Author Archives: Faiz

Heads-up! In our modest celebration of Halloweek, Small Awesome is proud to present the new video for our song, “It So” from our old release, the Still E.P. The video was filmed by Beth Wiedner, Faiz Razi and Jim MacGregor. … Continue reading →

Dear folks,After a year out working on a new record,we are back on the fine stage at Schuba’s.with Breathe Owl Breathe and CoinsWednesday August 12th, 9pm 21+see you there!

Dear Jim and Matt, Dudes, I’m totally sorry I slept through the morning when we were scheduled to mix the new record, Still Awesome at my place the other day.  I’m also sorry that I kept you guys waiting outside … Continue reading →

Here is the new Small Awesome demo, entitled “Breech Born”, which was composed and scored for Faiz’ “Sound Theory and Practice” class at Columbia. To quote Jim: “If I understand this correctly, you have to zippity-do-dah a song to gain … Continue reading →

Ahoy! Been working on some potential artwork prototypes for our new record, Still Awesome. I’ve been taking a 3D printing course over at Columbia as part of my degree, and rendered the above PLA plastic with a makerbot2.  It’s pretty … Continue reading →

the 2014 PRF BBQ was tremendous. Special love to our musical guests, Messrs. Ike Turner on hi-hat and Brent Mix on baritone saxophone. Salut! Photo by Liz Bustamante, Poster by Jay Ryan

As we move closer towards the completion of our second record, Still Awesome, some finesse and finagling is required.  We just knocked out some lovely guitar overdubs at Razi Manor with the unbeatable Matt Engstrom.  Thank you again, sir! We’ve … Continue reading →

Ahoy! Small Awesome is pleased to announce our first vinyl appearance on the Lake of Fake compilation Q6. Lake of Fake PRF Quarter 6 is a six song EP released on 45rpm vinyl. The EP is part of an eight … Continue reading →

Hey! We recorded nine songs at Reelsounds in Skokie with Mouse and Matt.  It was tremendous.  Still exhausted and exhilarated, but here’s batch one of our photos:

Ahoy! We are recording a new record.  It will also be called Still Awesome. I put together this 35:35 playlist of some things we’ve had knocking around, and thought you might enjoy it. Plays well in a loop, and you … Continue reading →