So last night was Day Three of our tour with Snowden & Colour Revolt and, if I’m counting correctly, our 3,487th show at Mercury Lounge in New York. And in all of our times playing the venue, we’ve had a lot of different types of folks turn out. But never before have we had the fire marshall stop by for a visit. The club was filled to capacity but was not over sold, which frustrated many of you who waited outside with pre-purchased tickets. From what I’ve been told, the club has been slapped with a huge fine….not exactly sure for what. But hopefully most of you were able to make it inside the room for Snowden. They were pretty amazing.

For those of you who may have missed Colour Revolt because of this scuffle, which I imagine might be the case, we urge you to consider making the trip out to Hoboken, NJ tonight to see this exact same bill at Maxwell’s, this time without being shut out of the club for an hour (fingers crossed.) We’re glad that so so many of you turned out for the show–we hope that everyone who waited to get in got in. If not, come tonight and we’ll give you a hug.

Next Thursday, April 24th, at 8:00 we’ll be opening up for Foals at Bowery Ballroom in New York (6 Delancy St.) There’s one more special guest, as well, but we can’t say who it is. For more info or to purchase tickets, go to www.boweryballroom.com

We’re in Pittsburg right now and will be playing Cleveland tomorrow….

First off, thank you to all the parents who brought their kids out to the Living Room on Sunday. (See the photo below).That was certainly one of the most unusual and amazing shows we’ve played. We particularly enjoyed the Q&A session (particularly those questions on snow.  Thank you, as well, to the kind folks at University of the South for having us down in Sewannee. We had a total blast.

The Deli Magazine has listed us as one of the Top 20 Bands of 2007. For  those of you that don’t live in NY, the Deli is a fantastic music magazine that’s available for free pretty much everywhere in lower Manhattan. (However, we’re still unable to get one of those little chilli peppers next to our name!)

And lastly, we recorded 3 songs for a show on FOX called Fearless Television yesterday afternoon. Not sure when it will air yet, but we’ll keep you posted.

We’ll be playing tonight in Philly at the Khyber and then a bunch of places this next week in the midwest, with I believe, the Dodos and Beach House at one stop. Check out Myspace page for the exact dates and locations.

We know this is kind of last minute, but this Sunday we’ll be playing with Rogue Wave at The Living Room in New York City. It’s a group called Kidrockers with Time Out Kids that puts on this all ages show…past performers have included The Hold Steady, Reggie Watts and our chums with Langhorne Slim. It’s all ages/family friendly but they want to make very clear that this is not just for kids. So go out to brunch, get smashed on mimosas and wander over to the Living Room at 1:00.
Check out their website for more info: www.kidrockersusa.com/
Here’s the website for the Living Room: www.livingroomnyc.com

And don’t forget, we’ll be in Tennessee tomorrow at the University of the South, so tell all your southern friends to come out!

Once again, our favorite radio station in the world (or one of them, at least) is including ‘Opposite Sides’ in another one of their podcasts…it’s titled ‘Music That Matters’ and you can download it in iTunes or from their website: www.kexp.org. Support this station! They are amazing.

I generally wouldn’t think to post a link to a negative review of our record, but this one was pretty funny. While this writer isn’t exactly sold on our music, any review that name drops Brokeback Mountain and “raspberry latte” is worth a look. It made me laugh, anyways:

http://www.stereosubversion.com/album-reviews/the-epochs/

Thanks to everyone who came early to The Lemonheads show to catch our set at Paradise last night. We’ll be back next month (at Great Scott) so we’ll see you again soon. Thanks as well to The Lemonheads for having us.

In addition to our shows next week in Boston, New York, and DC….our midwest (and southern) dates in a couple of weeks….we’ll be hitting the road with Snowden & Colour Revolt, and we’ll be stopping back at some places we’ve played before, such as Maxwell’s, Great Scott and Northstar. Here are the dates:

Tue-May-13		Washington, DC	Rock and Roll Hotel
Wed-May-14		Philadelphia, PA	Northstar
Thu-May-15		New York, NY	Mercury Lounge
Fri-May-16		Hoboken, NJ	Maxwells
Sat-May-17		Northampton, MA	Pearl St. downstairs
Sun-May-18		Allston, MA	Great Scott

What a fun show last night–as I admitted earlier, I’d never been to this legendary club prior to last nights show. Now I know I’ve been missing out for a long time! Thanks to the club for having us and to everyone we met who came to see us in New Jersey and also those who made the hike from NYC (& especially those who made it down from Queens!

We’ll be back soon…we promise.