Summer/Fall tour dates.

bottomless pit saturday, july 31 – wavelength festival – three oaks, mi with robbie fulks, freakwater, archer prewitt saturday, september 18 – depaul university – chicago, il with bear claw and the bismark friday, november 5 – the hideout – chicago, il with black helicopter saturday, november 6 – tba – milwaukee, wi with black…More

February/March/April tour dates.

bottomless pit monday, april 19 – schuba’s – chicago, il with monotonix obits tuesday, february 23 – theaterkeller – gottingen, ger wednesday, february 24 – the great rang teng teng – frieburg, ger thursday, february 25 – l’emile vache – metz, fr friday, february 26 – milk club – genova, it saturday, february 27 –…More

Obits on Jimmy Fallon.

Obits were the musical guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC yesterday. Watch them perform “Fake Kinkade” from their excellent Sub Pop album “I Blame You.”

October/November tour dates.

bottomless pit saturday, november 14 – the hideout – chicago, il with karl hendricks trio karl hendricks trio thursday, november 5 – howlers – pittsburgh, pa with the kyle sowashes thursday, november 12 – the treehouse – columbus, oh with the kyle sowashes friday, november 13 – the bishop – bloomington, in with the kyle…More

Comedy Minus One – News for July 2009.

Good people of the Internet, Hello again from Comedy Minus One, an independent record label. Just because we haven’t been in touch for six months doesn’t mean we haven’t been thinking about you.

Obits’ second single coming in July!

NEW YORK – Stint Records #ST-72, Obits’ generous offering for Record Store Day: “I Can’t Lose” b/w “Military Madness.” Two songs for future children to sing. Children will be conceived just to give a voice to these tunes. If you were too poor or too high to buy Obits’ genius first single, here’s your chance.…More

Some (updated) 2009 tour dates.

bottomless pit saturday, june 28 – schuba’s – chicago, il with the poison arrows obits tuesday may 19 – the blue lamp – sacramento, ca wednesday may 20 – bottom of the hill – san francisco, ca thursday may 21 – cellar door – visalia, ca friday may 22 – spaceland – los angeles, ca…More

Obits single repress in stock.

After a long delay, the debut Obits single is back in stock. As you can see above, this second pressing has silver and blue ink on the label and comes in a silver/black sleeve, which are different colors than the first edition. Click here to order.

Year-start link wrap-up, now with no video.

Thought the year-end link dump would be enough, but then they just kept coming. Matthew from Late Night Wallflower places the Obits 7″ in his Best of 2008. Illinois Entertainer has the Bottomless Pit debut “Hammer of the Gods” in their Top 5 “Local Albums” of 2008. Skyscraper Ballet gives a nod to Bottomless Pit’s…More