Wow it's been too long.

Well, we were really hoping to be diligent with this blog, but I guess we haven't been doing the best job. :/ Our email newsletter remains the best way to keep up with us, so if you haven't signed up for that, do it (send an email to newsletter-subscribe@commonshiner.com). We also keep up our myspace, as well as facebook (facebook.com/commonshiner) which not a ton of people know about yet.

If you're stumbling onto this blog randomly and don't know much about us yet, probably the most important thing we can say here is that you can get our EP from last year totally free at www.SayNoToBadPop.com--I know the rest of you are sick of hearing it, but we don't want anyone to miss out.

Things are pretty great. We played Double Door here in Chicago for the first time last week, and had a show in Michigan, one in Iowa, and one just outside of Peoria. It was basically a summer mini-tour, and it felt good. We're taking a little break from bigger shows here in Chicago for a little over a month, but stay tuned, as our next show (likely in September) is bound to be a big one. I can't say anything until it's finalized, but it will be in a great venue.

Also, stay tuned for news about SayNoToBadPop. We are just in the beginning stages of turning it into a broader site (ie: one focused on good music, not just CS).

We love you all. Your support overwhelms us.

always,
mike/CS