RECORDING UNDERWAY FOR NEW LP

We have started recording for our new full-length at Bricktop Studios in Chicago! Check out some pictures of us in the studio. Drums and bass are all done, and we're now working on guitar. 10 songs is going to take us about 10 weeks I think, but I'm excited for the results.

We are also playing a Chicago show at The Empty Bottle next Wednesday 8.17 with House Sounds at 9:30. It's FREE if you send an email to rsvp@emptybottle.com with Maribelle in the subject. Check out the facebook event, or view the flyer!

Aaron
08/12/11

NEW MARIBELLE RECORDINGS, ART, & SHOWS!

Maribelle just released 5 new songs on CD as a pre-release for what will be an 8+ record to be completed this summer. Listen now on Bandcamp. The CD was completed just in time for our 6 day southern tour with Chicago friends Spells, which was just long enough to want to never go home. Plans are in the works this summer to travel east and west. We also have a couple of great Chicago shows coming up. May 5th with Chuck Ragan, Sharks, and Elephant Gun, and the second on May 16th with Animal City, Company, and Filmstrip.

TWEEN. The show is lovingly spoke of as the GIF show, since much of the art will be in the GIF format. If you live in the Seattle area, check out my film "A Field Guide for the Modern Uncircumcised Male" showing at the Seattle True Independent Film Fest (S.T.I.F.F.)! I have also begun contacting artist and musicians to participate in a new art project entitled "WORK: A Financial and Lifestyle Survey". Learn more about what that means on the project's website.

Aaron
05/03/11

O'ER THE WAVES RECORD AVAILABLE NOW!

O'er the Waves has recently released our first recording and posted the entire record on Bandcamp. It's 8 songs available digitally or on CD entitled "Underneath the Window". The background of this page is currently one of the photos I shot for the insert of this release. Sarah and I are both really proud of the record, so make sure to check it out!

Maribelle has officially begun playing out in the new format, with new members and new songs. We played our first "electric" show in Chicago a couple of months ago, and are on the path to recording in the near future. Two Chicago shows coming up on Feb. 16th and 18th at Summer Camp and Treasure Town. Details coming soon. 4 day weekend to Nashville is also in the works with our friends Spells for the last weekend in March.

Aaron
01/25/11

NEW SHOWS AND MUSIC VIDEO

Maribelle has released our first music video for the song "Please" from our debut LP "With Teeth Sharp as Old Friends". View it on Vimeo, YouTube, or on this site! We also just played a great show at The Empty Bottle the other night with Wish Gift and Meah and had a great time. We have two more Chicago shows this month, on the 13th with Spells, and the Lovey Dovies, and on the 24th with Paleo.

There is also a new band in the works called O'er the Waves, which will be premiering at Cafe Mustache on Sept. 26th with Bad Heart Bull and Iji from Seattle. Hope to see you there!

Aaron
9/10/10

ME LLAMO AUGUSTO

Maribelle has at last arrived home again from out West Coast tour, and all realized how very poor we all. The new Maribelle LP "With Teeth Sharp as Old Friends" has officially put me in the whole, so buy some from me! Or digitally for cheap from Bandcamp, or iTunes. Listen for free at Bandcamp. I've also recently relocated to 18th street in Pilsen and couldn't be happier with the location. I feel slightly bad for gentrifying the neighborhood, but I replaced a white guy with a white guy, so at least I haven't changed the numbers at all...just swapped.

I finished my contribution to the work out video organized by Jake Myers. The completed project should be screened sometime this summer in a gymnasium near you, so keep on the look out. More shows coming soon. More art to be made. Many beach days ahead.

Aaron
7/5/10

WORK OUT!!!

Maribelle has just returned from a month long East Coast tour. Thanks so much to everyone who helped us on the road. The new Maribelle LP "With Teeth Sharp as Old Friends" is available now from a number of places, including myself, InSound, Bandcamp, & iTunes. Listen for free at Bandcamp. A summer West Coast tour is in the works.

In the art world, I have begun working on a collaborative work out video with Chicago musicians The Hood Internet, and artist/ organizer Jake Myers. Video to be completed by late May.

Aaron
04/11/10

MARIBELLE TOUR AND DEATH

The new Maribelle LP "With Teeth Sharp as Old Friends" is on it's way home from the pressing plant now, and a full US tour is being booked for March and April.

For the first half I will be heading east with the lovely Dara Benno accompanying me on piano. The record release show will be February 27 at Ball Hall in Chicago with Toby Foster and Quistum, and will feature myself, Dara, Dan Bordage on drums, and Sarah Ross on backup vox. Make sure to make it out!

For tour and release details, as well as to hear the new record, check out the myspace page or the Maribelle website. I also want to mention that in 5 days I turn 26 years old and feel just as young as I did when I turned 24, which just means I've felt old since I was 24 and it's not getting any better, daaaang!!!

Aaron
02/04/10

SYDNEY AND NEW RECORDINGS!

Recording for the new Maribelle full length has officially begun, and I'm pretty excited that things have finally kicked off. Look for this to come out in the fall in conjunction with a longer US tour.

To hear some of the new songs, check out video of my recent set at the Southwest Folk Fest, comprised of entirely new songs (thanks to James for taping it).

In the art world, I will be screening A Field Guide for the Modern Uncircumcised Male at the Sydney Underground Film Fest this September.

Aaron
08/18/09

THANKS, WEST COAST!

I just returned home from a 24 day Maribelle west coast tour, the majority of which was with Can't Sing for Shit, from Portugal.

Thank you so much to everyone who helped make this tour an amazing time!

In other news, I recently quit Weekend Nachos. Much love for those days, but they are gone. Expect a new Maribelle record and more touring early fall.

Aaron
01/22/09

ON TOUR NOW!

The summer is flying by, and at this rate is going to run full steam right into the fall. 

After doing a two week east coast tour as Maribelle, playing solo and screening video work along some of the stops, I was home for a week only to leave again on Weekend Nachos tour.

Currently in Denver and on our way to the West Coast, we've destroy 8 of 34 stops to date. Come say hello before we self destruct!

Aaron
07/23/08