Posts Categorized: News

In the Studio Through August

For the rest of the summer we’ll be locked up in the studio at Hoboken Recorders. We’ve got a lot of material written for the next album. Now it’s just a matter of shaping it into some cohesive recordings. We’ll get back to playing live in the Fall, at which point we’re sure to debut… Read more »

Mercury Lounge Wednesday, July 16th

We’re playing on Wednesday July 16th at The Mercury Lounge. This is a music industry “Showcase Set” for us, so it’s an EARLY SHOW. We will hit at 7:30PM.

Special Guest at Hoboken Recorders

We continue to work on our next record across the Hudson River at Hoboken Recorders. We’ve got a great studio set-up over there, and many new songs are underway. This week we were joined by Brendan Ryan, who played a killer accordian part on an alt-country version of our new tune Breaker Breaker. Brendan is… Read more »

Block Island Music Festival

We’ve been invited back to play the The 2008 Block Island Music Festival. Wormburner is confirmed for the coveted 10PM timeslot on Friday June 13th.

Saturday, April 12th at The Mercury Lounge

Many thanks to everyone who caught us at Mercury Lounge this past Saturday nite. It’s always a special occasion when we play The Merc, and this was no exception. A fan gave us a mini-disc recording of the show, including our daring cover version of the Men at Work song Overkill. We’ll post it on… Read more »

Our Own Paul McDaniel Meets, Hugs Ray Davies

Item! Last nite at Tortilla Flats, Wormburner guitarist Paul McDaniel spied The Kinks’ Ray Davies standing just a few feet away at the bar. The two aging rockers exchanged pleasantries as Paul excitedly recounted having seen The Kinks’ Come Dancing tour as a youngster more than twenty years ago. The iconic British Invasion songwriter was… Read more »

New Songs and Bar Matchless in Brooklyn

We’ve been busy recording a batch of new songs in Hoboken. But we’re not too busy to play a show. Our next New York appearance will be on Saturday, March 1st at Bar Matchless in Green Point, Brooklyn. Also on the bill will be Lifeguard Nights and our “sibling band” The Behoovers, celebrating the release… Read more »

“St. Louis? No, Naven Johnson!”

Our song Sleepy Jane will be featured tonight on the New Music Sunday program at 105.7 FM The Point in St. Louis. New Music Sunday has been nominated for a 2008 Plug Award in the category of “Radio Specialty Show of the Year”.

The New Year

Happy New Year and a heartfelt thanks for all the love in 2007. It was our best year yet, closing out with a huge headlining slot at Bowery Ballroom, great press, and a Christmas Single that got picked up by more bloggers, podcasters and renegade radio broadcasters than we can begin to account for. 2008… Read more »