Fall 2010 Tour (please come out)

Sep 27 2010 Schuba’s w/ Women Chicago, Illinois
Sep 29 2010 The No Fun House Kalamazoo, Michigan
Sep 30 2010 Cabaret Playhouse (Pop Montreal Festival) Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Oct 4 2010 Piano's New York, NY

Oct 5 2010 The Spot w/ The Zoo Keepers Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 8 2010 Charm City Art Space Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 11 2010 Strange Matter Richmond, VA
Oct 14 2010 529 Atlanta, Georgia Find Tickets
Oct 15 2010 Farside Collective Tallahassee, FL
Oct 16 2010 The Bengal Tiger Clemson, South Carolina
Oct 17 2010 Yerb Richmond, VA
Oct 19 2010 Arlene's Grocery (No Correct Way CMJ party) New York, NY
Oct 22 2010 Pete's Candy Store (CMJ showcase) New York, Nueva York
Nov 8 2010 Empty Bottle (Record Release of Barry and Sherry on vinyl) Chicago, Illinois
Nov 16 2010 The Whistler (free) Chicago, Illinois


There are a lot of holes... if you live in NJ or NH or anywhere near an empty date and can help book a show in your state please help! I want to play more house shows. Playing coffee shops with acoustic acts is kinda a drag and playing bars with funk bands is torture. I guess that's all you can get in South Dakota... Thanks. Netherfriendsbooking@gmail.com

This Kept us entertained in South Dakota

Thanks Aziz and co.

Alaska on my cellphone (50 songs 50 states)

The plane we took into Alaska.

My Alaskan birthday cake. Thanks Ephy!

Love these dudes!

WTF!

Hung out with Maybe from Arrested Development in Alaska!

New ride.

Amazing house show in Fairbanks

Feeding Frenzy from Fairbanks!

Someone drew pictures of us during a house show

Heading back East tour (50 songs 50 states)

* 9.22.10 Flying M Coffee Garage: Nampa (Boise), ID
* 9.23.10 Poor Boys Casper, Wyoming
* 9.24.10 Silver Dollar Saloon Rapid City, SD
* 9.25.10 Red Rooster Coffee House Aberdeen, SD
* 9.26.10 The Aquarium (Dempsey's Upstairs) Fargo, ND
* 9.27.10 Schuba’s w/ Women Chicago, IL
*9.29.10 The No Fun House Kalamazoo, MI
*9.30.10 Cabaret Playhouse (Pop Montreal Festival)



• Please come out!
• Tell your friends to come!
• Bring us motha fuckin snacks!
  

This is Why Your Band Sucks IV

A monthly column of advice and things I witness over and over again from bands being naïve and just plain stupid. You can read the first 2 columns here and here

I really thought I was done with III and I know it’s painful and irritating for a handful of you. So for the few of you that hate it, please enjoy.

… Because you never respond to emails or myspace messages

Why not respond to a band’s email asking if you’d like to play a show with them? The show is set up and all you need to do is respond with a simple yes or no. Super hard. Well maybe it is. Maybe no one in your band is given the task to respond to emails. If there are 4 of you in a band, maybe designate jobs. One person does the emails, one does the myspace/facebook shit, and the other one does the twitter crap. The other person is usually the drummer and they do nothing except have a strong opinion and make things really really difficult for you and your music. Just kidding. (sort of)


…Because you feel the need to talk in between each song during your set.

I don’t care about the names of your songs, unless it has some really amazing story relevant to your set. I don’t care that it’s an old song or a new song or that you wrote it last night. I don’t care to hear your inside jokes on stage. Please just play your set. I am sorry. It sounds a bit harsh to say. I know there are certain situations where it’s okay to talk in between songs and sometimes it’s endearing. PLEASE (!!!) less talk more rock.

…Because you never tip your bartender.

If you get free drinks you should definitely tip your bartender, but you should tip regardless when on tour. They know who you are and sometimes they are the owner of the venue and maybe he might use some of that tip money to buy your merch.

…Because all of your songs live are one volume … LOUD.

I know I promised myself I would never trash a band’s music on this column, but DYNAMICS! They are amazingly interesting. I can’t think of a single popular band that doesn’t get loud at some points and quiet at others. Even if you are the loudest black metal band you use dynamics to make your music interesting. Sometimes you could have breaks in the song to keep the listener on their toes. I can’t believe how many bands I have seen in the last 3 months that had really loud powerful rock songs, yet bored me to death. I mean for this to be nice: PLEASE!!!!

… You can’t wait to blow up.

Really? Dreams are what happen at night in your bed. Stop playing New York City, no one gives a shit about you there. Go back to Germany.