OK, then..... It's been quite a while since we jotted a little something in here, and I think it's high-time we get back on the blog train. We have been pretty busy since our last post that I see... we had a whole other tour up to the Northeast which was one of the more exciting ones (surprising that we didn't post a single thing about it!), took the winter months off to record an album which we are super pumped about!!! There are three new songs that we have posted all over our sites and we will be releasing a three song "Sampler CD" from the album at all of our shows leading up to the final release. The album is called, "You Are Having a Wonderful Time," a-la our friend Cameron and his witty remark a few years back. We have embarked on our Spring Tour which will encompass both The West and The East with many stops along the way... We got started in Knoxville, TN the other night and were pleasantly surprised to see so many folks come out to support and listen to music, especially on Spring Break!We played an awesome punk/old school Rock n' Roll bar in Nashville, TN last night (pics coming soon) and it's on to Memphis this evening to play with our good friends, Grupo Jobu, at Neil's Music Room. BAM!!!

Tour presses on!!!! We (regretfully) had to leave Colorado last Thursday night, but not before two awesome shows in Boulder!!! Thanks to the Mule (Sean Lamborne) we were able to capture some sweet pics from the show at Laughing Goat.....




Friday night in Omaha, NE we hooked up with our favorite Nebraska band, Madness Sale, for a show at PS Collective. Nick Sondag got some cool shots from the show and we'll have them up for you soon. Saturday it was Minneapolis for a triple dip at The Acadia in Downtown Mpls.... After some much needed rest (one day off) it's back on the trail to glory with some shows in the Midwest (Madtown, Chi-town, Mish-town, K-twon, and Grand Rapids-townburgville). We'll keep you posted, and how about keeping us posted... drop us a line, let us know you're reading this damn thing. Cheers!!!

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What a week!!! We arrived in Colorado and immediately rocked out with our good pals, Longest Day of the Year, at Avery Brewery. The following night, we returned to Jamestown, CO for a show at the Merc and some roasted pig... It was good, but we're from BBQ country and have high standards for our roasted animals. After much rocking, drinking, and merrymaking, we headed out to Conifer, CO to continue working on the new album at Sole Sound Studios. This new album will in many ways be a testament of how to rock face with just two people and those of you who are anticipating the "new one," hold on tight!

We then returned to Boulder for two shows downtown and will say goodbye to Colorado this evening... but we'll be back, oh yes, we'll be back...

So far the tour has treated us well and provided many good tunes and times. Before our show in Memphis on Wednesday we went exploring on Beale St. and saw (and heard) some great blues and wicked cool motorcycles.

After a Thursday night at Kirby's in Wichita, (which was none other than a rockin' good time, as usual!) we made the drive into Colorado. Last night we played at Avery Brewery with Longest Day of the Year-tasty, tasty brews, friends, and . . . snow. Yes, it is (still) snowing at the beginning of October. We are totally not prepared for this! We write to you all in blog-land with many layers of clothes on, drinking hot chocolate. Ole!

Well hey there!!! We just took off for the first half of our Fall Tour!!! We'll be getting some new video, mp3s, pics, etc., your way... for now, here's some shots from our homecoming show at The Grey Eagle back on 9/4/09....






Tiny, I know... but damn it was fun.... we'll have some audio from this show up shortly, along with some tracks from our last Summer Tour (Denver, CO; NEK Festival, VT; Boulder, CO....). Keep tuning in as the post will start coming your way more regularly.

Wohoo! At long last, we have a chance to fill you all in on how our wonderful, busy summer tour has been going for the last (almost) three weeks in the northeast. First, we had a great time at the Northeast Kingdom Music Festival--here's a video of "That's Why" from our main stage set on Saturday.





It was great to get a chance to check out some other bands like Enter the Haggis, Luminescent Orchestrii, and our friends Hot Flannel. After much merriment and music, we headed down to Burlington, VT. At our show at the Red Square, we dragged Chris' cousin, Jeff, up onstage to shred some with us--it was great to share the evening with family and some new friends!

After we left Vermont (for a little while) we drove south to Binghamton, NY where we always have a good time at the Cyber Cafe West. We were greeted with lots of StereoFidelic tees and a very enthusiastic audience. On Saturday, we drove down to Bethlehem, PA to share an evening at the Wildflower with Michael and Tamara Fritz. We always enjoy playing a show with them and Chris got a chance to squeeze in some gear talk and guitar playing with Michael. On Sunday, we headed into the Big Apple to play our first show ever in Manhattan proper. We were lucky enough to get a parking spot right in front of the door to the venue, which made the rest of the evening quite a pleasant experience. It was wonderful to play for such an enthusiastic crowd in NYC; at this point in the tour we've just about ran out of stickers and sold out of all the discs that we brought with us--it's definitely been a success!

On Monday we decided to do some sightseeing, so we walked all around Greenwich Village and 5th Ave., wrapping up the day by posing with a $27,000 Batman made of Legos. Back up North on Friday, we played in Maine at Hempstock in Harmony, where the smell of patchouli and other aromas were strong in the air...we left after our set to start the drive down to Portland. With no rest areas in sight, we were directed to go to the 24 hour L.L.Bean Flagship store in Freeport. The next morning we went back to see the extra large boot in the daylight-quite a rewarding experience. That evening we played at Slainte in Portland to a packed room with Dead Man's Clothes, Gin Circus, and Take One Car. Yesterday we drove across New Hampshire into western Vermont for the Turn of the Tides music series. We had a great time here on our last Northeast tour and were excited to get back. This time the potluck dinner was amazing (just like last time!) and we now have a new appreciation for home-grown zucchini (zucchini muffins were fantastic, as well as grilled zucchini, zucchini au graten, etc. ) Lovely folks and a lovely way to wrap up the long New England portion of this tour.

We've been busy getting our October CO/midwest tour wrapped up and our November Northeast tour booked--keep an eye on our schedule page for new dates!

After back-to-back Salt Lake City shows, we pulled an all-nighter so we could make the drive to Boulder in time for our show at Avery Brewery on Thursday. After much merriment, beverages, and rocking out with the Longest Day of the Year, we drove into the mountains for some late night studio time (we're keeping that all pretty hush-hush for now. . .). On Friday, we went on-air at the Naked Stage on KGNU to play a 30 minute radio show. Saturday was a music-filled celebration and we were thrilled to be a part of two of our friends' special day!
Our last day in the Rockies was Sunday and we spent it playing a wonderful Denver listening room, the Walnut Room, with the Radical Knitting Circle, Lisa Genee, and an old college friend's new project, Beast Haus. We promise to have some live tracks from that show posted soon. . .

This week is a quick trek across the midwest through Wichita (Kirby's was FUN as usual), Indianapolis (we were able to perform this time, unlike last time we were scheduled at the Melody Inn and half the band was hospitalized with severe pneumonia--we played extra hard for the crowd that missed us last time!) and tonight is Cleveland. See you in the North East!