Nik and the Central Plains

Spotify!

Nik — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:02:03 +0000

The Central Plains are soon to be connected with Spotify world wide.

New Song and updates!

Nik — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:44:19 +0000

The Central Plains have played about 75-100 gigs over the last couple of years in Pittsburgh. After releasing our second record “walk on beaches” we went on a tour through the mid west and made it down south back in May. Having played so much locally the past couple years we’ve decided to take a couple of months off to refresh and build new sounds. (we’ve already started ! ) Nik & Jake Hanner from Pgh based band Donora have recently collaborated on a new track called “Andrew” ( a story told inspired by a schizophrenic kid ) which will be available for listening in September of 2011, this will be our first new song since releasing “walk on beaches” Nik will be going to New York City to work with Clothing Company “Rag n Bone” and explore the open mic and singer songwriter/ music scene while there. Kraig decided he needed a break from the U.S. only to find himself drinking pina’ colada’s on the beach some where in Costa Rica. Colin will continue to play with his other band “the Hawk eyes”, We’ll be back with new songs when we are ready. Until then, visit our facebook page, like it and listen to the 20 something songs we have posted. Cheers!

Upcoming shows and some other information!

Nik — Wed, 25 May 2011 16:07:28 +0000

It’s safe to say that our tour with boca chica which just came to an end was quite fun, we had a lot of stops, a gig in a cemetery being one of the most memorable. We Played a bunch of kickin’ gigs around the mid-west, Knoxville was amazing and so was Atlanta. Such a nice place to visit, it was no doubt 90 degrees.. Now that we are home in Pittsburgh we will be playing some outdoor venues and some sweet summer time gigs:

5/29 KAYA FEST @ 6:00 p.m.
6/3 Three Rivers Arts Festival ( Acoustic Stage ) @ 6:30 p.m.
6/8 Three Rivers Arts Festival ( Main Stage ) @ 12:00 p.m.
6/11 Mr. Smalls ( Rock the Streets ) @ 6:30 p.m.
6/11 Brillobox With Slow Reel ( CD Release ) & Carousel
6/19 Total Trib Ampitheatre ( W/ for Leon Russel & 8 other bands )
7/15 Country Club, Pittsburgh, PA ( whoa )

“WALK ON BEACHES” for sale online!

Nik — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:48:07 +0000

Nik & the Central Plains & Boca Chica hit the road May 12!

Nik — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:41:49 +0000

We are excited to hit the road in support of our new record “Walk on beaches”

Thursday May 12 :: Smiling moose:: PGH w/ Stand ( Ireland )
Friday, May 13 ::Happy Dog:: Cleveland, OH w/ Nikki English, Clovers
Saturday, May 14 ::Kobo:: Columbus, OH w/ Maza Blaska
Sunday, May 15 TBA Lexington, KY
Monday, May 16 ::The Duck Inn:: Evansville, OH w/The Willows
Tuesday, May 17th ::Z Bar:: Louisville, KY w/ The Sandpaper Dolls
Wednesday, May 18th TBA Nashville, TN
Thursday, May 19th TBA Nashville, TN
Friday, May 20th ::WDVX Blueplate Special::Knoxville, TN
Friday, May 20th ::Relix Variety Theatre:: Knoxville, TN
Saturday, May 21st ::Tunes from the Tunes Festival:: Atlanta, GA
Saturday, May 21st ::The Highland Ballroom:: Atlanta, GA w/Henry Porter
Sunday, May 22nd ::Mo Daddys:: Asheville, NC

Nik & the Central Plains Team up with Boca Chica for a spring tour!

Nik — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:49:15 +0000

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May Tour Dates with Nik & The Central Plains Announced!
Written by halliepritts on March 28, 2011 · 1 Comment

Hurrah!

Friday, May 13 ::Happy Dog:: Cleveland, OH w/ Nikki English, Clovers
Saturday, May 14 ::Kobo:: Columbus, OH w/ Maza Blaska
Sunday, May 15 TBA Lexington, KY
Monday, May 16 ::The Duck Inn:: Evansville, OH w/The Willows
Tuesday, May 17th ::Z Bar:: Louisville, KY w/ The Sandpaper Dolls
Wednesday, May 18th TBA Nashville, TN
Thursday, May 19th TBA Nashville, TN
Friday, May 20th ::WDVX Blueplate Special::Knoxville, TN
Friday, May 20th ::Relix Variety Theatre:: Knoxville, TN
Saturday, May 21st ::Tunes from the Tunes Festival:: Atlanta, GA
Saturday, May 21st ::The Highland Ballroom:: Atlanta, GA w/Henry Porter
Sunday, May 22nd ::Mo Daddys:: Asheville, NC

New Record!

Nik — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:20:25 +0000

We will be releasing our new record “walk on beaches” mid April, we are very excited to have this project ready and we can’t wait to share it with the world. We have two consecutive nights booked at the thunderbird for our release party, the dates are 4/22 & 4/23 and we have some of our favorite Pittsburgh bands joining us.

FRIDAY 4/22 : Chet Vincent & the big bend & the harlan twins

SATURDAY 4/23: Boca Chica & Meeting of important people

More new t.b.a.

NEW RECORD!

Nik — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:02:20 +0000

FRIDAY 4/22 : Chet Vincent & the big bend & the harlan twins

SATURDAY 4/23: Boca Chica & Meeting of important people

More new t.b.a.

greetings!

Nik — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:48:06 +0000

Nik & the central plains are a twangy indie rock band from Pittsburgh, PA. We do garage folk rock and roll. The tunes are driven by three guys and a 1982 mercedez benz. Each song invites the listener to a story you haven’t heard before. We have one full length record which was released in March 2010 ( It was chosen as 1 of the top 5 local releases of 2010 by Pittsburgh public radio station WYEP 91.3)
We will be releasing our second full length record April 22 2011.

The Members of the band are:

Nik Westman: guitar & vocals

Kraig Decker: bass & vocals

Colin Bronnenkant: drums