The Ex-Girlfriends Club in J’s Heaven

Big thanks to J’s Heaven for reviewing The Ex-Girlfriends Club live at Dante’s with Sexywaterspiders, Di Di Mau, No Tomorrow Boys and Holy Children.

J writes, “Ex-Girlfriend’s Club up first: the singer was like some frankenstein’s hodge podge of Joey Ramone, Mick Jagger, and Iggy Pop. He’s about 9 feet tall, and he was the best performer i’ve seen in a minute. They tore up a homage to the early to mid 60s, at times extremely reminiscent of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, but laced with amphetamines and booze, to conjure the true theater of the absurd and dangerous. It was like some shamanic invocation, to tear a hole through time, space, and history, to that meta-reality where everything is happening simultaneously, and the spirit of cynicism, ‘been there, done that.’ has no room to breathe and breed. They ended with one of the most excellent stage dives I’ve ever seen, with the singer than running around the infernal theater, knocking over beers and singing into people’s eyes. Tremendous. Highly Recommended! “

read the whole review here.

The Ex-Girlfriends Club to Release debut Full-Length

The Ex-Girlfriends Club is excited to announce the release of their debut album entitled Boo Hoo Hoo on Jan 31st, 2012.  It will be available on Amazon, iTunes and CDbaby as well as their live shows.  On January 18th, XGFC will be having an early release party at Dante’s in Portland, OR with some of their favorite bands including Di Di Mau!, Holy Children, Sexywaterspiders, and No Tomorrow Boys.  Come down to Dante’s to get your copy before anyone else.

The Ex-Girlfriends Club in Top 10 Bands of 2011

The Ex-Girlfriends Club would like to thank Nick Hilden from SSG  Music for including them in its top 10 Portland bands of 2011 along with The Lovesores, LSD&D, and heavy weights Red Fang.  Nick called XGFC, “An immediate explosion of wailing, ripping garage rock piloted by Albatross’ drawling, howling maniacy.”  The top 10 list also included Hairspray Blues, Wizard Boots, Hopeless Jack & The Handsome Devils, Alabama Black Snake and more.

Read the whole article here.

 

The Ex-Girlfriends Club take over KBOO HOO HOO radio on New Years Eve

The Ex-Girlfriends Club is excited to be ringing in the new year on KBOO 90.7 FM in Portland OR with their friends Di Di Mau! and Sexywaterspiders. This special on-air live performance will be part of XGFC’s series of release parties for their debut album. KBOO has agreed to let the band redub the radio station KBOO HOO HOO for the night to coincide with the album title Boo Hoo Hoo.  Big thanks to Sabrina Heavin for putting the show together and calling in to co-host the event from LA.

UPDATE: The Starlight Collective have released the streaming audio of the radio show here.

Artwork for new Ex-Girlfriends Club Album Released

The Ex-Girlfriends Club are excited to unveil the artwork for their debut LP which will be titled Boo Hoo Hoo.  The Album is slated to drop early 2012 with a series of release parties to follow.  The cover photo was taken by Bertrand W. Delacourt and the artwork was designed by Jason Studley.

 

Tracklisting Released for new Ex-Girlfriends Club Album

The Ex-Girlfriends Club have narrowed down the cuts from their studio session and have released the final tracklisting for their upcoming debut album which will include a cover of The Witch by The Sonics.

01 Your Prescription
02 Coming Off Benzos
03 Lightning Bolt
04 The Witch
05 Take it From Me
06 Devil Eyes
07 Mister Singer
08 I’m Not Your Man
09 The Seer

The Ex-Girlfriends Club Working on Album

The Ex-Girlfriends Club are excitedly working on their debut full length album.  They have finished up a number of tracks and are in the process of figuring out which tracks will make the cut and putting together the artwork.  XGFC worked with audio engineer Greg Lind and are very pleased with the way that the songs have turned out.  Lind was able to capture the live feel and energy of The Ex-Girlfriends Club’s show performances.  XGFC will begin mastering with Timothy Stollenwerk (Thee Oh Sees, The Rats, Wooden Shjips) at Stereophonic in the next few weeks.

The Ex-Girlfriends Club in the Studio

The Ex-Girlfriends Club are currently at Tiger Fight Studios in Portland, OR recording new songs for an upcoming album.  The album will include a number of songs that XGFC have been debuting at shows as well as a few tracks that have never been heard before.  The band is striving to achieve a live feel on this record and are recording all songs in one take.

The Ex-Girlfriends Club west coast Spring Tour 2011

The Ex-Girlfriends Club on Haight

We are very pleased to report that the tour was well received everywhere we went and all members and most of the gear survived the onslaught of the road. It was a very busy seven days and we were all running on adrenaline and sandwiches made from the back of the truck. Touring in a small space required that a bed be made in the back of the truck which Albatross took full advantage of during the long distances traveled. Granted there is not a lot to see driving thru the wastes of Nevada at 80mph and it made room for the book worm in the back jump seat to finish Nick Cave’s autobiography and Shantaram. Thankfully driving a grandpa truck Action Lord named “Lariat, Lariat Big Gay Chariot” kept us away from johnny law.

Arcata beware! Here comes The Ex-Girlfriends Club

We’re packing up the van, filling up with black gold and heading down I5.  Tonight in Arcata, CA we play Budget Rock at The Alibi, a $2 DJ dance-a-thon and then The Ex-Girlfriends Club will rock your world at midnight.  We’re trading CDs for beer and t-shirts for a place to stay.  See you there!