New Mallett Brothers Band Album on the Way!

Last night we finished up mixing the new record at Jon Wyman's studio here in Maine. It sounds fantastic. There's some mellow folky stuff, there's some full blown rock and roll, we think you guys will like it.

We want to send a huge thanks to everybody who chipped in to our Pledge Music campaign; without you guys, we probably wouldn't have been able to pull this thing off. Forever indebted, for real.

We're working on mastering now and the artwork is underway, so keep your eyes peeled for this thing being released in the next couple months.

PEACE, LOVE,

- TMBB

MBB Tour Starts Now!

IT"S ON. We had a great time in New Hampshire tonight, we're headed up to Guilford, Maine tonight, back down to Portland for the Brewfest tomorrow, and then headed off south.  Wanted to give all a'y'all a heads up of our upcoming dates in case you hadn't seen 'em. Hopefully catch you on the road!

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, 2012

Red Maple Inn

9pm

6 School St. Guilford ME 04443 (207) 876-4445

Price: $10

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2012

Maine Brewers Festival

4-5pm, 7:30-8:30pm

Portland Expo - 239 Park Ave. Portland ME 04101 (603) 821-9699

Price: $36-99

Tickets HERE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2012

The Basement

Doors @ 8pm - Set Time TBD

1604 8th Ave S Nashville TN 37212 US 615.254.8006

Price: Free

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 2012

The Fillin' Station

Performing Writer Songwriters Showcase - Set Time TBD

386 N. Main St Kingston Springs TN 37082 (615) 952-2100

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2012

The National Underground

8-10pm

105 Broadway Nashville TN 37201 (615) 255-5522

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 2012

Haymarket Whiskey Bar

TBD

331 E. Market St., Louisville, KY 40202

Price: TBD

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 2012

The Well

8:30pm Doors

4620 Kingston Pike Knoxville TN 37919 1 (865) 851-7459

W/

The Hotshot Freight Train

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, 2012

The One Stop Deli & Bar

7pm

55 College Street Asheville NC 28801 (828) 255-7777

Price: $2

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, 2012

The Kraken Bar

8pm

2823 NC Hwy 54 West Chapel Hill NC 27516

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH, 2012

Broad Street Cafe

8:30pm

1116 Broad Street Durham NC 27705 US (919) 416-9707

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2012

The New World Tavern

9pm

56 Main Street Plymouth MA 02360 508-927-4250

W/

Jack Hill & Deep Creek

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, 2012

The Big Easy

8pm Doors

55 Market Street Portland ME 04101 US (207) 871-8817

W/

Joe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons
&
Samantha Harlow

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Portland -> Boston Party Van with MBB

This piece of machinery is kindly offering its services to our Brighton Music Hall gig in Boston this Friday with Coyote Kolb and Township. 

Fully equipped with a DD and a DJ, this sucker will be leaving Portland whenever people get out of work (around 5:30 or 6), trucking it down to Boston and heading back to Portland that night. 

Limited spots available, so if you're interested in coming along, shoot us a message!

Love, 

TMBB

Help The Mallett Brothers Band Make Our Third Record!

We'll be recording our third record with Jon Wyman at Halo Studio here in Maine. We couldn't be more pumped. We've recorded and mastered two tracks so far, but we still have a ways to go (If you haven't seen our most recent video for "Little Bit of Mud," check it out. 

But, as fun as recording in an amazing studio with an incredible producer/engineer is, it costs a little dough. Since we operate independently without any label or corporate support, we're asking YOU, our fans, to help us get this thing done. In return for your pledges, you'll be compensated generously with one of a bunch of cool "exclusives" we have going on over there - anything from a signed copy of the new CD when it comes out, to us coming to your house and cooking you dinner. Etc, etc. Could get crazy in here. 

Anyway, head on over and check out our Pledge page, watch the little video that the amazing Maine videographer Jason Bosch so graciously whipped up for us, and help us out if you can swing it!

Cheers, everybody. Now time to blow this continental-breakfast-stand and head up to Saranac Lake!

New Video: A Little Bit of Mud

Pumped to announce that we have a new video up for "Little Bit of Mud," the first single off our 3rd studio album. The video was directed by Jason Bosch, and the track was produced by Jon Wyman at Halo Studio. The video was filmed predominantly at the Redneck Blank event in Hebron, Maine, which, as you can imagine, was more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

We'll be launching a Pledge Music campaign to fund the rest of the album, which we'll also be recording with Jon at some point this fall.

Hope you enjoy!

On the Road Again: July 2012 MBB Tour Dates

In less than two weeks we'll be headed on the road for a short tour down to Tennessee and back, and we're psyched to have all the dates confirmed and ready to blast. Here we go: 

• July 1st - Captain Nick's on Block Island, Rhode Island
• July 2nd - Rockwood Music Hall, New York City
• July 3rd - Natasha's in Lexington, KY
• July 4th - Partying down wherever we are and celebrating America
• July 5th - Recovering from the 4th
• July 6th - The Well in Knoxville, Tennessee
• July 7th - Zazoo's in Louisville, Kentucky
• July 8th - Hippie Hill in Christiana, Tennessee
• July 9th - Hambone's Pub in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• July 10th - Night off. Camping somewhere. Come party.
• July 11th - Wilbert's in Cleveland, Ohio
• July 12th - Crooked I in Erie, Pennsylvania
• July 13th - Triumph in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• July 14th - Home again home again, jiggity jig. Moxie Fest in Lisbon, Maine.

Of course, we'll be on the road before and after that all over the place, this is just our big road trip of the summer. For more tour dates, details and such, check our tour page, or give us a call or whatever.

Hope to catch you all somewhere down the road, and if you want us to play somewhere we haven't played yet, just let us know and we'll do what we can to make it happen. 

2012 Portland Phoenix Best Music Awards: Thank You.

We'd like to thank everyone who voted for us for any of the awards in the 2012 Portland Phoenix Best Music Poll. We walked away this year with awards for Best Local Act, Best Album, Best Live Act, Best Roots Act and Best Song. We were nominated for two of those and won the other three as write-ins, so it was a pretty huge surprise to us and we're pleased as a pickle. 

We'd also like to congratulate all of the other musicians involved in this event, which more than anything is just a great opportunity for musicians in Portland and beyond to get together, drink beers, watch some good music and have a good time. There's a ton of crazy talent in this city, and in this state, and it's great to be reminded once in a while how great the scene is around here.

Anyway, whoever of you out there voted for us for any of this stuff, thank you. And anybody who took the time to vote for somebody else, thank you too. And to all the musicians who make living in this city a damn good time 7 nights a week, thank you too. And Asylum and the Portland Phoenix and everybody else who supports music in this state, respect.

Now, off to New Hampshire to play a gig. Peace, dudes and dudettes.

Recap of the Elykssor 4-Year Anniversary Party

We were pleased as a pickle to take part in Elykssor Clothing's 4-year Anniversary party to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation this past weekend. We were part of a killer line-up of acts that we love and admire, including The Other Bones, Spose, and Joe Gallant, and had the opportunity to do some impromptu collabs on stage to boot. 

Good times were had by all. For more photos of the event, check out Peter Jensen Bissell's blog, where he's featured a sampling of shots taken throughout the night (including the one above, which beautifully captures the spirit of the night, IMHO).

Sam Pfeifle's Top Albums of 2011 List

"Low Down" made Sam Pfeifle's list of the Top Local Albums of 2011 in the Portland Phoenix this year. Sam's a great dude and one of the best music writers in town, so we're honored to be on the list. (He also hooked up a great review of Low Down when it came out in October). 

There are a bunch of fantastic other albums on the list, and we're honored to be in their company. We won't name them all but Paranoid Social Club's Axis IV rule, Sunset Hearts kill it, Spose's Preposterously Dank is, well, preposterously dank, the dudes in Whitcomb are some of our good buds and they slay everything, Joe Walsh is one of the best musicians in the state; you get the picture. We recommend checking out all the albums on the list if you haven't yet given them a listen. 

Off to Sugarloaf tomorrow, Rangeley on Friday and Saturday at Moose Alley and back in Portland for New Year's Eve. Hopefully see you this week!

Rockin' Country Showdown

Us Mallett Brothers Band boys are OVERJOYED to have won the 2011 Rockin' Country Showdown put on by 99.9 the Wolf. There were a lot of great bands, a lot of talented people, and a lot of dedicated fans there to support their band of choice. It was our northwoods outlaw Maine country that wowed the judges, and we are grateful to them. We've got money to tour, look out United States.