November 13, 2008

UK 30 Shows in 30 Days: Day 11 – Downtime

From NME.com. We’re now halfway through our residency—not halfway through the tour, though, mind you. It feels simultaneously disconcerting to find ourselves still so early on in this adventure and amazing that we haven’t imploded yet after 11 consecutive days of driving, performing, consuming massive quantities of alcohol, and sleeping […]
November 13, 2008

UK 30 Shows in 30 Days: Day 10 – “We are the UK fan base.”

From NME.com. Sunshine is rare in this benighted land. Though we do believe it invites wit. The most one can reasonably wish for is a light drizzle to accompany the ubiquitous grey skies. Instead of torrent. Though that has its advantages too, as we discovered in Hayle the other night, […]
November 7, 2008

UK 30 Shows in 30 Days: Day 5 – Are you ready to Ba-Rock?

From NME.com. It is a good day to be an American overseas. Everywhere we go people are shaking our hands, giving the high sign, acting like our country’s wayward foreign policy didn’t just fuck up the world in the past eight years. It’s not so much that all is forgiven, […]
November 7, 2008

UK 30 Shows in 30 Days: Day 4 – Could life ever be sane again?

From NME.com. After three days of wandering the streets of unfamiliar English towns, we finally make it into London. We were last here in July, and it feels surprisingly easy and familiar, as if we’d never left. The city’s similar to Manhattan, except it’s massive, sort of like New York, […]
November 7, 2008

UK 30 Shows in 30 Days: Day 3 – Girls allowed

From NME.com. We spent day three of our 30 day tour in Birmingham, looking for curry, drinking vodka in the van, and otherwise preparing for our show at Bar Academy. It was a windy and rainy night (typical, so we’re told) and the sound engineer was a woman named Becky. […]
November 5, 2008

UK 30 Shows in 30 Days: Day 2 – Let it disfigure you…

From NME.com. Day two of our tour was spent driving from Derby to York where we played Fibbers. We are adjusting to the rain and meeting people along the way. We sleep off hangovers, we check amps, we dream of faraway lands… “When you go through dark times, let them […]
October 7, 2008

NME – New Music Radar

New Music Radar – The Airborne Toxic Event When death haunts you, your music really starts to matter By Mark Beaumont September 13, 2008 “My whole life I was invincible like everyone else,” says Mikel Jollett, singer with L.A.’s The Airborne Toxic Event, fingering the patches of his scalp. “You’re […]