Category Archives: General MQ
Chris Prescott Joins Vater Drumsticks Artist Family
From Chris, “Big Thanks to Vater Drumsticks for the invitation to join their family of endorsers. It’s an honor for sure. I’ve been playing their sticks off and on for many years. It’s an amazing selection these days with all the artist models and cool oddball options. It’s a deep well, if you feel like […]
Checking in Before the Holidays
Hey! It’s been a while, sorry for not reporting in before now. Montalban Quintet has been lying low for the recent past as keyboardist Chris Fulford-Brown has been off galavanting in Europe with Three Mile Pilot and the other Chris (Prescott) has also been on tour in Europe with Pinback. We are a busy […]
Sabian Announces Chris Prescott’s Endorsement
Sabian officially announced Pinback / Montalban Quintet’s drummer Chris Prescott as a member of their family of endorsers. See the page here on the Sabain website along with some of Chris’s biography information…
http://www.sabian.com/en/artist/chris-prescott
Thanks Halloran and 91X!
More Montalban Quintet airplay this week. Big thanks to Halloran for the support! He played Abajo del Mar on his Sunday show. Awesome opossum.
Big show coming up…
We’ve been asked to open up for the mighty Greyboy Allstars this next week. Saturday, September 29th is the date and the show is at the Belly Uo Tavern. We play around 8:30 so come early. We are really looking forward to the show as I have caught many Greyboy Allstars show over […]
Velo Hangar Party
We just played a “July Birthdays” party at the Velo Hangar in Solana Beach. Man o Man! This is a cool spot. Huge thanks to Gordon, Laurel and Ben for hosting such a fun event. Montalban Quintet played 2 sets and even fit in a brand new (unfinished) song since people […]
New Video – Flamenco Lake
So, I think I’ve gone a little batty and made yet another video for the Montalban Quintet. I can’t seem to stop making these things. 🙂
Here’s a simple video for “Flamenco Lake” shot in 15 minutes at La Jolla’s Birch Aquarium. Keep it simple, right?
Enjoy!
Post Tin Can Show Review
Last week’s show was a good one! We opened the evening to a great audience and played a very low-key, quiet set. Thanks to Justin at the Tin Can for being patient with getting our sound dialed in. Often times 7 people barging on stage can be intimidating for sound engineers. Our set […]
MQ’s version of Rolling in the Deep played on FM94.9
So our new song reared it’s ugly head last night on Tim Pyles’ radio show, the Local 94/9.
Thanks for the support! It was a fun one to record and the video can be seen on our Video page.
Woo hoo!