Public record

The Milk Carton Kids

Folk & acoustic | Eagle Rock, CA | since 2011

Alt-country
americana
folk
indie
indie folk
singer-songwriter

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 10 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

Shows on record

Rooms played

2012

On record since

Releases

Show history

2022 · 1

Jul 23, 2022Tolt-MacDonald Park & Campground· Carnationheadliner

2019 · 1

Jun 9, 2019Theater, West Virginia Culture Center· Charlestonheadliner
with Steve Poltz, Twisted Pine, Griffin House, Vera Sola

2015 · 1

Jul 11, 2015Greenfield Community College· Greenfieldsupport
with Steve Earle & the Dukes, Punch Brothers, Tune-Yards, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, J Mascis, Rubblebucket, Booker T. Jones, Valerie June, Antibalas, Langhorne Slim, Tony Joe White, Eilen Jewell, Elephant Revival, Polaris, Parker Millsap, Red Baraat, Lydia Loveless, The Pine Hill Project, The Stray Birds, Joe Pug, The Revelers, Sean Rowe, Maku Sound System, Arc Iris, Chuchito Valdes, The Suitcase Junket, Charlie Parr, Marco Benevento

2012 · 15

Dec 12, 2012First Avenue· Minneapolissupport
with Punch Brothers
Dec 11, 2012Beaumont· Kansas Citysupport
with Punch Brothers
Dec 9, 2012Boulder Theater· Bouldersupport
with Punch Brothers
Dec 8, 2012Wheeler Opera House· Aspensupport
with Punch Brothers
Dec 7, 2012The Depot· Salt Lake Citysupport
with Punch Brothers
Dec 5, 2012Crescent Ballroom· Phoenixsupport
with Punch Brothers
Dec 4, 2012Lobero Theatre· Santa Barbarasupport
with Punch Brothers
Dec 2, 2012Belly Up Tavern· Solana Beachsupport
with Punch Brothers
Dec 1, 2012Luckman Fine Arts Complex· Los Angeles (LA)support
with Punch Brothers
Nov 30, 2012Rio Theatre· Santa Cruzsupport
with Punch Brothers
Nov 29, 2012Napa Valley Opera House· Napasupport
with Punch Brothers
Nov 27, 2012Laxson Auditorium, CSU Chico· Chicosupport
with Punch Brothers
Nov 26, 2012Tower Theatre· Bendsupport
with Punch Brothers
Nov 25, 2012Neptune Theatre· Seattlesupport
with Punch Brothers
Nov 24, 2012Chan Centre for the Performing Arts· Vancouversupport
with Punch Brothers

Photos, art and posters

The Milk Carton Kids — Lost Cause Lover Fool — Release art · Lost Cause Lover Fool — release

The Milk Carton Kids — Prologue 10th Anniversary Reissue (Audio Only) — Release art · Prologue 10th Anniversary Reissue (Audio Only) — release

The Milk Carton Kids — Live From Symphony Hall (Atlanta, GA - 11/6/15) — Release art · Live From Symphony Hall (Atlanta, GA - 11/6/15) — release

The Milk Carton Kids — Live From Lincoln Theatre — Release art · Live From Lincoln Theatre — release

The Milk Carton Kids — The Only Ones — Release art · The Only Ones — release

The Milk Carton Kids — All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do — Release art · All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do — release

Lineup

Kenneth Pattengale
Joey Ryan

Releases

Lost Cause Lover Fool
Apr 24, 2026 · album · 9 tracks
LC
Lost Cause Lover Fool
2026 · album
LC
Lost Cause Lover Fool
2026
RI
Ribbon
2025 · single
CI
Christmas In A Minor Key
2025
CI
Christmas In A Minor Key
2024 · album
IO
I Only See the Moon
2023 · album
FI
Fireworks
2023
IO
I Only See The Moon
2023
Prologue 10th Anniversary Reissue (Audio Only)
Oct 22, 2021 · album · 28 tracks
Live From Symphony Hall (Atlanta, GA - 11/6/15)
Dec 4, 2020 · album · 19 tracks
Live From Lincoln Theatre
Jul 10, 2020 · album · 21 tracks
LF
Live From Lincoln Theatre
2020 · album
LF
Live From Symphony Hall
2020 · album
TG
The Gospel of Mary / Losing Battles (acoustic)
2020 · single
JR
Josh Ritter & The Milk Carton Kids
2020
LF
Live From Symphony Hall (Atlanta, GA - 11/6/15)
2020
LF
Live From Lincoln Theatre
2020
The Only Ones
Oct 18, 2019 · album · 7 tracks
LB
Losing Battles (acoustic)
2019 · single
TG
The Gospel of Mary
2019 · single
TO
The Only Ones
2019 · album
TO
The Only Ones / I Meant Every Word I Said
2019 · single
YY
Younger Years
2019
TO
The Only Ones
2019
All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do
Jun 29, 2018 · album · 12 tracks
AT
All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do
2018 · album
AT
All The Things That I Did And All The Things That I Didn't Do
2018
MO
Monterey
2015 · album
WY
Wish You Were Here
2015 · single
TA
The Ash & Clay
2013 · album
PR
Prologue
2011 · album
PR
Prologue
MO
Monterey
album
TA
The Ash & Clay
album
PR
Prologue
album
RE
Retrospect
album

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 2 plays, 2013-04-02–2025-05-25 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Roadhouse' (Kevin Sur) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Hans) — KEXP

Artist background

The Milk Carton Kids formed in 2011 — MusicBrainz
The Milk Carton Kids is based in Eagle Rock — MusicBrainz
Kenneth Pattengale: member — MusicBrainz
Joey Ryan: member — MusicBrainz
The Milk Carton Kids has 17 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 2011–2026 — MusicBrainz
The Milk Carton Kids is based in Los Angeles, California — The Milk Carton Kids on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: Lost Cause Lover Fool (2026-04-24) — Bandcamp
The Milk Carton Kids is from Los Angeles , California , U.S. — Wikipedia
The Milk Carton Kids has 2 members: Kenneth Pattengale, Joey Ryan — Wikipedia
The Milk Carton Kids plays Folk — Wikipedia
The Milk Carton Kids plays Americana — Wikipedia
The Milk Carton Kids has 317453 listeners on Last.fm — The Milk Carton Kids on Last.fm
The Milk Carton Kids has released 10 recordings between 2018 and 2026 — The Milk Carton Kids on Discogs
The Milk Carton Kids has 15 followers on Genius — The Milk Carton Kids on Genius
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Folk duo — The Milk Carton Kids — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Milk_Carton_Kids — The Milk Carton Kids on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 485 — The Milk Carton Kids — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/0shpdhz — The Milk Carton Kids — KG entity
Country (per TheAudioDB): Eagle Rock, CA — The Milk Carton Kids on TheAudioDB
Formed 2011 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Origin: Los Angeles (Wikidata) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: traditional folk music — Wikidata
Labels per Wikidata: Anti- — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Milk_Carton_Kids — Wikidata

Venues played

Rooms played most, from the shows on record
Room	Shows
Tolt-MacDonald Park & Campground · Carnation	1
Greenfield Community College · Greenfield	1
First Avenue · Minneapolis	1
Beaumont · Kansas City	1
Boulder Theater · Boulder	1
Wheeler Opera House · Aspen	1
The Depot · Salt Lake City	1
Crescent Ballroom · Phoenix	1

By year: 2012 15 · 2015 1 · 2019 1 · 2022 1

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-20
Sources: Bandcamp, Discogs, Genius, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, TheAudioDB, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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