Keyboard kaiser Mike Mayfield (from the Buttons, Electrical Spectacle, Liteworks) will be playing once again with Chef Menteur in upcoming gigs Saturday, May 17 at the Circle Bar and Friday June 6 at the Dragon’s Den. See the BPR shows page for more information. We’re also excited to be playing shows with two great local [...]

here’s the new release. it’s called: the answer’s in forgetting it took a little longer than we’d hoped but we’re really proud of it. with this album we have a new lineup, a new studio and a new approach to recording. lovely cover art (front, inside and back) by miranda lake. recorded by us. mixed [...]

Until now there’s no way to get there from here, when there is one of these: link to the old news contact us / join mailing list (via Backporch Revolution) our myspace page cool flyers from some past shows

Many thanks to Maggie of McKeown’s books and DC of More Fun Comics. They’re both really great about supporting local artists. Their no-markup policy means that you can get our discs and other local bands for a really good price…. our new release The Answer’s In Forgetting is only $10 at each place. as the [...]

Okay, all we need now is a flickr account… anyway, this is the [sorta] new Chef Menteur website. We have a lot of updating to do, but y’know, whatever… that old shit was getting s t a l e. The plan is that we’ll be adding random things here all the time, usually while we’re [...]