It’s Official

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

Update: 20th Anniversary Shows, Disciplines Album and Posies Tribute Album

The Posies will be touring Europe acoustically for their 20th anniversary – dates are below:

April 8 John Dee, Oslo NORWAY
April 9 Blaest, Trondheim NORWAY
April 10 UKA Festival @ Driv, Trømsø NORWAY
April 11 Garage, Bergen NORWAY
April 12 Grottene, Stavanger NORWAY
April 13 Caféteatern, Stockholm SWEDEN
April 14 Pusterviksbaren, Gothenburg SWEDEN
April 15 KB, Malmö, SWEDEN
April 17 Route 66, Novi Sad SERBIA
April 18 tba, Zagreb CROATIA
April 19 Flex, Vienna AUSTRIA
April 20 Ekko, Utrecht NETHERLANDS
April 22 Bellevue Club, Brussels BELGIUM
April 23 Manuscript, Ostend BELGIUM
April 24 Trix, Antwerp BELGIUM
April 25 Bibelot, Dordrecht NETHERLANDS
April 26 Milkweg, Amsterdam NETHERLANDS
April 27 Effenaar, Endhoven NETHERLANDS
April 28 D:qliq, Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG

They will also be doing four shows in the Northwestern U.S. for their 20th anniversary; these will be full-band shows.

May 14 The Posies 20th Anniversary Shows @ Hell’s Kitchen, Tacoma WA
May 15 The Posies 20th Anniversary Shows @ Winterland, Bremerton WA
May 16 The Posies 20th Anniversary Shows @ Dante’s, Portland OR
May 17 The Posies 20th Anniversary Shows @ Neumo’s, Seattle WA

There are also two new Disciplines shows in Norway that will take place before the full-band Posies shows in May, and a Big Star show in London in August.

The Disciplines’ first full-length album, ‘SMOKiNG KiLLS’, will be released May 5th in Norway & Denmark on Voices Music and Entertainment. One of the songs from the album, “Yours for the Taking,” appears on a bonus CD that comes with the April issue of Q magazine (with all tracks selected by R.E.M.).

Lastly, the Posies tribute EP ‘Beautiful Escape: The Songs Of The Posies Revisited’ is out now on Burning Sky Records and can be ordered on the Myspace page. The EP features 7 songs (including one EP-only song) from the 3-CD release that will be out in May.

Be A Part Of The Posies Tribute Record!

From: http://www.myspace.com/theposiestributealbum

Posies fans,

A large number of bands/performers have contacted me recently wanting to
submit a track for possible inclusion on “Beautiful Escape: The Ultimate
Tribute to The Posies.” Well, now is your chance! I have been blown away by
the high level of interest in this Posies Tribute, and I wanted to give more
people around the world a chance to be a part of it.

You can see on our profile the current list of songs that have already been
selected for inclusion. If you are interested in submitting a track to the
Album, please contact me at burningskyrecords@gmail.com, and let me know
which track you are interested in covering. I am still expecting a number of
specific tracks to be finished shortly by other bands/performers who are
supposed to finish their tracks soon. I can give you guidance as to which
tracks may represent the best opportunity to be a part of the final release.

Also, my plan all along has been for “Beautiful Escape: The Ultimate Tribute
to The Posies” to be a 2-CD release. However, if we get enough great tracks,
there is a chance that it could be expanded to 3-CDs.

The one catch? The absolute “drop dead” date that I need to receive the
tracks by is Monday, December 17th, 2007. No tracks will be accepted after
that date.

Please send any questions as well as any finished tracks to
burningskyrecords@gmail.com.

Cheers, and best of luck!

Alan and the Burning Sky Records Posies Tribute Album Team

Jon Heads To Japan For Solo Tour

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

KS 7″, and new tour dates up

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.

Pre-Order Jon’s New Album

Jon Auer’s solo album ‘Songs from the Year of Our Demise’ will be released on May 2nd in the US, and it is now available to pre-order from Pattern 25 (both US & non-US) for $14. You can also get an autographed copy before the release date – follow the link above to place an order.

In addition, here is an interview Jon did with an Australian paper recently.