commercial for the song...
Don't worry, here's the original version...
And the commercial for the song...
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Friday, January 16, 2015
Theme Song To "Now What?"(CW pilot)
When we were asked to write the theme to a new television pilot we didn’t know what to think.
All the we knew was that it was called, “NOW WHAT?” and that it was a sit-com featuring Jeremy Piven. The good people at the CW called us Thursday afternoon (Jan 15/last night) and wanted a demo by this afternoon (Friday Jan 16). So we spent 6 minutes on it and here’s what we came up with…
Just 6 minutes after we submitted the song to the producer of the show we received this response:
-----Start Forwarded Message----------
Dear Velcro,
Thank you for the quick turnaround, however, coa ihouhf oihvhv 4345t v ojnsf kvgrn!???
Nhhb:Ljh;kbbhlkjKjbb?
I mean, nbidusuf ihvjshdfv ldfnfhkmlv 576785.
Sincerely,
Gina Morona
Diet of Diamonds Productions
Los Angeles, CA.
_______________________
So.... goodbye, Hollywood.
Download is free!
Monday, December 29, 2014
Whirlwind Music Video
We've launched a collaborative video project!
We jam all the time, endless hours of great material. Some of it too long, some of it too short, all of it outstanding.
In order to justify the release of these jams and to make it seem a little less self-indulgent, we've invited some of our favorite video artists to pair some image to our sounds.
First up we have "Whirlwind".
Frank Pollard made the video.
The band recorded the jam on December 11, 2014. Each jam will be recorded and composed live on the spot with as little overdubbing as possible (sometimes you've just got to add the vocoder after the fact. The jam sessions are recorded at Frogg Mountain Studios by John Forbes and Velcro Lewis.
We encourage everyone to turn the volume down on our videos and add your own soundtrack. Play Donnie Iris over it or something. The Magic Box always works!
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
This Ain't No Quiet Storm -or- Upcoming SHows
SHOWS!
11/21
Chicago, IL.
Cobra Lounge 9pm 21+
Velcro Lewis Group
Bionic Caveman
Thee Arthur Layne
rsvp here
11/28
CHicago, IL.
Empty Bottle 9pm 21+
Good Vybes Fest 2
Travers and Velcro DJ the Eye Vybe Records music festival
rsvp here
11/29
Rock Island, IL
Rozz-Tox QC 21+ 8pm
Just Let Go DJs
Velcro Lewis Group
Quad Cities Funk Party!
rsvp here
That's all we've got til next year!
11/21
Chicago, IL.
Cobra Lounge 9pm 21+
Velcro Lewis Group
Bionic Caveman
Thee Arthur Layne
rsvp here
11/28
CHicago, IL.
Empty Bottle 9pm 21+
Good Vybes Fest 2
Travers and Velcro DJ the Eye Vybe Records music festival
rsvp here
11/29
Rock Island, IL
Rozz-Tox QC 21+ 8pm
Just Let Go DJs
Velcro Lewis Group
Quad Cities Funk Party!
rsvp here
That's all we've got til next year!
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
They're having A Party Video!
Watch the music video for They're Having A Party.
Make it a point to get free this weekend.
Cool?
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Upcoming Shows
SHOWS!
10/11 - Kenosha, WI
Handlebars & Bars presents….
Ride of The Living Dead 2014
Its a pub crawl but on bikes!
Cookout starts at noon over at Sir Arthurs 3501 14th Ave.
6 total stops, 5 hot bands, 1,000,000 beers!
FoWlMoUtH, The Columbines, The Royal Pines , Tigernite, Velcro Lewis Group
(not necessarily in that order)
RSVP
MUSIC VIDEO SCREENING PARTY!
10/29 Chicago, IL. @ Space Oddities
A party to celebrate the release of our music video for They're Having A Party!
More info soon
11/21 CHicago, IL Cobra Lounge
Velcro Lews Group
Bionic Caveman
Thee Arthur Layne
11/28 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Members of VLG will be DJing the Good Vybes Fest!
10/11 - Kenosha, WI
Handlebars & Bars presents….
Ride of The Living Dead 2014
Its a pub crawl but on bikes!
Cookout starts at noon over at Sir Arthurs 3501 14th Ave.
6 total stops, 5 hot bands, 1,000,000 beers!
FoWlMoUtH, The Columbines, The Royal Pines , Tigernite, Velcro Lewis Group
(not necessarily in that order)
RSVP
MUSIC VIDEO SCREENING PARTY!
10/29 Chicago, IL. @ Space Oddities
A party to celebrate the release of our music video for They're Having A Party!
More info soon
11/21 CHicago, IL Cobra Lounge
Velcro Lews Group
Bionic Caveman
Thee Arthur Layne
11/28 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Members of VLG will be DJing the Good Vybes Fest!
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Jingle Jangle Morning is out now!
Also available from Amazon Mp3, iTunes, Emusic, Rhapsody, Google Play, Spotify, etc.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
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