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- 7/08/10
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We clocked another 10 hours at the awesome Fantasy Studios (Stevie Wonder and The Pretenders have recorded there) last weekend. We recorded new songs for the upcoming album called "Up Late," "Seeds," and "Rumbling."
Here's the studio we recorded in with our producers the Rondo Brothers and engineer Jesse Nicols: http://www.fantasystudios.com/studio-d.html Just a few more songs to go, and we can start fine-tuning and adding some more overdubs at the Rondos' studio.
xoxo, Loquat
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- 4/29/10
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Hey, just checking in to let you know that we're hard at work on the new Loquat album. We have a second batch of songs almost ready to record in the next month.
In the meantime, we have a couple shows coming up in SF and will be making plans to do a little touring in late summer/early fall. Next show is June 5 in SF (check out details to the right).
xoxo, Loquat
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- 3/06/10
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Hey all, so yesterday's first day of recording was superfun and a little exhausting. We were at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA for about 10 hours, but we managed to get the better part of four songs done. Now we'll take those songs and work on them some more in the Rondo Brothers' studio. That's when some of the fun production stuff will happen, and we'll do backup vocals, acoustic guitar, and a few other things.
Here are some photos from the day: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonysanfrancisco/sets/72157623567015358
And a great film maker by the name of Laura captured the day on video, so hopefully we'll have some of that to show everyone soon.
xoxo, Loquat
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- 1/12/10
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Happy New Year! Hope you're enjoying the new decade as much as we are. We are getting ready to start recording our third full-length album in the next couple months. We're working out all the arrangements and parts, so we'll be ready to hit the ground running. The first five songs are ready to go....
In case you missed it, here's a link to our song on MTV's Teen Mom, Episode 1. Our song "Harder Hit" comes in during the last couple minutes of the show: http://www.mtv.com/videos/teen-mom-ep1-looking-for-love/1627635/playlist.jhtml.
And our first show with our new guitarist, Chip, is coming up. We're playing the Noise Pop festival at Bottom of the Hill with Memory Tapes. You can get tickets here.
Love, Loquat
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- 9/23/09
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Hey! Check out our new video for "Big Key, Little Door," directed by Tuan Le and Jack Birmingham (rabbitwerks.com). It's a little trip down the rabbit hole in the everyday, ho-hum life of our protagonist. She's trying to figure out what the hell to do with her life, and she meets some interesting characters along the way.
See if you can find three references in the video to the song's Alice in Wonderland theme. The first two peeps to email us at loquatmusic@yahoo.com with three of the references will win a free CD.
Love, Loquat
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- 9/05/09
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Hello and happy Labor Day weekend.... Our summer merch sale ends after Labor Day: last chance to buy a t-shirt for $8. We're phasing out both the cherry-blossom and devil/angel designs to make way for a new design, so supplies are limited.
In other news, we'll be debuting our brand-new video for our song, "Big Key, Little Door," on Sept. 22. Directed by Tuan Le and Jack Birmingham, the story takes a couple bizarre trips down the rabbit hole....
Also, we're almost done writing songs for our upcoming third full-length album. Stay tuned for news on that in the coming months....
Love, Loquat
P.S. Thanks to all the Bay Area peeps for making us the SF Bay Guardian's Best of the Bay "Best Indie Act" this year.
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- 7/15/09
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Hey! Our song "Sit Sideways" was on Paris Hilton's My New BFF show on MTV last night!
See the episode here:
Our cameo is at 17:38. More news to come shortly....
Love, Loquat
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- 6/23/09
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Happy summer! We're in the midst of writing a new album, so we won't be playing shows for a minute, but we'll be back in action soon. In the meantime, check out our summer merch sale in the "Buy Stuff" section of the site.
We've got t-shirts for $8 (plus $2 shipping in the U.S.), and we have a very special reappearance of our long-lost 10-inch vinyl EP, Fall. It's a long story about how these last couple boxes were unearthed, but we have them (although we've already sold one box). When they're gone, they're gone.
Love, Loquat
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- 5/20/09
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Heeeeeey, so we're midway through our residency at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco, and it's been superfun. Tomorrow is a "locals only" show with venerable music icon Mark Eitzel (formerly of American Music Club) singing a couple songs with us. And SF bands The Union Trade and Aim Low Kid will open. Plus AmpLive from Zion-I will DJ, and Kernel Panik will do visuals for us again.
In other news, we finished shooting a video for "Big Key, Little Door," which is currently being edited. We'll debut the video sometime this summer. And also stay tuned for that Junior Sanchez remix, which is coming out next month on DJs Are Not Rockstars. They're just tweaking artwork for it now. And more to come....
Love, Loquat
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- 3/30/09
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Hi, we're back from SXSW, and we had an amazing time. Thanks to all who came to see us. For all you Bay Area peeps, coming up in May is our month-long residency at Cafe du Nord.
We're playing every Thursday, May 7, 14, 21, and 28, and every week will be different. We're reworking older songs, polishing up new ones, learning new covers, etc. We can't wait.
Also in the works are the release dates for the Junior Sanchez ("Harder Hit") and Amplive ("Sit Sideways") remixes. Looks like "Harder Hit" will be coming at the end of April, and "Sit Sideways" will be May. Kylee went to Amplive's studio (at Green Day's 880 complex) yesterday to add some new vocals to his mix.
In the next couple months, we'll be shooting new videos for two songs: "Sit Sideways" and "Big Key, Little Door." More on that in a bit.
And we're also writing our next album, so stay tuned for news on that.
Love, Loquat
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- 1/04/09
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Happy 2009! We've made some "Best of 2008" lists, as well as the latest issue of ReadyMade and a tour diary in Performer Magazine. Check it out:
Love, Loquat
