February 2 / 2012:
Yo! How is everyone? Good? Good. We're playing February 18 at The Unicorn! All Hands on Jane will be joining us again! It'll be Tron's second show drumming with us, and we're gonna be playing TWO sets! Also, we will be busting out a few songs we haven't covered before, as well as playing all the songs off our forthcoming new EP, titled "Give This Hand a Job." You know, because we're so fuckin' classy and shit. Seeya at the show.
January 9 / 2012:
Hey dudes and dudettes. Just a few quick news items to share with ya...
1. We have a new drummer! Please welcome Aaron "Tron" Mykyta to The Invisible Hand, and be sure to come and see him make his debut with the band on January 20 at Vern's!
2. The secret song from our album "Crawling Up The Wall" has been secret for long enough, and now it can be YOURS! You can hear "Definitely, Eventually, Really, Probably" by clicking on the player to your right, or you can download it for FREE, by clicking here.
3. Our new 3-song EP (no title yet) is sounding rad. We have finished recording the drums, bass and guitar, and will be wrapping up the vocals this month. Stay tuned for more on that.
December 3 / 2011:
Happy Holidays, Hand-fans. For those not in the know, our longtime drummer Mikey Friio has played his last show with the band before he leaves to travel the world for a while. So we had a killer dance party at The Unicorn last Saturday to see him off, and now we're looking at replacements... so stay tuned for the announcement of our new drummer, and come see the debut of a new lineup on Jan 20 at Vern's.
October 21 / 2011:
Recording has begun. Three songs done on drums in the first session, and the upgrades at Sparkletoes Studios sound PIMP. The three songs on the new EP are called "Worst-Case Scenario," "Slow Cooker," and "Drought City." In a perfect world, we'll have it out by the holidays, but we are setting no grand deadlines for this project- our only goal is to make sure the sessions are quick and have a somewhat "live" energy to them.
Stay tuned to our facebook feed (and now our Twitter feed as well) for more on the recording process.
October 10 / 2011:
Hey guys. Just wanted to let you know that we're kinda-sorta probably gonna think about getting serious about maybe talking about the possibility that we might get back into the studio. For a new 3-song EP. To be be recorded at the newly upgraded Sparkletoes Studios. And then maybe make some music videos. And probably upgrade the site and get rid of this lame-ass Myspace music player.
September 16 / 2011:
What up everybody? So glad you're here... we're gigging a week today (on Friday September 23) at good old Vern's... if you enjoy seeing rock and roll at it's grimy, greasy best, Vern's is the place to do it. Come see us throw down with a bunch of other bands in one night, for a mere six bucks at the door.
Don't tell anyone, but we are pondering a new recording project... not another full-length, but we have 3 or 4 awesome new songs that so far have not been given a studio treatment, and if shit lines up right, we might get back in the studio this winter.
We've still got our sights set on getting a band van as well, so keep coming to the gigs and we'll be able to afford it in no time.
August 8 / 2011:
Yo! We are playing on August 17 with a sweet band from Victoria called Sound and Science. They're on their first tour and they need the support, so come out on a Wednesday to see them! And us! The show is at Vern's, and it'll probably start a bit early since it's a weekday.
Also, we're finally planning to hit the road! We're saving for a band vehicle, and we might be heading to Edmonton and maybe a few other stops around the province. Want us to come to your town? Let us know where to inquire and we'll try and make it!
July 19 / 2011:
We're back! We are rehearsing for our upcoming gigs, and working on a bit of new material too. See us playing two sets at The Unicorn this Saturday, and for those of you who aren't up late, see us in the afternoon on the holiday Monday on August 1!
Also, we still have shirts and other stuff for sale at the shows, and you can buy our CD here on the website, or pick up a copy at any show.
June 6 / 2011: VACATION!!!
Summer is finally here! And with our triumphant performance at Lilac Fest to a portion of the 110,000 lovely people who attended, the Hand marks the beginning of our short summer vacation. We're off till mid-July, and we'll return for a couple shows.
A few quick things... we have new t-shirts now. Anyone who is interested in buying one before another show, just email us or facebook us and we'll work it out. Also, if you live in a town with a campus radio station, give them a call and request us! We recently mailed our songs to almost every campus station in the nation, so ring 'em up and ask to be slapped with The Invisible Hand :P
May 2 / 2011: FESTIVALS!!!
Hey Hand-fans! We've got some cool news... we are officially booked for Calgary's popular Lilac Festival @ 4th Street, on Sunday, May 29. We are playing the beer gardens at 17th Ave and 4th St SW at 2:00 to 2:45. It's gonna be epic. This is a FREE festival, but you will probably need ID to get into the beer gardens.
Check our upcoming gigs list on the right side of the page for some other sweet shows we are playing around town this summer. In other news... our guitarists (Murray T. Handman and Chris "Sparkletoes" Ferguson) are now going wireless at our live shows, and will be running around the venues like idiots with our guitars... come give them a high-five or something.
Apr 3 / 2011: It's gig season, everyone! We are playing a swack of shows in the next two months before a little vacation in June, then we hope to have some really big shows through the summer months. Check the gig listings to the right to see when we are playing. We even have some weeknights in there for those who can't get to our gigs on weekends.
ALSO: We will have some sweet-ass t-shirts for sale at our next shows, as well as some fancy band stickers and copies of our speaker-shredding new album "Crawling Up the Wall."
Mar 20 / 2011: The CD Release Gig was a great success!!! We extend huge thanks to everyone who came to watch the show, everyone who bought a CD, as well as everyone who helped out with the gig itself: Nathalie and Maria for taking pictures, Dave on the sound board, Erin and Nicole selling merch for us, and Angelina for providing sweet prints of even more of her artwork for the merch table. We also thank the Unicorn and their staff for making it a kickass place to play a gig.
Check us out again live in two weeks at VERN'S TAVERN on April Fool's Day!!!! Also, check out the new sections here on the website! We now have pages for song lyrics, a list of what gear we use in our live shows, and some guitar transcriptions for our guitar-playing fans.
Mar 1 / 2011: Git yo self to THE UNICORN (304 8 ave SW, Calgary) on Saturday March 19. Buy a copy of our finished CD, hear us play all night long. The cover is $5, the show starts after 9:00 PM, and we are playing all night. You'll hear the whole album in order, our old stuff, some brand new stuff that is even newer than the CD, and of course, a few bitchin' cover tunes. Click the image below to RSVP on Facebook.
February 2 / 2012:
Yo! How is everyone? Good? Good. We're playing February 18 at The Unicorn! All Hands on Jane will be joining us again! It'll be Tron's second show drumming with us, and we're gonna be playing TWO sets! Also, we will be busting out a few songs we haven't covered before, as well as playing all the songs off our forthcoming new EP, titled "Give This Hand a Job." You know, because we're so fuckin' classy and shit. Seeya at the show.
January 9 / 2012:
Hey dudes and dudettes. Just a few quick news items to share with ya...
1. We have a new drummer! Please welcome Aaron "Tron" Mykyta to The Invisible Hand, and be sure to come and see him make his debut with the band on January 20 at Vern's!
2. The secret song from our album "Crawling Up The Wall" has been secret for long enough, and now it can be YOURS! You can hear "Definitely, Eventually, Really, Probably" by clicking on the player to your right, or you can download it for FREE, by clicking here.
3. Our new 3-song EP (no title yet) is sounding rad. We have finished recording the drums, bass and guitar, and will be wrapping up the vocals this month. Stay tuned for more on that.
December 3 / 2011:
Happy Holidays, Hand-fans. For those not in the know, our longtime drummer Mikey Friio has played his last show with the band before he leaves to travel the world for a while. So we had a killer dance party at The Unicorn last Saturday to see him off, and now we're looking at replacements... so stay tuned for the announcement of our new drummer, and come see the debut of a new lineup on Jan 20 at Vern's.
October 21 / 2011:
Recording has begun. Three songs done on drums in the first session, and the upgrades at Sparkletoes Studios sound PIMP. The three songs on the new EP are called "Worst-Case Scenario," "Slow Cooker," and "Drought City." In a perfect world, we'll have it out by the holidays, but we are setting no grand deadlines for this project- our only goal is to make sure the sessions are quick and have a somewhat "live" energy to them.
Stay tuned to our facebook feed (and now our Twitter feed as well) for more on the recording process.
October 10 / 2011:
Hey guys. Just wanted to let you know that we're kinda-sorta probably gonna think about getting serious about maybe talking about the possibility that we might get back into the studio. For a new 3-song EP. To be be recorded at the newly upgraded Sparkletoes Studios. And then maybe make some music videos. And probably upgrade the site and get rid of this lame-ass Myspace music player.
September 16 / 2011:
What up everybody? So glad you're here... we're gigging a week today (on Friday September 23) at good old Vern's... if you enjoy seeing rock and roll at it's grimy, greasy best, Vern's is the place to do it. Come see us throw down with a bunch of other bands in one night, for a mere six bucks at the door.
Don't tell anyone, but we are pondering a new recording project... not another full-length, but we have 3 or 4 awesome new songs that so far have not been given a studio treatment, and if shit lines up right, we might get back in the studio this winter.
We've still got our sights set on getting a band van as well, so keep coming to the gigs and we'll be able to afford it in no time.
August 8 / 2011:
Yo! We are playing on August 17 with a sweet band from Victoria called Sound and Science. They're on their first tour and they need the support, so come out on a Wednesday to see them! And us! The show is at Vern's, and it'll probably start a bit early since it's a weekday.
Also, we're finally planning to hit the road! We're saving for a band vehicle, and we might be heading to Edmonton and maybe a few other stops around the province. Want us to come to your town? Let us know where to inquire and we'll try and make it!
July 19 / 2011:
We're back! We are rehearsing for our upcoming gigs, and working on a bit of new material too. See us playing two sets at The Unicorn this Saturday, and for those of you who aren't up late, see us in the afternoon on the holiday Monday on August 1!
Also, we still have shirts and other stuff for sale at the shows, and you can buy our CD here on the website, or pick up a copy at any show.
June 6 / 2011: VACATION!!!
Summer is finally here! And with our triumphant performance at Lilac Fest to a portion of the 110,000 lovely people who attended, the Hand marks the beginning of our short summer vacation. We're off till mid-July, and we'll return for a couple shows.
A few quick things... we have new t-shirts now. Anyone who is interested in buying one before another show, just email us or facebook us and we'll work it out. Also, if you live in a town with a campus radio station, give them a call and request us! We recently mailed our songs to almost every campus station in the nation, so ring 'em up and ask to be slapped with The Invisible Hand :P
May 2 / 2011: FESTIVALS!!!
Hey Hand-fans! We've got some cool news... we are officially booked for Calgary's popular Lilac Festival @ 4th Street, on Sunday, May 29. We are playing the beer gardens at 17th Ave and 4th St SW at 2:00 to 2:45. It's gonna be epic. This is a FREE festival, but you will probably need ID to get into the beer gardens.
Check our upcoming gigs list on the right side of the page for some other sweet shows we are playing around town this summer. In other news... our guitarists (Murray T. Handman and Chris "Sparkletoes" Ferguson) are now going wireless at our live shows, and will be running around the venues like idiots with our guitars... come give them a high-five or something.
Apr 3 / 2011: It's gig season, everyone! We are playing a swack of shows in the next two months before a little vacation in June, then we hope to have some really big shows through the summer months. Check the gig listings to the right to see when we are playing. We even have some weeknights in there for those who can't get to our gigs on weekends.
ALSO: We will have some sweet-ass t-shirts for sale at our next shows, as well as some fancy band stickers and copies of our speaker-shredding new album "Crawling Up the Wall."
Mar 20 / 2011: The CD Release Gig was a great success!!! We extend huge thanks to everyone who came to watch the show, everyone who bought a CD, as well as everyone who helped out with the gig itself: Nathalie and Maria for taking pictures, Dave on the sound board, Erin and Nicole selling merch for us, and Angelina for providing sweet prints of even more of her artwork for the merch table. We also thank the Unicorn and their staff for making it a kickass place to play a gig.
Check us out again live in two weeks at VERN'S TAVERN on April Fool's Day!!!! Also, check out the new sections here on the website! We now have pages for song lyrics, a list of what gear we use in our live shows, and some guitar transcriptions for our guitar-playing fans.
Mar 1 / 2011: Git yo self to THE UNICORN (304 8 ave SW, Calgary) on Saturday March 19. Buy a copy of our finished CD, hear us play all night long. The cover is $5, the show starts after 9:00 PM, and we are playing all night. You'll hear the whole album in order, our old stuff, some brand new stuff that is even newer than the CD, and of course, a few bitchin' cover tunes. Click the image below to RSVP on Facebook.
If you can't make it to the party, you can still buy the CD here online.
FEB 4 / 2011: The CD is here!!!! The actual final real-deal, no more waiting, etc etc etc ACTUAL first run of the album has arrived and is available RIGHT NOW thru our site and at shows, such as tonight's!
CLICK HERE TO BUY THE ALBUM - PAYPAL AND CREDIT CARDS ARE BOTH ACCEPTED.
Your options are:
A) Download only - $5 (comes with artwork files)
B) Order a physical copy for $10, which includes shipping within 3-5 days AND a free download version to boot.
Thanks again to everyone who has waited and/or helped out on the album! Details on a CD release party / gig are coming soon.
JAN 21 / 2011: The album has been ordered!!! A year and a half of work will finally come to fruition! 1000 copies (real manufactured CD's, not cheap CDR's) will be delivered to Hand Headquarters within 9-12 business days. Once we have it, the album will be for sale here on our website immediately, and to make the album even more available, we will begin playing more open mics and booking more shows, including a CD release party that oughta be off the hook.
JAN 8 / 2011: Happy new year, everyone! For the first post of the new year, I thought I'd fill you in on what's been happening with our always-coming-out-next-month-for-like-a-year-and-a-half new album.
First and foremost, it's coming out FOR SURE in February this year. The artwork is finished, the songs are finished, we've chosen and talked to the company who will print it. We are playing a gig at the Unicorn on January 15 to get the last of the $$$ we will need to cover the making and shipping of 1000 copies of Crawling Up The Wall. It takes about 2 weeks to get them made, and we'll be placing the order the day after the gig.
Copies of the album will be available at shows and open mic nights, and for order from our website as soon as we have it in our hands. It will be in local record shops as soon as they can process it after we drop it off. The first side is available to preview here on our site, and the whole album is already available to download - just click here.
We want to thank those of you who've waited for the album so long... it went from being a possible 5-song demo, to a grandiose full-length album, done old-school, recorded LOUD, with each song getting the full studio treatment, and it's seen the band evolve to where we needed a fifth member to play all the material properly, which now causes our live show to melt 75% more face. Check us out soon. You won't be disappointed.
DEC 12: Thanks for your support this year, Hand-fans! We're booking a schwack of gig for the new year, but you might not see us around till then. If all goes to plan, our first gig back will be the CD release party. We're getting our artwork finalized and then it's off to the presses!
NOV 16: Thanks to everyone who came out to support us for our gigs at Vern's and the Unicorn. We now have enough $$$ to get the CD made. We're gonna have all-new artwork and a bonus track not on the current iTunes version. There will be a big CD Release Gig / Party as well.
Chris is playing more and more guitar with the band and we are starting to sound like a dual-guitar beast... if you enjoyed the sound of double guitars at our last gigs, you will enjoy our next gigs a lot. Also, anyone who has pictures from the last gigs PLEASE send 'em to us! We'll put them up on the site and give you credit and stuff.
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UPCOMING GIGS
Saturday, Feb 18 - The Unicorn (Calgary, 304 8 Ave SW) - $5
Friday, Apr 20 - Vern's (Calgary, 622 8 Ave SW) - $6
Saturday, May 19 - The Unicorn (Calgary, 304 8 Ave SW) - $5