Comedy Minus One

14/10/2024

A+ three band bill at The Hideout in Chicago this Wednesday night. Advance Base, Jake McKelvie AND Mint Mile in the same evening? Wow!

https://hideoutchicago.com/event/jake-mckelvie-mint-mile-and-advance-base/hideout-chicago/chicago/

03/10/2024

Greg writes about new music coming from some Chicago local heroes that sent him back to Tar’s relatively brief run in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. Read more about the new Deep Tunnel Project album: https://bit.ly/3TTgUCe

01/10/2024

Mint Mile and OUT play this Thursday night in Chicago at Judson & Moore.

Show starts at 8 sharp!

Link for tickets in the comments.

01/10/2024

Deep Tunnel Project is one of the "Brand New Buried Treasures" on the latest episode of Sound Opinions.

(Go about 28:00 in to hear.)

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share new music they're digging that flies under the mainstream radar, buried treasures! They also hear selections from their production staff.

19/09/2024

Hey!

We've re-stocked a small number of Deep Tunnel Project LPs in our shop and on our Bandcamp!

Order your record today!

Links to both locations in the comments.

03/09/2024

Shirts are LIVE! We've got over-run SKWM and Libertine shirts available as I type in Medium, Large, XL and XXL.

02/09/2024

For those who've been asking: We're putting the remainder of the Silkworm "SKWM" + "Libertine" t-shirts up tomorrow afternoon on the Comedy Minus One site.

29/08/2024

Mint Mile's latest album "Roughrider" was recently a Staff Pick at The Record Exchange in Boise, ID.

They write:

"Magnificent...a perfect soundtrack to consider possibilities, and life itself. If you like music that exists on its own terms, and doesn’t pander to expectations, then buy everything this band has put out."

Roughrider by Mint Mile is magnificent. It’s their second full-length album and fifth record overall, which is remarkable considering the band was formed in 2014. Things take their own time and form in the band’s universe. The music is complex but simple at the same time. Not easy to do. It’s ...

16/08/2024

Good morning. We unexpectedly turned up one last copy of TV Colours' amazing "Purple Skies, Toxic River" LP.

Someone is going to see this post, order it, and have their record shipped later today. Is that someone you?

I’ve had a deep appreciation for music that has found its way to New Jersey from Australia for about as long as I’ve known about punk rock, first discovering bands like The Eastern Dark, Exploding White Mice and The Celibate Rifles when I was in grade school. Three decades later, contemporary al...

05/08/2024

Last weekend that I learned “Fish Eyes” by Bottomless Pit….

https://bottomlesspit.bandcamp.com/track/fish-eyes

…borrows a moment directly from Magnolia Electric Co.’s “Doing Something Wrong!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-obN_YMQlS0

from the album Congress

02/08/2024

OUT ride again SUNDAY NIGHT (which is AUGUST 4th) at THE RUN OFF in KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN with the mighty CONTINUALS plus the equally ace PETRILLO. Ten bucks. Be there.

31/07/2024

An archive of day two of Steve Albini: The Gathering, including brief, beautiful sets from Scrawl, Danielson, Dianogah, Silkworm, Jeff Tweedy and The Breeders (among others) has been posted.

New link for Day 2 of Steve Albini: The Gathering. We're working on getting some better quality videos of the event uploaded. Stay tuned. Until then, here ...

30/07/2024

Joel RL Phelps, Andy Cohen and Tim Midyett were joined by Mint Mile’s Jeff Panall playing Michael Dahlquist’s drums for three Silkworm songs (and one cover) in a gazebo at a memorial weekend for Steve Albini.

I believe it was the first time these three surviving members of SKWM had played together in roughly 30 years (someone will certainly correct me if I am mistaken).

Video of their set should be back online soon for those who missed the live stream.

After they were done I walked everyone over to the beach and took these photos to commemorate being together again. I knew we would all kick ourselves down the line if I didn’t.

What a gift this was.

27/07/2024

Tim Midyett relays that Silkworm will play a few songs on Saturday afternoon between 3-5 pm CT at Steve Albini’s memorial.

All performances this weekend will be streamed here.

25/07/2024

Deep Tunnel Project kick out “Chapter Verse Overture” at last weekend’s PRF BBQ.

Band: Deep Tunnel ProjectSong: "Chapter Verse Overture"Album: Deep Tunnel Project (2024)Link: https://deeptunnelproject.bandcamp.com/CONCERTDate: July 20, 20...

23/07/2024

This video of Tre Orsi doing "The Engineer" at the most recent PRF BBQ (thank you, Calvin) makes us very, very happy (and a touch sad we couldn't be there with all y'all). Don't Quit.

Band: Tre OrsiSong: "The Engineer"Album: Devices + Emblems (2010)Link: https://treorsi.bandcamp.com/CONCERTDate: July 19, 2024 (PRFBBQ 2024)Venue: Reed's Loc...

22/07/2024

Silkworm and Steve Albini, 1993.

18/07/2024

Superb piece on Chicago's annual PRF BBQ, which many of our bands, friends and associates have played over the years, including Tre Orsi and Deep Tunnel Project this coming weekend...

The underground rock community of the PRF BBQ, birthed on Web forum of Steve Albini’s studio, builds on his ethos of independence and generosity.

17/07/2024

The mighty 2024 PRF BBQ is THIS WEEK/END in CHICAGO.

Don't miss your chance(s) to see the first TRE ORSI show in eons on FRIDAY NIGHT or DEEP TUNNEL PROJECT at 8:40 pm CT as part of a stacked lineup on SATURDAY NIGHT.

http://prfbbq.com

16/07/2024

THIS THURSDAY in PORTLAND, MAINE at PRISM ANALOG you can see a rare solo set by ANDREW COHEN from SILKWORM / BOTTOMLESS PIT.

Limited to 50 attendees. Make the trip!

Tickets available at prismanalog.org.

15/07/2024

There are a lot of great shows happening this week and we'll try and tell you about one a day...

THIS FRIDAY in PHILADELPHIA at SOLAR MYTH you can catch RICK RIZZO from ELEVENTH DREAM DAY playing songs after the area premiere of a documentary about musician PAUL K.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2774341269410136/

09/07/2024

John Mohr, Mike Greenlees and Tim Midyett from Deep Tunnel Project guest on the latest episode of Protonic Reversal!

Ep391: John Mohr, Michael Greenlees, Tim Midyett (Deep Tunnel Project)
Deep Tunnel Project is a chicago band! Featuring, two members of Tar, one from Silkworm and one from The Bomb it is a unique pairing creating new music and new sounds. 3/4 of them, all returning guests respectively, come on Protonic to talk in-depth about this great new record, the mindset and origin of the band and lots more!
https://www.protonicreversal.com/ep391-john-mohr-michael-greenlees-tim-midyett-deep-tunnel-project/

03/07/2024

If you want a SKWM or Libertine 30th anniversary t-shirt, need those orders in by Monday please!

https://shop.comedyminusone.com/collections/shirts

01/07/2024

"Unfinished business triumphs...a patient, driven channel of carefully considered noise."

Heathen Disco reviews Deep Tunnel Project's debut LP.

https://www.heathendis.co/p/heathen-disco-music-reviews-0001

28/06/2024

Today “Behaviour” by These Estates arrives on all streaming / download platforms, a covers collection of 14 sinewy, plaintive tracks, drawn from a variety of sources and given thoughtful-stupid re-workings by this Canadian trio.

Tracks were originally performed by artists as disparate as John Cale, Prince, Harry Nilsson, fellow countrymen The Tragically Hip, Kleenex and Andy Kaufman (among others).

Today “Behaviour” by These Estates arrives on all streaming / download platforms, a covers collection of 14 sinewy, plaintive tracks, drawn from a variety of sources and given thoughtful-stupid re-workings by this Canadian trio. Behaviour by These Estates Tracks were originally performed by arti...