rainy days – The Nimbus

Official SXSW 2017 Announcement

admin — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 22:53:14 +0000

We will be returning to the South by Southwest festival this year for our second official showcase. This year we play Friday, March 17, 8 PM at The Iron Bear (121 W. 8th St., Austin, TX). Also performing that night is Kite, Closeness (featuring members of The Faint and Azure Ray), Sunset, Sui Zhen, and Beat Imprint. More Info…

061216 with Alter Der Ruine and Nite

admin — Thu, 26 May 2016 21:02:11 +0000

Sunday, June 12, we will be playing The Sidewinder with two of our favorite bands, Alter Der Ruine from Tucson and Nite from Dallas. Also on the bill are locals, Lustron, and our friend DJ Scorpio. Its going to be a great night of synth/noise/dream pop and the final night of Alter Der Ruine’s “Gravity Finds Us All Tour”. Tickets will be available here.

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SXSW 2016 Showcasing Artist

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 20:54:05 +0000

2016 marks the first year we are playing South by Southwest as an official showcasing artist. Our showcase is Wednesday, March 16 at the new Voodoo Doughnuts (212 East 6th St.). We play at 11 PM.

A Celebration of music by The Cure

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 22:36:32 +0000

March 4, 2016, we will be performing at Cheer Up Charlie’s for Lucy The Poodle Productions‘ A Celebration of Music by The Cure. Our set includes The Hanging Garden, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, and Lullaby. The show is free and donations will be collected for Teenage Cancer Trust. We play at 9:50.

NPR Tiny Desk

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:15:56 +0000

Martin and Ritch recently made a video for NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Contest. Here it is; a semi-acoustic version of Breaking Ions along the same line as the Rainy Day Toy Box Version from WORD.

Stubb’s and the North Door

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 19:57:48 +0000

We have two exciting shows coming up at venues we have not yet played. The first is next Thursday, August 20 at Stubb’s BBQ with Texas Microphone Massacre. Tickets are $5 in advance and are available from Frontgate Tickets. The second show is the release party for our first vinyl single, “Fever”! We have been waiting all year for this and are happy to announce our special guest, Mr. Kitty. In addition, touring acts Darren Keen and Giant Claw open the show. The “Fever” 7″ Release Show will take place on Thursday, September 17 at The North Door which is a cool space with a huge projection wall. It might be a while until our visuals take up this much space again. Tickets for the release show are $8 in advance and available here.

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Coming…

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 02:43:33 +0000

The “Fever” b/w “Little White Lies [Tempted]” 7″ single should be going to press soon. We’ve been waiting months for this. This clear blue vinyl, and two variants, will be released by Flippin’ Records.

01/18/15 Rain On 4th

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 04:20:32 +0000

On Sunday, January 18, we play our first show of 2015 at Rain On 4th. Opening the show will be our new friends from Dallas, Nite. The show starts at 9 and we play at 10.

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In the Beginning, there was the ™WORD

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:41:04 +0000

Our first album, ‘WORD – The Many Ways Of Rainy Days‘, is now available in Digital and CD formats! We took inspiration from DIY 7″ records for the CD package which includes a hand stenciled poster and a translucent vellum sleeve with a hand screened WORD element. The CD is also available as 3 different shirt bundles. The album is available through our store, as well as iTunes, Beats Music, Spotify, and others.

™WORD Release and Upcoming Shows

admin — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:57:32 +0000

We are currently finishing our first album, “The Many Ways Of Rainy Days”. It is scheduled to be released February 18th in digital and CD formats. The CD version is a limited, numbered edition of 100. The CD is also available with a few CD/shirt packages, including a limited edition “Remission” variant of our “Recovering Goth” shirt. The album can be preordered from our store.

We will also be playing a few shows to celebrate the release. We will be returning to the place we first started, Red Eyed Fly, for a CD Release show in the lounge on February 28th. Then, on March 7th, we return to San Antonio for a First Friday set at Propaganda Palace followed by a CD Release show at Oak Hills Tavern on March 8th.