JUST ADDED: DAVID BAZAN & JON AUER (SOLO ACOUSTIC)
Saturday July 14
8PM (All Ages)
$10 adv/ $12 day of
Don’t miss this just added co-headlined show with two of Seattle’s finest
indie rock talents! David Bazan of Pedro the Lion and Jon Auer of the Posies
will each perform solo acoustics sets in an intimate setting.
$10 adv./ $12 dos.
www.tripledoor.com
After much speculation, Mr. Auer finally makes his way to Japan, due in no small part to the efforts Mr. Tadd Igarashi. Here are the dates:
6.30 @ Super Deluxe, Tokyo, Japan
7.2 @ Thumbs Up, Yokohama, Japan
7.3 @ 7th Floor, Tokyo, Japan
7.4 @ Club Wonder, Osaka, Japan
Also, Songs from the Year of Our Demise will receive a deluxe Japanese release complete with six extra Japan only bonus tracks on the Moor Works Label, available mid July.
The extra tracks are:
“Instrumental from the Year of Our Demise”
“One Way Street” (band version)
“Twice Tried Advice”
“The Sun Also Sets”
“Dead Summer” (demo)
“I’d Light a Candle” (demo)
For more info on the shows, visit JA’s MySpace page: myspace.com/jonauermusic
Harp Magazine is offering a free copy of ‘Every Kind Of Light’ if you purchase a subscription to the magazine. For more information, please their site.
Jon will be playing two short shows at the Tribeca/ASCAP Music Lounge May 3rd and 4th. Go here for more info: http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/tff-ep-ascap.html
Jon will also be playing a full length show the Union Hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn on May 5th. Go here and scroll down for details: http://www.unionhallny.com/events/index.php
Also, Jon’s “Cemetery Song” was also included as a pick in this week’s “Voicebox” in the Village Voice. You can find it here: http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0718,voicebox,76498,22.html
For more on the Tribeca Film Festival go here: http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/about.html
The forum is back in action, so go check it out and sign up if you haven’t already.
Also, these tour dates have been added:
KS:
04.25 – La Fleche D’or, Paris France
04.26 – Chariot @ the Jailbreak Club, Road to Ruins Festival, Roma Italy
05.20 – The Disciplines @ Cafe Mono, Oslo Norway
Big Star:
09.02 – Inveraray Castle, Connect Festival, Inveraray UK
And Jon’s Scandinavian tour kicks off on Wednesday in Oslo; dates can be found here.
I took the forums down for some maintenance – hope to have them back up in the next day or two.
In the meantime, you can visit the Jon Auer boards.
Jon will be playing a nice handful dates in Sweden & Norway next month – here is the list:
4.11 @ Mono – Oslo, Norway
4.12 @ Credo – Trondheim, Norway
4.13 @ Cementen – Stavanger, Norway
4.14 @ Inkonst – Malmo, Sweden
4.15 @ Crescendo – Norrkoping, Sweden
4.16 @ Nalen – Stockholm, Sweden
Ken has released a split 7″ with Luis Francesco Arena (Ken covers his song “Waterlilies and Creatures,” and Luis covers “The Lover’s Hymn”) – to order it, visit Flat Lux Records. There are only 500 copies.
On the tour page, there are many new shows up – The Posies are doing two acoustic shows in Seattle & Bellingham in May; both they and Big Star are playing a festival in Norway this August, and Ken will be touring Europe through the end of March.
Jon has added four shows to his tour next month:
Feb 27th & 28th: Mojo’s, North Fremantle, Perth, Australia
March 2nd: Schooner Tavern in Auckland, New Zealand
March 3rd: MVP in Wellington, New Zealand
For the full schedule, see the tour page or Jon’s Myspace.
Jon was interviewed by an Australian site – check out the interview here: Jon Auer -2007: The Year of Bitch Slapping, Ben Lee, Paris Hilton and Our Demise.
Jon’s cover of Husker Du’s “Green Eyes” is featured on the free CD (titled “Love Will Tear Us Apart”) February 2007’s issue of Mojo.
Here is an mp3 of Jon’s interview on the Phil Jupitus Breakfast Show from December 5th last year – download it now. Thanks to IdiotJed for the mp3!
“An Tour” with the Posies (filmed earlier this year in Germany) with be re-airing on December 27th at 9:00pm on the music channel TMF in Belgium.