Introducing Obits!

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The time has come to meet Obits.

They’re four men from Brooklyn.

More specifically, Obits are: Rick Froberg, Scott Gursky, Sohrab Habibion and Greg Simpson.

Former members of Hot Snakes, Edsel, Drive Like Jehu, Kids For Cash and Shortstack.

Before their debut full-length is released on Sub Pop in the first third of 2009, the band will be putting out two singles, both of which will be made available digitally by Comedy Minus One.

The first of these 7″s, coming December 8th, is “One Cross Apiece” / “Put It In Writing” - two absolute scorchers.

1. Preview the a-side now by clicking above.

2. Pre-order a physical copy of the record in November.

3. Receive the vinyl in early December.

4. Repeat these steps in February with the second Obits single.

Bottomless Pit “Congress” 12″s finally here.

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After a far-too-long wait, physical copies of the new Bottomless Pit 12″ “Congress” are now available in the Comedy Minus One store. Those of you who placed advance orders will have your records mailed later today. Thank you for your patience and sorry about the delay. Listen to the song “Fish Eyes” above.

Bottomless Pit live at Knitting Factory.

Was tipped to these two clips from Bottomless Pit’s show last weekend at Knitting Factory in New York. The one above these words is of “Dead Man’s Blues.”

The embedded video below where I am typing is the set-closing “Human Out Of Me.”

What a bargain.

Remarkable. For a starting bid of just fifty cents, you can apparently pay for a creased Bottomless Pit “Hammer of the Gods” poster that we’d have sent you for free had you just asked.

I’m not one to tell you how to spend your money, but…

Bottomless Pit live on KEXP.

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Bottomless Pit played two songs on KEXP this afternoon (”Dogtag” and “Winterwind”) as part of the Live From Chicago series.

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The Karl Hendricks Trio’s “A Gesture Of Kindness” now available.

Our 11th release in the past nine months has entered the fancy digital portals. The Karl Hendricks Trio’s “A Gesture Of Kindness,” pictured above with ace cover art by Chris Ware, is now available on all major download services, including iTunes, eMusic and Rhapsody.

Worlds collide.

While on tour in Los Angeles last month supporting “The Hann-Byrd Ep”, Oxford Collapse had the good fortune to meet the record’s namesake, actor / statesman Adam Hann-Byrd.

Jumanji!

CMO Muxtape 1.0

Because all the young people are doing it, we made our own muxtape - featuring one song from each Comedy Minus One release.

Hopefully we’ll be able to fill in that 12th track soon…

Bottomless Pit performs “The Cardinal Movements.”

Live at the 2008 Villette Sonique Festival in Paris.

Hello, Internet.

This is the Comedy Minus One blog. It is a work in progress.

Jon Solomon / Comedy Minus One