This Microphone Smells Like Ass...

Hello MIRKins!

So this was a busy week.  We started our week off with the good news that our first album, LOVE, is now officially on Pandora.  Get your Mirk and the New Familiars (our old name which is associated with our first album) pandora station today!

We are back in the studio working on new tracks that we will start releasing for FREE.  One track will be released per month.  Here is Steve working on one of the tracks...

Mike always helps with the quality control of our recordings..here he is hard at work!

And here...

And here...

We rocked Friday Night Live with one of our new favorite bands, Green Line Inbound, from Boston.  Here they are! These guys were dope!

and yes that is a keytar!

Josh was unable to make sound check so Steve decided to fill in. This is why we don't give the drummer a microphone...

This weekend we will be playing at Bootleggers in Troy NY.  This will be the first time we are playing here and we hope to see all of you out there!

Until next time,

MIRK signing out...

Gourmet Band Names...

Hello MIRKins!

So we had a pretty awesome week! We started off in the studio working on some new material...

On Friday, we traveled to Brooklyn to open up for Travie McCoy at this dope club at SRB.

It was a long day of travel with a lot of traffic, and an awesome sound check, so we went to grab a bite to eat before the show kicked off.  Josh started to show his fatigue...

God, he is so sexy...

The following day, we traveled back to Albany to open of for the master, Rakim!

This weekend, we will be at Red Square on Friday for Friday Night Live.  We have an awesome band from Boston coming to rock the show with us, Greenline Inbound. This will be an awesome show, so please come check us all out!

The following day, we will be at one of our favorite venues, Stout on Broadway.  This will be a whole night of MIRK, starting at 10pm and ending at 2pm!

We hope to see you at these shows and check our website for more shows that have just been added! 

ALSO :: Our guitar player has his OWN BLOG...Mike always has a knack for coming up with amazing and hilarious band names...well now he has his own blog.

CHECK IT OUT!

Until next time...

MIRK signing out

Music Makes Me High-er

HELLO MIRKINS!

Well this was a crazy week.  We visited WEQX in VT to promote the Move Festival which was this past weekend.

Thank you to everyone at EQX for the love.

We were busy this week in the studio, tracking new songs and remixing some old ones.  When it gets super later, sometimes you get a little crazy...

Silly Kate...

You also never know where your inspiration for a new song will come from...

On Friday, we rocked the 4th Annual 420 show presented by Tree Shurts.  Check out some shots of the show, thanks to Upstate Photographers. 

Here is the crowd, MIRKin around...

Tree Shurts also updated the Winnebaker...

We get google alerts so we know when people are talking about MIRK...this alert was a little disturbing though...

Speaking of disturbing, we found Andy's creepy twin...

This weekend we will be in Brooklyn at SRB opening up for Travie McCoy, the lead singer for The Gym Class Heroes. 

Then we will be at Northern Lights opening up for the one and only Rakim!

Until next time...

MIRK signing out

It's no 3D Tupac, but we do our best...

HELLO ALL!

So we haven't spoken in awhile! How are you? How are the kids? That's good...

So 2 weekends ago, we rocked Stout on Broadway. If you haven't been there yet, then you are crazy. If you haven't been there in awhile, then check it out again because they put in a brand new DEBO sound system!

While packing the van at the end of the night, tragedy struck...but Chris Russell was there to save the day...

Later in the week, we shot a promo video for the 4th Annual 420 show presented by Tree Shurts which will be on 4/20 at Red Square. All of our friends from Tree Shurts were there, including the polar bear!

Steve ran into a wardrobe malfunction during the shoot...

We then played at McGeary's this past week. Thank you all who were there, that really is one of our favorite places to be. Here we are getting ready to set it off!

We will be returning to McGeary's this Saturday at the 1st annual MOVE Festival.

This past Saturday, we were at Northern Lights opening up for Badfish. We got there early to unload which makes you really sweaty and thus, take your shirt off...

Here is Kate getting ready to blow off the faces of the crowd...

Check back to the blog for more pics from Badfish! And thank you to all that was at the Badfish show, we made a lot of new friends and fans!

So this weekend we will be performing at the 420 show presented by Tree Shurts at Red Square. This event is expected to sell out so there early!

The following day we will be at the MOVE festival at McGeary's. We hope to see you at BOTH of these events!

Until next time,

MIRK signing out

Can you point me in the direction of the Food Court?

Hello MIRKins!

So this week we all took a mental break before we play for the next couple of weekends.

Here are our upcoming shows!

4/7 @ Stout :: Albany NY

4/13 @ McGeary's :: Albany NY

4/14 @ Northern Lights :: Clifton Park NY

4/20 @ Red Square :: Albany NY

4/21 @ MOVE Festival :: Albany NY

4/27 @ SRB :: Brooklyn NY

5/4 @ Red Square :: Albany NY

5/5 @ Stout :: Albany NY

5/12 @ Bootleggers :: Troy NY

For all our local fans, those will be our last capital region shows for awhile. After that we are back on the road for an East Coast Tour!

This we we also released 2 remixes of songs off of our new album, GRIND

Also this week, Mike took a trip to the Latham Circle Mall and it was craaaaaazy busy...

Thats all we have for you this week. Please remember to check out our FACEBOOK page and share it with all your friends....

Until next time...

MIRK signing out

Since Everything Else Was Late This Week...

Hello MIRKins!

So this week, we had a special show at Red Square. It was our buddy JB's album release party. Congrats on the album bro!

For those who may be unaware, the MIRK headquarters are in the Armory in Albany NY. Our van is parked in the basement where all the ghosts of the Armory live. Kate got to the van a little early and pranking ensued...

Part 2: (more audio than video)

Yesterday, we went to Brooklyn to perform at Collision Course at SRB's.

Tons of talent on this show...

And the venue was super sick!

We all know Mike is a multi-tasker...He can love and hate his pedalboard at the same time, chug a beer and play a guitar solo at the same time and now he can play guitar and pocket text the whole band...evidence below...

Makes perfect sense to me!

We didn't get home til super late...#rockstarlife

Good thing none of us had to work in the morning...oh wait...

We have this weekend off from shows but the next 5 weekends we are booked with shows. Check em out below!

Sat Apr 7 2012 8:00p

Graney's Stout Albany, NY

Fri Apr 13 2012 8:00p

McGeary's Albany, NY

Sat Apr 14 2012 8:00p

Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY

Fri Apr 20 2012 8:00p

Red Square Albany, NY

Sat Apr 21 2012 10:00p

McGeary's Albany, NY

Fri Apr 27 2012 8:00p

Putnam Den Saratoga Springs, NY

Sat May 5 2012 10:00p

Graney's Stout Albany, NY

That's all for this week! Until next time...

MIRK signing off...

Greetings from SXSW!!!

Hellooooo MIRKins!!

This week was sooooo busy! We went from Atlanta to Austin for South by Southwest!

We went down there with our new stickers which we plastered all over Austin...

Once we got there, we set up outside to busk ( v. To play music or perform entertainment in a public place, usually while soliciting money.)

Unfortunately, we were playing without a permit and got shut down after only a half hour. It was late on Tuesday, so we decided to call it a night and go out and enjoy ourselves. First stop was the "Shot Bar" for some fireballs...

For those who don't know, our guitarist Mike is mildly obsessed with the food network. He was our food guide for the trip and we ended up going to Maria's Taco Express from Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.

Whilst there, Mike and Josh decided to join the open mic and do some acoustic MIRK also known as MIRKoustic

Since we got shut down from using power, we had to get creative with our busking. Kate couldn't play her bass, so she went to a pawn shop and purchased a baritone...let's make some music 'Roots' style...

Mike had to roll with a battery powered amp...an ORANGE battery powered amp...

On Thursday and Friday we played at Pete's East Side Bar on 6th Street where we got nothing but love...

For the last night we had in Austin, we all went out to eat as a band...but ran into some southern UNhospitality

Chris Russell explains...

There were some high school students beasting on their marching drums in the street and Steve decided to join...

We left Saturday afternoon to bring Kate to Jackson, Mississippi so she could catch her plane. A little north of Waco, Texas, we ran into some super fans. Now, to preface this story, our bus has 'Tree Shurts' spray-painted on one side and '3-D Cycles' on the other (the owners of the Winnebaker).

Here's what happened...

Well we are all home safe! Glad to be back. Don't forget to check us out at Red Square in Albany NY this Friday, March 23rd at 10pm. Hope to see you then!

Until next time...

MIRK signing out