November 7th, 2008

Update

OK so Barrack Obama is the President Elect. We will continue working on our forthcoming EP entitled “Rogue Notes and Phones” We are signing off on 90% of the tracking and move on to preliminary mixing. We are looking at a release time of Spring ‘09. Working on writing new songs for the next full Length CD. Hopefully to be released next Fall. For this we will be inhabiting several studios on the East Coast in Connecticut and a few in the South West in Tucson, AZ. As well as our own space here in Sunny Michigan.

We have been escalated to Daytime Airplay on East Lansing Student Radio 88.9 FM WDBM The Impact and also in West Lafayette, Indiana at Purdue University’s  Student Radio 1610 AM. If you are in the Lansing area, please call 517-355-4237 and request “Leave Every Light On”. If you are in West Lafayette, IN Please call 765-496-9797 and request “Leave Every Light On”. You can still Purchase the DIG Music Vol. 1 Compilation CD from all Meijer Store Locations. This CD features music from bands like Hello Saferide, Of Montreal, Modey Lemon and many others including you guessed it The Hat Madder with our single “Leave Every Light On”. 

See us at the shows to purchase “Friend of the Devil” or Follow the link to the Big Gig Productions website to buy the record electronically. Also available at Vertigo Records in Grand Rapids, Flat Black and Circular in East Lansing, Schuler Books and Music in the Eastwood Towne Centre and Uncle Sam’s Record Emporium in Old Town Lansing.

Nov 6th @ Mac’s Bar with Deastro, Wildcatting and The People’s Temple

Nov 22nd @ The Small Planet: 97.5 Hometown Rock Crown project contact us for tickets it’s gonna be huge

Nov 26th @ the I-Rock night club in Detroit with The Playback and The Outer Element

Dec 14th @ Basement 414: Lansings Monkey Day Charity Event

July 7th, 2008

We are going back into the studio again in 3 weeks. Hope you like the new songs. We have an Ep written and ready to be finished and we have another 16 songs or so that we are currently trying to flesh out for our next Full Length.

August 19th is the Release of a compilation we are on called DIG Music Vol. 1. This comp has bands like: Of Montreal, Deadly Sins, The Blonde Majority, Modey Lemon, Hello Saferide and many more. Our song “Leave Every Light On” will be featured on this Comp. It can be purchased in any Meijer location that exists. So look for it.

Also watch for the Magnet Magazine Music Sampler out this Fall, “Sadder Days” will be included on this CD, we’ll give you more details as we get them.

Other than that we have been trying to tie up some loose ends and once in a while enjoy a refreshing beverage in a hammock somewhere. Have a safe and fun filled summer, hope to see you at the shows.

May 14th, 2008

The New Hat Madder Record Is Out

The New Hat Madder record, Friend of the Devil is available at the Big Gig Productions online store. When you purchase it you get the full CD-quality, 44.1kHz, 16- bit files right from the studio master.