Metro review on Stic-of-the-Week
December 17, 2009 by admin
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A great little review of our big show at the Metro last Saturday just posted at the Stic-of-the-Week blog. Here is a small exceprt, click the link to read the whole article:
For those of you who are not familiar with this band, I would say what are you waiting for? Put down your coffee and [...]
Fearless Radio interview with Ryan Manno
December 14, 2009 by admin
Filed under Audio/Visual, Jesse's Blog, Latest News, Matt's Blog, Reviews/Press

In the week leading up to our big show at the Metro with I Fight Dragons, the Cobalt & the HGs crew was VERY busy with various promotional gigs.
The funniest one was probably our spot with Ryan Manno and Fearless Radio – playing some tunes and answering some questions. This one was just Jesse, Matt, [...]
Lumino Magazine interviews Tom & Matt
December 13, 2009 by admin
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In the week leading up to the big Metro show with I Fight Dragons, Tom & Matt got a chance to sit down and wax philosophical with Barmey Ung of Lumino Magazine. Here are some clips:
You have to give them props for being so organized and really representing what a music scene is supposed to [...]
Vote for us as Band-of-the-Month at the Deli Chicago Magazine!
December 3, 2009 by admin
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We are honored to have been selected as a finalist for the Deli Magazine’s Chicago band-of-the-Month poll! We are also happy to be in such good company, especially with our Chicago Roots Collective brethren Band Called Catch.
SO now we need your vote! It takes anywhere from 1.5 – 2.3 seconds to do, and we [...]
"Of Summer" wins NY Songwriters Circle honorable mention
November 2, 2009 by admin
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We won a New York Songwriters Circle Honorable Mention for “Of Summer” Check out all the finalists and honorable mentions HERE including Chicago pop sensation IJ Quinn who we met at the NYSC’s event at Schuba’s back in September. It’s a great organization, and we are thrilled to be getting the recognition!
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"Of Summer" voted #1 modern rock song on OurStage.com
October 10, 2009 by admin
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“Of Summer,” track 2 of The Double Single, rose to the top of the charts this month to become the #1 song in the OurStage.com modern rock channel for September! The song garnered several thousand plays in the month, and was then selected as a featured track on OurStage/WinAmp radio. Since then, “Of Summer” has [...]
ROCTOBER MAGAZINE review
September 3, 2009 by admin
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“…this is incredibly charming, poppy, youthful music that feels like traditional roots music, but without any weight of history or dreary anything attached. Hee haw, indeed!”
More BROOKLYN ROCKS live cobalt footage
September 1, 2009 by admin
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More acoustic and electric video LIVE from BROOKLYN via the Brooklyn Rocks Blog! We had such an awesome time playing on that rooftop, and we were so pumped when the Brooklyn Rocks team cancelled plans and showed up at Union Hall! Read what they have to say about us, and enjoy the live footage [...]
Stellar review in THE JERSEY BEAT
August 31, 2009 by admin
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The Jersey Beat just released really great reviews of “The Double Single” and “Jump the Fence,” written by Joe Wawrzyniak. You can read the review in context here. A stellar review, and more explicit love for “Secrets of the Burgh!”
COBALT [...]
Interview in The Deli Chicago
August 18, 2009 by admin
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Before our big tour-kick-off show at Schubas on August 12, we had the opportunity to sit down with Erin from The Deli Chicago for a quick interview. You can read it all here, but here are some choice excerpts:
Double Single was the perfect way to kick off a Chicago summer. You Left Your Sweater is [...]
