Hello, my legions of fans (like, all 10 or 15 of you), sorry it's been so long since I've dropped in. I have a confession to make: I love playing music more than anything, but I HATE promoting it. It's nothing but a headache to me. I would happily give a percentage of my nearly non-existent income to a manager to do all this bullshit for me.
Anyway:
-Show at Wasted Dream (431 Kenyon St NW DC) on 4/12 with Timesshares, Spraynard, Gio Safari, The Deads and the Harrison Four. Stoked for this!
-Writing material for my next full-length. Totally different. It's slow and subtle and even has pretty melodies. 'Cuz, you know, I'm getting old and stuff (I turn 27 in 2 months. Fuck!). It sounds like some shit my parents would listen to. It scares me.
-PS I hate this website. But I'm payed up on the server/domain for the rest of the year so whatever.
Smell ya later,
Jamz Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Next 2 Shows, DC, Don't Miss
Sunday, February 19, 2012
what the fuck was that...
Monday, January 16, 2012
Next Show, DC, BE THERE.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
New live vids
Scroll down the Listen section to see clips of my most recent DC gigs. More vids on their way.
And Please don't forget to donate to the Kickstarter if at all possible, or at the very least to forward it to anyone you know who might dig it. Thank you! Monday, November 21, 2011
In early 2012, I will finally fulfill a lifelong dream by going on a complete North American tour. After more failed attempts than I can count with past bands, I decided to stop waiting on other musicians who, unlike me, have grown-up mature person commitments like jobs and educations and just do it myself. Booking is in progress. 6 gigs a week for 8 weeks, starting on February 1st.
If you have a buck or two to spare, I've set up a Kickstarter account to raise money for a vehicle rental for this trip. Normally I'm not comfortable asking for help, but it's been a very rough year financially--car got totaled, lost job, maxed out credit card to make the new EP, and some hospital bills are threatening to ruin my credit for good. So any help you can give to help me pull this off means a whole hell of a lot.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jameshaitchwai/james-haitchwai-north-american-tour-2012?ref=email
Thanks so much! Stoked! Monday, November 14, 2011
Technical Difficulties
My appearance on the Frank The Unicorn Show has been postponed due to some car accidents and paid medical studies gone awry. We are rescheduling it and will post the new date as soon as it's set. Thanks for bearing with me.
But the show at Dahlak is still goin down tomorrow nite, don't miss it! Tuesday, November 08, 2011
More shows + radio spot
Last night's show in DC was rad. Here's 2 more:
Friday 11/4/11 at 8:00pm
Fat Tuesday's, 10673 Braddock Rd. Fairfax, Virginia
w/AKRIS,PERMANENT BASTARDS (Canada)
$5, 21+
11/09/11 at Dahlak (1771 U St NW DC)
8 PM: James Haitchwai
8:30 PM: Ginger Binge
9 PM: The Josh Drews
9:45: The Mercy Alliance
Free!
AND I will be appearing on the Frank The Unicorn Show talking lots of wack shit. You are required to prank call:
www.blogtalkradio.com/franktheunicorn Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Be There!
Monday, September 26, 2011
Record Release Show has been Rescheduled
It's back on! Mark your calender for 9/14 at DC9 (1940 9th St NW DC). Same lineup, same cover. Starts at 8 and will be over by 11 to ensure that everyone can catch the Metro home (U Street/Cardozo).
Thanks so much for bearing with us, hope to see you all there! Saturday, September 03, 2011
show being rescheduled/new EP out now!
Due to tremendously exaggerated hurricane forecast alert bullshit, my record release show on 8/27 had to be postponed. A new date is being negotiated and will be posted here as soon as it's confirmed.
The James Haitchwai Is Dead EP is out now! You can listen to it on this site and download it on my Bandcamp page for a price of your choosing (artwork included) or email me if you want a hard copy on CD or cassette (seriously). Stoked!! Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Record Release show!
Recording and mixing for the James Haitchwai Is Dead EP is complete. It gets mastered next week and will be available on CD and as a download on August 27th. Monday, July 25, 2011
The Latest...
The fine folks at The Spitting Image in Brooklyn are re-designing this site as we speak and it's gonna be rad. We are also in talks about some video projects. Stoked!
I have begun recording my next record. It's a 6-song EP called James Haitchwai Is Dead. It will be out and about by summer's end.
In other news, I have completely and totally lost my mind. Monday, June 27, 2011
If I was half as good at music as I am at complaining...
Totally new site design coming soon! About time! By soon I mean whenever I'm not BROKE which means not soon at all. whatev.
While I'm comin' Straight Outta LoCash, hey does anybody want to record some demos for me pro bono? 7 or 8 new jams that totally wipe the floor with anything I've done before. Seriously. I promise the recordings will be quick and painless (for me, not necesarily for the listener) because I never have the patience to do more than one take of anything.
I'm also now playing bass with my good friends Surgery Dot Com. For fans of noisy yet catchy 80's/90's style indie/post-punk and Fang covers.
Oh, did I mention I'm BROKE? If any fat cat cigar smoking secretary harrassing 3rd world country exploiting underground music co-opting unscrupulous scum of the earth record label, management, booking, publicity, corporate whore rock star sellout making motherfucker type people out there want to pay off my thousands of dollars of debt, buy me a working guitar amp, distribute and promote my music to multitudes of adoring fans, lift me out of poverty and relieve me of any and all need to borrow money from my parents, pawn stuff, or work for a living ever again, that would fukkin rule. Friday, April 22, 2011
DC show next week!
me, my good friends Success Ensemble, and Atlanta's awesome dark and tripped-out psych-folkers Damon Moon and The Whispering Drifters are playing at DC's coolest space, Hole In The Sky, on February 10. show starts at 7, ALL AGES, and right down the street from Rhode Island Ave Metro. Bring some dough for the touring bands and have a blast! Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Shows!
ATTN Brooklyn and Mass people:
01/17/10
Hello, Goodbye Blue Monday (1087 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY)
9:15, no cover but please throw down for touring acts
w/Colin Summer, others
01/22/10
Pangaea (114 Day Street, West Springfield, MA)
8:00 doors, 8:30 show
01/23/10
Out Of The Blue Gallery (106 Prospect Street, Cambridge, MA)
7:50 door, 8:00 music, $5 suggested donation
w/Andrew Eckel
Friday, January 14, 2011
more happenings
James The Haitch is on the radio! KYHY in Burbank, CA has picked up "Turn Around" and apparently it's going over like gangbusters. Check out the Alternative 101 show at www.925kyhy.com
and check out my show at Velvet Lounge in DC tonite! first hometown show in quite a while. Stoked!
January northeast tour is lookin good. After I iron out a few details, I will post all the dates and info. Tuesday, December 21, 2010
show in DC and winter mini-tour!
Tuesday, December 21st at the Velvet Lounge (915 U St NW DC)w/ my good friends SUCCESS and Who Are The Southern Baptists. $7, 21+ so make with the fake i.d., kids.
and I'm going on tour in January. So far I am confirmed in Cambridge, MA at Out Of The Blue Gallery with my main man Andrew Eckel. If anyone can help out with Philly, NYC/Brooklyn, Providence, or elsewhere in the northeast from 1/15 to 1/22, let's talk. peace Thursday, November 18, 2010
James Haitchwai vs. The World=out now
I have just released a compilation of my favorite recordings from throughout all my years of solo work, featuring tracks from 2003 to 2010, from sketchy basement/bedroom demos to polished studio tracks. The best, catchiest songs from this long, strange trip all in one place, finally. go to www.jameshaitchwai.bandcamp.com to check it out. Sunday, November 14, 2010
new album is out!
Up From Underground, my 6th album, is now available. Go to the Listen section to get a free download. Sunday, November 07, 2010
new album forthcoming
So I listened back to the lp I recorded earlier this year and decided I could do it better. I am now rerecording it and it sounds SO MUCH better. It'll be done by month's end and will be on my bandcamp.com site. It will consist of 10 covers and 1 new original. Sunday, September 19, 2010
CODE has been unleashed!
FINALLY! Nearly 2 years after I recorded it, my 5th album has officially dropped. Why'd it take so long, you ask? Money trouble, off-and-on homelessness, distracting myself with other bands, nervous breakdowns, permanently damaged vocal cords, money trouble...money trouble...Until the other day a friend of mine suggested I use Bandcamp.com and then I could upload it for free and save myself thousands in pressing costs. so yeah! go here:
www.jameshaitchwai.bandcamp.com
and download this motherfucker. Artwork included!
cool thanx Monday, September 06, 2010
show! album!
Well, things are looking up again. I recently played on WMUC's Mysterious Maux Show and that was tons of fun. I'm playing my first live deal in over a year this Saturday. Details:
July 17th, 8:00
Chloe's Coffee, 244 Main St. Gaithersburg, MD
fuckin be there.
also, I have recorded an album of covers. Due out whenever the hell I get some cash-flow going.
more shows! I promise! Monday, July 12, 2010
okay, fuck hiatus
srry for the false alarm. I gotta get back. shows please! Monday, December 14, 2009
announcement
I am more or less on hiatus right now. I may play occasional gigs but I'm mostly out of the loop at this point. I guess a combination of a) writing/playing/gigging/recording on a near-constant basis for 10 straight years and b) the competitiveness, narcissism and superficiality (especially my own) of "the biz" has got me feeling very burnt out, to the point of feeling less than inspired. so I decided to step back from it before it could ruin music completely for me. for now I'll be delving into other interests that I've been putting off for awhile now because I was too busy with music. I'm not quitting altogether, just getting re-juiced. I'll be back when I'm feeling the itch to play again. thanks for bearing with me.
-JMH
Monday, August 10, 2009
speaking in CODE...
just did a shload of updating on this thing and it's looking cleaner. check out the new album, CODE, in its entirety under Listen. will be available later this year when artwork/cashflow issues get wrapped up (ahem, labels...heh yea right). thanks again Thursday, January 15, 2009
updates...
sorry it's taken awhile for me to get back to this. I've been hard at work on the next record, CODE, which should be released by year's end. more gigs and more disparaging reviews to follow. Saturday, August 30, 2008
-the complete demos for my next album, CODE, are complete. am looking for a label to put this one out.
-spring/summer tour dates in the works. any help with gigs on the west coast in mid-July and the east coast anytime before that is much appreciated. Wednesday, April 09, 2008
more releases!
One Day, Vegetable Oil Will Cure Cancer EP is now available!
so is the Nothing To Lose, Nothing Better To Do 2-disc set. each copy has made-to-order personalized artwork by yours truly.
buy it all on the Listen page. Thursday, March 20, 2008
crazyness
hello friends,
here's what's been goin' down:
*Live In Baltimore EP is out now! and it's pretty brutal.
*We are doing a little bit of remixing/mastering of the One Day, Vegetable Oil Will Cure Cancer EP, this should be complete very soon.
*I finished the book/zine/whateverthefuckitis but I'm not sure I wanna release it anymore,,,because it's kinda, hmm, how shall I put this, Self-indulgent. But if you want to read all about what a crazy unglued time I had making these records, let me know. If enough of you express interest, I'll reconsider.
*I'm working on my next album. It's called CODE and I'm really stoked about it. Got about 8 or 9 songs written for it.
*Will still be playing so-low shows, but not as many as I used to. Only when the occasion feels right, and only in intimate, DIY-leaning settings. This means no BARS, ever again. They make me feel like I'm in a beer commercial. It's degrading.
*Sign up for Haitchmail!, the mailing list. Go to the Contact section to find out how.
with love,
James Sunday, January 27, 2008
all new!!
check it out, new improved and spiffier than ever, hope you guys dig the new site design.
it's been hectic lately and there's no signs of it slowing down anytime soon. I moved back to the hometown, DC. my bass bashin, mic thrashin main man Rashad and I are starting a punk-as-fuck band and, uhh, it's gonna own.
One Day Vegetable Oil Will Cure Cancer and the Live In Baltimore EP are both headed to the pressing plant and will be available by year's end. a 2-disc collection of outtakes and demos will be available even sooner and will only cost $3! Also, I am putting together a book in the style of countless pre-internet sketchyass xerox-and-staple zines, it's called Free To Fail. it's a history of the whole 2-year period that all this music was created in. if anyone has flyers, pics, anecdotes, harsh criticisms, or anything else to contribute, that would be awesome, send them this way!
thanks for stopping by, don't stop the rock
love,
JMH Monday, October 29, 2007
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