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 ...
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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..

We know we’ve been promising this for a while, so here it is. We couldn’t be more excited and honored to announce that we’ll be headlining a very unique and special show at the beautiful Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles on December 4th. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Presents: The Airborne Toxic Event Friday, December 4, 2009 Walt Disney Concert Hall With special Guests The Calder Quartet

This performance will be the only L.A. date on our upcoming tour and the only rock show to take place at the concert hall through the end of the year. The event will be a celebration, not just of California, but of the music and culture of East Los Angeles—which we love and are proud to call home—and will feature multiple surprise guests and collaborators to that effect. We’ve never done anything like this before, and we’re hoping it’ll be something special and memorable. It’s, among other things, our thank you to the city of L.A. for the amazing support we’ve received and as a source of inspiration for this little art project of a band that we started almost three years ago. We’re also happy to ...
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Good afternoon,

We know we’ve been promising this for a while, so here it is. We couldn’t be more excited and honored to announce that we’ll be headlining a very unique and special show at the beautiful Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles on December 4th.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Presents:
The Airborne Toxic Event
Friday, December 4, 2009
Walt Disney Concert Hall
With special Guests The Calder Quartet

This performance will be the only L.A. date on our upcoming tour and the only rock show to take place at the concert hall through the end of the year. The event will be a celebration, not just of California, but of the music and culture of East Los Angeles—which we love and are proud to call home—and will feature multiple surprise guests and collaborators to that effect. We’ve never done anything like this before, and we’re hoping it’ll be something special and memorable. It’s, among other things, our thank you to the city of L.A. for the amazing support we’ve received and as a source of inspiration for this little art project of a band that we started almost three years ago. We’re also happy to have our good friends The Calder Quartet join us for this concert.

Pre-Sale Tickets go on sale through our website beginning Wednesday, August 19:

General Public Ticket Sales begin Sunday, August 23. You’ll be able to buy them or find more info about Walt Disney Concert Hall at the Los Angeles Philharmonic website.

SECOND SHOW ADDED IN NEW YORK – PRE-SALE TOMORROW

In other news, there are only a few tickets remaining for our October 15th Webster Hall show in New York, so we’ve added a second date in New York, also at Webster Hall for the following day, on October 16th.

Fri Oct 16 – New York, NY – Webster Hall

Starting tomorrow, you can buy Pre-Sale tickets here.

Here’s a complete list of upcoming tour dates:

Asia:
Sat Jul 25 – Seoul, Korea – Valley Rock Festival – BUY TIX
Sun Jul 26 – Niigata, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival – BUY TIX

US:
Fri Jul 31 – Hartford, CT – Webster Theatre – BUY TIX
Sat Aug 1 – Boston, MA City Hall Plaza – FNX Best Music Poll – FREE SHOW
Sun Aug 2 – Providence, RI – McFaddens – BRU Radio Show – BUY TIX
Tue Aug 4 – Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues – BUY TIX
Wed Aug 5 – Cincinnati, OH – Mad Hatter – BUY TIX
Fri Aug 7 – Del Mar, CA – Del Mar Racetrack – BUY TIX
Sun Aug 9 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza – BUY TIX

Europe:
Fri Aug 14 – Gampel, Switzerland – OpenAir Gampel BUY TIX
Sat Aug 15 – Leicester, UK – Summer Sundae – BUY TIX
Wed Aug 19 – Munich, Germany – 59:1 – BUY TIX
Thu Aug 20 – Vienna, Austria – Frequency Festival – BUY TIX
Fri Aug 21 – Hasselt, Belgium – Pukkelpop Festival – BUY TIX
Sat Aug 22 – Biddinghuizen, Netherlands – Lowlands Festival – BUY TIX
Mon Aug 24 – Cologne (Köln), Germany – Gebäude 9 – BUY TIX
Tue Aug 25 – Berlin, Germany – Frannz – BUY TIX
Wed Aug 26 – Hamburg, Germany – Knust – BUY TIX
Fri Aug 28 – Reading, UK – Reading Festival – BUY TIX
Sun Aug 30 – Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival – BUY TIX

New Zealand:
Thu Sep 3 – Auckland, New Zealand – The Kings Arms – BUY TIX

Australia:
Sat Sep 5 – North Perth, Australia – Rosemount Hotel – BUY TIX
Wed Sep 9 – Melbourne, Australia – East Brunswick Hotel – BUY TIX
Thu Sep 10 – Brisbane, Australia – The Zoo – BUY TIX
Fri Sep 11 – Sydney, Australia – Oxford Art Factory – BUY TIX
Sat Sep 12 – Gosford, Australia – Coaster Festival – BUY TIX

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 – BUY TIX
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 – BUY TIX
Fri Oct 16 – New York, NY – Webster Hall – BUY TIX (PRE-SALE STARTS TOMORROW – JULY 22)
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
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

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

(Mainland Europe will be announced soon)

Fri Dec 4 – Los Angeles, CA – Walt Disney Concert Hall (PRE-SALE STARTS AUGUST 19)

We miss you, we love you, let’s spend our last quarterstance randomly..

Photo Credit: Benjamin Hoste

good afternoon–

The hazy sky over the San Gabriel mountains makes the view from the van window look like some sort of post-modern water-color mash-up: equal parts pastoral landscape and industrial wasteland. Such thoughts drift lazily through one’s mind on days like this.

We are on our way to Arizona to play a series of shows in Tempe, Tucson and Phoenix.

The official video for our song Sometime Around Midnight is now on YouTube. You can view it here .

You can also view it on our Myspace page and on MTV and VH-1.

You can listen to a stream of our appearance on Morning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW by going here .

You can watch us play a bunch of acoustic songs on LiveDaily by going here .

Our North American tour begins in 10 days in Cleveland. See you there (dates below).

More soon, including huge UK news.

we miss you and love you and find ourselves spinning in ever-widening circles of surreality–

Photo Credit: Benjamin Hoste

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Photo Credit: Benjamin Hoste

good afternoon–

The hazy sky over the San Gabriel mountains makes the view from the van window look like some sort of post-modern water-color mash-up: equal parts pastoral landscape and industrial wasteland. Such thoughts drift lazily through one’s mind on days like this.

We are on our way to Arizona to play a series of shows in Tempe, Tucson and Phoenix.

The official video for our song Sometime Around Midnight is now on YouTube. You can view it here .

You can also view it on our Myspace page and on MTV and VH-1.

You can listen to a stream of our appearance on Morning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW by going here .

You can watch us play a bunch of acoustic songs on LiveDaily by going here .

Our North American tour begins in 10 days in Cleveland. See you there (dates below).

More soon, including huge UK news.

we miss you and love you and find ourselves spinning in ever-widening circles of surreality–

Photo Credit: Benjamin Hoste

Photo Credit: Jeff Koga

Photo Credit: Gary Bellville

Photo Credit: Classical Geek Theatre

TOUR DATES:

Aug 21 2008 7:00P Tempe Marketplace – EDGE 3rd Thu Tempe, Arizona
Sep 1 2008 8:00P House of Blues Cleveland, Ohio
Sep 2 2008 8:00P Mr. Smalls Theatre Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sep 4 2008 8:00P Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 5 2008 8:00P Roseland Ballroom New York, New York
Sep 6 2008 12:00 Virgin Festival – Island Park Toronto, ON
Sep 8 2008 8:00P St. Andrews Hall Detroit, Michigan
Sep 9 2008 8:00P Newport Music Hall Columbus, Ohio
Sep 10 2008 8:00P House of Blues Chicago, Illinois
Sep 11 2008 8:00P First Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sep 13 2008 12:00P Endfest – Marymoor Park Seattle, Washington
Sep 14 2008 3:00P Monolith Festival Morrison, Colorado
Sep 16 2008 8:00P The Wiltern Los Angeles, California
Sep 17 2008 8:00P The Warfield San Francisco, California
Sep 18 2008 8:00P House of Blues San Diego, California
Sep 24 2008 8:00P Exit In Nashville, Tennessee
Sep 25 2008 8:00P Parish Room @ HOB New Orleans, Louisiana
Sep 26 2008 8:00P Warehouse Live Houston, Texas
Sep 28 2008 8:00P House of Blues Dallas, Texas
Sep 30 2008 8:00P The Loft at Center Stage Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 1 2008 8:00P Cats Cradle Carrboro, North Carolina
Oct 2 2008 8:00P 9:30 Club Washington, D.C.
Oct 3 2008 8:00P Orpheum Theatre Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 4 2008 8:00P Webster Theatre Hartford, Connecticut

Photo Credit: Tod Emko/ UGO Networks

Good day–

We’re thrilled to announce our first-ever full U.S. tour beginning September 1st in Cleveland, OH.

This includes 20 or so dates with Scottish juggernauts the Fratellis .

We fully expect it to be an adventure and hope we can meet you in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Des Moines, and other sunny glens along the American interstate. Dates and locations are posted below. We’ll be announcing additional ones shortly.

Spin.com named us Artist of the Day today. That was very nice of them.

We’re playing Late Night with Conan O’Brien this Friday . Hope you can watch.

Right now, we’re on the 95 South, having just crossed the Delaware River (much like George Washington did back in the day, only with guitar amps). The tour so far has been amazing and ridiculous. We’ve had a few firsts this tour, including an encounter with a bear, a ping pong tournament with M83, and a helicopter ride into the Pemberton Festival, against our better judgment. The show was fantastic, the people were lovely, Canada rocks and rolls and stays for beers after.

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Photo Credit: Tod Emko/ UGO Networks

Good day–

We’re thrilled to announce our first-ever full U.S. tour beginning September 1st in Cleveland, OH.

This includes 20 or so dates with Scottish juggernauts the Fratellis .

We fully expect it to be an adventure and hope we can meet you in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Des Moines, and other sunny glens along the American interstate. Dates and locations are posted below. We’ll be announcing additional ones shortly.

Spin.com named us Artist of the Day today. That was very nice of them.

We’re playing Late Night with Conan O’Brien this Friday . Hope you can watch.

Right now, we’re on the 95 South, having just crossed the Delaware River (much like George Washington did back in the day, only with guitar amps). The tour so far has been amazing and ridiculous. We’ve had a few firsts this tour, including an encounter with a bear, a ping pong tournament with M83, and a helicopter ride into the Pemberton Festival, against our better judgment. The show was fantastic, the people were lovely, Canada rocks and rolls and stays for beers after.

If you’d like to get a better idea, you can watch our 10-part video blog for USA Today by going to this link :

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/backstage-pass.htm

We also had our good friend and L.A. blogger Mouse along for a few days.. You can read his highly readable account on his blog, Classical Geek Theatre .

Oh, and we’ve posted our second-to-last acoustic video, this one for "Missy" . We’ll release our final video on August 5th, the day of our album release.

We hope you can keep voting for our video for "Sometime Around Midnight" at Yahoo! Music . Just follow this link :

http://music.yahoo.com/whosnext

Scroll down to where it says “Users’ Choice” and click on our box to vote (it’s the first one). To watch the video, click on the little TV icon.

Phew. Below are our official U.S. tour dates (with the Fratellis). More to come in a bit:

We miss you and love you and dream of circling multi-colored tents in helicopters..

p.s. Have you seen this ?

http://www.zoom-in.com/spotlights/rehearsal_space_the_airborne_toxic_event

Sept 1 House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
Sept 2 Mr. Small’s Theater – Pittsburgh, PA
Sept 4 Theater of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
Sept 5 Roseland Ballroom – New York, NY
Sept 6 Virgin Festival – Toronto ON
Sept 8 St. Andrews Hall – Detroit, MA
Sept 9 Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
Sept 10 House of Blues – Chicago, IL
Sept 11 First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
Sept 13 Endfest – Marymoor Park – Redmond, WA
Sept 14 Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Monolith Morrison, CO
Sept 16 The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA
Sept 17 Warfield Theatre – San Francisco, CA
Sept 18 House of Blues – San Diego, CA
Sept 24 Exit/In – Nashville, TN
Sept 25 Parish Room – New Orleans, LA
Sept 26 Warehouse Live – Houston TX
Sept 28 House Of Blues Dallas TX
Sept 30 The Loft at Center Stage – Atlanta GA
Oct 1 Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
Oct 2 – 9:30 Club – Washington, D.C.
Oct 3 Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA
Oct 4 Webster Theatre Hartford, CT

We’ve posted the sixth installment of our ten-part acoustic video series, for the song “This is Nowhere.” This one was filmed in Griffith Park in Los Feliz, CA, next to a burnt-out portion of the park.

We leave for London in less than a week. We can’t wait. Here’s a listing of our U.K. shows and everything else we’ve got planned so far:

Tuesday, July 15 – London, UK – Barfly

Wednesday, July 16 – London, UK – 229 Club

Saturday, July 19 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre – Download Festival

Thursday, July 24 – Portland, OR – Towne Lounge

Friday, July 25 – Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party

Sunday, July 27 – Pemberton, BC – Canada – Pemberton Festival

Tuesday, July 29 – Washington, DC – DC9

Thursday, July 31 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge

Friday, August 1 – New York, NY – Late Night with Conan O’Brien (for tix, call 212.664.3056)

Saturday, August 2 – Philadelphia, PA – Susquehanna Bank Center (actually, in Camden, NJ) – Download Festival

Thursday, August 7 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre

On another note, Mikel is playing a solo acoustic set tonight as part of ...
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We’ve posted the sixth installment of our ten-part acoustic video series, for the song “This is Nowhere.” This one was filmed in Griffith Park in Los Feliz, CA, next to a burnt-out portion of the park.

We leave for London in less than a week. We can’t wait. Here’s a listing of our U.K. shows and everything else we’ve got planned so far:

Tuesday, July 15 – London, UK – Barfly

Wednesday, July 16 – London, UK – 229 Club

Saturday, July 19 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre – Download Festival

Thursday, July 24 – Portland, OR – Towne Lounge

Friday, July 25 – Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party

Sunday, July 27 – Pemberton, BC – Canada – Pemberton Festival

Tuesday, July 29 – Washington, DC – DC9

Thursday, July 31 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge

Friday, August 1 – New York, NY – Late Night with Conan O’Brien (for tix, call 212.664.3056)

Saturday, August 2 – Philadelphia, PA – Susquehanna Bank Center (actually, in Camden, NJ) – Download Festival

Thursday, August 7 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre

On another note, Mikel is playing a solo acoustic set tonight as part of My Little Underground, presented by our dear friends Web In Front and Classical Geek Theatre at Bordello in downtown L.A.

Also on the lineup are Andrew Spitser of Radars to the Sky, Timothy James of the Movies, Sarah Negahdari of the Happy Hollows, and Evan Way of the Parson Red Heads.

Show starts at 8:30 p.m.

We miss you and love you and find ourselves writing “go to bed” and “wake up” in our date books as if they’re two different events.