Well, we’ve finally done it. The Cancellations have gone and recorded an entire EP of our y’allternative sing-songing. Smile is the first single off that EP, chock full of snark and criminality. If you’ve ever been told to smile, this song is for you. Listen on: Spotify • Apple Music • BandcampFollow The Cancellations on: Instagram • TikTok • YouTube
New Release: Always Be My Baby
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On names and originality
I remember the moment Derek and I came up with the name for The Cancellations. We immediately did a web search, a Facebook search, we even doubled back and checked Myspace. I searched the USPTO registry and we were in the clear. No one was using the name. Not for music, not for anything. Derek…
I bought my first guitar amp this week, and then I saw Slothrust and Calva Louise
I grew up around music. My dad played keys and sax in bands in Chicago, bringing me along whenever clubs thought it wasn’t a big deal to have a ten year old bouncing around on the side of the stage. I started playing pretty early on, moving from flute to sax to bassoon before falling…
New Release: “Happy Endings (Aren’t for Us)” by The Cancellations
My Nashville-based but cross-country rock band The Cancellations released our first single of 2022 yesterday! This video was an undertaking to edit but I’m super happy with how cheery it came out in comparison to how dark and depressing the lyrical content of this song is. Long live The Cancellations! We miss you, Derek. I…
New Release: “Alone Time”
This is pretty much a low-res public meltdown, but at least it’s catchy. Listen on: Bandcamp • Spotify • Apple Music
New Release: “Darker Down Here”
I wrote this song the day I heard about Anthony Bourdain’s suicide, but never had the courage to record it until last month. I was reading through an old conversation with Derek, my close friend & guitarist, and this was one of the last demos I’d sent to him before he died in 2018. It’s…
New Release: RIOTBARD
My dearest friendo Chandon (also known as Alternate Genital Me) just released this cathartic in-the-arena-of-punk-but-touching-on-many-related-genres EP that covers everything from body image to loneliness during this last year of pandemic hell. I’m guesting with some vocals on the track “Introverts,” and you may notice Mr. Maybe dropping some tormput doots on “Mask.” If you’re looking…
“All My Heroes” by The Cancellations
2020 was a garbage year on so many levels, but every year as of late has its tragedies. One of the hazards of growing older, I suppose—watching other people not. Tragedy, however awful, breeds incredible art, and so there was a massive influx of beauty in this terrible year. This song was written in 2018…
“Why Do I” – smooth summer pop jam from Steel Bridge Songfest
If you’re not familiar with the SBSF “Construction Zone,” it’s essentially a big rat king of songwriters with all our creative tails irreparably intertwined. We spin the bottle (literally; it’s a Jameson bottle) to choose our writing groups and then get to work crafting a sweet ditty from nothing. This lil’ bop is the result…