91.7 - LIVE ON THE AIR

2010 has started off with a bang for little ol' Shibboleth. We're going to be performing and chatting in-studio this Friday on the new KXT 91.7 FM. For those of you that don't already have the inside dope, KXT is a brand spankin' new station in Dallas, playing a lot of great independent music with a nice dose of local artists.

We've been told that Venus Flytrap does not work at KXT, but we're going to appear anyway.

Friday, January 8th
3:30 pm
91.7 on your FM dial

Visit the KXT site for more info: www.kxt.org

iTUNES SALE

Shameless commerce alert - Experiment in Error is on sale on iTunes until January 14. If you haven't already, download your copy today - only $7.99. It's equally as good as the full-priced album. Maybe even better.

www.itunes.com/shibboleth

Magnet has some kind words

The last line isn't doing us any favor, but we'll take what we can get.

Like Calexico’s goofy cousins, Dallas instrumental band Shibboleth repeatedly raids the Tex-Mex and spaghetti Western genres. There’s no pretense of Cormac McCarthy desert-noir cool here, however, and Shibboleth has fun by crossing many more musical borders. Sometimes veering into calliope and easy listening, Experiment In Error is space-age bachelor-pad music that won’t get you laid.

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2009/01/05/best-of-2008-hidden-treasures/

"The Big-Takeover" Review

Jack Rabid over at The Big Takeover has some nice words about Error:

Nowadays, instrumental bands have a tough road to find attention. But this Dallas outfit is smart enough to bring back the time, as late as the ‘60’s when vocal-less incursions in the charts were amusingly common, and the jaunty practitioners like Herb Albert and his Tijuana Brass could cross over hits like “Spanish Flea” into the Dating Game Theme. I.e., Experiment is modernly-produced, vintage fun from all over the spectrum, with happy organs you used to hear at sports arenas, the western-guitar rock of the Duane Eddy and the Shadows, bits and pieces of spaghetti Western films, lot of Henry Mancini (the Walkin’ Baby Elephant” kind) “Music To Watch Girls By,” Tex-Mex, and shades of Alpert, The Cars/Devo, and a primary ‘80’s precursor, Wall of Voodoo. With this kind of upbeat joy, you don’t need singing.
Jack Rabid.

Q&A in Quick

Must be a slow news day, because we ended up on the cover of Quick magazine. We had a nice chat with Hunter Hauk the other day and somehow he managed to transcribe our ramblings into semi-coherent answers. Read the full piece here.

More Observer Observations

Pete Freedman blogs and posts a track, The 1912 Horsey Rebellion.

Dallas Observer Review

The Dallas Observer takes a mighty whack:

"Captaineered" by Stuart Sikes and aided by Jim White on drums and Chris McGuire and Randy Graham on horns, Experiment in Error showcases the band's skill at playing with all kinds of riffs and musical ideas.

Take the rest of the joyride here.

Pegasus News Review

Catherine Cuellar from Pegasus News writes:

If soundtracks for Spaghetti Westerns and '60s sex comedies were free from cinematic distractions, or the Stax recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee hadn't been torn down and replaced by a museum, their resulting music might compare to Experiment in Error...

Check out the full review here.

Gordon Keith Show pt. 2

As promised, the video from the Gordon Keith show performance is online. It's tiny, but the sound is quite good. You can check it out on our video page or with it's video-kin over at the You Tube.

A little write up in Quick (and a tune)

The fine folks at Quick have also enblogulated a tune from the new album. Sample "Bill Cosby" over at the Hot 'n' Fresh blog.

Dallas Morning News Review

The DMN has their say:

The Dallas band's excellent second CD is a Whitman's Sampler of instrumental rock: Booker T.-style jams sit side-by-side with surf tunes, synth struts and sci-fi cowpoke ditties. On the off chance you miss the humor in the music, check out the song titles: "Meatballs," "Bill Cosby" and "These Are My Cousins Gastro and Cydebar."
- Thor Christensen

Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Review

The first review is in:

The music made by Shibboleth (Rich Martin, Don Cento and James Driscoll; the threesome is joined by drummer Jim White here) is a gleeful amalgam of almost every genre under the sun. Error, the Dallas-based instrumental trio's sophomore effort completed with help from local ace Stuart Sikes -- following 2003's self-titled debut -- further cements these dazzling, dexterous artists as some of the Metroplex's most exciting. Personal fave: the electro-surf-grungy Meatballs. The disc hits stores Tuesday; the band will play a CD release party at Dallas' Sons of Hermann Hall on May 17
- Preston Jones

http://www.star-telegram.com/147/story/631430.html

Gordon Keith Show

On Wednesday we had the high honor of musically guesting on the upcoming episode of the Gordon Keith Show. We pulled out several of the stops and performed the title track from the new album, "Experiment in Error" with Justin Smith on rhythm guitar and Brian Wesoloski and Dave Monsch on saxes. It was a blast, and informed sources tell us that the show itself was quite good, especially the interview with Ashton Kutcher and Rob Corddry. All we can vouch for is the quality of the veggie tray in the kitchen.

If you miss the broadcast, it'll be posted online in the near future.

Saturday May 10, 2008
11:35 PM
Channel 8 (WFAA)

Album Release Party

On Saturday, May 17th we'll be setting up camp at the Sons of Hermann Hall to celebrate the release of Experiment in Error. The lovely ladies of The Lollipop Shoppe are throwing this party and if history is any indication it'll be a hoot. Or a doozy. Probably not both, but anything is possible... There's gonna be DJs, and dancing and all sorts of decorations, just like when we were kids.

We'll be doing two sets that evening. The first will feature songs from Experiment in Error and some other nuggets. After a break (and some dancing by you, the energetic audience member) we'll return to the stage and tear through a set of covers featuring the vocal stylings of Trey Johnson, Justin Smith and Sean Halleck. But that's not all.... we'll be closing out this set with a handful of songs - including four brand-new ones - from Bobby Patterson.

After that... more dancing, although we'll most likely be down in the bar enjoying a frosty brew.

Did we mention the horn section? And the background singers? You're not gonna wanna miss this....

Saturday, May 17th
SONS OF HERMANN HALL
3414 Elm Street, Deep Ellum, TX
Doors 5pm
Show 9pm
$10