WINTER IS COMING

Winter Is Coming (prod. Big Cats!) by Guante

As a duo, we haven't released any new material since last year's "Don't Be Nice" mixtape, although Big Cats! has been making tons of noise with The Tribe & Big Cats!, and I've been doing a bunch of solo stuff.  This song is a free download, and it's also the official announcement for our next album:

"YOU BETTER WEAPONIZE" will be out in 2012.  This song isn't on the album.  But the songs that are on the album are some of our best work ever.  More details to come.  Follow us on FB.

Plus a quick review:  Back in 2010, we released "An Unwelcome Guest," a concept album that fused radical politics with a love story with a zombie story.  It featured guest spots from Haley Bonar, Joe Horton of No Bird Sing, Prolyphic, Big Quarters and Chastity Brown.  Tru Ruts put it out and Strange Famous (Sage Francis' label) helped us out with presale packages.  If you still haven't heard it, give it a listen.  Two years out, I can see a few things that I would have done differently, but it's still an ambitious, musically-cohesive, lyrically-challenging project and we're both proud of it.  Listen to the whole album (and buy it if you like it) at this link.

Finally, here's a link to us performing live on 89.3 The Current's Local Show:


As always, any sharing (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Blogs, word-of-mouth) is definitely appreciated.

Next Show: 8/13 w/ B.Dolan

Click the poster for the Facebook event page.

In other news, Big Cats! just played the First Ave. MAINROOM with the Tribe, and killed it.  Guante has been hard at work with a string of big shows and new music.

We're also working on the NEXT Guante & Big Cats! album.  It's still early, but it's better than anything ever.  Quote me.

new music

Guante just put out a mixtape, Conscious Is Not Enough 2011.  Download for free by clicking the cover:

Audio Recording of Guante & Big Cats! at the Fineline

Check it out-- Empty got a great audio-recording of our set at the Fineline the other night.  You can download and listen to it for free.  You just won't be able to see all the pyrotechnics, backup dancers and costumes we had.

Our next local show

It'll be Saturday, February 12 at the Fineline, along with Culture Cry Wolf, Kristoff Krane, Soulcrate Music and more.

We'll also be traveling along with the Tribe to the Root Note in La Crosse on February 5 and UW-Madison on February 11.  More out-of-town dates coming soon.

Don't forget to pick up the Tribe & Big Cats! new album!

Some Guante & Big Cats! Live Footage

Some footage from a Guante & Big Cats! show at the 7th St. Entry.  Audio by Empty, video by Pure Optics, edited together by Rangel Arts. The band is Mike Ries (drums), Mike Coyne (guitar & bass), Chris Tures (guitar), Eric Blomquist (keys & saxophone), Big Cats! (MPC & bass) and Guante (vocals).

We are a very big, loud, angry band; I'm not sure how well that translates here (particularly in the instrumental parts of "Bleeds" and "Midnight" where it just goes nuts), but you get the idea.  Most of these songs are from our debut LP, "An Unwelcome Guest."

If It Bleeds, It Leads:


1 10 20 200:


Dragons:


Red States:


The Damp, Foggy Midnight:

New Music Video for "A Hug From a Stranger"

Guante + Big Cats! - A Hug From a Stranger from Tru Ruts on Vimeo.

Big thanks to Tony Perkins and everyone at the E-Squared Cafe. This turned out pretty cool. It's one of the more understated songs on the album, but it's also one of my favorites. Hope you like it.