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It is with great pleasure that this Mardi Gras, starting Wednesday February 15th, us along with the help of WTUL New Orleans 91.5 & Black Pearl Music Group will be throwing our fourth Chindig in spirit of the holiday. Starting at the Circle Bar and then moving to Cafe Prytania, this Chindig will feature three whole [...]

Hello! We’ve been organizing a bunch of events lately and we are really exited to announce as many as we can handle announcing at one time.  So here is what February is looking like… UPCOMING CHINQUAPIN SHOWS: FEB 2ND – Native America, Pals, Netherfriends –  Circle Bar {Facebook Event} FEB 3RD – Sun Hotel, Good [...]

Hey guys, It’s that time of year again. Sun Hotel and Caddywhompus are going to be on tour exploring the south starting this December 28th and bringing some post-Christmas realizations to the rest of the world. And hopefully remembering to bring a coat. Here’s the schedule: 12/28 Beaumont, TX @ Tequila Rok’s w/ Hello Chief [...]

You’ve been bad this year… Really bad. You know all those sick presents you wanted!? That vintage monophonic keyboard?? That Morrissey live at the Shrine auditorium box set?! Things aren’t lookin good. Nevertheless, the Christmas angels of old are providing you with a chance to get back into Santa’s good graces. Chinquapin Records and Austin’s [...]

FEATURED EVENT: You had a great time at the first Chindig (remember?), well here’s our sophomore attempt. This one’s a release party for the first-ever Chinquapin compilation. Chindig 02 will be held at Saturn Bar on November 11th and will feature Brass Bed, Native America & High in One Eye. It is, in fact, a [...]

Holy moly, guacamole. We merry musicians at Chinquapin are officially back to school. People are getting sick, staying up too late, waking up early, and most importantly, prepping for some upcoming shows we’re doing. Let’s do this chronologically, ite? 9/22/2011 (Tallahassee, FL) : Sun Hotel + Native America + Salt Altars + Crawfishes + Daniel Moran [...]

We love you all, but especially Alec (This Guy ^) Thank you so much to everyone who came out last Friday and made our first Chindig such a huge success! Setting up was a surprising breeze and we couldn’t ask for a better turn out. Big shout out to those who volunteered some of their time so [...]

Due to some extreme weather, this show has been moved to Friday, Sept 9th. Thanks for understanding! Well, we’re finally nearing the end of a long summer of and (personal) space exploration. We’re commemorating the first week of the Chinquapin family being reunited this summer by throwing a barbecue! We’re calling it the Chinquapin Records [...]

The Weight has transmogrified from one song that we played at the Community Records Block Party in 2010 into a fully dissected and expanded 4 song EP. We recorded demos of 3 of them in Brooklyn last summer in our buddy Lucian’s (Fiasco) basement. We re-recorded the songs plus a new one at the now [...]

Hello Everyone! We are super pumped about this here show and you should be too cause it’s going to be crazy!  If you’ve never been to Studio 3 before you are in for a treat.  It’s a big ol’ warehouse with a bunch of huge Mardis-Gras floats and weird giant party stuff hanging from the [...]