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Recorded in a feverish few days in a 150-year-old schoolhouse in rural Wisconsin that probably wasn’t haunted, these six songs are a direct report back from the front lines of something. Maybe the war of the soul, more likely a case of rocked-out dyspepsia.

Feel free to stream or download; album should be available on Spotify soon as well. If you’re inclined, it’s also available to purchase through Bandcamp.

Cover art by Floris Lafontant.

1. One Hundred Shrugs
2. Bigger Than Us
3. It’s All Blue
4. Dead and Gone
5. Kids With Guitars
6. Staring Into Yourself

All songs by Keith Pille.

Recorded at Pleasant Corner Schoolhouse, Stockholm, WI; mixed at Nowhere Studios, Minneapolis. Produced by Aaron Schiel.

Out of the fever swamps of the covid year comes the first full-length Awesome Boys album. Some songs are decades old, written by old friends in a youthful alt country band; some are new explorations of Derailleur songs; so new the paint’s still wet. Somehow, covers of Low and Hank Williams worked their way in. Who knows? Dig in, and enjoy.

Feel free to stream or download; album should be available on Spotify soon as well. If you’re inclined, it’s also available to purchase through Bandcamp (albeit without the covers, because of Bandcamp’s licensing situation… still, they’re available here).

01. Dustin’s Song
02. Taco Says
03. Easy E
04. Your Cheatin’ Heart (Hank Williams)
05. 2020
06. Get Drunk (Grant Weeks)
07. Trippy Space Trip (Through Drug Space)
08. My Cubicle
09. No Pants at Falbos
10. What’s It Take
11. Just Stand Back (Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker)
12. The Cigar Song (Erik Jensen)

Unless otherwise noted, songs by Keith Pille.

Produced and mixed by Aaron Schiel at Nowhere Studios, Minneapolis, MN.

THANKS TO: Bob Brown, Erik Jensen, Mark Kalar, Dale Plasek, Grant Weeks, Rebecca Collins, and anyone who talked me through part of this on twitter or wherever.

taking the songs of the Clash to the country

cover art by Rebecca Collins
1: Know Your Rights
2: Police On My Back
3: Death or Glory
4: The Card Cheat
5: Pressure Drop
6: Straight to Hell

Feel free to download tracks; click on the 3 dots at the end of the player and off to the races. The EP should also be available for streaming on Spotify soon.

All songs by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones except “Police on My Back” by Eddy Grant and “Pressure Drop” by Frederick “Toots” Hibbert.

Produced by Keith Pille

Recorded in Oi Kitty Studios, Minneapolis, MN, in July 2020.

Track 1: No Go

Track 2: The History Of Art

Track 3: Crumbling In Place

Track 4: I Never Asked to Be Here

Track 5: Looking Down a Hole

Track 6: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Feel free to download and share tracks; click on the 3 dots at the end of the player and off to the races.

All songs by the Awesome Boys except “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” by Gary Goffin and Carole King.

Produced by Keith Pille

Recorded in Nowhere Studios, Pepin, WI, in February 2019.

The Awesome Boys are lurching back from the grave, brought back by bizarre ceremonies performed in a remote cabin in rural Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Pepin in the teeth of a monster blizzard (really!). Here’s the lead single from the forthcoming, monster-rocking six-song EP.

No Go

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01 The World in My Nose

02 No Rules

03 Sub Cauda

04 Pemulis

05 Building a Better Me

06 Heroes

(to download songs: right-click on song titles and select “Save As…”)

 

All songs by The Awesome Boys except “Heroes,” by David Bowie.

The Awesome Boys are: Keith Pille

Thanks to: Rebecca Collins, Jay Bauer-Clapp, Bob Brown, Mark Kalar, Todd Smith, Grant Weeks, and Ben Glaros

Recorded in Oi Kitty Studios, Minneapolis

Also potentially of interest:

The Awesome Boys’ Voytek EP

Derailleur

Keithpille.com

 

1. You Can’t Ignore My Techno

2. Voytek the Soldier Bear

3. Good Advice

4. Oi, Kitty, Me Bum ‘Urts

5. H.E.L.P.E.R. Goes to Vice City

6. The Card Cheat

(to download songs: right-click on song titles and select “Save As…”)

Voytek represents the first six Awesome Boys songs that might potentially be interesting to the wider world. There are lots of other Awesome Boys songs, but maybe not so interesting. We’ll see.

 

All songs by The Awesome Boys except “the Card Cheat,” by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones.
The Awesome Boys are: Aaron Schiel (vocals, guitar, Kaossilator), Jon Maxwell (guitar), Dan Siegel (drums and electronic percussion), and Josh Browne (bass).

Or Keith Pille is the Awesome Boys. whichever you choose to believe.

Recorded in Oi Kitty Studios, Minneapolis

Also potentially of interest:
nowhereband.org
derailleurtheband.com