FEBRUARY 19 / 8:00PM
21 & Over / $8 Advance

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Nectar Presents:

Catfish Haven

Redwalls

• Junkmail

Catfish Haven

What the Press has been saying about CATFISH HAVEN:
“Tuneful, passionate singing, lucid songwriting, and engaging riffs” -PITCHFORKMEDIA.COM
“(Catfish Haven) possess equal amounts of backwoods authenticity and cosmopolitan flair. They may harvest most of their mojo from south of the Mason-Dixon…but they bleed metropolitan with undeniable garage-grime charm and power-pop arrangements reminiscent of the Strokes…Hunter's worn-in croon wraps itself around lyrics with whiskey-soaked ease.” - Spin
"This is soul music for future generations of rowdy rustic types...Catfish Haven have put together a mighty portrait of a band musically going for broke."- CMJ magazine
"The most promising new act on the Secretly Canadian roster is Chicago's Catfish Haven" - NOW Toronto Magazine
"…their music eschews hipster irony for earnestness, channeling Buddy Holly and Del Shannon… a band with both heart and soul, both of which are the only true benchmarks for rock & roll longevity."- All Music Guide
“…Chicago-based trio delivers soulful rock music that's actually soulful…If you sing along to the Black Crowes, Otis and CCR whenever they show up on the radio and also dig Palace and the Detroit Cobras, this might be your favorite new band.” – Amazon.com
“…Catfish Haven's boozy bar rock retains its tattered edges. Singer and guitarist George Hunter channels the rough-hewn romanticism of early Van Morrison…Like a lazy weekend spent drinking tallboys of cheap beer, Tell Me passes by unhurried and unencumbered… With this kind of throwback rock, simple isn't stupid. It's a virtue.”- Playboy

Redwalls

Deerfield, Illinois-based quartet the Redwalls formed in 2001 -- originally a British Invasion-inspired cover band dubbed the Pages, singer/guitarist Logan Baren, his bassist brother Justin, lead guitarist Andrew Langer, and drummer Jordan Kozer were all still in high school at the time the group played its first show at the local jazz club Pops for Champagne. The Pages soon began writing original material and earned a regular booking at the Evanston club Nevin's Live, with the venue's booking manager Mitchell Marlow eventually quitting his post to manage the band full-time. Through ex-Wilco drummer and Marlow pal Ken Coomer, the Pages' demo recording made its way to Capitol A&R rep Julian Raymond, and while in the midst of working on their debut LP for Chicago-based indie Undertow, the band signed to Capitol in mid-2003, changing their name to the Redwalls at the label's request. (An earlier Capitol signing was also known as the Pages, but was far better-known as Mr. Mister.) Undertow issued the Redwalls' debut Universal Blues in the fall of 2003 -- after completing sessions for the album, Kozer quit the group to attend college, with Ben Greeno signing on to play drums. Their first record for Capitol finally saw the light of day in June of 2005. Produced by Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, the Vines), De Nova adds horns and a bit of major label magic to the Redwalls sound but retains their live-wire energy and ends up being an enjoyable blast of classic rock worship. No surprise that similarly backward-looking Oasis invited the band to join their summer of 2005 UK tour.

LINKS

• Catfish Haven on MySpace
• Redwalls on Myspace
• Junkmail on Myspace

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