It's hard to believe the, ahem, media empire that we have become today started in those woebegone days of the mid '90s. Remember when email was new? Well sadly we do, and to celebrate the end of our tween years, we're holding a Bay Area show AND an LA show. August 7th
21 Grand, Oakland - 416 25th St
celebrating 12 years since the first Zum Audio release (zum002) in 1998 with acts on the label (High Castle, Mincemeat Or Tenspeed, Core of the Coalman) and friends such as LA supergroup Dunes (members of Mika Miko, Talbot Tagora, Finally Punk) , Nathan Dalton (from Nuzzle) plus some surprise guests.
Then the next night, we repeat the offense in Los Angeles at the venerable Smell.
John Wiese, High Castle, Mincemeat Or Tenspeed, and Core of the Coalman play, plus a surprise guest. Links to Facebook event here.
June
4- Columbus @Skylab
5- Bloomington@Dreammachine w/(D)(B)(H) & Tracey Trance
6-Cincinnati @Mockbee w/Realicide, Human Hands, DJ TAcoPunch, DJ Benigma
7- Murfreesboro @Temptation Club
8- St. Louis @TBA
9- Milwaukee @TBA
10- Minneapolis @Medusa
11- Chicago @Castle TacoSkull
12- Toronto @TBA
13- Ottawa @House of a 1000 Cops's
14- Montreal or whereabouts@ HALP
15- Burlington @Cheri's Place w/Lawrence Welks and Our Bear to Cross
16- New York @ Death By Audio, Brooklyn
17- Providence @Building 16
18- Philly @International Waters
19- Baltimore @Help plz
So this lil' ol' one man operation is going to be in limbo when I am on tour from April 13-May 30. Two of my bands are touring Europe back to back, it's an exciting spring 2010, please come see us if you are in any of the cities below.
*dates are confirmed
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April
12 Berlin / arrive
*13 Berlin - Festsaal Kreuzberg w/ Mount Eerie, No Kids
*14 Gothenburg - Kulturhamnen w/ Mount Eerie, No Kids
*15 Aalborg, Denmark - 1000 Fryd
*16 Amsterdam- OCCII w/ Weasel Walter
17 off/help Belgium?
18 off/help?
*19 Paris- Espace En Cours w/ Manuel Mota
*20 Lyon - Le Sonic w/ Talk Normal
*21 Venice, Mestre
22 TBA Italy
*23 Parma - Veronika Club
*24 Milan
25 off
26 off/drive
CANCELLED 27 BERLIN - DIENSTbar
28 off
29 help/Vienna?
*30 Prague Klub k4 w/ Core of the Coalman
May
1 help/Vienna?
2 off
*3 Berlin - Madame Claude w/ Heatsick, Family Battle Snake
*4 LONDON Cargo w/ HIGH PLACES, Bachelorette
5 UK help?
6 UK help?
7 anywhere UK help?
*8 LEEDS Cinchillafest at Brudenell
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*May 13 Utrecht dB’s w/ Ora Cogan
*May 14 Amsterdam OCCII w/ Wolf Eyes, Meldy Peaches
May 15 TBA
May 17 TBA
*May 18 Leiden
*May 19 Groningen Vera w/ Evangelista
*May 20 Liege, Walloon Brabant
May 21 TBA/help?
*May 22 Ghent
May 23 help/France?
Winding up our stay in Austin, thanks to our hosts at ROFL house, Kristen, John and Amanda. Indy Weekly writer Marc Masters reviews our show at DOMY Books. KIT got to play a few shows with Sto from Cinders' project Dub No Dub, Greg Fox, RICE! (Rop w/ Battleship), Yellow Fever, Grass Widow, Best Coast, Total Abuse, Infinite Body, Abe Vigoda, and No Age. We did not make it down to Mexico after hearing the stories of up to 24 hour long bus rides to get across the border and into Monterrey, as we begin a Southwest trek with Death Sentence:Panda! today, starting with Lubbock. Tour dates are up at KIT's Myspace. We hope to be able to play Mexico one day soon.
stoked to have this somewhat finalized, and with a poster from the great Ron Rege Jr! This should be pretty much the final line up and set times for Thursday March 18th
What By What-Ever
March 18th, 2010
Zum show at DOMY Bookstore
913 E Cesar Chavez, Austin
co-presented with KXLU and Aquarius Records
12:10 pm Broken Water
12:45 pm Moment Trigger
1:05 pm Eternal Tapestry
1:45 pm Weird Weeds
2:30 pm Total Abuse
3:15 pm Zs
4:00 pm Abe Vigoda
4:45 pm John Bellows
5:15 pm Infinite Body
5:40 pm Earn
okay maybe it's a little immature to say you are "against" something and then still participate in it, even in an unofficial capacity. But the SXSW overlords did not see fit to let us have a "real" showcase so we took it into out own hands in the good company of Russell at DOMY books, Jim Smith from OlFactory Records and the Smell, KXLU, and Aquarius Records (not to mention our East Coast friends at Cinders setting up shop down the street at Okay Mountain). We're having a noon to 6 pm show on Thursday March 18th for free with the following bands: Abe Vigoda, Broken Water, Christina Carter, Eternal Tapestry, High Castle, John Bellows, Moment Trigger, Total Abuse, and Weird Weeds. Check out the Last.fm event link here for sounds of the performers and we'll see you there. I will also be playing shows with KIT on saturday March 20th
Mincemeat Or Tenspeed "Strange Gods" available now
Hey, "Strange Gods" is available through Revolver USA now for retail stores, and also in our mailorder. Dave Harms is playing a homecoming show at Space 1026 in Philadelphia on October 3rd. Also you can catch Mincemeat Or Tenspeed and Social Junk on the remainder of their tour here...
9.29 Columbus, OH - Skylab
9.30 Baltimore, MD- The Bank
10.01 Bard College
10.03 Philadelphia, PA - Space 1026
