In all its crisp and scenic splendor, Chicago autumns always seem too brief -- but this fall flew by exceptionally fast for Canasta! Our series of weekend, Midwest tours during September and October kept us on our feet, barely with time to notice the leaves changing color, and now there’s hardly any left on the trees! But don’t think for a second that the festivities of this season were lost on us! To name a few activities, we were surrounded by over 26,000 pumpkins, playing Highwood’s Great Pumpkin Fest. We played with -- and get our butts kicked in table hockey by -- the Acorn in Madison, WI. We got our socks thoroughly knocked off by Field Music at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago, raced Black Prairie to Minnesota and back to Chicago for two consecutive shows, had a blast in New York City at CMJ, and donned feather boas and the biggest glasses we could find, to play as Elton John for Halloween at the Abbey Pub. You can see it all if you check out our recent photos!

But now that we’ve had a bit of time to catch our breath, we’ve spent time strategizing for some great things ahead. What sorts of things? Without giving any secrets away, there may or may not be plans for a new T-shirt design, new music video, some seasonal surprises for our holiday show, a Spring tour, and studio time for a small release of sorts, etc…

So all in all, you’ll definitely not want to miss what’s in store for the next few months, starting with the aforementioned holiday show at Double Door on December 17th, with other RWIM artists: Elsinore, REGO and Nathan Xander + Witchouse! There will be much hand holding and ugly sweatering, if we have any say in it.

In the meantime, we’d better get back to work. We wish you all the merriest of holidays and a happy new year!