Album Notes

The Getouts are a rock and roll outfit from Chicago. You will love us. Don't take our word for it...

GETOUTS- I love a band that can evoke the comforts of a greasy spoon in music, and this local quartet is among the few to nail it. The house speciality is guitar—bluesy guitar, boogie guitar, slide-y guitar, Keef-y guitar, and Skynyrdyffyc guitar, all chopped up and cooked in a steaming omelet with a side of sausage and a slop of hot sauce. But that’s not all there is to eat: singer-guitarist Andy Matzdorf (the group’s only constant member) has a little Jeffrey Lee Pierce in him and an accent swiped from one of the Van Zant brothers. Tonight the Getouts celebrate their 11-track debut, How to Save a Drowning Horse, on their own label, Fort Awesome, named after their rehearsal space and studio. - Monica Kendrick -Chicago Reader

The Getouts' MySpace page describes them as “rock/Americana/garage,” and that's a surprisingly accurate description of their sound on their self-titled, self-released album. Their version of Americana isn't terribly distinguished, but when they cross over to the garage side, they have a remarkable sense of dynamics, not doing the usual lame Cramps/Rev. Heat/Monomen imitations that others in the same field do. These guys are clearly onto something. –the Onion AV Club

The Getouts are releasing their debut album How To Save A Drowning Horse and headling the show tonight. From every bit of what we've heard, this album is good. Maybe Best of '08 good. The Getouts mash up sounds into a unique garagesque buffett making music that isn't terribly complex, but certainly something different. Fuzzy and frank, the Getouts are the band that will officially end any holiday hangover you have. –kado @ Gapers Block