European Tour Starts Today!

The 2nd leg of the Posies’ European tour begins today in Bielefeld, Germany, as the first of five dates opening for Teenage Fanclub. You can see the rest of the dates for the tour here.

To mark this, here is a Posies interview/feature in the German edition of Rolling Stone.

Seattle Weekly Feature

Twenty Questions
Seattle Weekly plays Jukebox Jury with the Posies.

The dB’s: “Black and White” (1981) from Stands for Decibels (IRS) and Flamin’ Groovies: “I Can’t Hide” (1976) from Shake Some Action (Sire)

Ken Stringfellow: [as dB’s play] Is this the song we left off Failure? [laughs] Is that the dB’s?

Jon Auer: It could be Mitch Easter– or Don Dixon–produced. It definitely has the Mitch Easter sound of the early R.E.M. recordings.

Stringfellow: [dB’s drummer] Will Rigby wanted to be in the Posies. [Flamin’ Groovies begins] Is that the Brian Jonestown Massacre? [laughs]

Read the full article here

Promo This Week

OCTOBER 19, 2005 – WEDNESAY – SHOW DAY PORTLAND
6PM MILLENIUM MUSIC
Ken & Jon in-store performance
801. N.W. 23rd (At Johnson)
Portland, 97210
http://www.musicmillennium.com/

OCTOBER 20, 2005 – THURSDAY – SHOW DAY SEATTLE
10AM THE MOUNTAIN KMTT
103.7FM Ken & Jon on-air appearance on The Mountain Morning Show
http://www.kmtt.com/

Promo This Week

OCTOBER 19, 2005 – WEDNESAY – SHOW DAY PORTLAND
6PM MILLENIUM MUSIC
Ken & Jon in-store performance
801. N.W. 23rd (At Johnson)
Portland, 97210
http://www.musicmillennium.com/

OCTOBER 20, 2005 – THURSDAY – SHOW DAY SEATTLE
10AM THE MOUNTAIN KMTT
103.7FM Ken & Jon on-air appearance on The Mountain Morning Show
http://www.kmtt.com/

Promo This Week

OCTOBER 19, 2005 – WEDNESAY – SHOW DAY PORTLAND
6PM MILLENIUM MUSIC
Ken & Jon in-store performance
801. N.W. 23rd (At Johnson)
Portland, 97210
http://www.musicmillennium.com/

OCTOBER 20, 2005 – THURSDAY – SHOW DAY SEATTLE
10AM THE MOUNTAIN KMTT
103.7FM Ken & Jon on-air appearance on The Mountain Morning Show
http://www.kmtt.com/

Paste Magazine Feature

The Return of The Posies.

Comfort isn’t often a term used in discussing rock music. It’s supposed to be rowdy, provocative and rebellious. Rock wears boots, not slippers. The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Radiohead, The Clash—their best work is hardly music you’d listen to while relaxing by the fire.

Without a certain level of comfort, though, it’s hard to make music in the first place—something The Posies discovered while recording their latest album.

Promo Appearances This Week

OCTOBER 10, 2005 – MONDAY – SHOW DAY MADISON
4PM THE EXCLUSIVE COMPANY
Ken & Jon in-store performance
508 State Street
Madison, WI 53703
http://exclusivecompany.net/

WSUM 91.7 FM
Jon & Ken on-air performance
Corner of State Street and Frances Street
Madison, WI 53703
http://www.wsum.org

OCTOBER 11, 2005 – TUESDAY – SHOW DAY IOWA CITY
5PM RECORD COLLECTOR
Ken & Jon in-store performance
125 E Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240

6:15PM KRUI 89.7 The Sound Alternative
Jon & Ken on-air performance with Oranger
379 IMU Memorial Building: University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52240

OCTOBER 12, 2005 – WEDNESDAY – SHOW DAY KANSAS CITY
6PM RECYCLED SOUNDS
Ken & Jon in-store performance
3941 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
http://www.recycledsoundskc.com/

OCTOBER 13, 2005 – THURSDAY – SHOW DAY DENVER
5PM MANIA TV
Details forthcoming.

6PM WAX TRAX
Ken & Jon in-store performance
638 13th Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
http://www.waxtraxrecords.com/

OCTOBER 14, 2005 – FRIDAY – SHOW DAY SALT LAKE CITY
7PM ORION’S MUSIC
Ken & Jon in-store performance
2110 S 1100 E
Salt Lake City, UT 84106

OCTOBER 15, 2005 – SATURDAY – SHOW DAY BOISE
4:30 KRVB 94.9 THE RIVER
Ken & Jon on-air interview, performance, and meet and
greet with station winners.
5257 Fairview, Suite 260
Boise, ID 83706
http://riverinteractive.com/