Back in Chicago

Thanks to everybody who came out last night to Fizz! It is great to be back in Chicago, and we're looking forward to a beautiful summer.

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On Hiatus

Sincerely Calvin is currently on a brief hiatus from playing live shows, as I will be traveling to India to teach for the organization Artists Striving To End Poverty (ASTEP).



We have some new music being tweaked in the studio, and will hopefully have lots more to share when I return in early May. For any booking inquiries please email info@sincerelycalvin.com. Thanks! -Jack

Friday 1/23/09 at Cornerstone Bar in Darien

Friday January 23rd 9pm - 1am Sincerely Calvin at The Cornerstone Bar in Darien
"A Band Called Catch" goes on first.
Sincerely Calvin goes on second.
Cornerstone Bar in Darien, 1/3 mile north of I-55 on Cass Avenue.
8025 Cass Avenue, Darien, IL

http://www.cornerstonebanquets.com/

Saturday 12/13 at The Red Line Tap in Chicago

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13
ALGREN
AUDIOBON
THE COMMODES
SINCERELY CALVIN

SHOW AT 9 PM

The Red Line Tap
7006 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL
Next door to the Hearland Cafe, in Rogers Park

Dec 5th Show with the Backroom at 46 Zone in Bolingbrook

We're playing tonight (12/5/08) at the 46 Zone at 9PM.

http://the46zone.com

730 N. Bolingbrook Dr. (Rte.53)

Bolingbrook, IL 60440

Come help us welcome Matt Greenfield back to Sincerely Calvin!

Friday October 3rd - Live Show in Wrigleyville - Underground Lounge

Friday October 3rd 9PM 21+

Underground Lounge (http://ulchicago.com/)

952 W Newport Ave (near Wrigley Field and the intersection of Newport, Sheffield and Clark)

Chicago, IL 60657

SINCERELY CALVIN

THE GIGANTIC

THE BACKROOM

Doors open at 9 and show will start at 10pm.

Sunday September 28th | Live Show at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago

Sun. Sep. 28 - 8PM - 17+

Reggie's Rock Club (main stage)
2109 South State Street
Chicago, Illinois 60616

AURORAKID
SINCERELY CALVIN
ROOM101
THE BARCAIT COUTURE

Doors open at 8pm, and the show will cost $5 in advance and $8 day of show.

August Shows and Facebook Page

Hello Sincerely Calvinites!

Thanks to those who came to our show at Reggie's Music Joint last week.

Here's some shows for August:

08/17/2008 North Beach Club
1211 Butterfield
Downers Grove, Illinois

08/19/2008 Chicago City Limits
1712 W Wise Rd
Schaumburg, Illinois

We'll be playing a bunch of the new songs we've been working on for the new CD (and a few old ones, too)!

...in other news, Sincerely Calvin now has a Facebook page!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sincerely-Calvin/26319003296

There's a bunch of music and pictures there, and you can be the band's friend, be the band's fan, etc... (we're also accepting applications for groupies, roadies, sponsors, and people who want to buy the band a veggie oil powered tour bus and drive us around on tour).

Sincerely,
Calvin

England Pics

We played the two shows in Liverpool, and then got invited to play a third show in London at a cool little venue called the Hope & Anchor. We met some amazing new people along the way, including a contingent of the "Karma Army," who sang with us on the street in Liverpool and then rocked out with us at our show at Lennon's. We'll have some video footage from the trip up here soon!


more pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamninjas/sets/72157605377960815/
http://www.myspace.com/sincerelycalvin

UK here we come!

Thanks to your support last week at the Double Door in Chicago ..... we are now headed to the UK for two shows in Liverpool!!!

Saturday, May 24 at 4:15 at Lennon's
Saturday, May 24 at 8:15 at the Cavern Club

More Chicago dates soon, too.... stay tuned!

Double Door - April 23!

Thanks to everybody who came to the Beat Kitchen shows! Here's the info for the next show:

Wednesday, April 23
Double Door
1572 N. Milwaukee Ave.
$10

7:30 The Employees
8:00 Orange Opera
8:30 Keith Betti
9:00 Final Round
9:30 The Good Things
10:00 Sincerely Calvin
10:30 Million Yen
11:00 Blackbox

This is part of International Pop Overthrow (IPO), a big music festival - more info at inernationalpopoverthrow.com.

Here are a couple pics from the last Beat Kitchen show:

Beat Kitchen March 12

Beat Kitchen. Wednesday, March 12 2008 at 9.00pm (Door 8.00pm)
Ages: 18+
Cover $8
Address: 2100 W Belmont Ave, Chicago
The Line up:
9.00 The Backroom
9.45 Hey Leroy
10.30 Speak Her Language
11.15 Sincerely Calvin

Beat Kitchen Thursday 2/7/08

We are playing Thursday Feb 7th at The Beat Kitchen!!

Here's the lineup:

THE BACKROOM
FOR PILOTS (Record Release!)
SINCERELY CALVIN
FOOTLIGHT FRENZY

Doors @ 8:30 pm | Show @ 9:00 pm
Tickets: $8.00 | 18 & Over

The Beat Kitchen

2100 W. Belmont
Chicago, IL 60618

Pics from The Note

Saturday 1-12-08 at Shank Hall in Milwaukee

We're caravaning up North to Milwaukee on Saturday for a show with Litmus Vinyl (myspace.com/litmusvinyl). The show is at Shank Hall (yes, this is named after the club in Spinal Tap).
Doors open at 8:30PM, show starts at 9:30PM. If you want to caravan up with us, drop us an email at info@sincerelycalvin.com.

Also, if you have pics and videos from the last few shows, send those to us and we'll put them up here!

Show at Reggie's in South Loop 1/9/08

SINCERELY CALVIN headlining NEW FACTORY show at the Note 1/4/08

Friday January 4th at the Note in Wicker Park 1565 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago.
Doors open at 9PM. Free T-shirt at the Door!!! Come and bring your friends!

Show this Friday 11/23 at The Note in Wicker Park

We'll be playing the day after Thanksgiving, Friday November 23rd, at The Note (1516 N Milwaukee Ave). Doors open at 9PM - We'll go on 10-11ish. Come rock out! Also playing is Noise Way Out, from Michigan, and The Backroom, our good friends from Downers Grove.

The Note: 1516 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL 60622 thenotechicago.com

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Pics from Bird's Nest

Some photos from the show 11/9 at Bird's Nest, taken by Jay Pepitone.

Sincerely Calvin Saturday 11/17 in Lincoln Park

Thanks to everybody who came out to Bird's Nest last week and helped pack the place! We'll have pictures from the show posted soon!

We're playing again tomorrow night, Saturday November 17th, at Lilly's - 2515 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. We're on from 10:00 - 11:30PM. Hope to see you there!

Lilly's - 2515 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago. 10:00 - 11:30PM, 11/17/2007