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Here Come The Comets

One Night I Burned The House I Loved

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FALLING ANVILS (love songs for the doomed and secretly happy) due out 4.29.08 and features multiple covers painted by local artist Rob Lynch

'Down Home Girl' live at Mohawk 5.08

'Here Come The Comets' live at Allen Hall 5.08

'Untitled Improv (aka E-Jam)' live at Mohawk 5.08

'Pitchfork Tongues' rehearsal 6.08

'Problems' Live At Allen Hall 5.08

videos courtesy of Cub

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/16/2006
Band Members: todd lesmeister (vocals, guitars, keys, piano and bass guitar)
jeff schaller (drums, percussion, hand claps and bubble wrap)
steve ryder (guitars, ebow, atmospheric noises and backing vocals)
blaine toney (electric bass)

on the album:
mike rorick (backing vocals on Here Come the Comets and Down Home Girl, keyboard on Homemade in the Shade)
brian woods (bass guitar on Down Home Girl and Problems)
sarge (harmonica on Down Home Girl)
eric crittenden (alto sax on Norma Grace)
robbie konikoff (guru and good man to talk baseball with)

Influences: davidBOWIE. louREED. VU. T-REX. MOTTtheHOOPLE. Sparklehorse. YoLaTengo. TVonTheRadio. ArcherSofLoaf. PAVEMENT. tomWAITS. flamingLIPS. pixies. Mercury Rev. the beach boys. PILATEspeed. americanMUSICclub. SuperFurryAnimals. longwave. NikkiSudden and Dave Kusworth. JACOBITES. epicsoundtracks. swell maps. BIGSTAR.Alex Chilton. The Replacements. WolfParade. ModestMouse. BuiltToSpill. theFACEStheFIERYFURNACES the pretty things.the sonics. theKinks. ENO. samCOOKE. MRmarvinGAYE. Jellyfish. williamSMOKEYrobinson. ELO. Catherine Wheel. curtisFUCKINGmayfield. theTEMPTATIONS. sOULcoughing. Donny Hathaway. IkeTURNER &theKINGSofRHYTHM. JOHNandYOKO Paul McCartney & WINGS. OTIS redding. The 1979 PITTSBURGH PIRATES. NeilJung. theBAND. DYLAN. theBEATLES (RINGO walks alone). Harry Georgeson. Buck Owens. Willie, Merl, Hank W. and J. Cash. No Show Jones. Flying Burrito BROS. TheRollingStones (especially Beggars Banquet through Some Girls). NYDOLLS. MC5.IGGYand the STOOGES Les paul and Mary Ford. ELVIS is everywhere. The King and Costello.MildredBAILEY. Sister Rosetta Tharpe fontella BASS Mavis Staples. Raymond Carver short stories. JOHN FANTE. Paintings by Antoni Tapies. M DZAMA. Basquiat. Rauschenberg. JasperJOHNS the Flintstones. KUBRICKflicks. one flew over the cuckoo's nest. It's a Wonderful Life. BARFLY. OVERtheEDGE "A kid who tells on another kid...is a dead kid."

Sounds Like: take a listen
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Falling Anvils now shipping online

Here's a link to the first place that the CD is available online for salehttp://cdbaby.com/cd/herecomecomets iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, etc. all coming in early June as well.
Posted by Here Come The Comets on Sat, 31 May 2008 02:58:00 PST

FREE SHOW tomorrow at UB’s Allen Hall

WBFO presents&WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONCERTSfeaturing Here Come the Comets Weds., May 14th Doors at 7:30pm, live broadcast begins at 8:00pm FREE + ALL-AGES + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC @ Allen Hall Theatre - UB S...
Posted by Here Come The Comets on Wed, 14 May 2008 08:15:00 PST

RIP Robert Rauschenberg

Rest in Peace  Robert Rauschenberg...
Posted by Here Come The Comets on Tue, 13 May 2008 12:02:00 PST

Album Art by Buffalo Artist/Musician Rob Lynch

We would like to thank our good friend Rob Lynch for allowing us to use his exceptional art work for our debut album.  The album will contain multiple covers that can be switched around and ...
Posted by Here Come The Comets on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:44:00 PST

Falling Anvils album release date and other news

Hey all, Falling Anvils:Love Songs for the Doomed and Secretly Happy, our debut album, will finally be released at our CD release party on Saturday April 26th at Staple’s on Allen St. ...
Posted by Here Come The Comets on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:05:00 PST

upcoming COMETS gigs

We have a few, but myspace is being difficult lately and not properly displaying dates for some reason. Here's info on the first few with details on the third TBA.Saturday, November 17th @ Nietzsche'...
Posted by Here Come The Comets on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:00:00 PST

comets rising

we have a few gigs coming up, a private party this weekend that should prove to be as fun and unpredictable as the last and a Paul McCartney tribute show later in the month. Also, we're making seriou...
Posted by Here Come The Comets on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:05:00 PST

3 Chords and the Truth: The Lemon Marina Experience with the Legendary Kenny Cash

Let me tell you, it was one for the ages. We played with the legendary Kenny Cash.  He's our friend's old man who "Keeps it country."  He sings Johnny Cash tunes and old school shit. He's great. "Thre...
Posted by Here Come The Comets on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:01:00 PST

4 strings that sing

So in the coming weeks and months we'll be posting a few new tracks....a brand new song called 'Down Home Girl' that we tracked last weekend (with a full-on 10 person gaggle of folks that sang backup ...
Posted by Here Come The Comets on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:59:00 PST

Buffalo Rising Interview on the art work of Todd Lesmeister

Today, 11:42am By Laura Sargent .. ..Todd Lesmeister entered my house, kicked off his shoes and cracked open a beer: this interview was going to be different. Cigarette and tape recorder in...
Posted by Here Come The Comets on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:46:00 PST