BABY TEARS

Next show is Sat 3/24 at Brother's for Donny's 40th w/ Digital Leather and POS

2012-02-25T19:47:00.000-06:00

Maximum Rock'n'Roll says Baby Tears is "catchy and have musical merit"

2012-02-23T12:25:00.002-06:00

The rest of the review can be interpreted however you wish.

Baby Tears-"Homeless Corpse / She Sells Eggs"
"Baby Tears hail from that ubiquitous world of lo fi, Goner Records-type of trashy punk that seems to dominate the music scene these days. Maybe I shouldn't be so dismissive, since these two tracks are pretty catchy and have musical merit, but I just cant (get?) over the fact that there are a thousand bands that sound exactly like this right now. Fans of damaged basement rock will dig this, I'm sure." (BG) (Bob Goldie)
(Rainy Road)

Homeless Corpse by Baby Tears

She Sells Eggs by Baby Tears

Flesher Video

2012-02-14T12:58:00.004-06:00

Yellow Green Red likes the new Baby Tears 7"

2012-02-11T12:30:00.002-06:00

"...I like both cuts, and would imagine Baby Tears are one of the more exciting acts stomping around Omaha. If I was stuck there, I’d want to make music that sounds like this too."

Read the review here

She Sells Eggs goes to France

2012-01-31T09:02:00.004-06:00

"Le Nebraska, l’un des états les plus mornes des Etats Unis, nous avait filés quelques uns de nos plus beaux frissons garage grace à Brimstone Howl ou encore les Forbidden Tigers. Mais depuis un bout de temps, c’était plus ou moins silence radio. Mais Rainy Road Records vient nous mettre un coup de défibrilateur avec le 45t des Baby Tears. Un titre par face et suffisamment d’énergie pour alimenter le Nebraska pendant une paire d’années..."

Read more at 7 inch allah here

2012 Injury Report

2012-01-22T23:47:00.000-06:00

The first Baby Tears injury of 2012 award goes to our bass player, Ethan Jones. Yesterday, Ethan nearly chopped off the tip of his left index finger with an X-acto knife. So much for wicked bass solos this week at practice. Let us all wish his finger a speedy recovery.

"As pleasant as a dirty hypoderm"

2012-01-13T15:50:00.005-06:00

Last week, there was a great show at JRs Lightbulb Club. Don’t get me wrong, I love local music. But I especially like it when a local band plays with two out-of-town bands that you haven’t been privileged enough to catch yet. I don’t know much about Omaha, Nebraska. Long ago, I passed through the place many-o-time in an 18 wheeler. But if their music scene is even remotely indicative of the emissaries they sent on January 7th of this year….the place..well, must have a good music scene. Baby Tears are as lo-fi, analog, DIY as it gets. They play shitty instruments and make 4 track recorded LPs. Take into consideration their high-octane enthusiasm that accompanies the rock-noise they throw at the audience, like projectile vomit, and you have a good show. They have that road-hardened edge and a ferocious energy on stage. They epitomize the band that comes to your town and burns it the f*ck up. Hope they make it back soon.

More pics here, also cool pics and review on The Fucking Party as well

The Fucking Party dudes rule

2012-01-09T15:00:00.006-06:00

We're back, we're hungover as fuck, and my body is craving more gin. Good thing it looks like water.

Here's a video of us in Fayetteville Saturday night playing a new song "Bottom of the Sun"

Homeless Corpse gets a sweet review on 7inches

2012-01-04T11:03:00.007-06:00

"...the most blown out peaking trash sound since the Mayyors...some of the best moments of Terror Visions, there's still a lot of possibilites in that Units combination of synth-punk..."

Read here

Fuck The New Year Tour starts tomorrow with The Fucking Party, Baby Tears in Oklahoma Gazette

2012-01-03T20:39:00.001-06:00

Read here

Baby Tears / The Fucking Party tour dates

2012-01-02T09:44:00.002-06:00

1/4 - KC, MO @ Mosquito's House w/ Vader Wolf and Mosquito Bandito
1/5 - Springfield, MO @ Outland Bar
1/6 - OKC @ The Conservatory w/ The Copperheads
1/7 - Fayetteville, AR @ JR's Lightbulb Club w/ Potion

7" RELEASE SHOW FRIDAY, RUSTY YEARS FREE DOWNLOAD

2011-12-12T08:41:00.006-06:00

Doom Town Records will be releasing Rusty Years in some physical form in 2012. Stream and download it for free below via Mediafire or Soundcloud:

MEDIAFIRE DOWNLOAD

Rusty Years by Baby Tears

Doom Town Compilation Release Show Dec 10th

2011-12-01T07:40:00.002-06:00

HearNebraska story on our new 7"

2011-11-22T15:50:00.000-06:00

read it here

She Sells Eggs Video

2011-10-22T21:48:00.002-05:00

7" available here

Fan Mail

2011-10-17T17:36:00.004-05:00

We've read countless emails and have heard this from many mouths: "Why aren't you on facebook? How will I know about your shows?"

We give up. Here you go.

YES, HAIL SATAN

2011-10-11T10:59:00.000-05:00

New 7" on Rainy Road Records is at the pressing plant

2011-09-29T10:32:00.001-05:00

Homeless Corpse by Baby Tears

She Sells Eggs by Baby Tears

We'll have a release show and will announce that sometime soon. The sleeves are all handscreened too. We love huffing if you haven't noticed.
Rainy Road Records

OCTOBER SHOWS

2011-09-23T13:19:00.000-05:00

Sunday 10/9 @ Oleavers
w/ 400 Blows, Dim Light, Plack Blague
RIP Jeff Sayers

Wednesday 10/19 @ Brother's
w/ Jealousy Mountain Duo (Germany)

Hug House video and a day at the races

2011-07-26T10:48:00.008-05:00

Here's a Love Drunk video of Todd earlier in the day drinking

2011 Soapbox Foot Race from Love Drunk on Vimeo.

In other news...
Keep on the look out for the Homeless Corpse b/w She Sells Eggs 7" coming out on Rainy Road Records this fall.

PHOTOS / OLEAVERS 4-30-11

2011-07-17T08:32:00.000-05:00

Here are a couple of photos from the Digital Leather/Millions of Boys show at Oleavers, courtesy of Mr. Oleavers himself, Zach Hollowell.

50 BEST NEW BANDS IN AMERICA

2011-07-07T14:26:00.004-05:00

Looks like the staff at the Boston Phoenix are diggin' on some Baby Tears. Good to see Solid Attitude, Bass Drum of Death, and White Mystery on it too.

Nebraska: Baby Tears

CITY: Omaha
SONG TO DOWNLOAD: "Stygian Witches"
WEBSITE: soundcloud.com/baby-tears

WHY THEM: Let it be known: plenty of things that have nothing to do with Saddle Creek Records go down in Omaha. The handful of tracks from Baby Tears' upcoming full-length opus that they've leaked on their blog sound like they were recorded on a shitty old broken four-track and mixed by a dude half out of his mind on hydrocodone. Of course, that's because it's exactly what happened, as part of their strategy to spend just $30 on recording a CD. But the shambolic presentation only accentuates the damaged urgency of Baby Tears' rock-noise (as opposed to noise-rock), each tune a glorious musical loss of composure. They're playing in the same sandbox the Blood Brothers once frequented, using unexpected but weirdly appropriate sound effects instead of really shrill lead singers.

Full Story here

PHOTOS

2011-06-27T14:06:00.000-05:00

Studio Gallery Thursday 6/16, upcoming 7" on Rainy Road

2011-05-31T12:53:00.001-05:00

If you like to have fun then you'll wanna be here:

Later this summer we will have a 7" single coming out on Rainy Road Records. Hand screened sleeves and two sweet tunes from the recent winter recordings.

Upcoming all ages show in May, Studio Gallery show in June

2011-05-10T07:53:00.013-05:00

Fri May 27th - ALL AGES!!! 730pm
HearNebraska Benefit @ The Hole
w/ Bullet Proof Hearts and The Dads
Here's a quick Q&A phone interview about recording and shit like that

Thu June 16th - 21+ BYOB 930pm
@ Studio Gallery 4965 Dodge St
w/ Street Eaters (video) and Saudi Arabia

17 Songs recorded for 30 bucks, 2 upcoming shows, and some shoutouts.

2011-04-19T11:08:00.007-05:00

Ok people, here are three tracks to illustrate the fruits of our labor. We are happy with what you can accomplish with a broken Tascam 414 4-track, some shitty mics and a laptop. We love rolling around in all the money we saved doing this ourselves. We kinda feel like Scrooge McDuck when we dive head first into our giant bin of cash at our practice space. It actually looks a lot like the picture below. Seriously though, this recording cost us under $30.

Hypochondriac Wetdream by Baby Tears

Revenge on the Innocent by Baby Tears

Stygian Witches by Baby Tears

We have two shows coming up, this Friday 4/22 at Barley St Tavern and next Saturday 4/30 at O'leavers. Flyers and details are in a post below.

We also want to give a shout out to HearNebraska and Love Drunk for doing what they're doing. It's good to see people sharing their love of music instead of creaming the scene.

Band Practice

2011-04-08T10:31:00.000-05:00

sinus surgery & mixing on pain meds...

2011-04-05T17:58:00.001-05:00

Last week, Ethan had sinus surgery and had his deviated septum repaired. While he was in bed recovering, he finished mixing the new Baby Tears album with the help of hydrocodone. We think it sounds really great. Thank you drugs. We're going to make a few minor adjustments to the mixes and then get some songs up on the blog for ya'll to check out. After that... it's off to be mastered by our buddy Shawn Foree.
We thought we would include a photo of Ethan in the mixing studio(bed) and a photo of the cherry sized blood clot he blew out of his nose this morning. Enjoy.

--------> APRIL SHOWS <--------

2011-03-24T11:18:00.003-05:00

Fri April 22nd @ Barley St Tavern w/ Yuppies, High Diving Ponies, Death of a Taxpayer

Sat April 30th @ O'Leavers w/ Digital Leather, Millions of Boys

FREE MUSIC /// EVERYTHING SO FAR...

2011-03-07T14:54:00.006-06:00

baby tears has been working on a full length the last month or so. don't worry... it's not like we've been working on it this whole time. we're not fucking wilco ya know. this is pretty lowbrow shit but it still takes time. to keep your attention we're posting our first 2 recordings for free download right HERE. if you like them, try doing something that is unheard of these days... BUY A REAL COPY. real things are cool.
anyway, everybody loves free stuff even if it's just crappy baby tears MP3s.
keep checking back for info on the new recording. we will be posting demos in the near future. right now we're looking at a whooping 16 songs. all filler no killer... what?

One Man's Meat Is Another Man's Poison

2011-02-28T14:29:00.001-06:00

Every week Baby Tears gets a pile of mail from fans asking what we've been listening to lately. We are busy guys and don't have the time or the stamps to reply to everyone so we're posting what gets us hot right here. We recommend you check out some of these fine titles and use your new Decemberists CD to scrap the ice off of your windshield.

Jeff's List:
1. Moldy Peaches - S/T
2. RETOX - EP
3. The Mummies - Death by Unga Bunga
4. The Fall - Cerebral Caustic
5. NEU! - 1

Todd's List:
1. The Gories - House Rockin'
2. 2 Live Crew - Sports Weekend EP
3. Earth - 2
4. Chopin - Nocturns
5. The Units - History of the Units

Ethan's List:
1. Meat Puppets - II
2. Demilich - Nesithe
3. Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music
4. Bill Orcutt - A New Way to Pay Old Debts
5. Witch - Introduction

DEMO TRACKS FROM RECENT RECORDING SESSIONS

2011-02-16T09:39:00.001-06:00

Revenge on the Innocent by Baby Tears

Hypochondriac Wetdream by Baby Tears

RECORDING

2011-02-06T18:43:00.000-06:00

VIDEO

2011-01-04T09:48:00.008-06:00

Hug House Show /// 12-18-2010

2010-12-22T20:11:00.000-06:00

Hug House Show / December 18th

2010-12-04T11:26:00.002-06:00

SHOW AT THE HUG HOUSE!!!
DECEMBER 18TH!!!
FREE!!!
(email for directions)

In no particular order of appearance:
Baby Tears (yours truly)
Solid Goldberg (dave goldberg of box elders new one-man band. first show!)
The Fucking Party (craig fort and dude from hercules. first show!)
The Stingrays (alan hug and friends)

Emptyland Records Compilation

2010-12-01T11:44:00.001-06:00

Emptyland Records is releasing a compilation and Baby Tears is on it. It's called "Underground Artists Vol. 1". The other musical groups representing are Stident Weasel, Tired League, The Leotards, High Diving Ponies, Mosquito Bandito, Strong Smells and Der Todesking. More details HERE.

Stitches

2010-11-23T10:04:00.000-06:00

It's been a while since anyone has heard much out of Baby Tears. About a month ago, Todd cut his hand on a shard of broken glass and severed the tendon in his thumb. After surgery he's been in a cast hence no shows or playing guitar at band practice. We've tried to make the best out of this situation by experimenting with different instruments and writing new songs that don't fit our normal formula of bass, drums, and guitar. Todd is almost all healed up and we're going to start recording a full length this winter. The juices are flowing and new material keeps emerging. At this rate we might need to consider a box set. But who the hell would want that, right?

We will be returning to the Hug House on Saturday, December 18th. This will probably be our only show this winter. If any of you were at our last Hug House show, you know what kind of sweaty, drunken mess you should expect. Come on out and get one more really terrible hangover in before Christmas. As far as I know, this show show is free. Email us for directions.

More Shows / Tape

2010-09-20T12:57:00.000-05:00

We have some shows coming up...

Tuesday, September 28th
Barley Street - Omaha, NE
with:
Nymph (http://www.thesocialregistry.com/index2.html)
Vverevvolf Grehv (http://www.myspace.com/vverevvolfgrehv)
***This show will serve as a release show for Baby Tears new cassette tape "Hot Lettuce". Our friends Nymph from NYC will also be celebrating the release of their new double album on Social Registry Records which comes out the day of this show.

Friday, October 8th
Bottomfeeder - Warrensburg, MO
With: Mosquito Bandito, TBA

Saturday, October 9th
The Brick - Kansas City, MO
With: Mosquito Bandito, White Bitch, Conquerors

Lincoln show with Skin of Earth

2010-08-09T14:34:00.000-05:00

Wednesday, August 18th
Duffy's Tavern / Lincoln, NE

Skin of Earth (http://www.myspace.com/skinofearth)
Baby Tears
Moistoid and the Dumps
------
If you live in Nebraska and enjoy heavy, sludgy, awesome music you should go see Skin of Earth next Wednesday at Duffy's. I had the pleasure of playing a basement show in Minneapolis with them years back with Church of Gravitron. They blew me away then and I still listen to their 5 song CD regularly. -Ethan

Hot Lettuce

2010-07-18T12:14:00.000-05:00

Baby Tears - Live at Hug House 07/10/2010

2010-07-15T16:24:00.000-05:00

Baby Tears from Justin O'Connor on Vimeo.

HOUSE SHOW---JULY10---TOMORROW

2010-07-09T15:55:00.000-05:00

We're playing a house show this Saturday/tomorrow at Nik and Allen Hugs house(Omaha).

Bands are:
CCR Headcleaner
Baby Tears
The Stingrays

starts at 11pm
call us for directions
402.238.7024

Show this Thursday / Burger Records Tour

2010-06-22T09:08:00.001-05:00

The Burger Records Tour is rolling through Omaha this Thursday, June 24th at The Hole. We're playing too.

Battle Wounds

2010-06-08T19:09:00.000-05:00

We had a blast playing Oleavers with Capricorn Verticle Slum and La Casas Bombas. Jeff is a trooper and played the show with a bad case of strep throat. He also tore up his hand while banging on drums. Here's a photo.

June 3rd Show - Oleavers

2010-05-24T16:06:00.000-05:00

Stygian Witches

2010-04-26T19:30:00.001-05:00

Last Saturday night we played Big Al's Free Music Fest as "Stygian Witches". The name comes from the Baby Tears song of the same name which comes from the awesome 1981 movie "Clash of the Titans". When we wrote the song we had no idea that a new version of the movie was being made. I saw the new movie a couple of weeks ago and thought it ruled too. The Stygian Witches are the 3 all-knowing blind witches who tell Perseus that he needs the head of Medusa to defeat the mighty Kraken. Enough about how fucking cool Clash of the Titans is... go see it for yourself. Now about the show. So we preformed as Stygian Witches which was basically Baby Tears with no shirts and black ski masks on. Kinda like the Mentors without all the sodomy. Some metal bands played before us and The Big Al Band closed out the night. Our set went well despite the usual bass amp problems. I swear I'm going to ditch all my bass gear and go all PEAVEY. That shit never breaks. A fun night overall until a meth-ed out Hideout regular tried to beat us up while we waited for a cab. Whatever dude. It's your bar and you can keep it.
Here are some photos and video footage of the show. Enjoy.

More Shows

2010-04-14T23:02:00.000-05:00

We're got some more shows coming up. After these we're going to cool it and finish our new EP.

Saturday, April 24th
Undisclosed Location - Omaha, NE
w/ you figure it out

Saturday, May 8th
Oleavers Pub - Omaha, NE
w/ Ideal Cleaners, The New Loud

Thursday, June 3rd
Oleavers Pub - Omaha, NE
w/ Capricorn Vertical Slum, TBA

I Guess I Misunderstood - Live at The Hole

2010-04-14T22:59:00.002-05:00

Show Tonight - 04/08/2010

2010-04-08T12:03:00.000-05:00

The Hole
712 S. 16th Street
Omaha, NE
ALL AGES / 7PM / $6

Bands (in order of appearance)
The Bellies
Baby Tears
Digital Leather
JEFF the Brotherhood

Baby Tears in Shout! Weekly

2010-04-04T23:02:00.001-05:00

Show Photo

2010-03-24T00:10:00.000-05:00

Eric Gonzales took this photo at the Waiting Room. See more photos HERE.

Shows Shows Shows

2010-03-09T19:45:00.000-06:00

We've got a couple of shows coming up.

Saturday, March 13th
Waiting Room Lounge - Omaha
w/ Box Elders, Yuppies, Well Aimed Arrows

Thursday, April 8th
The Hole - Omaha (all ages)
w/ Digital Leather, Jeff the Brotherhood

Recording Photos

2010-03-09T19:39:00.000-06:00

Here are a couple photos from the recording sessions we did over the weekend. Notice the the cool Jesus tambourine in the 1st photo. This is all we've got. Hopefully the music we recorded is more exciting than these photos.

Recording

2010-03-04T13:35:00.000-06:00

We will begin recording our 2nd EP this weekend. Twisting the knobs will be Shawn Foree of Digital Leather. This recording will consist of 6 songs that feature subject matter such as AIDs, the system of merit, and Clash of the Titans. We will post photos of the recording sessions sometime next week.

Lord, Please Forgive Me - "Official" Music Video

2010-02-02T16:42:00.001-06:00

Enjoy:

Weekend Trip - Photos

2010-02-02T16:24:00.000-06:00

We headed north over the weekend and played shows in Sioux City and Minneapolis. We had a blast. Big thanks go out to our friends Casey, Nate, Flip, and Joe. Also... thanks to Carl for giving me the sweet PBR duffel bag!
Here are some photos:

Bills Bar - Sioux City, IA

Load in. We fit all of our gear in Jeff's car!

Thad Sand's One Man Band. Good stuff.

Todd's fat lip after some failed guitar acrobatics.

The Dynamiters at the Hexagon Bar in Minneapolis.

One of our friends hooked us up with an awesome hotel in downtown St. Paul. We were the only people in the whole hotel so we were free to roam around and enjoy Black Label beer.

Ballroom.

All the good hits, according to us.

2010-01-26T16:17:00.000-06:00

Baby Tears says you should check out these great albums...

Jeff says:
Baader Brains - The Complete Unfinished Works of the Young Tigers
Volcano Suns - The Bright Orange Years
BL'AST - Take the Manic Ride
La Fraction - Aussi Long Sera Le Chemin
Lost Sounds - Rats, Brains and Microchips

Ethan says:
Amon Düül II - Tanz Der Lemminge
Band of Susans - Wired for Sound
CAN - Out of Reach
Captain Beefheart - Clear Spot
Country Teasers - Science Hat Artistic Cube Moral Nosebleed Empire

Todd says:
Bare Wires - Artifical Clouds
Phil Spector - The Early Productions 1958 to 1961
Rolling Stones - Out of our Heads
Mac Blackout - The Western Blue
Terror Visions - World of Shit

Weekend Warriors

2010-01-08T21:26:00.000-06:00

Fri 1/29 Sioux City, IA @ Bill's Bar w/ Three Dog Knife and Thad Sand One Man Band

Sat 1/30 Minneapolis, MN @ Hexagon Bar w/ Private Dancer, The Dynamiters, Fuck Knights

CANCELED!!!! SORRY!!!!
Sat 2/13 Omaha, NE @ Barley Street Tavern w/ Digital Leather and The Boy Toys

Sat 3/13 Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room w/ Box Elders, Outlaw Con Bandana and Yuppies

Baby Tears EP - Available Now

2010-01-03T18:22:00.000-06:00

Doom Town Records has the Baby Tears EP available for purchase HERE. The EP includes 5 songs on 4 tracks with an awesomely packaged silk screened digi-pack, CDR, and insert. The EP is limited to 100 copies.

Photo / Live at Brother's Lounge

2009-11-18T13:12:00.000-06:00

Show at Brothers - 11/07/09

2009-11-02T13:18:00.001-06:00

T-Shirts

2009-10-05T20:48:00.001-05:00

Live Video

2009-09-24T13:07:00.001-05:00

1st song, 1st show.

Live Photos

2009-09-20T15:14:00.000-05:00

Oleavers - Omaha, NE - 09/18/09

1st Show

2009-08-13T13:55:00.000-05:00

Baby Tears is getting ready to play our first show on September 18th at Oleavers in Omaha. Also on the bill are The Stay Awake and The Chambermaids(Minneapolis, MN).

Recording on the sorta new 4-track

2009-07-20T22:09:00.000-05:00

Finding the 4-track was inspiration to do some sort of demo recording. We got together on a Saturday, recorded some songs, drank some beers, and grilled some kabobs. Not a bad time at all. We'll post a song or two soon after we finish up vocals and other nonsense.

Garage Sale

2009-07-20T22:03:00.000-05:00

I stopped by a garage sale a while back and bought this Tascam 414 4-track cassette recorder for $20. Sweet. We had a handful of songs ready to demo and my old 4-track recently died so this was perfect.

New Band - "Baby Tears"

2009-07-20T21:49:00.000-05:00

So we started a new band and it's called Baby Tears. "Why Baby Tears?" you say... I had a friend growing up who's dad had a nickname for everybody. "Baby Tears" was his name for his niece who complained about everything and cried all the time.