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Born Ruffians, APK Live, London, ON: January 20th

Mitch By Mitch
January 5, 2012

First show of the new year!

We’re coming to London to ring in 2012 like twenty days late, which is okay, because I rung in 2012 by falling off a couch and mentally resisting barfing in a cab, so I wouldn’t mind a do-over. We’re playing at APK Live with Lonnie & The Garden and Glass Thieves, and the show is being put on by Half A Dino – but any and all info you need can be found here at the show’s Facebook event page.

Come see us play old songs and new songs and in between songs.

And then it’ll be back to the studio to continue making our new record.

And then it’s the end of the world.

…

See you in London!

ruffian mitch

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NEW RECORD! (is being recorded right now) + Santa Claus Is Coming To Town with Tokyo Police Club, Said The Whale, you (probably)

Mitch By Mitch
December 15, 2011

inb4 pics or it didn’t happen

But yes, IT DID HAPPEN and I have pics. And vids. Pics and vids. I’ll start with pics.

Recording - day one.

This past Monday, we brushed off the fake snow from our weekend of Tokyo Police Club holiday shows and got to work on our third record. If you made it to any of the three shows at The Phoenix last week, you heard two (three, if you came on Thursday) new songs that we’ll be recording over the next while.

We’ll be taking a break over the holidays, but it was great to get started so early. Keep checking back here (and our Twitter and Facebook and YouTube and FY!BR and) for updates from BoomBox (which is where we’re recording the album – it. is. awesome.).

Luke recording guitar.

Studio

Vocals, shoes

Violence

NORD

BoomBox

Finally, here is a video of us, TPC, Said The Whale, Arkells, friends, everyone, anyone, you (maybe you were on stage, I don’t know, things got a little blurry), playing Santa Claus Is Coming To Town to cap off three shows of holiday cheer and beer at The Phoenix. If you LOVE black jeans and HATE good sound quality, this is the video for you!

I love that it’s 98% Steve step-dancing.

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December 1st – Born Ruffians Come To St. Louis!

Mitch By Mitch
November 27, 2011

This Thursday, us fellers are going to start December by going to a city we’ve never been to! It’s been a long time coming, and much like our trip to Eastern Canada earlier this year, I’m not sure why or how it took this long to make it to St. Louis.

We’re playing The Gargoyle and the show is free to Washington University students. If you’re not a student, limited tickets are available online here, and a few will be available at the door.

OR, your best bet (if you hate paying money for things) is to check our Twitter tomorrow, as I will be giving away tickets to the show through some kind of contest that I haven’t invented in my brain yet. But don’t worry. My brain will come up with something good. He has never betryaed me bfreore ksndjfnj.

SO. To summarize:

Dec. 1st (THIS THURSDAY!) – The Gargoyle – 7:30 doors, 8:00 show
FREE to Wash U studes
Non-studes buy tickets here
Come hang with me on Twitter tomorrow for a chance to win free tickets to the show

Sound good? Look for the contest to begin in the early afternoon.

See you STLers on Thursday!

ruffian mitch

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Upcoming Shows: 12.01 – The Gargoyle, St. Louis (w. U.S. English) / 12.08 – The Phoenix, Toronto (w. Tokyo Police Club, Said The Whale) / 12.09 – The Phoenix, Toronto (w. Tokyo Police Club, Said The Whale) / 12.10 – The Phoenix, Toronto (w. Tokyo Police Club, Said The Whale)

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Farmhouse Video Blog #6 + So Long, Farmhouse (Again)

Mitch By Mitch
October 21, 2011

Even though we have left the farm, there’s still another video blog to come (or more? Maybe I should just stick with the one. I do have an assload of video, though). So you can look forward to more of Steve doing things and me making montages. I promise we also wrote songs. Please believe me.

Speaking of those songs, I am really excited for them. And I’m excited for you to hear them. Maybe that’ll be sooner than later? If only there was a time and place for us to show them off. Ah well, I’m sure we’ll think of something.

ruffian mitch

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Upcoming Shows: 12.08 - The Phoenix, Toronto (w. Tokyo Police Club, Said The Whale) / 12.09 - The Phoenix, Toronto (w. Tokyo Police Club, Said The Whale)

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Farmhouse Video Blog #5!

Mitch By Mitch
October 6, 2011

CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP

As promised (kind of, except for that “morning” part – [musician morning = like 3 p.m.]), here is video blog number five from the farm. In case you missed the first four, check ‘em out here: 1, 2, 3, 4.

Next week is the last week at the farm. I feel like it’ll be a bit bittersweet. On one hand, I love the shit out of that place (I have a way with words, I know) and it will be sad to leave. But on the other hand, we’ve accomplished quite a lot there, written a ton of new songs, recorded a ton of new demos, played a ton of new strategy-based board games and essentially have taken the next step in making our record. We’re that much closer to making this thing.

On a third hand (that I suppose I’ve grown out of my chest), there is so much dust and mold up there that I’ve been coughing up a lung every time we stay over, so I won’t mind leaving that behind.

On a fourth hand (which makes me Goro), I’m just deflecting my emotions because I’ll break down and cry when we leave that place.

Plenty more farm videos to come!

ruffian mitch

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Upcoming Shows: 12.08 - The Phoenix, Toronto (w. Tokyo Police Club, Said The Whale) / 12.09 - The Phoenix, Toronto (w. Tokyo Police Club, Said The Whale)

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