New video - Six Mile Grove

Less than two weeks to go until the big Six Mile Grove CD release party at Bunkers. Saturday, January 24 is the big date. Be there!

The album, Steel Mule, sounds great in our humble opinion. The Twin Cities got a little sneak-preview last week at a listening party at The Hollow in downtown Minneapolis. After spinning the disc a few times the guys picked up their instruments and played a short set in the backroom.

If you weren't there, here's a bit of what you missed. Hope to see you on the 24th!

Little Man holes up in hunting lodge to record fourth album

Little Man is back from a second trip to the Chicago area, where Chris Perricelli and crew are working on the band's fourth album, tentatively due out by sometime this winter.

The sound will be "a bit fuller with more layered vocals and guitars," Perricelli said. They have 14 songs in the hopper for the yet-to-be-named new album.

The band is working again with producer/engineer Ed Tinley, who also produced Soulful Automatic. Most of the tracks were recorded in an old hunting lodge owned by Ike Reilly. ("It looks like a 'Lincoln Log' house," Perricelli said.)

On the most recent trip, the band finished overdubs and recorded string parts for a few of the new songs -- a first for the band, but something they've always wanted to do, Perricelli said. "We used tow musicians and multitracked cello and violin."

Read more about Little Man's Chicago trip and studio progress on Perricelli's blog.

Crossing Guards to release digital EP at Pizza Luce Block Party

Eclectone Records is representing again at this year's Pizza Luce Block Party. Crossing Guards will go on last at 9 o'clock. Get there early. The band is marking the occasion by releasing a brand new, three-song digital EP. They'll be giving away free download cards to the first 300 people who want one. The songs were recorded at Crossing Guard headquarters in Northeast Minneapolis and include a couple from the forthcoming LP, plus an exclusive B-side.

Here's the track listing:

1.) Pretty Little Problem
2.) 51 Weeks Ago
3.) See Ya Soon

And don't miss Charlie Parr, playing earlier in the afternoon around 2:40. See ya there!