News
03/12/10
Lincoln Hall - Friday, March 26th - New Venue, New Lineup, New Tunes!!
Hello, all. Holding Mercury is emerging after a long winter's hiatus that has fortunately or unfortunately required a bit of a reorganization with the band.
We would like to first thank Andrew Titchenal and Jason Batchko for their years of friendship and blood, sweat and tears shed for the band. We had some unbelievable moments on stage, not to mention countless inside jokes and interesting experiences off the stage as well. We have decided to part ways, and we wish them luck in their new endeavors. As a result, we have a new rhythm section to introduce to you.
Michael Durband will now be holding down the low end for Holding Mercury. Mike has been in the Chicago scene for a while, playing in bands with Ashok in the past, and we have gotten to know him for the past couple years at HM shows. He's learned all of Andy's parts quickly, and has jumped right in and done a great job on some of the new material we are recording as well. Also, he's quite skilled with the video filming and editing...check out what he did during our stint at Electrical Audio earlier this month:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=394915099688&ref=mf
Garret Hammond, the producer and drummer for "Downfall of an Empire" will once again be behind the kit for us, as well as producing another EP/LP to be released later this year. Garret is an absolutely amazing drummer, and regularly does sessions for Johnny K (producer of Disturbed, Plain White T's) and Hollywood records. We're thrilled to have Garret and Mike with us, and look forward to starting a new chapter of HM with them.
So, to celebrate spring and our reemergence, we are playing at a new venue, Lincoln Hall, two weeks from today. This venue has been getting rave reviews by concert goers...supposedly the sound is amazing and it's a great place to hang and check out new bands. The Assembly (w/ ex members of Caviar) and The Victory (w/ ex members of Matthew) will be on the bill as well.
Here are the details:
Lincoln Hall
Friday, March 26th
2424 N. Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL
10PM Show w/The Assembly and The Victory
HM is on 2nd
18+ show
$8 in advance/$10 at the door
www.lincolnhallchicago.com for info and advance tickets
evite - http://www.facebook.com/matthoffer?ref=profile#!/event.php?eid=292394922732&ref=mf
As we mentioned we are excited to get out and start playing again, and this next record is shaping up to have some very, very strong material on it. We're hoping to preview a couple tunes you've never heard before on the 26th.
Hope to see everyone there! As always, we greatly appreciate your support!
HM
11/27/09
Last Shows of the Year
Hello, everyone. Happy belated Thanksgiving. We will be working off our turkey hangover this Saturday in Barrington at an all-ages show at Penny Road Pub. Lucky Boy's Confusion will actually be playing a show at the upstairs stage right after we are done, so it will definitely be a good show to come check out. Here are the details:
PENNY ROAD PUB
847-428-0562
545 Penny Road, South Barrington, IL
Sat Nov 28 06:00 PM
� Holding Mercury, Five Oh First, The Light Up Scene, Firefly Midnite, The After Party
Details: The Rock Room - Rock/Pop/Metal
ALL AGES UNTIL 10:00 PM
The After Party 6:30-6:55
Firefly Midnite 7:15-7:45
The Light Up Scene 8:05-8:30
Five Oh First 8:50-9:15
Holding Mercury 9:30-10:15
Sat Nov 28 07:00 PM
� Lucky Boys Confusion, Auditory Hallucination, Don't Tell Mama, Or So it Goes
Details: Main Stage - Rock/Pop
Or So It Goes 7:15-8:00
Don't Tell Mama 8:30-9:15
Auditory Hallucination 9:45-10:30
Lucky Boys Confusion 11:00-12:30
It's $8 if you want to catch us, and another $4 if you want to catch LBC after we're done. Hope to see you there!
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Next Thursday, Dec. 3rd we will be playing a FREE show at another new venue for us at LaSalle Power Company in River North, Chicago. We'll be going on relatively early at 9PM, so your head won't hurt too bad for the last day of the work week. Here are the details:
500 N. LaSalle Blvd.
Thursday - 12.03.09
Chicago, IL 60654
312.661.1122
FREE SHOW! / 21+
Doors at 7PM, HM on at 9PM
http://www.lasallepowerco.com/calendar/
Other news:
HM will be named one of "The Top 100 Unsigned Artists" by "Music Connection Magazine" for the second year in a row. The year-end issue should be out next week sometime, otherwise, you can click on this link - http://musicconnection.com/digital/ - to see the digital version. This is a major trade publication for the music industry, so hopefully it leads to more label interest.
HM will be holing up for a few months thereafter to write new material, work on a new EP/LP and we'll be trying to make some new connections behind the scenes in the industry.
Hope to see you at least one more time before the end of the year.Thanks, as always, for your support.
10/09/09
Q101 show with Dr. Drew from Loveline & Sober House!!
Holding Mercury is part of yet another great Q101 sponsored event October 23rd at Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago. Click here for all the details.
08/23/09
07/21/09
Label Showcase at Bottom Lounge Friday, July 31st!!
HM may be graduating to the "next level" after July 31st. We've had some promising conversations/offers from a label and a couple other folks behind the scenes, and they will be in attendance on July 31st at Bottom Lounge.
As a result, we need to show them the enthusiastic following we have here in Chicago. For those of you who don't have the record yet, visit our myspace, learn the words, get really drunk and sing along! We want to have a rowdy, packed house for the event.
Our friend, Dan McPherrin, has reserved the rooftop deck from 9:30PM-11:00PM so you can get loaded outside and enjoy the good Chicago summer night weather (hopefully) before we go on.
We'll be debuting some brand new tunes, and some of us may be trying some new instruments out.....hopefully, afterwards, you can say you were at the show where HM was signed.
Here are the details:
Bottom Lounge
www.bottomlounge.com
1375 West Lake St.
Chicago, IL
21+ Show
With AMFM, Stereo Deluxe and Goatmotor
HM headlining - on at 11:15 PM
Tickets are $5 in advance / $8 at the door
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2091764
Thanks! See you there!!!
