FINN RIGGINS

hey team
so we’ve got some awesome fall dates around the West through October to announce…. they’ll peak with five more dates with our buds BUILT TO SPILL, all of those shows will be in California over Halloween weekend and will be our last shows before Christmas as we’ll be taking our first break longer than a couple of weeks in the last 4 years to begin work on a new record. we’re very excited for some downtime to focus on writing and creating anew… but first, we are so very pumped for all these shows in September and October and hope to see as many of you as possible. some more dates will be announced in the weeks to come, but here’s how they look as of right now. look for regular updates to our schedule at www.facebook.com/finnriggins or www.myspace.com/finnriggins. happy fall time!!

FINN RIGGINS FALL 2010

9/3 MOSCOW, ID @ John’s Alley w/ Hosannas
9/4 SPOKANE, WA @ The Empyrean w/ Hosannas + Sassmatrons
9/5 SANDPOINT, ID @ Schweitzer Fall Festival w/ Larry & His Flask
9/8 BOISE, ID @ Neurolux w/ Suckers
9/10 PORTLAND, OR @ MFNW (TLE Showcase @ Someday Lounge)
9/11 PORTLAND, OR @ MFNW (Burnside + Riot Act Party @ Rontom’s)
9/11 HOOD RIVER, OR @ Hood River Inn
9/15 BEND, OR @ McMenamin’s Old St. Francis School
9/16 LA GRANDE, OR @ Elks Lodge w/ Sons Of Guns + Tyler Fortier
9/17 MISSOULA, MT @ The Badlander w/ Victory Smokes + Vera
9/24 EUGENE, OR @ TBA
10/2 KETHCUM, ID @ Whiskey Jacques w/ Triple Nixon
10/7 MOSCOW, ID @ John’s Alley w/ Tartufi + Jared Mees & The Grown Children
10/9 BOISE, ID @ Promenade Music Festival (Day Party @ Visual Arts Collective)
10/9 BOISE, ID @ Promenade Music Festival (TLE Showcase @ Neurolux)
10/13 BAY AREA @ TBA
10/14 DAVIS, CA @ TBA
10/15 BAY AREA @ TBA
10/16 ASHLAND, OR @ Alex’s Restaurant
10/21 LA GRANDE, OR @ Eastern Oregon Film Festival
10/22 LA GRANDE, OR @ Eastern Oregon Film Festival w/ Yeah Great Fine
10/23 BOISE, ID @ North End Nursery Harvest Festival
10/27 SOLANO BEACH, CA @ Belly-Up Tavern w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Revolt Revolt
10/28 LOS ANGELES, CA @ El Rey Theatre w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Revolt Revolt
10/29 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ The Fillmore w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Revolt Revolt
10/30 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ The Fillmore w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Revolt Revolt
10/31 ARCATA, CA @ The Depot (HSU) w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Revolt Revolt

cruising through Kansas, launched last night from Boise with a mission of getting to Spindale, NC by Friday morning for a radio session with infamous WNCW 88.7 FM… then we attend the wedding of a Simpson niece near Raleigh, NC on Saturday and then jump on tour with fellow Idahoans BUILT TO SPILL and FAUXBOIS in Asheville, NC on Sunday. when we left we had 2400 miles and 36hrs to go, after an epic moonrise over Wyoming, a brief nap with a herd of deer and a greasy breakfast in Laramie, we rolled through Colorado and now in deep cruise control across Kansas with a measly 1312miles and 21hrs left to go. this is a cakewalk.

summer’s been good to us thus far. thanks to everyone that have been making it out to the shows. below are our current tour dates, including a couple of changes with our late august dates from our original posting. we’ll see you soon. new tunes are churning inside of us. this fall and winter we’ll be hibernating to churn them outside of us.

8/8 ASHEVILLE, NC @ The Orange Peel w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Fauxbois
8/9 ATLANTA, GA @ Buckhead Theatre w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Fauxbois
8/10 LITTLE ROCK, AR @ The Village w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Underclaire
8/11 DALLAS, TX @ Granada Theater w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Telegraph Canyon
8/12 AMARILLO, TX @ The 806
8/13 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO @ The Black Sheep w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Fauxbois
8/14 BELLEVUE, CO @ Mishawaka Amphitheatre w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Paean
8/19 BOISE, ID @ Brawl Studios w/ Rooftops + Wasilla + Red Hands Black Feet + In The Pause
8/20 MCCALL, ID @ Salmon River Brewery
8/21 BOISE, ID @ Boise State University
8/25 HAILEY, ID @ Wicked Spud Back Alley Concert Series
8/27 POCATELLO, ID @ TBA
8/28 BOISE, ID @ Boise Weekly Crafty Bastards Block Party
8/29 BOISE, ID @ The Red Room w/ Screaming Females + On The Tundra + Jonn E Combat
9/3 MOSCOW, ID @ John’s Alley w/ Hosannas
9/4 SPOKANE, WA @ The Empyrean w/ Hosannas + Sassmatrons
9/5 SANDPOINT, ID @ Schweitzer Fall Festival w/ Larry & His Flask
9/8 BOISE, ID @ Neurolux w/ Suckers
9/10 PORTLAND, OR @ MFNW (TLE Showcase @ Someday Lounge)
9/11 HOOD RIVER, OR @ Hood River Inn
9/15 BEND, OR @ McMenamin’s Old St. Francis School
9/17 MISSOULA, MT @ The Palace w/ Victory Smokes + Vera

see you soon!
xoxo
FR

PS keep up with us more regularly at facebook.com/finnriggins

here’s our summer tour schedule as it currently stands… mostly regional stuff but we will be doing a week of shows with BUILT TO SPILL in August starting out in North Carolina. hope to see you at one or some of these! starts this week!!

6/17 BOISE, ID @ The Linen Building w/ Hosannas + Empty Space Orchestra
6/18 BEND, OR @ Rise Up International Warehouse w/ Hosannas + Empty Space Orchestra
6/19 PORTLAND, OR @ Mississippi Studios w/ Hosannas + Empty Space Orchestra
6/20 OLYMPIA, WA @ Northern w/ Shellshag
6/25 YAKIMA, WA @ Yakima Sports Center w/ Red Jacket Mine
6/26 SEATTLE, WA @ Georgetown Music Festival
6/27 BOISE, ID @ Boise Rec Fest in Ann Morrison Park
7/2 EL CERRITO, CA @ I Am We House
7/3 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ El Rio Big Time Freedom Fest
7/9 POCATELLO, ID @ Flipside Lounge w/ Dolman
7/10 VICTOR, ID @ Knotty Pine w/ Dolman
7/14 BOISE, ID @ The Warehouse at 5115
7/15 KETCHUM, ID @ Whiskey Jacques
7/22 SALT LAKE CITY, UT @ The Woodshed w/ Vile Blue Shades
7/23 BOULDER, CO @ Boulder Draft House
7/24 DENVER, CO @ The Underground Music Showcase
7/25 GRAND JUNCTION, CO @ KAFM Radio Room
8/8 ASHEVILLE, NC @ The Orange Peel w/ BUILT TO SPILL
8/9 ATLANTA, GA @ Buckhead Theatre w/ BUILT TO SPILL
8/10 LITTLE ROCK, AR @ The Village w/ BUILT TO SPILL
8/11 DALLAS, TX @ Granada Theater w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Telegraph Canyon
8/12 AMARILLO, TX @ The 806
8/13 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO @ The Black Sheep w/ BUILT TO SPILL
8/14 BELLEVUE, CO @ Mishawaka Amphitheatre w/ BUILT TO SPILL
8/19 BOISE, ID @ Terrapin w/ Symmetry/Symmetry
8/20 MCCALL, ID @ Salmon River Brewery
8/21 LA GRANDE, OR @ TBA
8/25 HAILEY, ID @ Wicked Spud Back Alley Concert Series

www.myspace.com/finnriggins

xoxo
FR

thanks to all the incredible bands that made the trek for this year’s barn party on the remote camas prairie in central idaho. high desert rock n roll. doesn’t get much wilder. amazing amazing amazing. thanks to everyone that attended and helped out and rallied the spirits!! what an incredible group of people committed to awesomeness. seriously, blew our minds how smoothly everything went. and what a ridiculously amazing time the whole weekend was. please do keep up with the bands (links below) that played this year on their endeavors around the country and we’ll see you next year!

summer tour dates announced next week!! some very exciting stuff going on this summer season.

xoxo
the finn rigginses

www.facebook.com/ranchfest

RANCH FEST 2010
FRI MAY 28TH
12am CATCHUM TROLLS (hailey)
11pm YEAH GREAT FINE (portland) http://www.myspace.com/yeahgreatfine
10pm THE HOLIDAY FRIENDS (moscow, id) http://www.myspace.com/theholidayfriends
9pm SONS OF GUNS (la grande) http://www.myspace.com/sonsofguns
8pm SLEEPY SEEDS (boise) http://www.myspace.com/sleepyseedsmusic
7pm ROOKS (hailey)
6pm FINN RIGGINS (boise) http://www.myspace.com/finnriggins

SAT MAY 29TH
12am FINN RIGGINS (boise) http://www.myspace.com/finnriggins
11pm THE DONT’S (san francisco) http://www.myspace.com/thedonts
10pm BOY EATS DRUM MACHINE (portland) http://www.myspace.com/boyeatsdrummachine
9pm TARTUFI (san francisco) http://www.myspace.com/tartufi
8pm LE FLEUR (boise) http://www.myspace.com/lefleurgang
7pm CITY OF ANIMALS (la grande) )
6pm LOW-FI (boise) http://www.myspace.com/lowfirocks
5pm WITH CHILD (boise)
4pm PIERS LAMB (hailey) http://www.myspace.com/pierslambartist
3pm THE VERY MOST (boise) http://www.myspace.com/theverymost
2pm TRAVIS SILVERS (bay area) http://www.myspace.com/travissilvers

HILLFOLK NOIR (boise) http://www.myspace.com/hillfolknoir – in between sets acoustic by the fire
A SEASONAL DISGUISE (boise) http://www.myspace.com/aseasonaldisguise – in between sets acoustic by the fire.

we’re playing a fundraiser show for the Sunlight Foundation to help with their efforts toward government transparency this coming Thursday (Apr 15th) in Washington DC at Tabaq Bistro. this video pretty much sums it up.

for more info go here http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109452759082934&ref=ts

we’re very excited for this event and honored to do our part to help in this very worthy cause.
reporting from North Carolina.
xoxo
FR

couple of weeks ago in Chattanooga, TN we spent a few hours in an old abandoned YMCA exploring the many rooms and playing some acoustic songs. here’s two of the four we shot. thanks to team WE’LL MISS YOU MORE for making it happen. camera + edit by Sahale Jensen. sound by Ben Norskov.

we had a blast with them. very spontaneous. very fun. check these out.

ANTOINETTE

finn riggins // Session #5A // ANTOINETTE from Marja Kuivisto on Vimeo.

A WHALE, A FISH

finn riggins // Session #5B // A WHALE, A FISH from Sahale Jensen on Vimeo.

love,
FR

had an absolutely amazing time at SXSW. been heading East since… very excited to be back out in these parts. played at JJ’s Bohemia in Chattanooga last night. so fun. spent the afternoon yesterday shooting live acoustic videos in an old abandoned YMCA. very curious to see how those turn out. shot in old empty pool. on a spanish style roof. in an old basketball gym. and running around playing through the halls. more on that soon.

in the meantime, you can read the full report on our SXSW experience that i sent to the Idaho Statesman here: Finn Riggins at SXSW 2010

here are some photos that our buddy Ryan Dornfeld just sent along:

Official SXSW Showcase at Habana Calle 6 - Saturday, March 20

SXSW Portland Indie Industry Party at The Liberty -- Saturday, Mar 20

SXSW Portland Indie Industry Party at The Liberty -- Saturday, Mar 20

president of the Finn Riggins fan club

so our first show in Texas was a blast last night at The 806 in Amarillo… thanks to everyone that came out!! we’re headed to San Angelo today and then on to Austin… here’s our full schedule of events at SXSW. please pass the word along to anyone you think will be at the fest this year! thx

3/16 pre-SXSW Daily Juice Boat Party (3700 Lake Austin Blvd) ~ boat departs at 5:30pm sharp
Boat Party details

3/18 Nail / Distiller day party @ The Side Bar (602 e 7th St) ~ 12:45pm (outside stage)
details

3/19 Zilker Park afternoon BBQ

3/20 Portland Indie Industries day party @ The Liberty Bar (1618 1/2 E 6th St) ~ 4:20pm
details

3/20 Official SXSW Showcase (Burnside Distro Party) @ Habana Calle 6 (709 E 6th St) ~ 1am
details

going to be a wild one.
xoxo
FR

PS if you haven’t already seen this video of “Pancakes” from our 2-6-10 Portland, OR show at Tribute Gallery… check it out.

just successfully traversed HWY 1 between Monterrey, CA and Santa Barbara, CA despite mudslides and blockades and absolutely epic scenery… stoked for our show at Muddy Waters tonight in Santa Barbara! i’m currently in the backseat of our swift hearted travel beast Ghost Ghost and was marveling at this blog post of Lloyd Winter IV’s and wanted to share… some nice photos and a walk through of the process that he and Santiago Uceda went through in hand-printing the epic tour posters they’ve sent along with us on this monster lap around the US. check it out… split fountain mountains

also, our friend and kind hostess in Eugene — Cara Merendino — posted a nice blog about our time together in Eugene last sunday and monday morning… including a video of us playing Pancakes in the cozy KWVA studios. very cool. mouth trumpet and other shenanigans in eugene

tour’s been great thus far. thanks for all the kind kind folks along the way for the home cooked food and awesome company. very thankful for all the generosity!

also worth noting is that the Boise Weekly is hosting tour diaries of local Treasure Valley bands now and we’re essentially hosting the pilot episode. look forward to seeing more local bands involved as well!

xoxo
gilbert

we leave Thursday for our biggest US tour yet… a 3 month monster that will take us to all four corners of the US (Bellingham, WA to San Diego, CA to Miami, FL to Portland, ME) and then back across the top to get home just in time for our annual shindig in the sticks — Ranch Fest 2010 — a two day affair this year. along the way we’ll be hitting SXSW in Austin, TX for the first time as well as festival appearances in Las Vegas, NV and Raleigh, NC… and a whole bunch of other awesome shows all over this fine country. please let your friends know along the way that we’re coming to town! and we hope to see you this spring.

there are bound to be some additions and probably a few changes… but here’s how the tour stands now… starts this Thursday in Seattle!!

FINN RIGGINS SPRING 2010 US TOUR

# = w/ Boy Eats Drum Machine

#2/25 SEATTLE, WA @ SUNSET TAVERN — w/ The Globes
#2/26 BELLINGHAM, WA @ JINX ART SPACE — w/ Rooftops + No-Fi Soul Rebellion
#2/27 PORTLAND, OR @ DOUG FIR — w/ Brothers Young
#2/28 EUGENE, OR @ MUSE LOUNGE — w/ On The Tundra + Adventure Galley
#3/1 ASHLAND, OR @ house show
#3/2 ARCATA, CA @ house show
#3/3 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ EL RIO — w/ Disastroid + Big Blue Whale
#3/4 NEVADA CITY, CA @ CHIEF CRAZY HORSE SALOON
#3/5 SANTA CRUZ, CA @ THE CHURCH — w/ Tempo No Tempo
#3/6 SANTA BARBARA, CA @ MUDDY WATERS — w/ Quiet Giants
#3/7 ISLA VISTA, CA @ BIKO GARAGE — w/ tba
#3/8 SAN DIEGO, CA @ SODA BAR — w/ Grand Tarantula
#3/9 LONG BEACH, CA @ THE PROSPECTOR — w/ Wildlife Refugees
3/10 LOS ANGELES, CA @ SPACELAND — w/ Olin & The Moon + Jared Mees & The Grown Children
#3/11 LAS VEGAS, NV @ NEON REVERB FESTIVAL
#3/12 TUCSON, AZ @ SKRAPPY’S (Tucson Youth Collective) — w/ Holy Rolling Empire
#3/13 MESILLA, NM @ EL PATIO — w/ Alister M
#3/14 AMARILLO, TX @ THE 806 — w/ Abi Robins
#3/15 SAN ANGELO, TX @ THE DEADHORSE
#3/16 AUSTIN, TX @ SXSW ~~ @ Daily Juice BOAT PARTY!!!
#3/17 AUSTIN, TX @ SXSW
3/18 AUSTIN, TX @ SXSW ~~ @ THE SIDEBAR
#3/18 HOUSTON, TX @ SUPER HAPPY FUN LAND SXSW OVERFLOW FEST — w/ Dangerous Ponies + Jared Mees & The Grown Children + more
#3/19 AUSTIN, TX @ SXSW ~~ 3pm party at ZILKER PARK — w/ Slow Trucks, Evacuee, Monarchs + more
#3/20 AUSTIN, TX @ SXSW ~~ @ THE LIBERTY
3/21 TULSA, OK @ SOUNDPONY LOUNGE — w/ The Bears of Blue River + Black Skies for Blue Hearts
3/22 FAYETTEVILLE, AR @ GEORGE’S MAJESTIC
3/23 KNOXVILLE, TN @ tba
3/24 CHATTANOOGA, TN @ JJ’S BOHEMIA — w/ Serious Sam Barrett
3/26 DURHAM, NC (early show) @ DUKE UNIVERSITY (Amarillo Grill) — w/ The Beast
3/26 RALEIGH, NC (late show) @ LET FEEDBACK RING FEST at SLIM’S — w/ Gray Young + Solar Powered Sun Destroyer
3/27 WILMINGTON, NC @ THE SOAPBOX — w/ Ponchos + Fractal Farm
3/28 MYRTLE BEACH, SC @ DRINK! — w/ Some Ambulance + The Technicolor Void
3/29 CHARLESTON, SC @ OUTER SPACE — w/ tba
3/30 SAVANNAH, GA @ tba
3/31 ORLANDO, FL @ THE PEACOCK ROOM — w/ tba
4/1 MIAMI, FL @ CHURCHILL’S PUB — w/ tba
4/2 GAINESVILLE, FL @ THE KICKSTAND — w/ tba
4/3 JACKSONVILLE, FL @ INFINTESMAL RECORDS BBQ 7 at LOMAX LODGE
4/5 CHARLOTTE, NC @ SNUG HARBOR — w/ Past Lives + The Lights, Fluorescent
4/6 ATLANTA, GA @ THE DRUNKEN UNICORN — w/ This Piano Plays Itself + The Wild Moccasins
4/7 ATHENS, GA @ GO BAR — w/ The Winter Sounds + Nuclear Spring + Jeremy Wheatley
4/8 ASHEVILLE, NC @ THE BOILER ROOM — w/ Saint Solitude + Andrew Larson
4/9 tba
4/10 BLACKSBURG, VA @ WUVT sponsored show. venue tba
4/13 CHAPEL HILL, NC @ tba
4/14 RICHMOND, VA @ THE CAMEL — w/ tba
4/15 WASHINGTON DC @ SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER – venue tba
4/16 BALTIMORE, MD @ THE GOOD SON — w/ tba
4/17 HARRISBURG, PA @ LINGERIE ROOM — w/ tba
4/18 PHILADELPHIA, PA @ DANGER DANGER GALLERY — w/ Controlled Storms
4/21 BOSTON, MA @ MIDDLE EAST (upstairs) — w/ Backyard Tire Fire + Appomattox
4/22 PORTLAND / KITTERY, ME @ tba
4/23 NORTHAMPTON, MA @ THE ELEVENS — w/ Fiesta Brava + The Brass
4/24 BURLINGTON, VT @ THE MONKEY HOUSE — w/ Villanelles + Arms and Legs
4/25 MONTPELIER, VT @ THE LAMB ABBEY — w/ tba
4/27 WATERBURY, CT @ LIL TOMMY J’S HOME FOR LOST BOYS — w/ tba
4/28 NEW YORK, NY @ CAKE SHOP — w/ tba
4/29 BROOKLYN, NY @ CAMEO GALLERY — w/ Patrick Bower & The World Without Magic
4/30 tba
5/1 ONEONTA, NY @ SEEN UNSEEN — w/ Joseph Von Stengel (visual)
5/2 ITHACA, NY @ CASTAWAYS — w/ Blow!
5/3 CLEVELAND, OH @ PAT’S IN THE FLATS — w/ Talons’ + Safari
5/4 MIDDLETOWN, OH @ THE VENUE at KIDD COFFEE
5/5 INDIANAPOLIS, IN @ VOLLRATH TAVERN — w/ Holy Ghost Canyon
5/6 KALAMAZOO, MI @ THE STRUTT (WIDR sponsored show)
5/7 CHICAGO, IL @ tba
5/8 SHEBOYGAN, WI @ THE GREEN ROOM
5/9 IOWA CITY, IA @ PUBLIC SPACE ONE
5/10 ROCK ISLAND, IL @ Daytrotter Session
5/10 LAWRENCE, KS @ JACKPOT SALOON
5/11 MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ KITTY CAT KLUB
5/12 DICKINSON, ND @ THE EVIL OLIVE
5/13 MISSOULA, MT @ THE PALACE — w/ Vera
5/14 MOSCOW, ID @ JOHN’S ALLEY
5/15 GARDEN CITY, ID @ VISUAL ARTS COLLECTIVE — w/ Fauxbois
5/20 LA GRANDE, OR @ LIQUID LYRICS — w/ City of Animals + The Gorgeous Hussies
5/21 BOISE, ID @ BOISE BIKE WEEK BLOCK PARTY
5/22 KETCHUM, ID @ WHISKEY JACQUES
5/28 TUMBLEWEEDS, ID @ RANCH FEST 2010
5/29 TUMBLEWEEDS, ID @ RANCH FEST 2010

keep up with our travels right here at finnriggins.com

spread the word!
xoxo
FR

Some friends just filmed this snowboard video / promo video for the camera company they’re doing some work for. pretty sweet footage. it features our song Wake. check it out.

first three shows with BUILT TO SPILL and DISCO DOOM in the bag. pretty incredible experience thus far. Eugene was really wild last night and both Portland shows were awesome, especially the second night… not to play favorites, but it definitely stepped it all up a notch…. so good to see so many old and new friends. been loving playing, but been really excited about seeing BTS so many times in a row. such an amazing band. each night very different and what a catalog of rad songs! very thankful for them giving us this opportunity and for treating us so kindly….

enjoying a day off in Portland today… head to Bellingham tomorrow, then up to Vancouver, BC which we’re really excited for… then a couple of Seattle shows and we wrap it all up in Spokane on Saturday. so very exciting. also, hope you’ve been enjoying the fun perspective that Rachael’s been providing in to the Finn Riggins adventureland…

this video from our Halloween backyard show in Las Cruces was just called to my attention. not much for visuals, but the audio is pretty awesome and hilarious. it was a wild night. here’s an audio glimpse. this is MAHONEY. it was the end of our set as midnight was rolling around in the chilly New Mexican air…

love you all,
gilbert

been a wild and woolly one so far. lots of great shows. lots of great drives down HWY 1 along the California coast. lots of beach time and bro time. lots of amazing people everywhere we go. just chilling here at the Orange County Healing Center present to how lucky we are to do what we do. and although it’s incredibly challenging at times to be living in the wind like we do, the beauty we find through these challenges is worth every hard night’s sleep or gas station snack we power thru. i’m present to how many incredible people we’re blessed to meet on the road, some of which we continue to visit with each tour and become closer to. each and every one of you make this transient life style worth the sacrifices, and make these moments some of the greatest learning experiences of our lives. thank you.

we’re playing in L.A. tonight. it’s been awhile, but we’re stoked it’s at the Silverlake Lounge and with some great bands: Starving Daughters + Halloween Swim Team + the French Semester. we’ll be in San Diego tomorrow then the SW over the weekend for Halloween. early next week we’re off for some camping near the Grand Canyon and in Southern Utah, for which we couldn’t be more excited. and for all the old and new friends we’ll be encountering along the way.

i’m really missing Boise today and the community we’ve really fallen in love with there. look forward to some time there in November, even if it’s not much time… we’ll make the most of it.

thanks for your continued support. and please please please share our music with your friends and family!
love,
gilbert

man oh man. tour has been sooooo good thus far. which is a big reason why this tour blog is not getting enough love. there are photos and videos floating around the greater cyber universe from all of the amazing events over the weekend. thanks to everyone for coming out to all the shows!!

AND our new album VS WILDERNESS is officially out today on Tender Loving Empire!! get them at your local independent record store or through Tender Loving Empire or through your favorite digital download outlet. OR at one of our many many shows in the next 2 months!! full schedule to your right!

here are some recent links of note:
FILTER MAGAZINE posted the Wake video on their site today!!

we’re on the front page of AMPLIFIER MAGAZINE right now!! there’s a nice feature and review of the album, AND you can stream the album for free all this week!

and some nice words from the PORTLAND MERCURY… scroll down to the preview for our show at Berbati’s last weekend (10/10)

and here’s a link that was just called to our attention to some rad photos from our show on the 4th of July in San Francisco by JENN FARMER

a bunch of fun shows this week!! including a house show tonight in Olympia at the Kitty X House to celebrate our new album that has finally been released to run free in the wild!! tomorrow in Bremerton!! thursday in Bellingham!! friday in Seattle!! and so on and so on.

thanks for caring.
our full schedule with details are on our myspace site… let your friends know when we’re coming to their town!!

THANK YOU!
xo
FR

this show in Bremerton tomorrow should be sweet, and interesting… music, booze and politics (mayoral candidates)…. hmmmmm:

fun night, although a little quiet, in Pendleton last night. we were competing with Mud Wars. an annual event held in conjuction with Homecoming in which high school girls have a big tug-o-war in the muddy rodeo grounds. pretty tough to compete with high school girls in mud…. but we’re thankful to the enthusiastic crew that did come out to the show! loved the opener, DAY MOANSTAR with his neon green suit and dancy tunes. and the Pendleton Center for the Arts was a cool place ran by cool people. thanks to Peter Walters for the show and the tour of the old jazz club!

headed to McCall tonight, then the big Boise release party tomorrow night… on Saturday, we celebrate in Portland at Berbati’s Pan with three of our most favorite artists in the US much less in Portland. if you haven’t already, check out JARED MEES & THE GROWN CHILDREN and WORLDS GREATEST GHOSTS and TYPHOON. this will be a killer show!!

and the icing on the cake is that our friend and past collaborator JOSEPH VON STENGEL is flying out from New York to do his digital mash-up projections during our set! very excited to see what he has in store for us all.

Saturday night. October 10th. Berbati’s Pan. Portland, OR. don’t miss it!