On Friday, Sept 10 we’ll be playing the Meeting of the Minds III festival in Poyntelle, PA. We have pre-sale tickets available at only $40, which includes 3 days of camping and music on a huge lake. Bands include Dr. Didg, J-san & the Analogue Sons, and of course, the Lobster Quadrille! Send us a message if you’re interested in tix. Here’s the festival site:http://www.jibberjazz.com/motm3.html

Our good friend Kevin recorded our recent visit to the Local Show. We had a nice time yacking and playing a few tracks by our favorite Rochester bands (Like the Quartershots, the Priests, Velveteen Fox, illinoise, Varnish Cooks, the Blastoffs, Taduya, Computerface, Tranquilatwist, and more). You can check it out here: http://www.kevtrout.com/media/LobQuadLocalShow/. 

We'll be on Warbux's Local Show this Sunday (June 27) from 8 to 10pm EST. That's 90.5 fm for those of you in the area--for those of you who aren't you may listen to it streaming here: http://wber.monroe.edu/site/html/index.php. We'll be playing some as yet unheard live tracks, a number of songs by our favorite Rochester bands, and generally revealing the Wu Tang secret. Give 'er a listen. Call us up and say dirty things.

We are now peddling Upstate Boogie Fest tickets. We have a few to sell and we are letting them go for $50 each (that's a $10 discount on pre-sale). Three days of music, camping, swimming, art, food, and of course, loveable us! Email us for tix.

We've got some new live tracks up (available for download!) that have not previously seen the light of day--a couple from Howler's in Pittsburgh (that Bengt of Action Camp was good enough to record) and one from the Keg here in Rochester (courtesy of Mick Sarubbi). Got a lot of live stuff we have yet to do anything with, so we're going to try and start adding a couple of these on a regular basis.

We've also posted our Manifesto of the New Southern Gothic on the bio page, for anyone who's ever wondered what the hell we're trying to get at here. See y'all at the Bug Jar on the 29th!

We haven't been in touch much lately...things have been nuts. Anyway, lots of shows coming up this summer, including a couple of festivals, which should be a lot of fun. Do us a favor and buy your festival tickets from us, wouldja? That's how we get paid. Just email elissa@thelobsterquadrille.com for Scottypaluza or Meeting of the Minds III tix. 

Next up is the Bug Jar, Saturday, May 29 with Action Camp. These guys are AWESOME and worth the price of admission alone. Add us to the bill and now it's like you're MAKING money by coming to this show. It's going to be hot schtuff.

Just found out we'll be doing halftime at the Roc City Roller Derby bout in June, which should be fun too. Come and watch ladies hurt each other. And we'll be playing through the beer.

Also just got booked for this year's Wedgestock, which should be a hoot. Enjoy Rochester's finest up-and-coming neighborhood to the sounds of Rochester's dapperest devil smoochers. 

That's all for now. We're going to try and get some new songs up on this page here in a minute for chrissakes and try to be better about changing them out. We've got hours of live stuff that hasn't seen the light of day yet, so maybe we'll throw some of that your way. 

Shemhamforash, y'all.

Come on out, kiddies, this is going to be a hell of a good time. Devilz in the Detailz refer to themselves as "gothabilly," and they've got a great, reverb-drenched, Wanda Jackson meets Herman Munster thing going on. We've had fun at Howlers before and we are fully prepared to rock the spot. Put on your best duds and come on out!

http://www.myspace.com/thedevilzinthedetailz

We are very pleased to present a video for The Crystal Spring--a film by Marc Bollmann, co-directed by Kelly McDonald. We recommend that you load it in HD, turn down the lights, and play it at full screen.

Our sincere thanks to Marc for his hard work in producing such a beautiful piece, and to Kelly for traveling from Pittsburgh to take her place at the helm as well. Thanks are also due to Jen for making the trip from the Iron City in order to discharge camera duties; Kelly Glover for running around in the snow on one of the coldest weekends in recent memory wearing nothing but a thin, white dress; to Holly for her hospitality extended to a large, shivering, soaked crew; Jamie for cutting a handsome figure while slogging through the woods with us; Dee for hanging out and providing moral support; Kevin and Lauren for opening their home (and pantry) in Nunda; Pam/Amber/Amy/Lauren for doing the makeup; Mark/Kevin for supplying tools; and Elissa for braving the elements to get stills. The Lobster Quadrille also wishes to thank John Powers and John Jameson & Sons for making the enormous quantities of bracing Irish whiskey that sustained us during the shoot.

Enjoy!

Head over to the Stuart Bedasso show homepage to hear the latest episode, featuring one of our members and a live performance of "The Unexamined Life." 

Thanks to everyone who came out the Keg! It was a great night. Looking forward to getting back down there again.

Lookie at the gallery--hell of a lot of new photos from Amber, Elissa, Marc, and Kelly documenting winter 2009/2010 exploits. Fun fun.

You must see the new shirts! A nice black number with the new logo and a white cami with Elissa's line-o'-lobsters design. On the store page.

Um, just in case you picked up the print copy of Metromix Rochester this week, let us assure that NO ONE IN THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE IS A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS, PRACTICING OR OTHERWISE. Fortunately the nice lady who wrote the article was able to correct the editorial online, but the print edition maintains the error. Yikes. J-Dubs everywhere are doubtless chagrined.

As we have been noting over and over again of late, this Friday (Jan 8) is your chance to catch the LQ live and GRATIS with The Lovesick Heartstabbers and Danny Deutch (must be a German feller). Come on out and spend the money you saved on the cover at the BAR.

THEN, on Wednesday, January 13 (the absurd proximity is not lost on us, gentle reader), catch us at The Club at Water Street in the august company of Devil Springs. Tix are $5 at the door...a bit more through Ticketmaster...but Email us and we'll get 'em to you for a paltry THREE CLAMS. That's how we make dough on this one, kids, so give us a holler.

Then we'll recuperate a bit (while making sure to catch Schwindler and Big Ben at the Bug Jar on Wed, Jan 20--not to be missed) before coming back out Downstairs at the German House in February. See y'all soon.

Welcome to the new and improved LQ Web site! We tried to incorporate all the feedback we've received over the last few months and put something together that's more informative and easier to navigate--poke around and let us know what you think. Have a look at the ever-expanding gallery, sign up for  the Email list and RSS feed, check out the other new features, and send us a message if there's anything you'd like to see. Thanks to Kevin and Jamie for getting us going, and to Elissa for the new logo! See you in the new year!