Empty Rooms

Sink with California.

2009-03-25T11:26:00.000-07:00

We're going to be playing all over the state in April, which means we'll all have plenty of time to master playing Tetris on our cell phones. And if that wasn't reason enough to get excited, we're part of some awesome bills and gas is less than $3 a gallon!! Come by and say hi!

Dates are:

April 2: Mr. T's Bowl Los Angeles, CA w/ Beware of Safety, Signal Hill & Charts and Maps

April 3: Soda Bar San Diego, CA w/ Fever Sleeves & By Sunlight

April 4: Pomona College Claremont, CA w/ TBA

April 16: R5 Records Sacramento, CA w/ Gurtrudestein and TBA

April 23: Hemlock Tavern San Francisco, CA w/ Worker Bee and Church of the Snake

Thanks,

Empty Rooms

New songs

2009-02-13T18:38:00.000-08:00

We've posted the 2 tracks from our split release with Finest Dearest.

Enjoy:

www.emptyrooms.us/Empty_Rooms-Di_Di_Mau.mp3
www.emptyrooms.us/Empty_Rooms-Albatross_14.mp3

The entire release can be purchased directly from us in hand made hard copy form (limited to 100) or on iTunes.

Also, add us on Facebook here.

Thanks.

Update, 11/20/08

2008-11-20T09:49:00.000-08:00

We're excited to be playing the Hotel Utah this Tuesday, the 25th of November, with Hazelwood and Ghosts and Strings for a monthly night called Echoplex. KUSF's Chris Cook will also be DJing between sets, so it'll be worth every cent of the six dollar admission price.

In other news, our split with Finest Dearest should be sent off to be mastered in the next couple of weeks with a release show soon to follow. We'll have more updates on this as we know what they are.

Thanks,

Empty Rooms

Update 9/23/2008

2008-09-23T15:57:00.000-07:00

We'll be making our way south for some shows in a few weeks. Please come and check us out if you're in the area. Dates are:

October 9th Kimos San Francisco, CA with The Better Maker and Room For A Ghost

October 10th The Ruby Room San Diego, CA with Gurtrudestein and TBA

October 11th Echo Curio Los Angeles, CA with Polar Goldie Cats and The Moggs

October 12th Que Sera Long Beach, CA with TBA

Also, our split with Finest Dearest is being mixed and will be available soon.

Thanks,

Empty Rooms

7/14/08 Update!

2008-07-14T11:36:00.000-07:00

-We're very excited to have been included on a downloadable compilation entitled Indiecater, which was put out by our friends at Mp3hugger.com. We're amongst ten bands being featured and more information about the compilation can be found here.

- We're going to be recording two new songs for a split with our friends in Finest Dearest in a few weeks; more news on this release will be forthcoming.

-We now have shirts for sale! They are $10 plus postage and look like this:

-Finally, if you live in Europe and are interested in purchasing either of our EPs, please contact the good folks at Unisex Mailorder, as their geographic proximity and excellent customer service ensure a fast, pleasant transaction.

More Shows...

2008-06-05T10:11:00.000-07:00

We have a few shows coming up in the next month or so all over California. Dates are:

June 12th The Eagle Tavern San Francisco, CA with Calling All Monsters and The Guy Guys

July 9th The Silverlake Lounge Los Angeles, CA with TBA

July 10th The Prospector Long Beach, CA with TBA

Thanks for your support!

Getting away with murder

2008-04-25T10:09:00.000-07:00

This is just crazy. As I get older I'm trying to see all sides to every story, but 50 shots?

Read Here

Hair

2008-04-11T10:38:00.000-07:00

It's Friday and we're playing at the Bike Kitchen tonight --9th & Mission. The weather is nice out and this picture rules (courtesy of WFMU):

Bike Kitchen show this Friday!

2008-04-07T15:05:00.001-07:00

We'll be playing at the Bike Kitchen here in San Francisco with Sterling Says, Donner Pass, Some Special Moves and ...Who Calls So Loud this Friday the 11th at 7:00. Join us!!

Oakland Show!

2008-03-31T13:52:00.000-07:00

We're playing a last minute show in Wednesday, April 2nd at the Stork Club in Oakland with The Better Maker, Instagon and Tape Recordings of the F.B.I. The show starts at nine, so come by if you can.

We'd also like to thank everyone who came to see us last Friday at the Hemlock. We had a great time and hope you did too!

-Empty Rooms

2008-03-20T09:45:00.000-07:00

We'll be playing a show Friday, March 28th at the Hemlock with The Otherside and Shiloe. This is a really good bill and we're super excited to be on it. Please come by and join us if you can.

In other news, we've gotten some more press over at Berkeley Place, 3hive, Indie Disco and The Coast Is Clear. Please check these blogs out, as they're great resources for finding out about new music.

Finally, at long last, we have copies of our new EP in hand and ready to ship. If you'd like one, please use the paypal button on the post below this one. If you're in the Bay Area, copies can be found now at the Streetlight Records on 24th and soon at Aquarius.

Thanks,

Empty Rooms

EP Pre-order

2008-01-25T01:20:00.001-08:00

We'd like to thank our German friends at The Last Pop Song for their kind words about "Lacuna", our new EP. We'd also like to thank Finest Dearest, Top Critters and all our friends for coming to our EP release show last Saturday at the Hemlock. We sincerely hope that everyone has as much fun as we did! Our next show will be Saturday, February 9th at 7:00 P.M. at the Bike Kitchen with the mighty Spark and Decay, Magician's Wand, The Bug Pedals and Heavy Face. This show will be a benefit for the Bike Kitchen so, if you can, please make sure to stop by.

Finally, to pre-order "Lacuna" please click on the button below. Orders will ship in the next two weeks (we're waiting for the CDs to come back from the pressing plant).

Thanks,

Empty Rooms

...

2008-01-08T20:59:00.001-08:00

After a lengthy process and many setbacks (Andy's crippling motorcycle accident, switching studios AND engineers, my moving to Los Angeles, and a few other injuries along the way to name a few) I finally have the reference copy of our new EP (to be entitled Lacuna) in hand. We are still completing the packaging, but in the meantime we wanted to post an mp3 of the 2nd song on our EP called Off with His Head . We hope you like it! Please feel free to let us know what you think at: emptyroomsbooking@gmail.com

In the meantime, we have two shows booked (and we're looking to book more in San Francisco and elsewhere):

January 19th at the Hemlock w/ Finest Dearest & Top Critters
February 9th at the Bike Kitchen (which rules) with Must I Lose A Limb (ex Serene Lakes!)

We're also writing slightly faster than our usual snail's pace, and we're looking to have another release before fall.

Finally, Eric noticed how rad the Broadway Tunnel looked the other day, so we had our friend Tony Jett take a photo. Unfortunately what is not shown is us sprinting through traffic to get underneath that inlet in the center divide.

Take care,

Chris
Empty Rooms

2007-12-02T13:28:00.000-08:00

We'll be playing Friday, December 7th at the Bike Kitchen with our friends Top Critters and The Worship of Silence. Also on the bill are The Fur Coats and Donner Pass. The show starts at seven and should be five bucks or less. This is also our first all ages show in a long time, which means that Eric is stoked because his little brother can come.

Our new EP has been retitled "Lacuna" and will be available just after the first of the year. Until then, you can listen to a track from it here. The EP will feature handmade packaging that we're very excited to be laboring over. You can join us in celebrating our EP's release on Saturday, January 19th at the Hemlock. We'll be sharing the bill with the aforementioned Top Critters and our buddies Finest Dearest.

Finally, please direct all future correspondence to emptyroomsbooking [at] gmail.com.

Thanks,

Empty Rooms

Southern California

2007-09-11T17:23:00.000-07:00

A couple of updates:

September 29th we will be playing at The Prospector in Long Beach with The Soft Hands This will be our second time playing there and we are really looking forward to it.

Next, at the end of October we will be in LA remixing the EP we recorded in May. The remixing will take place with Jef Ehrenberg. Hopefully the EP still tentatively entitled 'Mammut' will be out before the end of 2007.

We're still looking to ramp up our show schedule, which should happen any day now. Take Care.

Thanks to Joe from Worship of Silence for the picture.

-chris
Empty Rooms

Quick Update

2007-06-20T19:38:00.000-07:00

We'll be going into the studio this weekend to do mixing of the four tracks that will comprise our new EP, tentatively titled "Mamut". The EP will likely see release in September, at which time we'll significantly ramp up our already grueling show schedule to play at least one show a month! Until then, you can come see us at the Hemlock Tavern (1131 Polk St. SF, CA) Friday, August 10th with the Lovely Public and Little Teeth.

Thanks,
Empty Rooms

12 Galaxies

2007-02-02T12:53:00.000-08:00

Last night we played a show with two great bands...Love is Chemicals, and This Isn't It. We're looking forward to playing more shows and would like to thank everyone who showed up.

Maybe you'll see some updates.

2006-10-29T16:05:00.000-08:00

So, I was pretty much tired of looking at the old site and I don't have time to create a new one so emptyrooms.us is now a band blog.

We'll see how this works.

Tuesday, November 7th we're playing at the Hemlock Tavern with Serene Lakes and Anterland.
You can still listen to our music at the following
http://www.emptyrooms.us/docksinthedistance.mp3
http://www.emptyrooms.us/tryagain.mp3
Here too:

http://www.myspace.com/emptyrooms

Andy is back from his motorcycle accident and we're playing again; we should be recording early next year. Take it easy.
-Chris

Test

2006-10-29T14:06:00.001-08:00

Our website is now a blog, so no one can give me shit about not updating it.