RADIO EYES VIDEO!

WHOA!!!

It has been a while eh?! Since our last post we have tooted around the mid-west and have written a few new tunes and of course, continue to stir the pot.

The biggest bit thought is the Sub Pop 1000 comp that came out on Record Store Day. We are very honored to be considered in the same regard with the other great bands on that comp. We selected the song "Radio Eyes"  for the release and we have a wonderful video that was directed and filmed by our friends Zoie Omega and Philip Leaman of A Mean Gloam.Click here for more info on these total pros.

They truly went above and beyond and we are forever grateful for their help and vision. Thank you Philip and Zioe!! Here is the fruit of everyone's hard work!

The LP of the comp is available from Sub Pop here as well as our lil' shoppe that has a variety of other lil' goodies (shirts, Jazz Mind, Etc)

Look out  EU/UK we are coming your way in September,  Asia after that!!

WHEW!
Ed Schrader's Music Beat

Catching up

Hey everyone!

We have a few exciting  items to report on.

A spring tour is around the corner, hitting up some new spots (see bellow).

We will be gracing the Sub Pop 1000 compilation with Radio Eyes. It goes without saying we are over the stupid moon (always changin, why cant it stay the same!) The release date is April 20th (Record Store Day) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of Sub Pop. Here is a link to their lil write up, a Pitchfork thang, and a cool teaser video as well.

We are shooting a video right now for that number.

A full summer U.S and tour of Asia is in the works.

Heading to Machines With Magnets  for some recording,HUZZAH!

Here are all the shows we have coming up, get ready!

Miscellany

March 29th-Philadelphia- First Unitarian Church W/ Iron Lung
March 30th- Brooklyn- Shea Stadium W/ Jamaican Queens, Zula, Free Blood tickets?!


the "SPRINGING UP FOR SOME FUN" tour &shit

April 4th- Cleveland- Now That's Class W/ Pleasuse Leftist, Swindella
April 5th-Detroit- The Living Touch W/ Lord Scrummage, Ritual Howls, and Reverend
April 6th -Chicago- Situations W/ King Tuts Tomb, MINES
April 7th- Milwaukee- Circle A W/ Dogs in Ecstasy
April 8th- Minniapolis- Cause W/ Skoal Kodiak, Animal Lover
April 9th- Iowa City- Gabes W/ ShiveringTimbers, Rusty Buckets
April 10th- St.Louis- APOP
April 11th-Lexington-
April 12th- Knoxville- Pilot Light
April 13th-Charlotte- Yauhaus

First Shows of the New Year!!

Hey all!

What better way to start the new year than a trip to the cold dark heart of New England!
Here are the dates for this fun jaunt, we are really looking forward to seeing old buds and playing some new songs!

1/21/2013- Baltimore @ the Coward Shoe w/ The Dreebs, Gorilla Toss, Horse Lords
1/22/2013-Allentown PA @ The Sportsman Cafe w/ DSU, Third Ward
1/23/2013-Worcester MA @ Distant Catstle w/ Ski Mask, Funeral Cone
1/24/2013- Providence RI @ 95 Empire w/ Ski Mask, In Heat
1/25/2013- Boston MA @ Cambridge Elks Lodge w/ Ski Mask, The Dreebs, Gorilla Toss+mor
1/26/2013- Brooklyn NY @ Death By Audio w/ Bambara + it's Ed's Birthday!!

In other thrilling news, 

-Ed will be putting on the Ed Schrader Show at the Metro Gallery Jan the 10th with guests MATMOS and DDM. Hilarity is a guaranteed in some form or another so please come one and all but if you cant make the show, it will be posted on line as well.

-Hard at work "crafting" new songs, very excited to bring the new jamz in 2013.

Hope everyone had a good holiday and didn't start the new year with shame and disgust like we do every year.

see you all soon!

GOING TO EUROPE!
 
We are very excited to let you all know we are going to over to UK/EU for the first time in our lives!!

Thanks to Chris of Upset the Rhythm and Andreas at Southern Records Germany for holding our hands through the whole process. We are looking forward to seeing new old places and trying to learn new words.

So if you are in any of these cities, we will see you there! If you are not....eh....take a vacation and see us!! There we go!


Autumn - Europe
29.10 - London - Dalston Victoria
31.10 - Leamington Spa - Zephyr Lounge
01.11 - York - Stereo
02.11 - Glasgow - Nice N Sleazy
04.11 - Manchester - Sounds Of The Other City
05.11 - Brighton - Sticky Mike's
06.11 - Ghent - Kinky Star
07.11 - Rennes - La Bascule
08.11 - Paris - La Miroiterie
09.11 - Karlsruhe - Kohi
10.11 - Stuttgart, PopNotPop Festival

11.11 - Lausanne, Private Art Studio

12.11 - Lyon, Grrrnd Zero

13.11 -  Gießen, AK44

14.11 -  Würzburg, Theater Ensemble

15.11 -   Linz, Stadtwerkstatt

16.11 -  Nürnberg, Musikverein

17.11 -  Ilmenau, Baracke

18.11 -  Dresden, Ostpol

19.11 - Prag, Club Final

20.11 -  Potsdam, Kuze

21.11. -  Bielefeld, AJZ

22.11 -  Brussels, Magasin 4

23.11 -  Berlin, Schokoladen

24.11 -  Erfurt, Woodstock

My lord! It has been months since we have given you all any reason to look at this sorry display of a "blog". Not much has changed, we have. Few new songs, and some new t-shirts but other than that we have little news to report. That being said we are touring north america yet again. Here are the dates!!

The"Would You Make Us the Happiest Band in the World!" North American Dumber Tour!!!

7/13/12 @ Strange Matter - Richmond, VA
7/14/12 @ Glenwood Coffee - Greensboro, NC
7/15/12 @ The Milestone - Charlotte, NC
7/17/12 @ Farm255 - Athens, GA
7/18/12 @ Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA
7/19/12 @ Lamplighter - Memphis, TN
7/20/12 @ Maxine's - Hot Springs National Park, AR
7/21/12 @ The Cavern - Russellville, AR
7/22/12 @ Lightbulb Club - Fayetteville, AR
7/23/12 @ Sound Pony - Tusla, OK
7/24/12 @ Hi-Lo - Oklahoma City, OK
7/25/12 @ Queen City Hall - Dallas, TX
7/26/12 @ Beerland - Austin, TX
7/28/12 @ Train Yard - Las Cruces, NM
7/30/12 @ Trunkspace - Phoenix, AZ
7/31/12 @ Downtown - El Centro, CA
8/01/12 @ Soda Bar - San Diego, CA
8/03/12 @ The Smell - Los Angeles, CA
8/04/12 @ Biko Garage - Isla Vista, CA
8/05/12 @ Thee Parkside - San Francisco, CA
8/06/12 @ Lobot Gallery- Oakland, CA
8/08/12 @ Tube - Portland, OR
8/10/12 @ Astoria - Vancouver, BC
8/11/12 @ The Funhouse - Seattle, WA
8/12/12 @ Red Room - Boise, ID
8/14/12 @ Rhinoceropolis - Denver, CO
8/15/12 @ Duffy's - Lincoln, NE
8/16/12 @ Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA
8/17/12 @ Turf Club - St Paul, MN
8/18/12 @ Quarter's - Milwaukee, WI
8/20/12 @ Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
8/21/12 @ Pjs Lager House - Detroit, MI
8/22/12 @ Now That's Class - Cleveland, OH

We are very excited to be playing in some new spots, as well as the old favorites. Atlanta we are looking at you!

Updates to follow in a few months!!!

Hey every one! Thew Baltimore city paper just did a little article about us and the soon to be released Jazz Mind. Read itHere

I other news we have made it to the other coast of our country. Seattle was great and we are looking foreword to Portland and the rest of the west side of the USA.

Also recently confirmed, we are playing March 20th at the Tower Bar in San Diego CA. Hope to see you there!

Here is a little fun show...on the left hiding behind THE LP OF OUR FIRST FULL LENGTH ALBUM is Nolen Stralhs. You may know of him from the vocal styling's of Double Dagger. He is also one half of POST TYPEOGRAPHY. A brilliant design duo here in Baltimore that has authored a textbook and helped out a bunch of there buddies look more credible than they actually are [us included(wait we are serious!)].

ANYWAY!

We would not have these stylie T-shirts (pictured right) nor the DELICIOUS album art if it was not for POST TYPEOGRAPHY and the heart of Nolen Strahls. We are very grateful for all the help!! Here's to the kings!!