(AUDIO) Marble Jar on KSLG

It’s a busy week for the boys in Marble Jar. This coming Saturday, the Humboldt alternative punk rock trio will celebrate this week’s release of their new album All of the Marbles with a show at the Arcata Playhouse. But before that scene coalesces, the group stopped by the Carson Block Building to hang on the air with KSLG’s very own Rhi Marie. (Listen above.)

Started by frontman Peter Ricchio back in 2010 as Peter Puffington and the Rocketship Explosion, the group has gone through several lineup changes before arriving at the current configuration that also features drummer Mitch Holmes and bassist/producer Sean “Trugg” Weikal. All of the Marbles is the band’s first full length album following the 2022 EP Losing Your Marbles and the live set Live @Blondies.

As though their album release wasn’t momentous enough, the Marble Jar crew also made some radio history this week: The band is the first (of hopefully many) to sign the ceiling of KSLG’s new Old Town studio, a tradition haphazardly conceived during their visit. Evidence of their appreciated vandalism in the pictures below. (Side note: Are you a Humboldt band doing cool things and making music that, more-or-less, fits into the KSLG vibe? Reach out at studio@kslg.com!)

Marble Jar’s album release party takes place at the Arcata Playhouse this Saturday at 7 p.m. The show features additional musical support from Crooked Teeth out of San Francisco and Unlikely from Fresno. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door and available here.