We had a blast performing a live-streaming performance on San Diego Music Wire. Thanks to Roy and David and all at Rarefied Studio Recorders. It’s a beautiful studio and the mic selection and instruments in there are mind boggling. Check it out!
Chris Prescott Joins Vater Drumsticks Artist Family
From Chris, “Big Thanks to Vater Drumsticks for the invitation to join their family of endorsers. It’s an honor for sure. I’ve been playing their sticks off and on for many years. It’s an amazing selection these days with all the artist models and cool oddball options. It’s a deep well, if you feel like diving in. I’m digging it!”
From the Vader Website: https://www.vater.com/#!/artists/1480
Posted in General MQ, Press
Casbah Show Creeping Up…
Our pals at Owl and Bear posted our show this Saturday at the show to check out in town. Thanks for the support. We are excited to try out some new material at our crusty home away from home.
Posted in Press, Shows/Tour
San Diego Surf Film Festival
Montalban Quintet is proud to participate in this year’s San Diego Surf Film Festival. Read about it here in the SD CityBeat. We play on Sat May 11 from 6-7 between some of the screenings. Bird’s Surf Shed is hosting it and it’s worth the price of admission to see all the vintage boards. Amazing!
Posted in Press, Shows/Tour
Abajo del Mar is Played on KUCI
Thanks to KUCI Radio for rocking Abajo del Mar. Check their show playlist here:
http://withoutwords.kuci.org/post/45886484088/opening-up-march-7th-came-this-solid-playlist
Posted in Radio
Still plugging away…
All the members of Montalban Quintet have remained busy this past month on separate band and touring projects but several days have been booked for drum tracking this February. We are chipping away at the new songs and should have some new material tracked by the end of Spring 2013. It’s a slow process but at least it won’t take 5 years to complete like our debut album did.
At least I hope it won’t…
Just kidding. It definitely will shape up soon and we are excited about how things are shaping up. With a year’s worth of live shows under our belt the individual personalities of the band are starting to shape the Montalban Quintet sound. In the spirit of the great Duke Ellington, we are striving to draw upon the unique strength of each of the players and write in a way that allows them to support the overall direction of the band. It’s been a very interesting evolution since the beginning.
Stay tuned.
Posted in General MQ, New Releases / Video, Related Projects
New Photos from Michael Klayman
Michael Klayman took some cool shots form the recent Casbah show with the Mattson2 and In Motion Collective. It was a really fun night and it’s great to have a few photos to commemorate the evening. Michael’s stuff is amazing. Check his site here:
http://blog.seemichaelsphotos.com/2013/01/15/in-motion-collective-montalban-quintet-at-casbah-11013.aspx
Posted in Press, Shows/Tour
Checking in Before the Holidays
Hey! It’s been a while, sorry for not reporting in before now. Montalban Quintet has been lying low for the recent past as keyboardist Chris Fulford-Brown has been off galavanting in Europe with Three Mile Pilot and the other Chris (Prescott) has also been on tour in Europe with Pinback. We are a busy bunch.
With more touring in front of us individually we had planned on breaking until March, but… we couldn’t wait to get cooking again.
So… new show coming up in a couple weeks. Montalban Quintet at the mighty Casbah on Jan 10 as a part of the Casbah Anniversary Month. 24 years this year. Man-o-man. I remember when they opened and I was still in high school. A true San Diego music institution.
On another note, we have begun the recording of the follow up to our 2010 debut self-titled CD. It’s in its early stages but the songs are distinctly more rocking than the first. Too soon to tell where the sound will end up.
Thanks for checking in.
-cP and MQ
Posted in General MQ, Shows/Tour