splitting 10 inches : with nueva vulcano (ex-aina), our boys from barcelona, spain for a spanish label called trece grabaciones. we added 3 songs, one of which is a special remix by Freeman Moxy. very hot. nueva vulcano will also add 3 songs to their side of the vinyl. this won't be available until june. tour of spain begins june 22-july 2. for those of you who don't habla espanol, nueva vulcano means, uh....new volcano.

for the benefit of mr. kite : part and parcel with our altruistic ways is a song were contributing to a benefit for muscular dystrophy for smile time records called catching crumbs. other bands for the comp include cursive, deerhoof, jad fair and mucho mas.

domo-kun : finishing touches being put on our japanese EP for stiff slack records which will see light of day in early september in japan and US, and then we conquer foreign shores in october '06. i'll tell you about this many more times.

did we mention? : since we're turning japanese here, we happen to be heading out for two weeks-ish with an amazing japanese band called Mono and a monolithic ensemble from chicago called Pelican, beginning this friday, cinco de mayo. we're atremble with anticipation. you should be too. see you there. ae

circus dates :  exact show times, tix prices, venue websites all found on campaign page. we're either 1st of 3 or 2nd of 4 bands on the Pelican/Mono dates.


5.05.06 Creepy Crawl w/ the midwesterners and von erichs
5.06.06 Beat Kitchen w/ piglet, black pool lights and whale/horse
5.07.06 Mac's Bar w/ Pelican
5.08.06 Mohawk Place w/ Pelican
5.09.06 Avalon NYC w/ Pelican & Mono
5.10.06 First Unitarian Church w/ Mono & Pelican
5.11.06 Black Cat w/ Pelican & Mono
5.12.06 Nanci Raygun w/ Pelican & Mono
5.13.06 The Grey Eagle w/ Pelican & Mono
5.14.06 Drunken Unicorn w/ Pelican & Mono
5.15.06 Drunken Unicorn w/ Mono & Pelican
5.17.06 The Social w/ Pelican & Mono
5.18.06 Churchills w/ Mono & Pelican
5.19.06 Common Grounds w/ Mono & Pelican
5.20.06 Spanish Moon w/ Pelican & Mono
5.21.06 Walters w/ Pelican & Mono
5.22.06 Hailey's w/ Pelican & Mono
5.23.06 Emo's w/ Mono & Pelican
5.26.06 Record Bar w/ In the Pines


6.22.06 Coyote Bar (Galopa Fest) w/ Nueva Vulcano
6.23.06 La [2] (Galopa Fest) w/ Nueva Vulcano
6.24.06 Bilbo Rock (Galopa Fest) w/ Nueva Vulcano
6.25.06 Siroco (Galopa Fest) w/ Nueva Vulcano
6.26.06 TBA w/ Nueva Vulcano
6.27.06 TBA w/ Nueva Vulcano
6.28.06 TBA w/ Nueva Vulcano
6.29.06 Arrebato w/ Nueva Vulcano
6.30.06 Bonberenea w/ Nueva Vulcano
7.01.06 Festus Festival w/ Nueva Vulcano
7.02.06 TBA w/ Neuva Vulcano