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yr like the fourth of july

the overdubs — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:41:11 GMT

ask any of my friends, I sometimes obsess about our genre. i listen to some underground art-school indie rock, get inspired and then pick up the guitar and wind up writing something more Mellencamp than Modest Mouse...

tonight we begin

the overdubs — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:05:57 GMT

tonight we begin some new recordings...keep your fingers crossed.

in honor of justin who is spending his friday night in sandpoint, idaho, we offer you this video from a club fred show a few weeks back...

yoshi now! setlist, video, fresno famous, the best of fresno

the overdubs — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:45:43 GMT

I am salivating now at the opportunity to release our next record on NoiseTrade.com,
I wish it was already finished instead of languishing in the planning stages. The good news is, it looks as though we may be getting the Bulgarian wonder mixer, Ilian Pavlov on board for another project.

This past weekend, we did not play at the Best of Fresno shindig, but thanks to Mike for suggesting us as a worthy possibility for the event on the beehive.

No, actually, we stayed one or two degrees cooler inside the eminently cool, Yoshi NOW!
It was a fine, fun time and we loved it, so we're going to be back there in October. Thanks to Joy, we not only got to play for a long, uninterupted time (unlike one summertime show at Yamaha 99, where the MC called us "SuperDub" and plugged motorcycles and bikini babes between songs) but we also got store credit and spent well over an hour wandering deliriously through the isles (intentional) following our show. I got Fleetwood Mac, Bob Seeger and Alarm records in addition to two shirts and playing cards. I still have credit left.

Our friend, James, wrote about it on Fresno Famous.

We played this epic setlist:

anthem

angels and demons

drive all night

perfect state

email from satan

microserfs

fight club

never seen

urtheoneino

9 Volt

orange county

spiders

h-bombs

And finally, we've got this video to commemorate the occasion...

yoshi now! 3:00 pm today!

the overdubs — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:04:38 GMT

in case you might be wondering...today's show will in fact be indoors. plus the weather is better today anyhow.

we, on the other hand, will be riding there in "chester the van" which has something resembling A/C but which could be considered more of a distant cousin rather than a close relative of climate control.

see you soon hugs and kisses

the pertinent info is:

648 Broadway
Fresno, California|5 93721

United States

3:00 pm

blog love; reel around the fountain;

the overdubs — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:11:41 GMT

thanks to Ally for this post that we just became aware of:

"So I'm starting with these great young bands, who can consider themselves the inspiration for my laziness overhaul. On one side lie The Overdubs. They originally contacted me with the common ground of liking Bon Iver, which caught my interest. While there is more traditional American indie-boy vocals in their music, don't let that turn you off. The quietness that is so capturing in Bon Iver's For Emma echoes a lot through The Overdubs' song Orange County, something distracting in the background that somehow pulls you into the vocals. I'm also pretty sure it's the only song about OC with a banjo in it.
"

read the full post and visit Reel Around The Fountain:

http://reel-around-the-fountain.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-keep-my-goodies-in-jar.html

club fred setlist and comments

the overdubs — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:58:39 GMT

Drive all night
Perfect State
9 Volt
Orange County
Spiders
Email from satan
Angels and Demons
H-bombs

Thanks to Club Fred for having us out, a fine, fun time was had by us and unintentionally, this was justin landis' last show with the overdubs for a while. In the next few weeks, we're going to focus on recording and will likely play only one show in July, at Yoshi NOW! For all you day people types that show will take place at 3:00 pm.

See you soon,

Ryan

the starline setlist, club fred tonight

the overdubs — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:14:08 GMT

starline dorktown podcast anniversary show setlist June 10

angels and demons
drive all night
perfect state
email from satan
spiders/misunderstood
h-bombs

guitar problems abounded, staying in tune was a struggle and we finished the show well after 1:00 in the morning...way too late for a school night but in spite of all that, I thought we sounded ok.

tonight at club fred, we dare to play out on a weeknight once again!

the overdubs podcast 22: new song sketch-anthem, starline show

the overdubs — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:55:39 GMT

wow...playing in a band can sometimes feel like the world's longest exercise in futility. here's our latest podcast.

LP2 Recording

the overdubs — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:40:09 GMT

the lp2 recording saga continues:

We initially started working on an ep since justin was coming and we wanted to fully develop our "sound" before working on a full-length album...and that was about eight months ago...Now, Justin is going to be moving on in July, making June 10th at the Starline a must-see, and our ep is nowhere near completion. Plus, we have around 14.5 good candidates for a full length. So, clearly, the wise choice is to start working on a full album because it's easier than an ep? But in all seriousness, we are going to make an album and we have to do it before justin leaves california. of course, there are still at least six other people in the band, so we won't be hurting for members even though it's sad that he's going back to idaho.

I'm taking down perfect state and email from satan and angels and demons. they will all be on the new record so you (and I) should forget what they sound like in lieu of the new, improved versions.

sometime, this weekend, we'll post some different material.

the overdubs in the bee

the overdubs — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:48:36 GMT

Mike Oz of the Fresno Bee was so kind as to interview us (me) for last Friday's edition of the 7 Section. You can check it out online here... the overdubs, artists you should know

in other news, I'm going on vacation tomorrow but I hope to use some of my time off to continue the cover songs podcast series. friday's show at the Joe was top notch. stay tuned for more shows. if you want us to play at something, drop us a line.

happy end of the weekending,

Ryan

kuppajoe setlist 5-9-08

the overdubs — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:41:01 GMT

kuppajoe setlist 5-9-08

microserfs
angels and demons
orange county
silly love/drive all night
rejoice
email from satan
spiders
h-bombs
perfect state

thanks everyone who came out tonight, hopefully someone took some photos? it was incredible, playing kuppajoe after all these years and having the chance to help them raise money for remodeling. tonight, when we played h-bombs, it almost felt the same as it did back in 2001, except for with three guitars and an extra floor tom.

now, bekah and I are home, watching clear and present danger and eating pasta...amelia is spending the night at grandmas so this is our after party.

sleep well.

the overdubs podcast 21: double

the overdubs — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:22:51 GMT

this is the first in a series of fan recordings. "double" appeared on l.s.u "graceshaker" and later the Aunt Bettys self titled record.

shows announced for may

the overdubs — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:22:47 GMT

we have posted a couple of shows for May, after a three month break we are excited to get back out there. the first show is May 9th at Kuppajoe, the venue-that-could. it's been five years since we've graced the stage there, but between 2000-2003 we must've played there at least 10 times as Chevron Girl. the show will be a benefit to help Kuppajoe get a new soundsystem, stage, lights and more. it is our great privilege to be able to help out. you can help too, so mark your calendars now.

more action is coming...

the overdubs podcast 20: spiders (original ver.), move to the city unreleased

the overdubs — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:21:23 GMT

indie rock in the information age; two year anniversary; sleeping with cables

the overdubs — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:37:32 GMT

Post-modernism leaves many things up for interpretation...good band names are often in the eye of the domain owner. Two years ago when I embarked on the journey of choosing a band name for my solo project turned community musical chairs turned full-fledged band (hopefully), I largely evaluated names based on domain availability. Such is the reality of indie rock in the information age. theoverdubs.com was available and hence, the band ::: the overdubs ::: was born.

of course, the overdubs already existed, we were called girlfriend in a coma before that and we did own girlfriendinacoma.com, however people generally pre-judged us as a Smiths cover band and though I liked the Smiths a good deal (certainly enough to name the band after them) we weren't really about being a facsimile of someone else.

so, here is where we are. two years in, one album released. enough money made to cover the two year godaddy renewal and some dollars banked against the future. when you consider the travel, hosting costs and podcasting, we've probably only lost a few dollars. the future is now ... and it's happening slowly. the next two years should be fun, if nothing else. I still think we have a fine, fun album in us.

Here's a clip of the overdubs then: (gf in a coma style)

john thomas-guitar; travis goode-drums; brett rash-bass; bekah townsend-keys, vocals; ryan townsend

the overdubs podcast 19: urthe1ino

the overdubs — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:46:37 GMT

this song was recorded entirely without the use of any microphones except for the built-in on my laptop. it is not professional and I just made it up tonight...strange, i can actually hear the voice of my friends ilian and chris saying "why is that something to be proud of?" i created the electronic portion using rockstar games' beaterator...you can try it too at www.beaterator.com

i hope everyone is tucked in nice and warm.

all my love,

ryan.

the overdubs podcast 18: disappointed (new), sunburn

the overdubs — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:05:54 GMT

the overdubs podcast 17: instant songs--apologies, go there with you

the overdubs — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:35:09 GMT

the overdubs podcast 16: band members talk, coroners in love (all night version)

the overdubs — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:22:56 GMT

Babylon setlist January 13th, 2007

the overdubs — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:49:50 GMT

microserfs
angels and demons
orange county
rejoice
email from satan
perfect state
drive all night
spiders
9 Volt