new track, show, new times

Catch the premiere of the new Birds of Avalon Quartet tomorrow night in Chapel Hill @ The Local 506 with Citay and Mitch Easter. And check out a new song here

Flyer by vinciple

upcoming shows

we've just added two shows, our first of 2010.

4/6 in Chapel Hill at the Local 506 with Citay and Mitch Easter

4/16 in Washington DC at the Black Cat with Short Stack and Sons of Guns


new exciting things are afoot, stay tuned

Charlotte

This was the 40th anniversary show for The Milestone. Rock clubs tend to age in dog years and it's extremely rare for one to make it this far. Add in the fact that The Milestone is essentially a pressboard chicken coop in a particularly nasty section of Charlotte and you've got a miracle on your hands. That being said, the sound was excellent, the staff was friendly and the crowd was on fire. The opening band was an amazing instrumental trio from Charlotte called Hexagons and the headliner was a krautish post rock outfit from Athens GA called Maserati, also amazing, also instrumental. Check them out. Extra thanks to Scott's Mom for putting us up and making the best breakfast I've had in months.

UPDATE - RIP MAserati drummer, Jerry Fuchs. He was one of the most talented drummers I have ever witnessed.

DC

Second to last night of tour was in the nations capital. Specifically in a pizza/ping ping parlor in the nations capitol. Show was fun because we had lots of friends there and a nice crowd and they fed us lots of premium pie. Late night was back at Gianna's as per usual in DC and we rounded out things with a little bang and sizzle. Know what I mean? I don't either.

The next day Paul backed into a sign in the parking lot of the DC Children's Hospital. Take that sick kids!

NYC 3 days off

We had a couple days off in NYC, our first real break in weeks. Activities included but not limited to:

Kandinsky at The Guggenheim
Cooper Hewitt Design Museum
Dumplings from Vanessa's
Walking, walking
Tuesday night at Freddy's
Blue potatoes with Leeks
scotch bonnet marinated onions and carrots
shopping for digs
more walking
more dumplings
happy hour at holiday cocktail lounge (though with friends, not waiting on them)
happy hour at Winnie's in Chinatown
happy hour at The Library
ginger carrot and kale juice for hangover
walking across Manhattan bridge
dinner at Bia
cemitas from Rico's in sunset park
probably some more walking in there somewhere

Pittsburgh

This show was at the Thunderbird Cafe, which is technically in Lawrenceville but who cares. When we showed up the vibe therein was decidely Grateful- they were pumping Terrapin Station through the mains. I, for one, was grateful for this welcome departure from typical sounddude rock. I was even more grateful there was a coin op laundrymat right next to the club as my laundry situation was getting kinda hectic. Extra special thanks to our friends Paul and Leah for putting us up and for taking us to Primanti bros after the show for a traditional P-burg sammie featuring your choice of meat/ fish, cole slaw, and fries- all on the sandwich, Soooo good.

Detroit Oct 18

In honor of it being one month later I plan to catch up on the posts I've been slacking on. I know all 6 of you readers have been chomping at the bit so lets get to it shall we?

We played at the Majestic Theatre Cafe which sounds way cooler then it actually is because it's the cafe part, not the theatre part which is truly majestic. I know this because David and I snuck in there and got a peak. It's friggin' sweet. I imagine a White Stripes show there back in the day was pretty fun. The place feeds you which ain't too shabby so there was that. Upstairs was the dude from TV on the Radio's other band and rumor had it that they were not very awesome. Rumor was carried by some dude who came down to see us and got hype. Can't remember his name but his enthusiasm was appreciated. We were supposed to play with Fidrych but Fidrych never showed so we did it solo style. NEXT!