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September 11, 2008

Snd On Snd is done. Thank you for the support and seeing us live. Nothing is wrong, we're getting along, but it's over. You can still catch Lizz and Jon in Grammar and Vel and Jon in Torch Singer.

- Snd On Snd

April 3, 2008

Thank you to all of those who made it out to our Metro debut last night. We had a fantastic time – all thanks to you. We'd love to return to that stage some time soon. The Snd On Snd machine will be spending the rest of April and early May writing and recording new material. We look forward to seeing you at the next show(s).

- Snd On Snd

March 17, 2008

Bringing some rock in March and April.

We have a few performances in the month of March and April. See you at the show(s).

- Snd On Snd

Come out Saturday, February 9 at The Note as we share the stage with Cookies and Dirt, Marvin Tate, and The Sharks. Surprises? Maybe. Show starts at 9 pm. See you soon.

- Snd On Snd

December 30, 2007

We're One Year Old.

Many thanks to Inchworm, Tiger Surprise, and America's #1 Sweetheart for rocking out last night at Subterranean. We enjoyed our birthday very much. Hope you loved the cupcakes. See you next year.

- Snd On Snd

December 27, 2007

A post-holiday reminder.

We're playing tomorrow night (Friday, December 28) at Subterranean with Inchworm, Tiger Surprise, and America's #1 Sweetheart. Kyle, Lizz, and Jon just completed recording vocals for the track "Station To Station" that will be included on a second version of the Gaily We Prance About EP. That's right, version 2.0 will have four songs instead of three. Many thanks to Mitch Cepaitis from Black Sheep Studios who was behind the boards for this most recent recording session. Check the "Live" section on the site as we have a show in February with Chicago's very own Sharkx.

- Snd On Snd

December 18, 2007

One more show before the New Year.

We're playing Friday, December 28 at Subterranean with Inchworm, Tiger Surprise, and America's #1 Sweetheart. Doors are at 8:30 pm and the show starts at 9 pm. We're up second. Please come on out and enjoy one last show before 2008. See you soon.

- Snd On Snd

November 30, 2007

Thanks.

Thanks again to all those who made it out last night to Ronny's for the Lance Hahn memorial benefit. We had a great time. Hope you did, too. Oh....thank you to Mt. St. Helens for letting us borrow your bass drum during the set. See you soon.

- Snd On Snd

November 27, 2007

Hey everyone,

Just a quick reminder that we're going to play a Lance Hahn memorial benefit this Thursday night (11/29) at Ronny's in Logan Square. Joining us will be Dialogue, Mt. St. Helens, and the always-fantastic Lynyrd's Innards.

To honor Lance, each band will play a J Church song or two, and the $10 cover goes to the Gift Of Life Foundation for organ-donation awareness.

The show begins at 8 p.m. at Ronny's, located at 2101 N. California Ave., just south of Milwaukee and the California Blue Line stop. Please come out and help us pay tribute to one of punk's greats.

- Snd On Snd

November 15, 2007

Let's Do It For Lance.

The details are coming together for our Lance Hahn Memorial Show and Benefit. Looks like it's going to be us, Dialogue, Mt. St. Helens, and Lynyrd's Innards at Ronny's Thursday, 11.29.2007. Lance wasn't Irish, but this will be an Irish wake of sorts, with booze, music, and plenty of J Church music by the bands on the bill and in the speakers between sets.

All proceeds will benefit organizations Lance supported, and that also goes for any sales of our split 7" with J Church. C'mon, it'll be a blast. Come out and celebrate the life of a punk-rock luminary.

The show will start around 8pm. More details to come over the next couple of weeks. See you there!

- Snd On Snd

November 6, 2007

After a few months in hibernation, we have a couple of shows this month. Come out and see us.

October 23, 2007

Hey everyone,

Word is rapidly spreading through the grapevine that Lance Hahn, founder and frontman of the beloved J Church, passed away on Sunday (October 21) after a long illness. As a fan and friendly acquaintance of Lance's for 15 years, I'm crushed. J Church is one of my favorite bands, and their music occupies more space on my iPod than anyone else's – it should considering they released 10,549,420 albums.

Snd On Snd was truly honored to release a split 7" with J Church this year. While we're helping plan a memorial/benefit show, we want to help NOW. So, 100% of the proceeds from any order of our split will go to Lance's memorial fund. Send $6 (postage paid) via PayPal to Info@CMYKyle.com. You can also donate $$ directly at http://www.vulcanvideo.com. Please help!

We're already missing you, Lance...

- Kyle and Snd On Snd

September 27, 2007

Yes, it's been more than just a while. The Snd On Snd machine took the summer off, writing new material and will resume playing live shows soon. The 3-Song EP (yes, three songs, not four) should be available at shows and online next month. This self-release marks the first time all four current members appear together on a recording. Hope to see you all very soon.

July 12, 2007

Hello. It's been a while. Here's a little update.

We have a new 4-Song EP, Gaily We Prance About, set to release late summer 2007. Recorded this past April with Josh Shapera on the boards, this marks the first proper recording for Snd On Snd with the current solidified line-up. Our split 7" with J Church (URC-013) is also still available via Underground Communiqué Records. Yum, delicious pink vinyl.

April 28, 2007

Guitar and bass overdubs are complete. Kyle, Lizz, and Jon will head to Black Sheep Studios to complete the vocal portion of recording sometime next week.

April 6, 2007

Snd On Snd is in the studio (Engine Studios / Chicago, Illinois). Special thank you to Mitch Cepaitis (intern and assistant for "Colonel" Josh Shapera of Black Sheep Studios).

“Don’t take this the wrong way, but you guys sound straight out of the mid-’90s.”

Chicago music critic Tankboy meant that in a good way, and SND ON SND (pronounced “sound on sound”) took it as a compliment. That’s good, because it wouldn’t be the last time the Chicago band heard it. Apparently the four songs on the quartet’s 2007 debut EP, Gaily We Prance About, and the others SND ON SND plays live, tend to remind listeners of the halcyon days of Clinton administration indie rock, particularly the Midwestern variety.

Such a specific designation is increasingly rare. Not to get all nauseatingly nostalgic, but there was a time before the Internet when you could discern a band’s hometown by what came from the speakers. A band from New York didn’t sound the same as one from San Francisco or D.C. or Denver or Champaign—no one would confuse Versus for Jawbreaker or Jawbox or Christie Front Drive or Braid. Those bands (among others) heavily influenced SND ON SND when it came together in Chicago during the twilight of the Bush administration, years after that sound had apparently disappeared. “That’s OK,” another guy told SND ON SND, “because the ’90s are coming back.”

Regardless, SND ON SND don’t set out to write within a template. They just play melodic indie rock that favors punk, but loves a good pop hook, the occasional noisy freakout, and even tinges of the roots-rock that morphed into alt-country. It’s kind of messy and ill-defined, but isn’t all the best music that way?

SND ON SND is currently writing Gaily We Prance About’s successor, which they plan to record later this spring. In the meantime, they’ll perform live on WLUW’s Radio One program in late March or April and continue to play relentlessly around the Midwest—and beyond its cozy confines. Maybe they’ll remind people of the recent past, but they’ll mostly make fans in the present.

SND ON SND DISCOGRAPHY
Split 7-inch with J CHURCH, August 2007 (Underground Communiqué)
Gaily We Prance About CDEP, October 2007 (self-released)

SND ON SND is:
Lizz Kannenberg (bass/vocals)
Kyle Ryan (guitar/vocals)
Jonathan Sarmiento (drums/vocals)
Vel Vetri (guitar)

For fans of:
Versus, The Replacements, Jimmy Eat World, Jawbreaker, Braid/Hey Mercedes, Jawbox.

HIGH-RES PRESS PHOTOS & DOWNLOADABLE MP3s available here.

Download Snd On Snd one-sheet .PDF here.

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	Spring 2008 Gaily We Prance About EP v.2 (CD) Self-Released Download EP (21.8 mb)	TRACKLISTING 1. Station To Station 2. From Here On In 3. God Willing And The Creek Don't Rise 4. Some Day, Sunlight
	Fall 2007 Gaily We Prance About EP (CD) Self-Released	TRACKLISTING 1. God Willing And The Creek Don't Rise 2. Some Day, Sunlight 3. From Here On In
	2007 UCR013 Split 7" with J Church (7" pink vinyl) Underground Communique Records Available Here	TRACKLISTING Side A (J Church) 1. Flirting With The Bourgeois Dream 2. Where Eagles Dare Side B (Sound On Sound) 3. When We Were The Kids 4. Old Chunk of Coal

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