The night also featured our friends Aushua, who played an awesome set. We urge you all to check out their music.

This Saturday, January 30th, we’ll be playing a special concert with the Louisville Orchestra at the beautiful Whitney Hall at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, as part of their BB&T Strings Attached series. We’ve been busy these past couple of weeks adapting our songs for an orchestral performance, and we can’t wait to perform them. We hope you can join us.

Also on the bill are Tucson’s own Calexico.

For info, click HERE.

For tickets, click HERE.

We miss you, we ...
[Read More...]]]> We’d like to thank everyone who made it out to the Troubadour in West Hollywood Wednesday night for our charity benefit for L.A.’s Friendly House. It was a crazy, fun night dedicated to recognizing and supporting one of the oldest treatment centers in the country for women recovering from alcohol and drug abuse. Thanks to those of who you who bought tickets and participated in the silent auction, we were able to help raise $40,000 for the organization. We had an amazing night and hope you did, too.

The night also featured our friends Aushua, who played an awesome set. We urge you all to check out their music.

This Saturday, January 30th, we’ll be playing a special concert with the Louisville Orchestra at the beautiful Whitney Hall at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, as part of their BB&T Strings Attached series. We’ve been busy these past couple of weeks adapting our songs for an orchestral performance, and we can’t wait to perform them. We hope you can join us.

Also on the bill are Tucson’s own Calexico.

For info, click HERE.

For tickets, click HERE.

We miss you, we love you, we find ourselves using our time off to learn new skills like French and riding motorcycles around L.A…

We’re somewhere in Idaho at the moment, about to wrap up the final week of our crazy North American tour. It’s been an amazing one so far, filled with lots of jumping, screaming, sweatiness, and boozy nighttime wanderings.. Thanks so much to all those who came out and made this tour such a memorable one. We’ve been having loads of fun in all these cities and enjoyed meeting all of you. It’s been especially nice seeing so many familiar faces speckling the crowds.

Also, our good friends and tour buddies The Henry Clay People and Red Cortez have been putting on some truly inspiring performances at all these shows. If you haven’t seen them yet, make sure you come early to catch them. If you have, you know exactly what we’re talking about..

NEW YEAR’S EVE IN CHICAGO:

To ring in 2010, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be playing a New Year’s Eve show in Chicago at the River East Arts Center. The night will feature a DJ set by Mark Ronson and additional performances by the Virgins and the Drums. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Go to the ...
[Read More...]]]> Good afternoon,

We’re somewhere in Idaho at the moment, about to wrap up the final week of our crazy North American tour. It’s been an amazing one so far, filled with lots of jumping, screaming, sweatiness, and boozy nighttime wanderings.. Thanks so much to all those who came out and made this tour such a memorable one. We’ve been having loads of fun in all these cities and enjoyed meeting all of you. It’s been especially nice seeing so many familiar faces speckling the crowds.

Also, our good friends and tour buddies The Henry Clay People and Red Cortez have been putting on some truly inspiring performances at all these shows. If you haven’t seen them yet, make sure you come early to catch them. If you have, you know exactly what we’re talking about..

NEW YEAR’S EVE IN CHICAGO:

To ring in 2010, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be playing a New Year’s Eve show in Chicago at the River East Arts Center. The night will feature a DJ set by Mark Ronson and additional performances by the Virgins and the Drums. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Go to the SHOWS section this Friday for the link. More info to come..

“MOVING ON” SINGLE/”GASOLINE” VIDEO BUNDLE AVAILABLE ON ITUNES NOVEMBER 17:

We’re also extremely happy to announce the upcoming release of an iTunes Bundle which, along with the song “Does This Mean You’re Moving On?” includes our official “Gasoline” music video.

This video was filmed as we rode bicycles all over east and downtown L.A. A few things to look out for in the video include: bike-riding inside the Metro station, a police helicopter, and Steven wiping out on steps..

The “Does This Mean You’re Moving On?” [A/V Bonus Pack] will be available on iTunes beginning November 17th.

Special thanks to L.A.’s own Midnight Riddaz and the hundred or so bike riders who showed up for our nighttime bike ride/video shoot through Silver Lake and Echo Park. The whole night was one of those unique experiences we’ll never forget..

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE WITH THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA – JANUARY 30:

Just a reminder that we’ll be playing a special performance with the world-famous Louisville Orchestra on January 30, 2010 at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville, KY. Tucson’s own Calexico will also be joining us on the bill for this show.

Sat Jan 30 – Louisville, KY – Kentucky Center for the Arts – BUY TIX

Up next, our final six shows before heading off to the UK..

North American Fall Tour:
Wed Oct 28 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore – BUY TIX
Thu Oct 29 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market – BUY TIX
Fri Oct 30 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory – BUY TIX
Sat Oct 31 – Portland, OR – Roseland – BUY TIX
Mon Nov 2 – San Francisco, CA – Fillmore (w/special guests Everything Must Go) – SOLD OUT
Tue Nov 3 – San Diego, CA – House Of Blues – BUY TIX

UK & Ireland Fall Tour:
Fri Nov 6 – London, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire – BUY TIX
Sat Nov 7 – Birmingham, UK – Academy – BUY TIX
Sun Nov 8 – Bristol, UK – Anson Rooms – BUY TIX
Tue Nov 10 – Glasgow, SCO – ABC – BUY TIX
Wed Nov 11 – Dublin, IRE – Olympia – BUY TIX
Thu Nov 12 – Manchester, UK – Ritz – BUY TIX
Sat Nov 14 – Oxford, UK – Academy – BUY TIX

Fri Dec 4 – Los Angeles, CA – Walt Disney Concert Hall BUY TIX

Sat Jan 30 – Louisville, KY – Kentucky Center for the Arts – BUY TIX

Hope you can join us for all this madness..

We miss you, we love you, we think it’s perfectly acceptable to succumb to utter insanity every now and then..

Thanks so much for all the emails wishing a speedy recovery. We’re doing fine here in L.A., Mikel’s recuperating well, and everything looks to be on track for a great (if tremendously hectic) Fall tour, which begins TONIGHT at the Fox Theater in Pomona. We hope you can come out to join us when we swing into your town..

Speaking of swinging into town, we’re excited to announce a couple new shows. First off, we’ve added a San Diego date to cap off our North American tour on November 3rd at the House of Blues:

Tues Nov 3 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues – BUY TIX

We’re also extremely honored to announce a special performance with the world-famous Louisville Orchestra on January 10, 2010 at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in beautiful Louisville, KY. Tucson’s own Calexico will be joining us on the bill for this show, as well. Pre-saletickets are on sale now:

Sun Jan 10 – Louisville, KY – Kentucky Center for the Arts – BUY PRE-SALE TIX Enter the promotion code: toxic

Photo Credit: Joao Paulo Lages

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[Read More...]]]> Good evening,

Thanks so much for all the emails wishing a speedy recovery. We’re doing fine here in L.A., Mikel’s recuperating well, and everything looks to be on track for a great (if tremendously hectic) Fall tour, which begins TONIGHT at the Fox Theater in Pomona. We hope you can come out to join us when we swing into your town..

Speaking of swinging into town, we’re excited to announce a couple new shows. First off, we’ve added a San Diego date to cap off our North American tour on November 3rd at the House of Blues:

Tues Nov 3 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues – BUY TIX

We’re also extremely honored to announce a special performance with the world-famous Louisville Orchestra on January 10, 2010 at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in beautiful Louisville, KY. Tucson’s own Calexico will be joining us on the bill for this show, as well. Pre-saletickets are on sale now:

Sun Jan 10 – Louisville, KY – Kentucky Center for the Arts – BUY PRE-SALE TIX
Enter the promotion code: toxic

Photo Credit: Joao Paulo Lages

Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, Sept 18. You can find more info about it the Louisville Orchestra website here.

We’ve got some more European dates to announce:

Sun Nov 15 – Paris, France – La Dame de Canton – FREE SHOW
Mon Nov 16 – Cologne (Köln), Germany – Gebäude 9 – ON SALE SEPT. 23 – INFO
Tue Nov 17 – Brussels, Belgium – Botanique – ON SALE SEPT. 17 – INFO
Fri Nov 20 – The Hague, Netherlands – Crossing Border Festival – BUY TIX
Sat Nov 21 – Munich, Germany – Backstage Hall – ON SALE SEPT. 23 – INFO
Tue Nov 24 – Frankfurt, Germany – Batschkapp – ON SALE SEPT. 23 – INFO
Wed Nov 25 – Vienna, Austria – Wiener Stadthalle (w/ Mando Diao) – BUY TIX
Thurs Nov 26 – Berlin, Germany – Frannz Club – ON SALE SEPT. 23 – INFO
Fri Nov 27 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega – ON SALE SEPT 18 – INFO

… And we’re happy to announce the winner of our Tour Poster Contest. Congrats to Chris Presswell, who designed the poster below:

We’ve also got a couple more contests involving FREE TICKETS for the upcoming tour:

1) The first is a photo submission contest we’re doing with SPIN Earth. You can get all the info at our link on the SPIN Earth website here.

2) There’s also a Text to Win contest. Use your phone to text “ATOX__” to 66937 to win a pair of tickets to a select show in your town. Add your state abbreviation after “ATOX” to win tickets for your state (for example, New York would be “ATOXNY”):

Thu Sep 17 – Pomona, CA – The Fox Theatre – “ATOXPO”
Sun Sep 20 – Tempe, AZ – Tempe Beach Park – Arizona Fall Frenzy – “ATOXAZ”
Tue Sep 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue – Co-Headline with Arctic Moneys – “ATOXUT”
Wed Sep 23 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater – Co-Headline with Arctic Moneys – “ATOXCO”
Thu Sep 24 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre – “ATOXCO”
Fri Sep 25 – Omaha, NB – The Slowdown – “ATOXNB”
Sat Sep 26 – Des Moines, IA – People’s Court “ATOXIA”
Mon Sep 28 – Lawrence, KS – Granada – “ATOXKS”
Tue Sep 29 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s – “ATOXOK”
Wed Sep 30 – Dallas, TX – House Of Blues – “ATOXDA”
Thu Oct 1 – Houston, TX – House Of Blues – “ATOXTX”
Sat Oct 3 – Austin, TX – Zilker Park – Austin City Limits – “ATOXAU”
Tue Oct 6 – St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre – “ATOXFL”
Wed Oct 7 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Loft – “ATOXGA”
Thu Oct 8 – Columbia, SC – Headliners – “ATOXSC”
Fri Oct 9 – Norfolk, VA – Norva – “ATOXVA”
Sat Oct 10 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero – “ATOXPA”
Mon Oct 12 – Washington, DC – 930 Club – “ATOXDC”
Tue Oct 13 – Boston, MA – House Of Blues – “ATOXMA”
Thu Oct 15 – New York, NY – Webster Hall – “ATOXNY”
Fri Oct 16 – New York, NY – Webster Hall – “ATOXNY”
Sat Oct 17 – Albany, NY – Northern Lights – “ATOXNY”
Wed Oct 21 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall – “ATOXOH”
Thu Oct 22 – Detroit MI – Crofoot – “ATOXMI”
Fri Oct 23 – Chicago, IL – Metro – “ATOXIL”
Sat Oct 24 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line – “ATOXMN”
Thu Oct 29 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market – “ATOXWA”
Fri Oct 30 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory – “ATOXID”
Sat Oct 31 – Portland, OR – Roseland – “ATOXOR”
Mon Nov 2 – San Francisco, CA – Fillmore – “ATOXSF”

TOUR DATES:

North American Fall Tour:
Thu Sep 17 – Pomona, CA – The Fox Theatre – BUY TIX
Sun Sep 20 – Tempe, AZ – Tempe Beach Park – Arizona Fall Frenzy – BUY TIX
Tue Sep 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue – Co-Headline with Arctic Moneys – BUY TIX
Wed Sep 23 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater – Co-Headline with Arctic Moneys – BUY TIX
Thu Sep 24 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre – BUY TIX
Fri Sep 25 – Omaha, NB – The Slowdown – BUY TIX
Sat Sep 26 – Des Moines, IA – People’s Court – BUY TIX
Mon Sep 28 – Lawrence, KS – Granada – BUY TIX
Tue Sep 29 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s – BUY TIX
Wed Sep 30 – Dallas, TX – House Of Blues – BUY TIX
Thu Oct 1 – Houston, TX – House Of Blues – BUY TIX
Sat Oct 3 – Austin, TX – Zilker Park – Austin City Limits – BUY TIX
Tue Oct 6 – St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre – BUY TIX
Wed Oct 7 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Loft – BUY TIX
Thu Oct 8 – Columbia, SC – Headliners – BUY TIX
Fri Oct 9 – Norfolk, VA – Norva – BUY TIX
Sat Oct 10 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero – SOLD OUT
Mon Oct 12 – Washington, DC – 930 Club – BUY TIX
Tue Oct 13 – Boston, MA – House Of Blues – BUY TIX
Thu Oct 15 – New York, NY – Webster Hall – SOLD OUT
Fri Oct 16 – New York, NY – Webster Hall – BUY TIX
Sat Oct 17 – Albany, NY – Northern Lights – BUY TIX
Sun Oct 18 – Montreal, QC – Le Tulipe – BUY TIX
Mon Oct 19 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix – BUY TIX
Wed Oct 21 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall – BUY TIX
Thu Oct 22 – Detroit MI – Crofoot – BUY TIX
Fri Oct 23 – Chicago, IL – Metro – BUY TIX
Sat Oct 24 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line – BUY TIX
Wed Oct 28 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore – BUY TIX
Thu Oct 29 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market – BUY TIX
Fri Oct 30 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory – BUY TIX
Sat Oct 31 – Portland, OR – Roseland – BUY TIX
Mon Nov 2 – San Francisco, CA – Fillmore – BUY TIX
Tue Nov 3 – San Diego, CA – House Of Blues – BUY TIX

European Fall Tour:
Fri Nov 6 – London, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire – BUY TIX
Sat Nov 7 – Birmingham, UK – Academy – BUY TIX
Sun Nov 8 – Bristol, UK – Anson Rooms – BUY TIX
Tue Nov 10 – Glasgow, SCO – ABC – BUY TIX
Wed Nov 11 – Dublin, IRE – Olympia – BUY TIX
Thu Nov 12 – Manchester, UK – Ritz – BUY TIX
Sat Nov 14 – Oxford, UK – Academy – BUY TIX
Sun Nov 15 – Paris, France – La Dame de Canton – FREE SHOW
Mon Nov 16 – Cologne (Köln), Germany – Gebäude 9 – ON SALE SEPT. 23 – INFO
Tue Nov 17 – Brussels, Belgium – Botanique – ON SALE SEPT. 17 – INFO
Fri Nov 20 – The Hague, Netherlands – Crossing Border Festival – BUY TIX
Sat Nov 21 – Munich, Germany – Backstage Hall – ON SALE SEPT. 23 – INFO
Tue Nov 24 – Frankfurt, Germany – Batschkapp – ON SALE SEPT. 23 – INFO
Wed Nov 25 – Vienna, Austria – Wiener Stadthalle (w/ Mando Diao) – BUY TIX
Thurs Nov 26 – Berlin, Germany – Frannz Club – ON SALE SEPT. 23 – INFO
Fri Nov 27 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega – ON SALE SEPT 18 – INFO

Fri Dec 4 – Los Angeles, CA – Walt Disney Concert Hall (BUY TIX)