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Dear music fan,Maybe you've heard the old line that goes something like: "It's not news when a plane lands safely." True enough, airline pilots rarely get their propers for Outstanding Achievement in ...
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National Public Radio has picked Halloween, Alaska's "Champagne Downtown" as one of 2009's best hidden indie gems, along with some other cool records from across genres. Check it:http://www.npr.org/te...
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the new OCCASION: REMIXES ep includes 6 recent remixes of songs from the album CHAMPAGNE DOWNTOWN by minneapolis-based artists (see previous blog post for track listing). while supplies last, a hand-n...
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OK, so there are a pair of big shows in MPLS this weekend at the Cedar Cultural Center. co-billing with the consummately rad Haley Bonar both nights. all ages. tix $18 adv/$20 door. lineups break down...
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our Daytrotter session is now online: http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/halloween-alaska-a-whiteout-is-brewing-concert/20030801-3738112.htmlfor twin cities peoples: The Electric Fetus is doing a special pr...
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we're about halfway into compiling a set of remixes, which we aim to release this fall. it's been fun. so much fun, in fact, that our appetites are whetted for more of this stuff. accordingly, if you ...
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as it happens...JULY 9we play Schuba's in CHICAGO, ILJULY 10we pay a visit to My Old Kentucky Blog (which is neither old nor in Kentucky -- download date TBA)JULY 11we play the inscrutable House of Ro...
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as seen in the new issue of SPIN (which also features a rad Prince retrospective):"You won't find Halloween, Alaska, anywhere on a map. Instead, this
Minnesota band inhabits a sensual, weightless wo...
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Beloved Minneapolis record store The Electric Fetus is featuring
Halloween, Alaska's "Champagne Downtown" this month as part of its
Minneconomy series. (It's also celebrating its 41st anniversary wi...
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eastward tour in support of the new album CHAMPAGNE DOWNTOWN begins this weekend:
MAY 08 • Chicago, IL (Evanston SPACE)
MAY 09 • Pittsburgh, PA (Brillobox)
MAY 10 • Philadelphia, PA (M Room)
MAY...
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it has been brought to our attention that there's a strange error in the iTunes Music Store listing for the new album: the artist name is (mis)labeled as "Alaska & Halloween". we have no clue how or w...
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tomorrow -- which is to say, tuesday, april 7 -- marks the release of CHAMPAGNE DOWNTOWN. it's our third album and we are very eager for you to hear it. available formats are compact disc, vinyl doubl...
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there are some new tracks in the music player above and on the primary site. there are some new tour dates, too. there should be more of both coming soon. we're told that now is a good time to ask you...
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now it can be told:the album. the new one. it has a release date. that release date is april 7, 2009. we don't expect it to change this time. then again, no one expected the nation's economic elite to...
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today marks the release of a young-adult novel called "Jerk, California" (Penguin). it was written by jonathan friesen, brother of our very own bassist/samplist matthew. based on some of jonathan's pe...
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Halloween, Alaska7 Dic 2009 | de blog.myspace.com/halloweenalaska
National Public Radio has picked Halloween, Alaska's "Champagne Downtown" as one of 2009's best hidden indie gems, along with some other cool records from across genres. Check it:http://www.npr.org/te...