29 Palms
Our next record, which we finished writing in a rented house in Joshua Tree a couple of months ago, will be titled 29 Palms. This will be the first new material we’ve publicly released since 2009. We will be recording it in Los Angeles this summer with our friend Nick Tipp at the helm. We are…
Read MoreWe are going to the desert
Hello everyone. Our last post detailed our plans since we are now all in the same geographic region. Since arriving, we have been writing a lot of new material. For Matt’s upcoming birthday, we’ve decided to rent a house outside of Joshua Tree and polish it into show-and-record ready mode. The songs, not the house.…
Read MoreIt’s Been A While
We’ve never operated like a normal band. When Matt started Honest Iago back in San Diego in 2005 he envisioned it as an anonymous collective of musicians. Each concert would feature a different lineup and instrumentation, with songs influenced by punk but filtered through whatever the artists who were playing brought with them. That worked…
Read MoreExclusive track available
We’ve been writing and recording new material for a few months now, and are really excited about our next release. So, logically, we’ve decided to release an early version of an old track to wet your proverbial whistles for some new sounds. If you click “like” on our facebook page, over at facebook.com/honestiagomusic, you’ll gain…
Read MoreAll Prophets music video is out!
As you may have heard or read, earlier in summer we shot our first music video, for our song All Prophets in Their Houses. Our good friend Alec Contestible directed it, and it’s finally done! You can watch it right here: Honest Iago: All Prophets in Their Houses from Honest Iago on Vimeo. If you…
Read MoreHunter is in Edinburgh, Scott is on bass
Typing this is bittersweet. Our very close friend and longtime bassist has moved to Edinburgh to pursue a master’s degree in acoustics. We’re extremely happy for him, and know that he is going to go far, and will continue to contribute to what we do as a band in every way that he can. Hunter,…
Read MoreMusic Video Shoot
Two weekends ago we shot our first music video out in the desert, for the song All Prophets in Their Houses. Alec Contestabile directed it, and Yuki Noguchi was the director of photography. Check out their other stuff, because they are awesome. We’ve all got newfound respect for filmmakers after that too, that was the…
Read MoreHonest Iago in Positivexposure
Positivexposure is an awesome online magazine and website that mainly covers music and photography, and they featured us in their latest issue. Give the article and the rest of the magazine a read by clicking here and heading to page 22, and send it around to your friends too.
Read MoreWriting again
It’s been a little while since we’ve posted any news because we’ve been taking some time to write new material. We’ve got one new song ready to go, though not yet recorded, and three to five more in the works. One of those will be released this summer. That’s all for now.
Read MoreHonest Iago in AMP Magazine
We’re excited to report that we’ve been featured in this month’s issue of AMP Magazine, number 41. They said some very nice things about us, so we’d strongly recommend you go pick up a copy. Or you can just scroll down a couple of millimeters (you probably don’t even need to scroll) to read the…
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