Public Domain Rainbow will be on CD Baby/iTunes/whatever soon, but until then, if you would like a PDR straight from the source, here’s how: Paypal $6 to alex@alexarrowsmith.com, and include your mailing address (or email it to alex@alexarrowsmith.com). Easy eh! I LOVE going to the post office (no joke), so this actually works out for both of us.

Hark! PDR cometh from upon yon hillside! Today I sent off the final artwork and mastered songs to be printed and duped. Finally, after two years from conception to contractions, Public Domain Rainbow is finally and officially DONE. I don’t know when the exact release date will be, but it should be up on CD Baby/iTunes/etc. by the end of the month or early March. The arbitrary release date will be whenever I get the hard copies of the album shoved into my warm living hands.

I have songs from PDR in the player at the top of the page! Take a listen to minute to the songs!

Also! The full band debut of Alex Arrowsmith AND HIS PUGS (myself on guitar/vox, Mayhaw Hoons on bass and Ky Fifer on drums/vox) will be on February 17 at the Hawthorne Theatre. It’s at 8 pm, $4 at the door, 21+. Come out and witness apocryphal history! Also, we have a show at the Ash St. Saloon on March 28. Me and m’pugs must school the world.

I should also mention that I left Tiger House last week. So did Ky. However, Bill and Carl are picking up the pieces of that nuclear blast quite well, and from what I hear, they already have a replacement bassist and are auditioning 6 drummers next week! Awesome eh! I’ll also still be recording future Tiger House CDs and demos and whatnot. So you should still go see their shows. It is important.

Happy hot damn New Year, chieves! I have some exciting news to announce: 1) The full live band debut of Alex Arrowsmith And His Pugs (my pugs being Ky Fifer on drums and Mayhaw Hoons on bass) will be at the Hawthorne Theatre on February 17! It’s a 21+ show, $4 at the door. I hope to see y’all there for this momentous occasion. It will be commemorated at Fort Clatsop for years to come.

And 2) Public Domain Rainbow is coming out NEXT FREAKING MONTH! OR SO! Finally eh?! More to come soon!

I don’t normally do year-end lists myself because I don’t often hear a lot of new music that I’m really excited about. But I think I’ve got enough ammo for the ferret-shooting cannon that is the decade-ending list. Ergo, I couldn’t resist.

1. Ween – White Pepper (2000)
2. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
3. Brian Wilson – Smile (2004)
4. Tegan & Sara – The Con (2007)
5. Cafe Tacuba – Sino (2007)
6. Weezer – The Green Album (2001)
7. Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
8. Spiraling – Transmitter (2002)
9. U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)
10. The Shaky Hands – Let It Die (2009)

Here are two demos I recently recorded:

Frumptown (recorded 10/18/09):

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Perfect Timing (recorded 12/12/09):

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They’re pretty rough, especially “Perfect Timing,” but I liked them enough to throw at your face. (Feel free to play dodgeball with them!)

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