Resurrection! (sorta!)

Hey guys, hope you miss us as much as we miss you.

We've been sitting on some big news for quite a bit, and I do believe the time has come to share it with you all.

This Thursday, the Stockyard Institute will be opening its 5 month long nomadic studio exhibition at the DePaul University Art Museum. This will be "a public exploration of ideas, celebrating the incidental and provisional spaces where people make work." It's an incredibly cool display of various achievements in local DIY art. Which by itself would be something that us URY folks can get staunchly behind, but in September, this exhibition will feature a recreation of the original Union Rock Yards space highlighted by a re-performance of the the final URY show! (Scroll down if your memory needs a-jogging). More details to come on that, but you definitely shouldn't wait that long to check it out.

Recap 10/18/09 - Bear Claw, The Bismarck, Bottomless Pit

Well, a bit of a bittersweet night as we said good bye to our original spot with an amazing line-up of bands. There will be plenty of time to talk about the former, so let's focus on the latter for now.

Local indie dream team Bottomless Pit got things started. They were showcasing a bunch of new material, and if what they gave us a taste of is any indication, the new record is going to be amazing. See for yourselves:


The Bismarck made the trip from Washington state to rattle our foundation on this final night. These guys were just funny as hell, and they reminded us that the rainy northwest is never at a shortage for the rocking:


There was only really one proper way to end the final show of our stay here; the same way we ended the show in the wee hours of the morning over 3 years ago during the Touch & Go afterparty. That's with the senior band in the Union Rock Yards tribe, the incomparable, untouchable, Bear Claw. Here, they blast through "Repetition", the final song ever on this stage:


And that's that for now. We'll have more news on our plans here, hopefully sooner than later. Keep an eye on this spot to stay abreast, or, if you want the news to come to you, follow us on Twitter, or become a fan on Facebook or MySpace and get yo' geek on!

See you all real soon!
Mark, Rich, and all of us over at URY.