The Rise and Fall of Soft Targets

Soft Target's have a brand new release of some old stuff on RoosterCow's pet cassette label, Cassette Pet. The Rise & Fall of Soft Targets. This handsome orange cassette features a-sides, b-sides, outtakes and alternate versions of some of your favorite songs from past records. Order one today!

Softies Last Stand

Soft Targets will be playing our last show Saturday, January 14 @ Pancho's, 2200 N. California in Logan Square (underneath the Blue Line California stop). Show starts and 9pm and will include live performances by acts like Party Downers and Arsenal Road.

Soft T's would like to thank everyone for their support over the last 7+ years. We do have some unfinished business in the form of unreleased music to take care of in 2012, so visit soft-targets.com or roostercow.com for news on our upcoming cassette-only release. The Rise & Fall of Soft Targets (7" a-sides, b-sides, alternate versions and outtakes) as well as our full-length record which should be available for download sometime this year!

Soft Targets Cassette Release

At long last, the Soft Targets cassette EP, The Rise & Fall of Soft Targets is in production. Thanks to Cassetty and the folks at Cassette Pet, this colorful cassette should be out in early 2012, just in time (we hope!)for the release show on Saturday, January 14th @ Pancho's in Logan Square, Chicago with Arsenal Road and Party Downers. Comprised of seven inch singles, outtakes, and alternate versions, this nine song piece of rolling plastic history is sure to be fun for kids of all ages!

Soft Targets @ Beat Kitchen * Split 7" in Local Stores

Soft Targets on the Razor & Di Show, WLUW 4/11

Check out Soft Targets, Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ Beat Kitchen, 2100 W Belmont with Reg Shrader's alternate band Sentinels, also Warhellride and Board of Governors share the bill. Don't miss this exciting event!!!

Soft Targets/The Mediums split 7" available from RoosterCow Records or in Chicago @ Permanent Records, Laurie's Planet of Sound and Reckless Records (all locations)

Soft Targets Split 7" & Record Release Show

Just in time for summer, the Soft Targets/Mediums split 7" is complete. Super Artist, Mike Dixon whipped up the Softie's side with a Zombiefied Stones tribute and Mediums guitarist Adam Smith knocked out the pyramidically-inspired flipside. A hand-painted cover wraps wonderfully around this gorgeous piece of colored limted edition vinyl. Links up soon for Paypal purchases and our minions will be getting copies to local Chicago record stores soon. Check out the release show, Friday, August 12 @ Memories Bar, 4358 N. Cicero in Portage Park, Chicago. The Mediums won't be on the bill, unfortunately but bands called The Uma Thurmans and Bill Ura Dik will be!

Thanks for the (Soft Targets LIVE at) Memories (Bar)

Soft Targets next live performance will be Saturday, May 21 at Memories Bar, located at 4358 N. Cicero Avenue in our beloved Chi. This joint has been described by Soft Targets guitarist, Reg Shrader, as a "hobo stabbing bar." Sound's perfect. Also on the bill: Phantom Works (feat. San Diego transplant, Kris Poulin, he of Chicago recording and sound fame) as well as The Cell Phones and Days Off. So take the night off and come out to the show. FYI: Roostercow is still workin' on the covers for the new Soft Targets/Mediums split 7". Maybe they'll be done in time for the Memories show. Yeah, and maybe a hobo won't get stabbed there. Ha!

Soft Targets Live Events in April

April will be a busy month for Soft Targets. Catch this power quartet live @ Cal's Liquors (400 S. Wells) on Saturday, April 9th with The City Streets in Madison (from Montreal), Lake Street Dive (from Brooklyn), Somersault from Chicago. The band will also see the release of a RoosterCow split 7" with The Mediums, which should be available in local record shops by month's end. Then on Friday, April 29th tune in your radio to the Razor & Die Show @ 2PM on 88.7 WLUW for a live in-studio performance. Do all that, please.