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Oct 12, 2008
The Rock is Cooking
Happy news indeed. The boys have
handcrafted a brand new batch of badass rock songs and they're
going into the studio to polish them up and put them on wax.
Or tape. Or digitron chips. They're recording the new album
with Dave Fridmann in his secret headquarters somewhere in
upstate New York. Even if you haven't heard of Mr. Fridmann,
you've probably heard his work. He's produced or recorded a
ton of stuff, including two decade's worth of Flaming Lips
albums, MGMT's debut, and excellent music from artists like
Cafe Tacuba, Low, Sleater-Kinney, Sparklehorse, Mercury Rev
and loads of others.
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Oct 11, 2008
Andy Ross Has A Solo Record
On November 11th, you can have it too. Mr. Ross
records under the name Secret Dakota Ring, producing songs which, as his bio tells us,
hang out somewhere on the "beautifully realized stylistic
extremes of pop." The album is called
Cantarell and the first single is "The Fade To
Black." It's a doozy. Listen to it on his MySpace, read his blog about it on secretdakotaring.com,
and pre-order the whole thing from Insound.com
and seriousbusinessrecords.com.
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Oct 10, 2008
Damian In Ang Lee's New Movie
Damian has been cast as a long-haired
folk singer in the upcoming Ang Lee movie Taking Woodstock. This may not be the
role Damian was born to play (that's actually a tough cop with
a checkered past, a heart of gold, and a talking donkey) but
it's a pretty good start.
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Jul 21, 2008
OK Go Rocks The Human Race
Well, the part of it that lives in Los Angeles, anyway. The boys will play a few songs at a kick-off event for the Nike+ Human Race this Wednesday, July 23, outside the Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood at Vine and Selma.
The event starts at 8pm, though the boys will probably not go on exactly then. Rumors that everyone in attendance will be asked to run in place during the show are unconfirmed, as is the much whispered about post-event burning of delicious glazed donuts. That the boys will be there and bringing the rock, however, is absolutely certain, so come on out.
More info: http://nikeplus.com/humanrace
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Jul 10, 2008
OK Jonesy Today and Tomorrow
The boys will be hosting Jonesy's Jukebox on LA's Indie 103.1 today and tomorrow from 12 to 2pm Pacific time, rebroadcast at 6pm. If you miss it live, you can also listen on demand.
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May 14, 2008
Ok Go Shows!
OK Go, coming to a Darfur benefit, an urban festival, or a massive automotive competition near you:
May 16th - Chicago, IL
Manifest Urban Arts Festival Grant Park, 8:00PM
This show is a free event for Columbia College Students. Good news though, because we love you, we got them to hold some extra tickets. E-mail Akman@okgo.net if you want one. A creative or friendly email might even get you an extra for friend. We've only got a few, so don't dally.
May 17th - Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
OK Go is taking the stage following the qualifier. Finally, you can get both your Indy Car and OK Go fixes at the same time. Free show with your admission ticket.
May 29th - Los, Angeles, CA
Ackerman Grand Ballroom, UCLA
Mighty Mic Human Rights Awareness Concert to save Darfur Proceeds from the show will send a plane full of medical relief to a refugee camp. Visit mightymic.comfor information on how to get into the show.
June 6th - Fairfax, VA
Celebrate Fairfax! Festival @ Fairfax County Government Center
OK Go is headlining the main stage at 8pm. No brainer: who wouldn't want to celebrate their county government? tickets available here: celebratefairfax.com
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Mar 10, 2008
Mr. Kulash and Mr. Ross go to Washington
Mr. Kulash and Mr. Ross head to Washington DC tomorrow to give their testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Net Neutrality and Free Speech on the Internet. You can stream the whole thing live here tommorow. Here's the nitty gritty:
Tuesday 3/11/2008 - 2:00PM
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Judiciary Committee Antitrust Task Force
Hearing on Net Neutrality and Free Speech on the Internet
Get more info about net neutrality here.
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Mar 03, 2008
Damian featured in Ben Karlin's new book
In the spirit of the wintery love day, Damian has contributed an
embarrassingly revealing essay to the book "Things I've Learned From Women
Who Dumped Me," edited by Ben Karlin, one of the co-creators of the
Colbert Report and an all around clever guy. Lots of sharp wits are
involved (Mr. Colbert, Dan Savage, Andy Richter, David Wain, etc.), and
(spoiler alert) the basic theme is that none of them actually learned
anything from their romantic failures.
We've added the book to our online store, and because we can't
possibly compete with Amazon, Damian has signed every copy we're selling,
making it well worth the extra pittance we have to charge for not being a
global megacorporation.
Also, there's an audio version of the book, in which Damian reads his piece.
None of us has heard it yet, but we assume it must be even more embarrassing
to hear it in his own voice. You can order it here.
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Feb 05, 2008
You're Not Alone at iTunes Today
OK Go spent the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans recording an insanely swaggering benefit EP with trombone soul monsters Bonerama. It's called You´re Not Alone and it hit iTunes worldwide today. (drop them an email if it's not in your country's store.) Awesomely, iTunes agreed to donate their share of the sales, so every last penny of the proceeds will go towards helping rebuild the New Orleans music community, which was devastated by Katrina. Money goes to Sweet Home New Orleans and to building a new house for New Orleans legend Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, who lost everything in the storm and post-storm floods, and who sings on the EP's final track.
The music is actually worth your money (not just according to us), all of which will go to talented people in very real need. Do us, them, and yourselves a favor: Buy a copy right now.
The tracklist:
Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide (the Bowie tune)
A Million Ways
Oh Lately It’s So Quiet
It’s a Disaster
I Shall Be Released (the Dylan Tune, with "Carnival Time" Johnson on vocals)
To support the release, the boys played two sold-out release shows with Bonerama, one at the legendary New Orleans club Tipitina’s, and another at the 9:30 club in DC. the DC show brought out both politicos and musicians: Russ Feingold and Fugazi’s Brendan Canty were both there, along with Bill Clinton’s Press Secratary Joe Lockhart, who personally raised money from friends he brought to the show. He raised a ton. You only have to raise $3.49.
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Feb 05, 2008
Go Vote, Kids
You really don’t need to hear this from Camp OK Go, but here it is anyway. Vote! Vote in your primaries. They´re probably today if they haven’t already happened. Do not wait. Our electoral system isn’t changing anytime soon, and until it does, we’ve got to deal with what we have: a bunch of politicians who often forget the interests of the world's loveliest people: blog-reading rock fans. And we're sick of you disenfranchising yourselves by going in to work or school or Scrabulous comas instead of voting booths and caucus cabinets. Don’t let bad people pick our leaders. They’ll just pick bad ones. Have your say.
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