The Taxpayers 2 Month Tour Kickoff

The Taxpayers are hitting the road for 2 months this summer, hitting up the midwest, the mountains, and the east coast!  From June 16 to August 16, we will be playing rad spaces and meeting crazy folks.  If you would like to follow The Taxpayers’ tour and escapades, Phil will be moderating our tour blog.  We [...]

Good News Hour w/ The Taxpayers!!!

It was an evening of adventure for The Taxpayers as they stepped into the narrow halls of web radio.  Preparing for a “podcast”, they couldn’t know what was really in store.  One is never sure while trapped in the sweltering confines of the always dangerous land of radio broadcast.

As the room was called to silence for [...]

The Taxpayers - February 6th!

The Taxpayers have a show this saturday in Vancouver!  This is their first show since they’ve returned from tour.  The show is being put together by Fort Albert Music.

This apparently will be filmed and recorded.  Neato.

Also on the bill:

Absent Minds
Bill Skins Fifth Will Punch You Right In The Face

About the artists in the Califuckyeah Comp

Download the comp!
Track listings and info on the bands:

1.) “Regina” by Hi Ho Silver, Away!

These dudes play some pretty awesome catchy pop punk and hail from the sunny desert city of La Quinta, CA.  We played with these guys in LA at Dig In! and it was awesome!  Everyone was boppin around and  having a [...]

USR Califuckyeah Tour Comp (FREE DOWNLOAD!)

Well-al-fucking-right! It’s finally done, I did it! I finished putting together the Califuckyeah Comp. After my network card got fried in a power-surge and overcoming network sharing issues, USR has brought you a neat little 9-song comp for you to enjoy. FOR FREE!!!

All of the bands that are featured on this [...]

Upcoming USR Shows!

Well looky here! Two USR shows to be announced.

Jan 27 – Atomic Butter Babes at Plan B (first ABB show in months)
Feb 6 – The Taxpayers at The Grind Coffeehouse (first show since return from tour)

The Taxpayers at Black Rose Infoshop (VIDEO)

C.R. Hackett filmed The Taxpayers’ tour kickoff show at Black Rose Infoshop in Portland.  It was a great show and the first time The Taxpayers had played an electric site there.

The song is “Cold Front”, which will be on The Taxpayers’ next album (recording in March, expect it out by summer?).

Minneapolis loves Portland loves Minneapolis

Get ready, here comes December. MovingPartsAudio is taking it to the Coast for some quality Taxpayer time. MPA’s Eric Frame (FGafJaL, TSAA, Annandale Cardinals) is trekking out to play bass on the Taxpayers’ winter tour all up and down California’s sexy edges. But this is 2009 and multitasking is the new cool, so we’re going [...]

More Super 8mm Music Videos!

Useless State’s Chris Hackett of Los Moustachios has cooked up another Super 8 music vid of The Taxpayers, Militaristic Kitchen, off of A Rhythm in the Cages.  Check it out!

“Dig Too Deep” music video

Our Useless State family member, Chris Hackett, edited together an awesome music video for “Dig Too Deep” (The Taxpayers) using our buddy Dusty’s old super 8 home videos. Its pretty neat, HackAttack says he’s gonna do the entire “A Rhythm In The Cages” album to these videos! Well, alright!

The Taxpayers, “Dig Too Deep” [...]