The party will be hosted by one of our backers at her house in Mid-city, and there will be food and beer. Backers will get the address information via the Kickstarter email.

We’re planning on scheduling a more public release party sometime later in the spring in New Orleans.

As part of our campaign to raise awareness for our Kickstarter project (only 2 weeks left!), we’ll be playing one final gig at another really cool and unique location.

The show is next Friday, July 15th, at the Eiffel Society, the glass and iron building that rises above St. Charles Avenue like a steampunk UFO, and was apparently built from parts of the Eiffel Tower restaurant, relocated from Paris.

We’ll be playing in front of the epic film “Blade Runner,” which is based on the novel “Why Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick — a futuristic writer that’s been no small influence on our music.

Opening will be our friends in The Beams — a fun and lively power-punk band with echoes of the Pixies, Pavement, and Velvet Underground. We’d like to thank them for setting up this show with us!

This is an early show (8pm)… and it’s free. Thanks to everyone who’s supported our Kickstarter project to release the new album, and in advance to those of you who are about to. We’re getting down to the wire, please share the link with your friends!

This is the last gig to raise awareness for our Kickstarter campaign. Don’t forget to check it out, pledge, and tell your friends!

And of course, our extra special thanks to those who made donations to the Kickstarter fund online.

We have still got a LONG way to go in terms of raising funds… but if this project is successful, we promise to put on another rooftop show to celebrate. Maybe it will even double as our album (p)release party….

But don’t forget, we won’t have anything to show for any of this if we don’t meet our goal. Kickstarter is all or nothing. Please help us spread the word, and tell your friends. Hope to see you next time, with vinyl on the way!

Meanwhile, if you missed the show, here’s a couple bits from folks in attendance — thanks to the folks who took and posted these:

Chef Menteur perform “Narconaut” by bunnyman

Chef Menteur Rocks Past My Battery Life by editorb

The Forest from Chef Menteur on Vimeo.

Dan made the visuals. No digital effects used!

Special guest on bass: B. Aubrey Freeman (Geisterfahrer, Sketches of an Amorous Window, Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship?).

Last minute reminder: Don’t forget the “secret” live show/bbq/beer bash tomorrow on Saturday, June 11. To get directions, connect with us via Kickstarter, or go to more info on our Facebook page at and click “like”… or just contact one of us directly, or via Twitter.

Chef Menteur will be opening for Cloudland Canyon and White Hills on Thursday, April 28.

Also playing will be Pontiak. All four bands specialize in different flavors of contemporary heavy psychedelic music; although Chef Menteur and Cloudland Canyon come from more electronic beginnings.

Siberia is the venue. If you haven’t been there yet it’s at 2227 St. Claude Ave., near the Hi-Ho.

White Hills and Pontiak are on Thrill Jockey and Cloudland Canyon were formerly on Kranky and are now on Holy Mountain. All three of these bands will be playing the Austin Psych Fest on Saturday April 30.

Shout out to Nick  for putting this together.

More info available at backporchrevolution.com

We’re sticking with the plan of releasing the new album on double vinyl (that’s 4 sides for a total of 72 minutes) with hand printed covers in a limited edition. We will let you know more as we can.

Meanwhile the three of us have been getting together with Phil Rollins (of the Gubernatorial Candidates) and started rehearsals again for our next world tour.

We may have some interesting news here soon. Keep checking back.

Archipelago is Backporch Revolution’s improvisational folk/drone large ensemble that features many experimental New Orleans musicians.

Sir Richard Bishop is known best for his work with Sun City Girls, but has also had a remarkable solo career as a guitar stylist/virtuoso and world traveler. This will be the first tour he’s played with a full band.

Also playing will be Oakland noise outfit Oaxacan.

The show starts at 10pm, at the All Ways Lounge in New Orleans. See Backporch Revolution for address and more details.

This is a fund-raiser for WTUL 91.5 FM and your ticket price also gets you into Cafe Negril, the other nearby venue where Glorybee, Arajay, Broken Smokes, and Player/Kommander featuring James Hall will be playing.

Click here for more info.