Also check out The Onion AV Club’s giveaway for two tickets to the Turner Hall show in Milwaukee on November 5th.

Nov. 5 – Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee WI
Nov. 6 – Bottom Lounge, Chicago IL
Nov. 7 – Southgate House, Newport KY
Nov. 9 – The Majestic Theatre, Detroit MI
Nov. 10 – Outland Live, Columbus OH
Nov. 11 – Mr. Small’s Theatre, Millvale PA
Nov. 12 – Water Street Music Hall, Rochester NY
Nov. 13 – The HighLine Ballroom, NYC
Nov. 14 – The Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia PA
Nov. 16 – Royale, Boston MA
Nov. 17 – 9:30 Club, Washington DC
Nov. 18 – Cat’s Cradle, Carborro NC
Nov. 19 – Exit/In, Nashville TN
Nov. 20 – The Loft, Atlanta GA
Nov. 21 – Minglewood Hall, Memphis TN
Nov. 24 – Granada Theatre, Dallas TX — no Brendan Benson on this date!
Nov. 26 – La Zona Rosa, Austin TX
Nov. 27 – The Argentum, Houston TX
Dec. 1 – Gothic Theatre, Englewood CO
Dec. 3 – Club Nokia @ LA Live, Los Angeles CA
Dec. 5 – The Independent, San Francisco CA
Dec. 8 – Aladdin Theatre, Portland OR
Dec. 11 – Showbox at the Market, Seattle WA

the Posies’ Myspace page received a ‘Blood/Candy’ makeover this week – check it out!

Jon & Ken talk to the UWire.

US tour dates for November will be announced Monday.

Tickets go on sale today at 12 noon EST TODAY! Go to this link to access the presale and enter password “candy” for tickets.

“Licenses to Hide” is emblematic of the new album’s adventurous attitude, with a dizzying amalgamation of parts, not unlike a piece of musical theater. After opening with a somber, piano-led musing, where Stringfellow delivers a line about “feeling so old” backed by the Posies’ trademark, chill-inducing harmonies (with an assist from Broken Social Scene’s Lisa Lobsinger), the track veers into both ’70s arena rock (think Styx, in a very complimentary way) and a Billy Joel-like, storyteller-style chorus.

“‘License to Hide’ is one of two songs on the record that I think is so completely out of left field for us,” says Auer. “I always thought that the Posies should have something that resembles a showtune in our canon… On a certain day, it could be in one of the Muppet movies — and I mean that in a good way.”

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September 28th on Rykodisc.

Sept. 28 @ Sala Stereo, Murcia, Spain
Sept. 30 @ Heineken, Madrid, Spain
Oct. 1 @ Wah Wah, Valencia, Spain
Oct. 2 @ Apolo 2, Barcelona, Spain
Oct. 4 @ Divan du Monde, Paris, France
Oct. 5 @ Garage, London, UK
Oct. 6 @ Trix, Antwerp, Belgium
Oct. 7 @ Botanique Orangerie, Brussels, Belgium
Oct. 8 @ Kazerne Fonck, Liege, Belgium
Oct. 9 @ Melkweg Sugar Factory, Amsterdam, Holland
Oct. 10 @ Vera, Groningen, Holland
Oct. 12 @ Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht, Holland
Oct. 13 @ Gleis 22, Munster, Germany
Oct. 14 @ Comet Club, Berlin, Germany
Oct. 15 @ Silber Club, Hamburg, Germany
Oct. 17 @ Inkonst, Malmo, Sweden
Oct. 19 @ Debaser Slussen, Stockholm, Sweden
Oct. 20 @ Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg, Sweden
Oct. 21 @ John Dee, Oslo, Norway
Oct. 22 @ Kvarteret, Bergen, Norway
Oct. 23 @ Blaest, Trondheim, Norway
Oct. 25 @ Tavastia, Helsinki, Finland
Oct. 26 @ Klubi, Turku, Finland

North American tour to follow in November; dates are still being finalized.

The idea for a new album came about during the Frosting On The Beater anniversary tour in 2008, and according to Stringfellow, a meeting with Rykodisc in ’09 really set the wheels in motion. “They were enthusiastic enough to say, ‘Hey, we should really make this happen, and soon.’ And we were like, ‘Sounds like a great idea.’ Starting last year, we had the idea to start recording by this spring, knowing that we had to write some songs.”

Blood/Candy is the first Posies album for which Auer and Stringfellow actually wrote material in advance of the recording sessions since Amazing Disgrace in 1996. “One of the things I was hoping to do on this record,” says Auer, “was go back to the idea of Ken and me writing most of the songs, versus the last recording we did, where we kind of cobbled things together in the studio with everyone. I just felt like we needed to have that time to prepare and actually sit down and write.” As a result, Stringfellow says, “I would say that I feel the songs on this one a bit deeper… there’s stuff from way down in there that I think gives it a little more soul.”

Click here to read the entire interview.

‘Blood/Candy’ tracklist:

1. Plastic Paperbacks
2. The Glitter Prize
3. Licenses To Hide
4. So Caroline
5. Take Care Of Yourself
6. Cleopatra Street
7. For The Ashes
8. Accidental Architecture
9. She’s Coming Down Again!
10. Notion 99
11. Holiday Hours
12. Enewetak

Check back on 7/12 for tour info.

Tune in to 90.3 on your FM dial if in Seattle, or listen online at KEXP.org.

Jon shares the news on Facebook…

pleased to announce: 1) The Posies will play “Frosting On The Beater” in its’ entirety on 4/17/10 @ The Crocodile in Seattle, WA 2) A handful of hours after said Crocodile show, freshly rocked Posies will leave Seattle for the south of Spain to begin recording a new album for release in 2010, and 3) The Posies will also play all new material for said new album @ The Crocodile on 4/17/10 as well. For rizzle! Tickets go on sale online 2/6/10 @ TheCrocodile.com

For the most up-to-date information, follow @theposies on Twitter!

Fri – 1.22.10
Sat – 1.23.10

Jon will also appear on Tom Scharpling’s epic “Best Show on WFMU “Tuesday night 1.19.10 from 8 -11pm EST. Go here to stream the show live.

This is my entry for Conan O’Brien’s Make Your Own Late Night commercial contest. Jon wrote the song, I made the commercial. It was a fun way to spend an afternoon.

Seasons Greetings from The Posies!

Also find an extensive Sept 2009 interview with Jon on WNYU here as well as a fun older blog interview with Jon courtesy of Oscar Wednesday here.

Fresh off the Bob Mould/Spiral Stairs tour, Jon flies to Minneapolis for two sold-out shows at The Olde Town Creamery in Maple Lake, MN on 10.23 and 10.24.

Also, find a link to Driven By Boredom’s blog and excellent photos from the recent Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival in Brooklyn, NY which Jon performed at here.

“Posies front man Jon Auer gave the crowd a short musical break which was not without humor as he asked a girl in the front row to take a picture of him on stage so he could prove to his mom that he did a show with Eugene Mirman.”

I’m very excited about it…

Just in case you had any doubt, here’s a run down.

10.20 midnite MERCURY LOUNGE, NYC (CMJ MUSiC MARATHON) $10 tickets
10.21 11pm TT THE BEAR’S, BOSTON $11 tickets
10.22 10.30pm VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO CA$10 tix @ door.
10.23 11.30pm SUBTERRANEAN, CHiCAGO $10 tickets
10.24 5pm EASY STREET RECORDS, WEST SEATTLE– FREE!!! ALL AGES!!!
10.24 midnite COMET TAVERN, SEATTLE $8 tix @ door
10.25 10pm CAFE DU NORD, SAN FRANCiSCO $10adv/$12door tickets
10.27 10.30pm ViPER ROOM, W. HOLLYWOOD $10 tickets

(Flyer for the Viper Room show created by the venue.)

10/19 Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
10/20 San Diego (Solana Beach), CA @ The Belly Up

Jon will still be playing with Spiral Stairs both nights as well.

(P.S. Jason Narducy made it home one hour before the birth of his daughter…Congratulations!)

Find what Pitchfork had to say about Spiral Stairs and Jon here.

and Brooklyn Vegan here.

The dates in question are with one of The Posies’ all-time faves, Bob Mould. As part of the tour, Jon will also be playing the Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco along with Grizzly Bear, Yo La Tengo, The Decemberists, and The Flaming Lips.

Here are the dates:

10/15 Seattle, WA @ Nuemos
10/16 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
10/18 San Francisco, CA @ Treasure Island Music Festival
10/19 Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
10/20 San Diego (Solana Beach), CA @ The Belly Up

10/1/09 @ Little Kings – Athens, GA (with Linda and Ruthie from Magnapop!)

10/2/09 @ Bottletree Café – Birmingham, AL (early show @8pm – free!)

10/3/09 @ Eddie’s Attic – Atlanta, GA (w/ Matt Brown, early show @ 8pm (all ages) ))

Jon has played solo in Atlanta before (back in 2006 w/ Mark Burgess of Chameleons UK fame – YouTube video here), but Athens and Birmingham are a first.

Find a good Q & A interview with Jon at AZCentral.com here.

Find an article/show preview in The Phoenix New Times here.

Jon will also be live on KASC “The Blaze” at 4pm day of show for an interview and he’ll even play a song or two. You can tune in and listen here.

“He’s the lead singer of twenty three-year-old power pop dream The Posies and rounds out the second-wave Big Star revival. But next Friday, Jon Auer will be all alone at Last Exit in Tempe, showcasing his extensive repertoire of solo work.”