Rise Records label mates Make Do and Mend (Hartford, CT) and Cheap Girls (Lansing, MI) are teaming up for a spring co-headline tour with support from Diamond Youth (Baltimore, MD) starting May 17 in Brooklyn, NY. The tour runs through June 16, winding down in Cambridge, MA. Make Do and Mend’s latest LP All That [...]
Lansing, Michigan trio Cheap Girls, an authentic Midwestern rock/punk crossover in the vein of the The Replacements, Soul Asylum and Sugar, released their full length, Giant Orange, which was recorded with Against Me!’s Laura Grace earlier this year. Their first full-length for Rise Records, Giant Orange marks the follow-up to the band’s celebrated 2009 LP, [...]
Cheap Girls (Rise Records) have announced a fall tour with the Front Bottoms. Oct 12 / Grand Rapids, MI at the Pyramid Scheme * Oct 13 / Lansing, MI at Mac’s Bar * Oct 14 / Toronto, ON at the Horseshoe * Oct 16 / Hamilton, ON at the Casbah * Oct 17 / Montreal, [...]
The Sidekicks have covered Cheap Girls’ “Communication Blues.” Here is the link: http://www.altpress.com/aptv/video/premiere_the_sidekicks_communication_blues_cheap_girls
Cheap Girls have posted a video of their acoustic cover of The Menzingers live staple, “Irish Goodbyes.” The song was an exclusive recording for the Run For Cover Records compilation, Mixed Signals. Find the video here.
Laura Stevenson and the Cans have announced dates for a tour of the US and western Canada in support of their latest album, Sit Resist. Here they are: DATE CITY VENUE Feb 27 Ithaca, NY The Space at Greenstar Feb 28 Buffalo, NY The Funeral Home Feb 29 Lansing, MI Mac’s Bar Mar 1 [...]
The Menzingers will be hitting the road this March in support of their new album, On the Impossible Past—available February 21 via Epitaph Records. Joining them for their US tour will be Cheap Girls and The Sidekicks to support their upcoming albums, Giant Orange and Awkward Breeds—also available Feb. 21 via Rise and Red Scare/Really [...]
Against Me! have begun tracking for band’s next full length. It will be the band’s first for Total Treble Music and with drummer Jay Weinberg. The record is expected to be recorded in the band’s new studio, which Tom Gabel and his family built beginning in September. The studio was used to record the latest [...]
Lansing, Michigan trio Cheap Girls, an authentic Midwestern rock/punk crossover in the vein of the The Replacements, Soul Asylum and Sugar, will visit Columbus’ The Basement on Friday February 3 to preview songs from their forthcoming full length, Giant Orange. With Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel behind the boards, the band recorded at Total Treble [...]
Cheap Girls recently performed “Cored To Empty” for photographer Ryan Russell’s Nervous Energies sessions. Enjoy: