News-
Posted By: Danny on 12/22/09
It's hard to say that Speaker Speaker ever actually "broke up". However, we definitely stopped practicing, playing shows and writing with each other. That is now changing! We have started practicing again, and we have even booked a show! Our first show back will be at an all ages venue in Edmonds called the Kazba on January 23rd! I'm not going to make any promises, but it's very possible that our extended hiatus may have made us not hating the idea of playing some old hits... just sayin'...
Posted By: Danny on 8/24/09Speaker Speaker is on indefinite hold for the moment. We're not sure what will happen next with us, but we are sure that we can't begin to describe our gratitude for all the love, support, show attendance, phone calls, awkward hellos and goodbyes, high fives, low fives, five dollar bills, etc that we've gotten over the years. If you have questions, please email speakerspeaker@gmail.com. We still check it.
Posted By: Danny on 3/6/09Check out the
CW11 contest winner!
Posted By: Danny on 2/06/09Dudes! We're totally playing shows again!
Posted By: Danny on 11/24/08Hey everyone.
This is just a heads up that Speaker Speaker is laying low for the moment. We're working on some demos for our next couple of releases, and trying to relax after a busy year. Keep an eye on the shows list to see when you can come see us again! Thanks for all of your support this year.
Love-
danny
Posted By: Danny on 11/12/08Go to the
CW11 website to see us in an advertisement for their Famous for :15 contest.You can even enter and be in a music video they will be airing!
Go!
Go now!
Look at it!
My hair is HUGE!
Posted By: Danny on 10/07/08Bumbershoot really wore us out. Anyone who was there must have seen why! We're back in motion, though, with shows coming up in Redmond, Portland and Eugene! We'll see you soon!
Posted By: Jasen on 08/26/08Bumbershoot 08 is quickly approaching, and we couldn't be more stoked! As you may have heard, we are playing at the EMP Sky Church on Sunday 8/31.
Check out our section of the Bumbershoot website for details. See you there!
Posted By: Danny on 07/17/08We're doing two shows in Portland this Saturday! Check the Shows thingy down and to the right for more details!
Posted By: Danny on 05/26/08Alright - we're looking at a busy summer! Here are a couple of things I wanted to update you on in case you missed them-
Next weekend, 5/30-6/1, we'll be playing a few shows down the West Coast. If you're in the area of Portland, Arcata CA, or Oakland CA, make sure to come out and say hi! See the shows section for more details.
In other news we added a sort of last minute show for June 7. It's a Seattle Works Day Benefit in the Seattle Center. Here's the lowdown-Saturday June 7: Seattle Works Day Benefit/AfterParty at Seattle CenterLive Music By:Speaker Speaker www.myspace.com/speakerspeakerHusbands Love Your Wives www.myspace.com/husbandsloveyourwivesAnd Special Guests!Music Production And Booking By Grove Land Productions www.Grove-Land.com www.myspace.com/spencerlooney
Advance Tickets Only (Seattle Works Day Sign-Up).When asked "Which team are you signing up for?" select: "Alumni Clubs In Seattle/All-Alumni" to join our team. More Info: www.seattleworks.orgWhat kind of impact would we make if 1500 of us volunteered on the same day? Seattle Works Day is an amazing event that brings together 1500 people in our 20s-30s to do big community service projects on June 7 starting at Noon, followed by an awesome AfterParty with live music/food/drinks. Project location TBA by email after signup. General registration includes project, party, event t-shirt. Proceeds benefit Seattle Works, a 501c3 nonprofit that informs, connects, and inspires people in their 20s and 30s to take action in our community.
Posted By: Danny on 05/18/08So last night, before we went on stage to play in Tacoma, we sat out in our van and did an interview with
Rocket Fuel out of Tallahassee, FL for their next podcast!
That podcast has already been posted! Check it out
here!
Posted By: Danny on 04/08/08Hey guys, we've got an announcement! So, while we were at 107.7 The End last time, we played another song that we didn't play on the air. It was recorded, and we want you to hear it! So here's what we're doing - if you buy a copy of Call it Off online at the Burning Building
online store, we will send you the recording of the new song!If you already bought Call it Off from BBR, let us know, and we'll send you a copy of the song!The song has no name aside from New Song 4. It will be on our second record. Don't miss your opportunity to hear it first!
Posted By: Danny on 04/05/08So we just set up an account on a new social networking/blogging/find out what to do near you etc. site called Whrrl. We're actually sort of guinea pigs for them, so it should be interesting. One of the guys involved is a friend of mine, and their really excited about this project, as are we. Our Whrrl page is
here. You can find out where we are, what we're doing, etc. It's pretty robust, and we're still figuring it out. Check it out, though.
Posted By: Danny on 04/02/08Tune in to KEXP 90.3FM Seattle, or
KEXP online this Saturday at 12PM Pacific time to hear us play live on the air!
Posted By: Danny on 03/29/08You can buy Call it Off on iTunes now!
Check it out!
Posted By: Danny on 03/02/08Check out the brand new
Speaker Speaker Official Blog!Posted By: Danny on 03/01/08Hey! We finally joined the 21st century and set up a Flickr page! There is a Speaker Speaker group now, too, so you can upload your own Speaker Speaker related pictures!
Take a look! We just set it up, so we need you to friend request us so we can have some contacts! Be our Flickr buddy!
Posted By: Danny on 03/01/08A couple of cool things to note-
WC Performer Magazine wrote a very nice article about us!
Click here to check it out!
Also, we found out that over the course of last week, we climbed to #81 on the national CMJ charts! Call your local radio station and request us so we can keep climbing!
Posted By: Danny on 02/27/08You may have noticed that the look of the site change recently. You'll find some new pictures and some new videos as well. Check them out!
Posted By: Danny on 02/25/08Wow. The show last night was incredible. Thank you all for being there and dancing to our new songs. People are sending us pictures they took, so hopefully we'll be able to post some pictures of the show. If you couldn't make it but still want a copy of Call it Off, go to
the Burning Building Recordings store, or go to your local record store to pick it up!
Posted By: Danny on 02/22/08Holy crap! The record is out! Come celebrate with us at the Vera Project this Saturday!
Posted By: Danny on 02/10/08Go to the
BBR website and
pre-order your copy of our new CD, in stores 2/19.You can also hear the entire record before you buy it, streaming on the BBR website!
Also, mark your calendars for all of the exciting upcoming Call It Off related events:
2/19 - Official release. Album available in stores nationwide. Don't see a copy in your local record store? Just request one to be ordered for you!2/20 - Acoustic performance at
Sonic Boom Ballard location!
2/22 Live on
107.7 The End's Local Bands Live with harms!
2/23 - Official all-ages CD release show at the Vera Project with Hungry Pines and the Lonely Forest!
Posted By: Danny on 01/25/08Wanna hear the show we played at Vera on 12-7-07?
Duh!
Of course you do!Posted By: Danny on 01/03/08Check out who's #18 on
TIG Best Northwest Releases of 2007: Readers' Poll!!!Thanks to all of you who voted!
Posted By: Danny on 01/01/08Happy New Year! We want to thank all of you for your support and enthusiasm throughout 2007. 2008 is going to be a big year for Speaker Speaker. In mere weeks, Call It Off will be out in stores, and we couldn't be more exited. Reviews are already surfacing on the interwebs. Check these out-
Ear Candy with Travis HayHero HillHere's to a big year. We'll see you all at the shows!
Posted By: Jasen on 12/09/07Go
here and vote for We Won't March in the Three Imaginary Girls' Best Northwest Releases of 2007!
Posted By: Danny on 11/23/07If you want to purchase advance tickets for the Vera show on December 7th, please go to
Ticketweb.
I want to let you all know, also, that if you come to this show, you will have an opportunity to win an advance copy of Call It Off - our first full length - set for release February 19th, 2008! We'll do a ticket style drawing at the show, from which two winners will be chosen. The two winners will receive vouchers that will entitle them to a free copy of Call It Off, to be sent out a week before the official release! How cool is that? Remember - you have to be at the show to win, so don't miss it!
Posted By: Danny on 11/21/07Updates!Remember that promotion for We Won't March we mentioned before (see news post 9/26)? It's still going on! Make sure to let us know if you pick up We Won't March!
In other news, we're really excited for our December 7th show at the Vera Project. Fellow Seattle band Velella Velella has been added to the bill! This show is going to be rad.
Posted By: Colin on 10/14/07In case you didn't know, we're on tour! If you want to see how things are going, check out our
Myspace blog!
Posted By: Danny on 09/26/07Special We Won't March Promotion!So you've been meaning to buy our new EP, We Won't March, but you just just can't find the time to tear yourself away from your record player to get out and pick it up?
Well now is your chance!
For a limited time, if you buy We Won't March in a physical, real, walk-in-and-awkwardly-say-
hi-to-the-dude-behind-the-counter type of record store, and if you send us an ORIGINAL (no copies) receipt to prove it, we will send you ALL of the following-
A sweet poster
A sticker
A button
AND a copy of our first EP - Again&Again&Again!
Isn't that awesome???
Please send original receipts to-
Burning Building Recordings
ATTN: Speaker Speaker We Won't March Promo
POB 17798 Seattle, WA 98127
Make sure to include your name and address and everything.
If you want to participate, but already have the stuff we're offering, let us know. All is not lost.
Posted By: Danny on 09/05/07A couple of cool things to note-
First of all, the super secret guest for our upcoming show on Friday, Sep 7th at the Redmond Firehouse is Night Canopy, featuring Amy Blashke and former Pretty Girls Make Graves drummer Nick DeWitt!
Second, we hung out with Ted Leo! Scroll to the bottom of
this page for photographic proof!See you all this Saturday!
Posted By: Jasen on 08/20/07I have a new personal hero.
Check this guy out.Posted By: Danny on 08/07/07 Big Announcement! We're celebrating the now nationwide availability of our new EP, We Won't March, thanks to Burnside Distribution!
What does this have to do with you? Plenty!
Although you can still order the EP from the Burning Building Recordings website, you should go to your local record store and pick up a copy of We Won't March. If they don't have it, request it. The more store sales we have, the more Burnside will care about us. Why should you care about whether or not Burnside appreciates our business? Well, I'm glad I pretended you asked. Because, if they care about us, then they may choose to continue work with us when our upcoming full length, Call It Off, COMES OUT IN FEBRUARY 2008 ON BURNING BUILDING RECORDINGS!
You heard correctly; our long awaited full length now has a release date!
Aside from getting We Won't March, there are other ways you can help make the Call It Off launch as cool as possible.
We have a "Street Team", but, as the members know, we haven't utilized them very much. That's about to change. We need major help promoting our records and shows not only in Seattle, but all over the country. Street Team members who help us out and can prove it will be rewarded with things such as gust list spots, shirts, inside knowledge of what's happening in the Speaker Speaker camp, getting to hang out with us, that sort of thing. Email us back if you want to join or find out more about the Street Team.
Also, if you want to be up on our website and/or MySpace, send us pictures of yourself wearing a Speaker Speaker shirt! We'll be making a special section of the website and MySpace for these pictures, so if you want in, do it up!
Posted By: Danny on 08/01/07Want to be in our top friends on Myspace?
d00d, it's totally easy!
If you want to be in Speaker Speaker's top friends, do one of the following-
1. Go to
this page to get the code to embed the We Won't March banner on your Myspace page.
2. Make We Won't March your profile song.
3. Take a picture of yourself wearing a Speaker Speaker shirt, or holding a copy of one of our EPs, and make it your default profile picture. If you don't have a shirt, you can buy one on
our website in the SHOP section. If you don't have a copy of We Won't March, you can buy it
here.
Once you have fulfilled one of these requirements, let us know, and we'll put you in our top friends! Isn't that cool?
Also - a new page of the website is coming soon. It's going to be all about you! Take pictures of yourself and friends with Speaker Speaker shirts, buttons, cds etc and send them to us. For members of the Street Team, take pictures of yourself putting up posters or promoting shows in some way and send them to us! Not a member of the Street Team? Send us a message to join! We will be posting these pictures on this new page of the website as soon as we get some submissions.
Posted By: Jasen on 06/24/07I had a big, long post all typed out, but decided it was too long for the website. You'll have to
click here to read it.
Posted By: Danny on 06/08/07There are a few things we need to tell you about-JUST ADDED ALMOST HOME TOUR DATE-On Sunday, as we make our way home, we'll be playing in Olympia, WA at
McCoy's Tavern (21+).
On Friday, 6/15, we'll be playing two songs at an all ages showcase at the
the Vera Project. This is the
Blockstar Showcase, for which we were selected as finalists! Other great bands will be competing, so you know it will be fun.
Our homecoming show in Seattle is going to be totally awesome. It will be all ages on June 16th at Atlas Clothing with Shorthand for Epic, With Friends Like These, and Lake of Falcons!
Posted By: Danny on 05/27/07
Check it out! We Won't March is now available digitally!
Rhapsody
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Posted By: Danny on 05/24/07
So I made a stupid mistake. I deleted all posts since April 8th. Sorry about that. Of course, the only real big news is that we're on tour, and we have a video blog up. You can see it here! It's awesome.
Posted By: Jasen on 04/08/07
Thanks to everyone who came out to our CD release show at the Vera Project last night. The show was a great success, and we had a blast! It was a pleasure to share the stage with the Trucks and our friends in Shorthand for Epic, as well as those of you who came up to dance and rock out during our last song.
If you didn’t pick up a copy of We Won’t March, check out the SHOP section of the site. There you can get the new EP, as well as new shirts and buttons.
Posted By: Danny on 04/04/07
Our new EP, We Won't March is out today, and we couldn't be more excited! At time of writing, the EP can be found in the following stores-
Sonic Boom (all 3 - Ballard, Fremont, Capitol Hill)
Everyday Music (Capitol Hill)
Easy Street Records (Queen Anne)
If you would rather purchase online, go here!
Make sure to listen to 107.7 The End this Friday around 6:15PM to hear us play exclusive acoustic versions of two of the songs from the new EP!
And, of course, don't forget to be at the Vera Project this Saturday night for the release party!
Posted By: Jasen on 04/02/07
I'm happy to announce that songs from We Won't March have been getting played on 90.3 KEXP and 107.7 The End in Seattle.
We're really excited for our CD release show at the Vera Project on Saturday 4/7. See you there!
Posted By: Danny on 03/24/07
Hey everybody! Help us promote our new EP!
Click here for code to use on your website, myspace, etc! It is the banner you see at the bottom of this page. Thanks!
Posted By: Jasen on 03/22/07
Hey, friends and fans! We are really excited about the upcoming release of our new EP, "We Won't March", and we want your help in making it a success!
Here are some ways you can help:
*Pre-order your copy now from Burning Building Recordings. All pre-orders will be shipped on April 3. The EP will also be available in most local record stores after April 7.
*Come to our CD release show at the Vera Project on April 7 and see us with the Trucks, Shorthand for Epic, and Cicero.
*Use MySpace! Add us to your Top Friends! Add songs to your music player from our MySpace page! Send bulletins inviting your friends to the release show and letting them know about the new EP! We will have a banner available soon that you can put on your own page to spread the good word.
*Use the real world! Tell all of your friends and family about us! Spread the word at school! Tell your coworkers! Stop strangers on the street and let them know how much you love Speaker Speaker!
Thanks, everyone! We'll see you on April 7.
Posted By: Danny on 03/22/07
Want to see Speaker Speaker at Bumbershoot 2007?
Go here and let them know!
Posted By: Jasen on 03/21/07
I got a copy of the new Modest Mouse record a few weeks ago, and I'd been on the fence about it. As a whole, it's a pretty great record, but, as a Modest Mouse record, it just wasn't working for me. I've been a fan since Long Drive came out, and I've been having trouble coming to terms with these last two albums that sound so much more, though not entirely, mainstream.
That was until I saw the video for "Dashboard" last night. It's amazing! I'm not going to tell you about it, other than that it is one of the greatest videos I've seen in quite some time. Find it. Watch it. Love it.
I hope all is well.
3/20/07 - Preorders!
Preorders for our new EP - We Won't March - are available now from Burning Building Recordings!
3/19/07 - Thanks for calling!
I was listening to the Young & the Restless on 107.7 The End tonight, and Chris Travis mentioned someone from the Saturday Knights getting a bunch of calls after giving out his number on air last week. In a jealous rage, I quickly called Chris and Megan and got them to give out my number.
Within seconds, my phone was fiercely blowing up. I tried to answer all of the calls and text messages, but there were so many that a few went straight to my voice mail. One caller was mad that I didn't answer. Her message: "Hey, drummer boy. If you want to talk to your fans, maybe you should answer your calls."
Most of you were much nicer... I had a pleasant conversation with Alex and Brenna, who had just finished dinner at Red Robin. A 13-year-old drummer and I talked shop. Also, a young lady from Carbonado, WA enlightened me to the fact that Carbonado, WA exists...
Thanks to everyone who called or sent me a text message. I hope to see you all at our CD release show at the Vera Project on April 7th.
I hope all is well.
Jasen
3/15/07 - EP Preorder
Starting March 20th, you will be able to preorder our new EP! For those who preorder, there will probably be a little something extra...
3/13/07 - New website!
It's been long in coming... As much as we love our old site, a new release means a new website. If you have any problems, questions, or requests, please let us know!
2/18/07 - New Speaker Speaker release coming up!We have some exciting news! On April 3rd, we will be releasing a new EP!It is called We Won't March, the title track being a totally sweet song from our upcoming full length, Call it Off. Putting it out will be Burning Building Recordings.Keeping this anthemic pop song company will be 2 live versions of songs also from Call it Off, a brand new song that will not be on the full length, and a cover of a song from a band that is very near and dear to our hearts - Jawbreaker.On April 1st, there will be a window display for the new EP at Easystreet on Mercer. The release show/party will be at the Vera Project on April 7th with the Trucks, Shorthand for Epic, and Cicero!We have some cool stuff in mind for members of our fan club, so if you don't want to miss out, shoot us an email and let us know that you want to be a member!
