NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS FROM CHARLIE OTTO + HIS GEAR

The 2026 full length album “GET PERMANENT” is complete and only exists in a couple locations. You can buy either the digital album or the vinyl from Bandcamp, or you can purchase it from the store on this website.

 

It is not on spotify etc due to reasons of dignity/stubbornness.

 

Lyrics can be found at this page.

 

thank you

i made a new live music video. it’s live because the video is spontaneously generated by the music. in the video below, there is 2 minutes at the top where i explain how i made the video, and then i perform it.

we will perform this live at martyrs on may 17, 2026

I’m releasing my new full length album “GET PERMANENT” on May 15, 2026, followed by a live performance of songs new and old at Martyrs in Chicago on Sunday, May 17, 2026.

The new album features 8 brand new songs that rely heavily on my favorite drummer-bassist duo of all time, Matt Walker and Alan Berliant. They will join me on stage, along with a bunch of other special guests, to play all my favorite songs we’ve made together over almost 20 years. The show is early, free, and all ages.

You’ll be able to buy the digital album on Bandcamp or grab the vinyl record by coming to the release show. Excited!

the new album is getting very close to finished. it’s 8 songs, i’m strongly considering making vinyl for the first time, and here is the tentative artwork.

 

it’s a museum that holds a picture from taken from the same spot on earth every million years. i’ve been entranced by some imagery i stumbled across in one of the new songson the album, called “In the Morning.” it posits that if you lived long enough and stood very still, you would watch the ground bob up and down like an ocean.

 

stay tuned

I’m playing Navy Pier on July 24, 2025 as part of their free Skyline Sessions.

 

I play two sets, here are the exact times:

6:30pm-7:30pm

8:00pm-9:00pm

I’m playing the Wave Wall Stage, here is a map to show where that is: