“On the closing, utterly heartbreaking ‘The Sun Will Fool You,’ Berit Ulseth alternates effortlessly from knowing chanteuse to childlike innocence in a blink. Frankly, her work here is captivating”–LA Weekly

“The Claudettes set a lingering mood with ‘The Sun Will Fool You’ as Ulseth’s ethereal voice and Iguana’s piano sweetly sing a sad ballad that would not be out of place in an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical”–NPR

The Claudettes’ “The Sun Will Fool You” video (created by Daniel Vincent Bigelow and Talon Nightshade) has been selected by film festivals in California, Russia, the UK, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina…now you can see it here:
https://youtu.be/s7qZfX4NZ20

And two places to get the new album:
https://fortybelowrecords.com/store/qefx3e5u4cx2ll40mzcvnrmc5egakf-agxeg-wfj66
https://theclaudettesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/high-times-in-the-dark

xo, hope to see you soon,
the Claudettes

Hi everybody. This is great fun, watch this, our song in which we bitch about this %$#@!-ing pandemic. Taken from the YouTube page:

The Claudettes TRASH the pandemic with “I Wash My Hands of This”! Special guests, in order of appearance:

Clownvis: “The King of Clowns”(entertainer extraordinaire) http://www.clownvismafia.com/

Eszter Balint: avant-garde theater (Squat Theatre), independent-film (“Stranger Than Paradise”) and TV (“Louie”) actress and mesmerizing musician: https://eszterbalint.com/

Ralphi Rosario: Grammy-nominated remixer (Rihanna, Beyonce, Madonna) and pioneer of Chicago house music: http://www.ralphirosario.com/

Norwood Fisher: Trailblazing ska-punk-funk bassist of Fishbone, Trulio Disgracias: https://ropeadope.com/news/2019/11/22…

Peter Holsapple: Co-founder of the dB’s, member of Continental Drifters, has played with R.E.M., Hootie & the Blowfish and many more, recorded stellar solo albums: http://omnivorerecordings.com/peter-h…

Will Butler: Core member of Arcade Fire, multi-instrumentalist, Oscar-nominated film composer (“Her,” 2014): https://www.mergerecords.com/will-butler

The Claudettes recorded and filmed “I Wash My Hands of This” at each of their four homes in Chicago in May 2020. Song written by Johnny Iguana, audio mixed and mastered by Anthony Gravino.

We’ve been waiting for this day…and yet we’re stuck at home.
But please looky here: the album via the Forty Below Records store plus Spotify, Apple, Google…all that:
http://smarturl.it/HighTimesintheDark

And this press about the new album is growing every day and is so very pleasing…please see: https://theclaudettes.com/press/

Please get the album and blast it ’til we can see you in a real live room again!

Please DO get “High Times in the Dark,” our new album available on CD or purple vinyl, here!

See our press page for what “they” are saying already, and, really, we are so excited and proud of this album.

As for the dates on our “shows” page: we’re keeping them up as a sort of “what might have been”…but, yes, our April and May shows are not happening. We hope to revisit all those places later on. As for the rest of the dates, please stay tuned.

And stay healthy and make fun for yourself and learn some new things and stay in shape.

See you soon…please follow us on Facebook and Instagram, where we’ll update often and probably stream some things.

xoxo (yes, even now, xoxo),
The Claudettes

This post is from Yellow Dog Records, who released the first four Claudettes recordings. Even if you have all four, please get six and give ’em out…tomorrow only…thank you, please read:

Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and its catastrophic effect on musicians, Bandcamp is waiving its share of artist revenues on Friday March 20 – and Yellow Dog Records is following suit by passing every dollar of its March 20 Bandcamp sales to its artists.

Read the full details at yellowdogrecords.com/ydr-covid-19-fundraiser , and tomorrow, Friday March 20, visit music.yellowdogrecords.com to show that you are with musicians 100%!

Don’t listen to my stupid mouth, listen to them talk about the Claudettes and our new album (much more to come; album is still a month away from release, though you should pre-order it HERE!):

NPR feature HERE

And their NPR “Slingshot” Spotify playlist includes our song “Declined,” which is pretty sweet

Billboard feature HERE

No Depression feature HERE

American Songwriter feature HERE

We added some international dates to our shows page. And most importantly: we’re writing all the time. Life might be short, and we can’t take a chance. Can’t wait to come play for you soon…

“Hear ye, hear ye!” The Claudettes’ new album “High Times in the Dark” (produced by Ted Hutt) arrives April 3, 2020 on Forty Below Records! Look up their roster–we’re proud to be part of it, and are psyched as can be about this music. We’ll be playing tons of shows starting April, but NOW you can pre-order the album on CD or purple vinyl AND immediately listen to the first single, “Bad Babe, Losin’ Touch.” Do all that here.
Tell everyone…and keep in touch ’til we see you next!
xoxoxoxoxo,
The Claudettes

Howdy-hey!

We had such wonderful fun with the hosts, crew and other bands when we went to West Virginia to play the famed Mountain Stage radio show last month. Now, you can hear our whole set on NPR’s Mountain Stage page.

We have two more 2019 shows–see our showdates page, please…it’ll have 2020 show postings updated all the time, too.

Make sure to possess and wear out all our Yellow Dog Records releases, which are here

The new album, “High Times in the Dark,” comes out in 2020…all the details are coming SOON, as are four new music videos. Just you wait! (Not a menacing “just you wait”…more tantalizing than anything else…)

OK, you, have a red-hot winter…xoxo,
the Claudettes