February Tour Dates, Kickstarter Thanks

Posted on January 26, 2012

Thanks again to everyone who made our Kickstarter a huge success. “WHEN THE NEW WEARS OFF” is currently being mixed. Look out for a track-listing & album art soon. Really excited for this one.

We are heading out the road some next month. Hope to see some of you all out there:
Feb 2nd - Knoxville, TN - The Well
Feb 3rd - Lexington, KY - Lynagh’s Irish Pub
Feb 4th - Louisville, KY - Third Street Dive
Feb 9th - Oxford, MS -Music In the Hall Session
Feb 9th - Oxford, MS - The Blind Pig
Feb 10th - Hot Springs, AR - Maxine’s
Feb 11th - Little Rock, AR - White Water Tavern
Feb 17th - Nashville, TN - Foobar w/ Wess Floyd & 13ghosts
Feb 29th - Chattanooga, TN - Honest Pint

Also we’ve updated the pictures tab on the website - so if you need your handsome fix, head over that way.

-KEG

New song “BULLY”

Posted on November 6, 2011

Here’s a video of Kent performing “Bully”, a new song from the forthcoming 2012 TOS album. Recording begins in 2 weeks!

KEG Solo tonight at Liquid Smoke in the Boro

Posted on November 4, 2011

Just a quick reminder - KEG is playing some new TOS songs down at Liquid Smoke tonight. He is opening up for a Roy Orbison cover band featuring some of the best players in town. Should be a good time. 10 PM FREE.

Show in Huntsville, AL this Friday night

Posted on October 17, 2011

Hey ya’ll. We are returning to the Voodoo Lounge in Huntsville, AL this Friday. The show will get going around 10 PM. This will be the last show before we go into the studio to record in November and we will be sharing a lot of the new songs. Hope to see you there!

Also - there has also been some questions about American Stranger being released on vinyl. It’s still in the works but for now there isn’t a concrete release date for it. Hopefully sooner rather than later!

-KEG

TOS’ first LP, Young Lungs, now available

Posted on October 3, 2011

Though we are still waiting for Steel Hearts to go live everywhere, (it’s still a FREE download on the download tab), our 2011 LP, American Stranger and our 2008 debut LP, Young Lungs, are out now pretty much everywhere digitally.

Young Lungs wasn’t previously available because it wasn’t re-released following our late ‘08 name change. Though Young Lungs represents TOS in our infancy, I’m still pretty proud of it. The recording of the 9 songs took place in early 2008 at the TOS house where we used to live downtown, near MTSU’s campus.

We were pretty lucky to have gotten to record it at all to be honest. We had started touring hard the previous year for the first time and we were flat broke. We had the songs for the album, but not the equipment nor the cash to do it. We had known Mikey Allred from previous recording efforts and from playing in punk bands together in high school, and he was able to step in and guide us through for next to nothing. He’s probably still waiting on some compensation, (Mikey went on to do our next 2 albums as well as Glossary’s Long Live All Of Us). Our buddy Jordan Davis had a lot of great of equipment (amps, guitars, pedals, etc) that he was able to loan us to get the job done. Without their help and the help of our good friend Ryan Davis at Sophomore Lounge Records, we would have never gotten this thing out.

Here is an early video for the lead off track, “Modern Men”. Its made up from tour footage from our 2007 Northeast tour. Babies!

Anyway, I think it’s a good start. Check it out, and hey, if you don’t got the cash, it’s also available to listen to on Spotify.

Also, in the next couple of weeks we will have a formal announcement of our 4th LP, along with some tour news. Pumped.

-KEG

Re-release of our first 3 albums + new album details

Posted on September 15, 2011

It’s been a busy year at camp TOS. We’ve clocked in around 90 shows so far and we will be announcing a few more to round out the fall, it being SEC time and all. We are slowing down the road temporarily to begin work on a new album that will be recorded in the late fall of this year. I’ll have more details soon, but I can tell you this: It’s going to be a bit different.

Mert, Blake & I have always played with one or more musicians that have rounded out our line-up over the years, but have always had to deal with the frustrations of finding a permanent fourth (or fifth) member that can do the amount of shows necessary to keep the band going. That being said, we’ve decided to go at it as a three piece from now on with a guest keyboardist when we can have one. Most of you know this, but the three of us have been playing together since we were 16 years old (10 years whoa!) and it’s high time we made a record that captures that. I don’t think the new sound will be all that polarizing, if I had to describe it at this point I’d say it has more of classic rock leaning. Anyway - there will be an official announcement soon enough.

One last thing - next week we will be re-releasing all 3 of our albums across the interweb - iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc. American Stranger was released at the first of this year but never saw a complete release - we are excited that it will finally be available everywhere!

Don’t be a stranger -
KEG

New Album review + July Tour Announced

Posted on June 20, 2011

Hey good feelin’ people:

We are hittin the road in July, revisiting some old friends & hopefully making some new ones in the process!

We will have a special guest drummer on this tour - Joey Kneiser from Glossary. We’ve talked about him opening up for TOS on a few of the dates - we will announce which ones shortly.

Our third album in three years, AMERICAN STRANGER, was released at the beginning of this year. You can get a digital download of it at our label’s website at THISISAMERICANMUSIC.COM for just $5. Look for a vinyl release in Fall 2011.

Dates:

Thursday, July 7th - Knoxville, TN - Barley’s Taproom

Friday, July 8th - Lexington, KY - Lynagh’s Irish Pub

Saturday, July 9th - Louisiville, KY - Third Street Drive w/ Slithering Beast

Sunday, July 10th - Nashville, TN - Springwater

Tuesday, July 12th - The Nick w/Rosedale

Wednesday, July 13th - Oxford, MS - The Blind Pig

Thursday, July 14th - Tupelo, MS - “Down On Main Street” Concert Series with JASON ISBELL & DOC DAILEY

Thursday, July 14th - Tupelo, MS - Blue Canoe

Friday, July 15th - Baton Rouge, LA - Chelsea’s w/ Jacob Jones and Joe Arnette

Saturday, July 16th - Hot Springs, AR - Maxine’s Live w/Mountain Sprout

Sunday, July 17th - Oxford, MS - Private Party (Gonna be around? hit us up for details and I’m sure we can hang)

While you are here check out a new review of AMERICAN STRANGER over at Common Folk Music right HERE.

We will see you out there in that crazy,crazy world.

-KEG

Tropical Heatwave round up + KEG Solo Shows

Posted on May 18, 2011

Hey ya’ll - we had a hell of a time last weekend through Alabama and on down through Tampa, FL. Check out some press and pictures:

Write up about our show at the New World Brewery with Two Cow Garage (with pictures): HERE
The same show covered by the lovely Elawgrrl: HERE

And last but not least pictures from the PLAY Courtyard during Tropical Heatwave: HERE

Be sure to check out a new review of our album AMERICAN STRANGER - HERE - and be on the look out this week for new store prices as well as an updated calender with new dates throughout June as well as a full blown tour in July! Pumped.

Also here are a couple upcoming KEG solo dates:
Saturday May 21th - Ronnies BBQ - Tupelo, MS
Friday May 27th - Chattanooga, TN (more deets soon).

One last thing - our label recently launched their website - go there and pick up a digital copy of AMERICAN STRANGER for only 5$! .

See you soon -
TOS

Pine Hill Fest this weekend + 2nd Promo Video

Posted on April 3, 2011

We’ve been on the road a good haul this year and this week is no exception:

Thursday, April 7th - Tuscollossa, AL - Egan’s Bar
Friday, April 8th - Oxford, MS - Ajax Diner
Saturday, April 9th - Wiggins, MS - Pine Hill Fest w/ Glossary

The store has been updated with a new t-shirt design - printed by Murfreesboro’s Grand Palace Silkscreen. Check it out - and while you are over there, grab a koozie! Our new album, AMERICAN STRANGER, will soon see an official release through This Is American Music Records (thisisamericansmusic.com). It will be available on CD/Digital as well as vinyl. Many thanks go out to those who have bought our self-released copies. Your purchase has helped keep us on the road in 2011.

Here is an acoustic performance of “More Like You” filmed in Murfreesboro, TN. Give it a view then be sure to pick up our album which is available at the TOS.net store!

The Only Sons - More Like You (Acoustic Promo) from theonlysons on Vimeo.

-KEG

Press for American Stranger, New Promo Video

Posted on February 28, 2011

We just wrapped up a 3 day run with our good friend from Muscle Shoals, Doc Dailey. We had a great time. Doc has a new album out, make sure you preview it at http://www.docdaileyandmagnoliadevil.com and buy yourself a copy. It’s more than worth it.

We’ve had some press coming in for American Stranger, check out these links:

Ninebullets.net review for American Stranger: HERE
Captainsdead.com review for American Stranger: HERE
Murfreesboro Pulse review for American Stranger: HERE

You can also read our write up in Auburn, AL’s The Corner, HERE. Also Chattanooga’s Times Free Press wrote about our recent show with the Bohannons, HERE.

Check out the first in a series of promo videos for our new album. It was shot by Glossary’s Joey Kneiser. Be sure to pass it around and get the word out!

The Only Sons - Just My Luck (Acoustic Promo) from theonlysons on Vimeo.

Finally , new tour dates have been posted to the tour page. Check them out and we will see you soon!

-KEG