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FRIDAY FEBRUARY FIRST

Two and a half years ago we recorded Not for Sleepin’ at West Town Recording–a basement studio in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. The latest release to come out of WTR is The Jordan Year’s “Homemade Hustler”. It’s funky, soulful and provocative. We’re very excited to be joining TJY for their record release show at Subterranean on Friday, February 1st.  The lineup also includes The Skinny (instrumental soul, think Booker T & the MGs!) and DJ Intel on the turntables.

Tickets are $10 in advance or at the door. Must be 21+ with ID to get in.

Hope to see you at the show!

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Happy 2013!

Few things…

1/4/13 – Show at Winter Wonderfest at Navy Pier – 7:30pm

1/10/13 – TV appearance on WGN‘s Midday News 12-1pm central
(WGN/The CW 9 in Chicago) (WGN America channel varies nationally)

1/11/13 – Show at Lincoln Hall in Chicago – 9PM

And in case you missed it over the holidays….
We made the Chicago Sun-Times list of best local albums.
And Deli Magazines’s list of best Chicago acts.

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LAST SHOW OF THE YEAR!

This Saturday, December 1st, The Congregation will be performing at FitzGerald’s with Go Long Mule and The Crane Wives. This will be our last show of the year–what a year it has been! We’re looking forward to closing out 2012 with an evening of great music at this legendary music venue. We hope you can join us! Click here for tickets.

P.S. We’re very excited about what we’ve got in store for 2013, including upcoming Chicago shows at Lincoln Hall, Subterranean and The Hideout. We’ll be hitting the road to showcase at SXSW in Austin, Texas in March. And the band will be featured on an upcoming episode Science Channel’s Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. We’ll be debuting new music all along the way as well!

Right Now Everything!

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RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING!

It’s here! Our debut album, Right Now Everything, is available for digital download on Bandcamp, iTunes and Amazon. The CD is also available for purchase at Dusty Groove–both online and at their brick and mortar store at 1120 N. Ashland Ave. in Chicago.

Our Chicago friends can also pick up a copy of the album at the Record Release Show this Friday night 9/28 at Martyrs’–3855 N. Lincoln Ave. The Shams Band, The Sometimes Family and DJRC will be joining us for an awesome night of music. 9PM / 21+ / $12

Get tickets in advance at www.martyrslive.com

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IT’S ALMOST HERE!

Right Now Everything hits online stores (Amazon, iTunes, CDBaby, Bandcamp, etc.) and our favorite record store–Dusty Groove America on Tuesday, September 25th. If you can wait a few more days, we’ll also have the CDs for sale at the Album Release Show at Martyrs on Friday, September 28th.

We’ve already been getting some positive feedback on the album:

This past Sunday “I Know You Will”, was featured on WXRT’s Local Anesthetic program. Stream the the broadcast here (we’re the fourth track in).

And the first review is in! Check out Music.Defined’s write up of Right Now Everything here.

We can’t wait for you to hear it!

xoxo,
The Congregation

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ALBUM RELEASE SHOW!

We are so excited to announce the Right Now Everything album release party will be September 28th at Martyrs.

Two of our favorite Chicago bands–The Shams Band and The Sometimes Family and groovemaster DJRC–will be joining us for the celebration. We hope you will be as well! Tickets are $12 tickets and available now at www.martyrslive.com/congregation.

P.S. The title track from Right Now Everything is still and will always be available for free right here.

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NEW SINGLE!

Hey All–We’ve got NEW MUSIC coming at you! Yes the title track from our upcoming album, Right Now Everything, is now available for your listening pleasure. Click here to download it for FREE.
 
Get it while it’s hot! Album drops in September!

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WELCOME!

Hey Everyone–We’re super excited that you’ve made it to our new home on the web–www.thecongregationband.com. Here you can listen to music, check our show schedule and get all the latest updates on The Congregation. We’ll be playing a lot of great shows this summer…with some great company–Wilco, Garbage, Flaming Lips to name a few. We’ll also have a new single, the title track from our debut album Right Now Everything, coming in a few weeks, and the big album release coming in September. We’ve got a lot going on and it’s happening fast…so stay tuned!

xoxo,
The Congregation