Official CD Release and BIG NEWS!

TONIGHT we'll be interviewed on Q101 with Local 101's Chris Payne!
Tune in at 9:00PM to 101.1FM in Chicago or listen live online at Q101.com.

A quick shout-out:
Our listening party was a phenomenal success thanks to Dave, Kristine & Melissa of Late Bar, Katrine & her rollergirl waitresses, DJ Kenny Kicks & DJ Gary for sharing their glam night with us, August & Frankie at NoVo Arts, and ALL of our wonderful fans and friends who came out, drank bamboo shots and danced the night away with us. Being a Maybenaut kicks ASS these days!

But we're not even close to finished... THIS WEEK we have two big, big events where we'll play LIVE and rock your socks clean off and onto a fox:

In-store performance at Laurie's Planet of Sound!!
This Thursday, May 20th at 7:00PM
We'll be playing the record and a few of our favourite new songs, signing CDs, and making a general mess of ourselves at Chicago's COOLEST record store. This ain't Best Buy. This is a REAL record store. If you haven't been there yet, now is the time to check it out: 4639 N Lincoln Avenue in Chicago, IL. The show's all ages, so bring the (respectful & well-behaved) kids! RSVP and see who's already coming on Facebook!

SHAZAM!! Maybenauts OFFICIAL CD RELEASE SHOW (and the Space Panda's birthday!)
This is gonna be KILLER. I mean, freaking awesome extravaganza space explosion holy crap I didn't know life could be this rewarding KILLER.
This Friday, May 21st at 8:00PM
7 (yes, 7) bands play their best-of set! In order of appearance: Tenniscourts, TAFKAVince, The Maybenauts, Gidgets Ga Ga, Penthouse Sweets, The Safes, The Sonnets.
This event is FREE (!!) before 10:00. Get there early and don't pay cover! 21+
Darkroom - 2210 W Chicago Avenue in Chicago, IL. RSVP on Facebook here!

And... the big announcement:

THE MAYBENAUTS ARE PLAYING SUMMERFEST!
On Saturday, July 3rd, The Maybenauts will panda-ize Milwaukee's ginormous music festival. We are all secretly very excited to be playing on the same day as Rush. Okay, not so secret. We're freaking ecstatic. And our show will be good, too! More details to follow. :)

Upcoming Nautness!

Our schedule's getting packed...

We rocked the Cubby Bear last Thursday - thanks to everyone involved! Gidgets Ga Ga, Fritzpatrick, the staff at Cubby Bear (special bonuses to Jamie Duffy the rockin' soundguy, and their badass supernice all-around awesome security team), and all of our friends and fans who came out!

Now it's time to plan for our CD RELEASE!!!

Two confirmed dates:

Wednesday, May 12 @ Late Bar will be the official pre-release listening party for Big Bang featuring Emilynaut and Veenaut as DJs and the first public spin of the new EP! We will be serving hors d'oerves, there will be drink specials, and lots of other nifty surprises! The party starts at 8:00PM and Mixtape Meltdown DJs take over at 10:00PM for a dance party!

Friday, May 21 @ Darkroom is our OFFICIAL CD RELEASE SHOW!!!!!. The event is called SHAZAM! and features 7 phenomenal bands showcasing their best material. We'll get rolling at 9:00PM, doors are at 8:00. NO COVER before 10:00PM!!!!

Rumour has it we'll also be doing an in-store performance and we may even appear on WGN news! Neeeeat. Details TBA!

We may ALSO have a special surprise coming up next week... but you'll have to wait to find out about that one!

We're planning some tour dates for our Wisconsin fans, too! We'll be hitting Milwaukee's Cactus Club on Friday, June 4 and Madison on June 5 (venue TBA).

The following weekend we'll be performing at Steel Bridge Song Fest, a veritable mini-SXSW that focuses on songwriting. Three of our lovely members will be participating in the preceding week's songwriting workshop, Construction Zone. SO. FUCKING. EXCITED. Steel Bridge Song Fest is 3 days of amazing shows in beautiful Sturgeon Bay, WI from June 11-13 and a weekend pass is only $25. Get your tickets and hotel/camping reservations now - some hotels are already full!

Shameless plugs:
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That's all for now!

The Maybenauts Invade Berwyn / New Video

This Friday, the Maybenauts take over Berwyn. BERRRRRRRWYN!

They may have gotten rid of the tire spire, but we'll still be bringing the rock.

Friday evening (March 26) we play the grand opening party for Horse-Drawn Productions, where we recorded Big Bang!

After that, we're gonna run a couple miles up Ogden and bring our ginormous show to the tiniest stage in Chicagoland!
Come check it out, enjoy some craft brews, and dance with us! We'll be rocking alongside our good friends the Demerits.
The bar is called Cigars & Stripes and is located at 6715 West Ogden Avenue in Berwyn, IL. There's no cover, but it is 21 and up! Show starts around 9:30.

Also, check out this sweet new teaser for Big Bang!!

Holy awesome weekend!

Friday
Rocked out on WLUW for the Razor & Die Show!! You can hear the podcast of the whole interview/performance here. While you're listening, become a fan of the Razor & Die Show on Facebook!!

Saturday
Played one of our bestest, funnest, awesomest (and other words that don't existest) shows yet at Quenchers with my old band, Haywood Yards. It was SO much fun! We even worked in a cover of Shut Up Woman Get On My Horse.

Monday
Played a noon-time set at University of Chicago - we even got some really cool fan art that I will post here as soon as I can scan it!
THEN, we did an interview with John Rose at UIC Radio. We love John Rose!!
THEN, we had a meeting at NoVo to discuss marketing and plotting our fabulous CD release! More details to come... :)

A week of Maybenauts!!

So many updates!!!

This Friday we will be playing live on the Razor & Die Show!!
You can tune in at 88.7FM if you're in Chicago, or online at www.wluw.org. The show airs from 2:00-6:00PM.

This Saturday we'll be playing at Quenchers!
With Ellie's old band, Haywood Yards.

This Monday we'll be playing a special noontime concert at UIC!
To kick off the celebration UIC Radio's 10th anniversary week!
After the set, we'll be chatting with John Rose and listening to some cuts from our new record on his UIC Radio show. You can listen in at www.uicradio.org.

We've now added a Maybenauts merch store to our website! From here, you can order the Maybfits tees and pre-order our new EP, Big Bang! Pre-orders of the CD come with a digital download - you can listen to the songs NOW, before the record comes out! How cool is that?!

We've also got some great stuff brewing for summer already, so stay tuned!!

February 11th @ the Abbey!

Missed us at Lincoln Hall? That's a shame, because it ROCKED!

But you've got another chance this week:



It's our anniversary show! The Maybenauts are one year old.

First anniversary gifts are traditionally paper in the US. Draw us a picture and get a special surprise at the show!

In the UK, first anniversary gifts are cotton. Because of this photo, we will also accept cotton balls and Q-tips as anniversary gifts!

According to Wikipedia, the "modern American" first anniversary gift is clocks. We will also be accepting clocks and photographs of Flava Flav as well.

Really, you'll get your surprise just for showing up, but we like to encourage our fans to be creative!

Maybefits tees are ready, too! They'll be for sale at the Abbey show, so if you didn't get yours presale (or if you did, and want to pick it up) come on out!

We rocked Lincoln Hall - AGAIN!

Here are some photos for those of you who couldn't be there, by Audrey Leon! Thanks Audrey!







Also, today is our one year anniversary! Our February 11th show at The Abbey will be our official anniversary celebration. Stay tuned for details!

Radio Ga Ga!

Last Sunday we were played on TWO stations right here in Chicago, next to some other amazing local acts. Both DJs also plugged our rad Girls Out of the Garage show which is THIS THURSDAY. This. Thursday. :)

The first was Richard Milne's Local Anesthetic on WXRT (93.1FM).
Here's his playlist for the night:

* Tacoma Narrows - Wait For Dark
* Andrew Belle - Reach
* Cavashawn - All the Lonely Girls
* Jet W. Lee - Anticipation High
* The Life and Times - Fall of the Angry Clowns
* The Maybenauts - My Head Is a Bomb

According to the WXRT website, this show will be available on podcast at some point!

The second show was Chris Payne's Local 101 on Q101 (101.1FM).
Here's his playlist:

Playlist for 1.24.10
1. The Maybenauts – My Head is a Bomb
2. Color Radio – Plateau
3. Bully In The Hallway – Another Lover
4. Andrew Belle – Static Waves
5. MDR – The Great Melt
6. Bruiser – High Wire
7. Sundowner – Jacksons Underground
8. Raise The Red Lantern – Wild Stallion

How freakin' cool is this!?!?

WE GOT PLAYED ON THE RADIO TODAY!!!!

Chris Payne of Q101 kicked off his show tonight with OUR song, My Head Is a Bomb. HOW FREAKING COOL IS THAT?!?! We stopped practice to listen and recorded it to cassette, because we are nerds like that. :)

Eek!

Our Café Wha Who show (tonight!) has been canceled! Instead, we will celebrate Leilani's birthday in proper new wave goth dress up dance 'til dawn style and reschedule for another time (because we do love Café Wha Who).

Until then, our next show is a big one... January 28 at Lincoln Hall with Wanton Looks, Leslie Hunt, and Scotia Widows. Members of Scotia Widows and Wanton Looks played in The Breeders and KISS bands with us at Covers for Cover II! It's almost like a reunion! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Anyway... the show will be amazing and if you're not there, you kinda suck. Just sayin'.

Also, remember our awesome Maybefits t-shirts? We've already sold five in two days!! That means we're 20 away from printing! Yaaaaaaaay!

Here are some gratuitous images of things discussed in this blog:

Maybefits t-shirt come to life (almost)!

Check it out! You can now pre-buy our awesome Maybefits tee.

That means you're helping us afford to get them made! BUT - you also get a discount and FREE SHIPPING for pre-buying! Projected production date: about 1 month.

Shows this month!

This Saturday, January 9th we'll be playing at Cafe Wha Who! Show is at 10:00PM. Cafe Wha Who is a cool place in the downtownish area of Chicago - it's a liquor-infused coffee shop with a lofted art gallery upstairs! (We'll be playing up there!)

Later this month, on January 28th will be a BIG show and our return to the beautiful Lincoln Hall! This will also be your first opportunity to pre-buy our upcoming EP - complete with a code for an advance download of the MP3 version - you can be one of the very first to hear it!

Busy week and Chic-A-Go-Go!

Tonight we tracked vocals to three of our new tunes! Tomorrow we're adding a couple more vocal tracks and a forgotten guitar solo, and then all of the tracking is done! Yippee!!

We also confirmed as a guest on Chic-A-Go-Go, Chicago's hottest all ages dance sensation television show!

Come dance away at the taping with us! We're filming this Sunday, January 3rd from 3-6pm at the Can TV studios (322 S Green Street). It's absolutely free, children are welcome, and silly costumes are encouraged!!

Recording! YAAAAY!

Yesterday we headed into Horse-Drawn Productions to start tracking our new EP!

We recorded the instrumentals for five songs and will be heading back in tomorrow to track vocals! Squeeeeee!

Wanna know what we recorded? Okay, fine, since you asked so nicely...

· Girlfight
· You Are Here
· Not Aware
· Blue Line
· Moonage Daydream (Bowie cover!!)

If we move fast enough, hopefully our January 28th show at Lincoln Hall will be our EP release date! But even if we can't get it pressed in time, we will have a special surprise for you at that show!

The Bowienauts were a success!!

...and so was Covers for Cover II! In the end we raised over $1,200 for Connections for Abused Women and their Children and had a crazy good time! All the bands were AH-MAY-ZING! Check it out:

"SLUTTER" as KISS (featuring members of Venom Lords, Scotia Widows, The Handcuffs, Wanton Looks)

"Dressed in Black" as The Gossip, featuring members of Hidden Mitten and The Maybenauts' own Emily Agustin!

The crowd rocking to SLUTTER! Confetti cannon, woot!

The Maybenauts as The Bowienauts!
I'm David Bowie. I'm David Bowie. I'm David Bowie. I'm Davey Jones.

Leilani dancing to Double Life's set!

"Double Life" as The Cars (featuring members of The Hootenanners, KIM, The Dials & others)

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

December 27th, we're heading into Horse-Drawn Productions to record four brand new songs! You may have seen some of them live, but soon you will be able to rock out to us at home!

In other news, we're in talks to do a music video for My Head Is a Bomb... Details on that to follow, but it's shaping up to be really cool.

Also, don't forget that we're playing Miss Mia's Covers for Cover II on Wednesday, December 23rd. We'll be the Bowienauts! Details and tickets are available here.

Winter plans!

So originally, we were planning to take the holiday season off to recoup from a whirlwind year, write a few new tunes, and hop into the studio to record some of the new tracks like Girlfight and You Are Here and maybe even a little holiday surprise for you folks!

Well, that was until Miss Mia (of Chic-A-Go-Go fame) announced Covers for Cover II.

For those of you who have followed us since the beginning, you may remember the first glimmer of Maybenautism when we performed as Rah! Rah! Replica for Miss Mia's original Covers for Cover event. Headlining as a one-off Bikini Kill tribute band, we played to a packed house (sans Vee and + Emily's brother Mike on guitar).

Well, Mia's doing it again! The Maybenauts will be playing Covers for Cover II as...

wait for it...

wait for it...

DAVID BOWIE!



Covers for Cover II will be at the absolutely gorgeous brand-new venue Lincoln Hall (which used to be the historic 3 Penny Theater) on Wednesday, December 23rd. Advanced tickets are available here.

Leilani has 20 Answers of her own!

Leilani followed Vee's lead and answered her own version of the 20 most common after-show questions:

1. Yeah, but you know her as "Ellie", she re-invented herself, again.
2. Yeah, he IS good
3. Awesome, but I'm married
4. Yes, we intentionally match
5. I did try out, they told me "thanks, but it's a no for us."
6. I know, but I AM hispanic
7. Yes, my eyes ARE blue, I'm still hispanic
8. We just like sugar, a lot
9. For a girl?
10. No that's okay, I can carry it.
11. I don't know, ask Vee
12. A little more vocals in the monitor.
13. That sucks, cuz the lyrics are pretty funny.
14. I don't know, it's Vee's
15. NO! Please don't touch the guitar!
16. No, I don't like shots. Nothing! I DON'T LIKE SHOTS!
17. Yeah, that WAS me on Check Please. (sigh)
18. She went home, she has to work in the morning.
19. Yeah, and a website, and Facebook, and Twitter, and You Tube, and....
20. Soon, we hope.

P.S.
Leilani - just tell them you drink Jameson and hand it off to me!
-Ellie

New Maybenauts videos - including a new song!

These are from our last show at Lucky Number and filmed by Lenny Jimenez - thanks Lenny!

This is You're Not Aware, an original that will be on our upcoming EP:


This is our 80s girl group medley trainwreck followed up by our original, Girlfight. If you're curious, it goes: She Bop (Cindy Lauper) - We Got the Beat (The Go-Go's) - Walk Like an Egyptian (The Bangles) - I Want Candy (Bow Wow Wow) - Girlfight (The Maybenauts). Holy wow! This psychotic medley has been retired for now... so enjoy it on video!


And last but certainly not least, it's our brand new song, Blue Line. We wrote this one about three weeks ago and this is the first time we'd ever performed it live:

20 Answers From Vee

After every show, our darling Great Panda (aka Vee Sonnets) gets asked a round of 20 Questions by folks interested in the band.

In order to manage this situation, he came up with a list he called "20 Answers About the Maybenauts" and here it is:

1. yeah, she's married
2. yeah, she's taken
3. yeah, she's going out w the space panda
4. cause it's a space panda
5. lay - la - knee
6. cuban american
7. 6'1
8. no, i'm not mexican
9. ecuador
10. yes, the space suit IS hot
11. peavey
12. harmony
13. get it? maybe-nauts - like astronauts
14. yeah, she is tall
15. yeah, she can sing
16. yeah, she is a hell of a bass player
17. yeah, they harmonize well
18. yeah, she can play drums
19. yeah, they ARE hot
20. soon, we are still waiting for the songs to get mixed