"a bold step towards a new musical amalgam..." -Ken Schaphorst
Using their jazz backgrounds, Lake Street Dive combines improv and
indie-rock in their original tunes and exuberant live shows. The
Boston-based band release their debut album "in this
episode..." in 2007 which features "Sometimes When I'm Drunk and You're Wearing My
Favorite Shirt," Grand Prize winner in the 2005 John Lennon Songwriting
Contest. Their second studio album, "Promises, Promises" features 10 new original songs and will be released this summer. When not performing, Lake Street Dive enjoys badminton and
snackfoodery.
NEWS 6/08: Recording, mixing and mastering for the new album "Promises, Promises" is complete! The album, to be released on fyo records, will be released in the Midwest in July and on the East Coast in September.
NEWS 6/08: Recording, mixing and mastering for the new album "Promises, Promises" is complete! The album, to be released on fyo records, will be released in the Midwest in July and on the East Coast in September.
NEWS 2/08: Summer East Coast and Midwest Tours in the works! LSD will be joining forces with Cuddle Magic for a ten day tour of the East Coast in June, and fronting a solo tour in July through the Mid-West. Please check the calendar for updates.
NEWS 2/08: YOUTUBE time! Here are a couple of new LSD related videos: firstly, a clip of Laura Cortese and Aoife O'Donovan covering LSD's "Sometimes When I'm Drunk..." on glockenspiel and voice at The Lizard Lounge: http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=f3_VZn_mSz4 Secondly, a groundbreakingly silly rendition of LSD covering their own "Wrong Decisions" as a male-female vocal duet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMRxkqu5M6Q&feature=related
NEWS 1/08: January Residency at Toad! Come see LSD every Tuesday night in January at Toad (except for the 1st, because we'll be out of town for New Year's and the 29th because Rachael has a gig in Cali. But hey, 3 out of 5 ain't bad...)
NEWS 12/07: "in this episode..." named #1 album of 2007 by Ken Rinehart of KCCK. Read more here: http://www.kcck.org/prod_picks.php#ken
NEWS 12/07: Recording has begun for our next album which will come out on fyo records (Cuddle Magic, Festival Youth Orchestra, etc.) We hope to complete the recording by February '08 and release in the summertime.
NEWS 6/07: McDuck wins band badminton tournament in Iowa City, IA