JQ (Jeffrey Qaiyum of Q Brothers) and our Johnny Iguana produced this track (yup, right in the midst of also composing/recording the original score for FX Networks / Hulu series The Bear). Rachel Anne Williams, Zachariah James and Michael Jay Caskey positively rule on this hot number. Immense thanks go to Glide Magazine for the kind words and for this exclusive video premiere today. Dorian Weinzimmer directed this–ain’t it funky? Dancey and trippy, too, hold onto your hats and share this with everyone please (The song comes to Spotify, Apple Music and everywhere else FRIDAY)

Here‘s the video premiere. See our show dates and follow everywhere, OK?!

Hello, good people (and SHOO, bad people!) We have been going piano shopping and performing spontaneous “pop-up-style” songs while we’re at it. We started a web series, go ‘n’ see!:
Episode one on YouTube is here.
Episode two premieres at 5 p.m. CT Friday 9/29: Get notified and come chat with us and watch it live or after it premieres here.

We have new videos and songs coming SOON. In the meantime come see us in Chicago, KC, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Omaha, Rockford and/or Oshkosh…we’re playing all those towns from this coming Saturday through late October…show dates here. xo!

JQ, my old Them vs. Them partner, and I have written, played and recorded all the new original music for the score of The Bear (FX/Hulu). There’s also a wide-ranging soundtrack, from Nine Inch Nails to Wilco to AC/DC and way, way beyond, but JQ and I created all the new score pieces (seasons one and two). Hopefully this continues in season three…it’s been great fun and I believe our music is the best music on the show (of course I do! We’re good at this).

Prime example: that frenetic, arpeggio pizzicato string thing right at the top of the season two finale? I mostly improvised that piece, then we fine-tuned it…and it became sort of the unofficial season two theme…it’s in three or four episodes. JQ is also co-producing the new Claudettes music with me, coming soon!
–Johnny Iguana

Hello, everybody. After three albums and and EP, spanning six years, Berit Ulseth has moved on to new chapters in life, away from the Claudettes’ van. We love and miss her. As you all know, Berit is simply magnificent. We were unspeakably lucky to hear that voice all those years, in our practice space, on our stages and on our records.

We are also lucky to be able to look at a new future with a Chicago singer who already sang in a different band with our bassist Zach Verdoorn. Rachel Williams will be singing at all our shows and on some near-future recordings…we have been extremely busy in the practice space and will be breaking out TONS of new songs and wide-ranging covers…really, really, really wide…can’t wait for to see you all soon!

Here it is! Our new lyric video for a song that you’ve only ever heard if you’ve seen us do it live: “Irregulars.” The song comes out as a single, on all platforms (and for download), this Friday (pre-save/pre-add: https://fortybelow.ffm.to/irregulars ). But, today: watch the video via The Sound Cafe. Thank you, Sound Cafe!: https://www.thesoundcafe.com/post/music-video-premiere-irregulars-by-the-claudettes

…that we recorded four extra songs during the sessions for “The Claudettes Go Out!”?

Q: Ever failed at flirting? Ever elicited yawns when you were pining for a smoldering gaze? Here, now available on all platforms (including download), is our latest single, “I’m Bad at This.” It’s our first non-album single in a couple years. ’60s girl-group vibes live here, with some Lee Hazlewood country-pop gallop in there…please listen, subscribe and tell everyone…see you in spring

And here’s the album (“The Claudettes Go Out!). You should own it, or at least hear it. It’s something special:

Hi! HERE is a Smartlink that takes you to “The Claudettes Go Out!” You can order it through the Forty Below Records online store there, or pre-add/pre-save via your favorite streaming service. But buy it, silly! Own it!

We play our Chicago album release show 10/7 at the Hideout, then play shows all across WI, MI, IN, IA and more in IL. See our shows page for all details. We have a bunch of new videos this year on YouTube and more to come, so follow us there and Spotify and Apple Music and everywhere else.

So: Go Out! and see us soon! xoxoxox….