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We're Back!

After an acoustic CMJ show in October, we're back with the full sound tonight at Glasslands in Williamsburg. You'll see some familiar faces and some new faces in the lineup. Tim, Jenny and Michelle are still with us...but Tim plays guitar now! Michelle plays a michelle-sized keyboard and sometimes the glockenspiel! (And the cello still.) Tonight we introduce, Ben Bynum on drums, who happens to also be the drummer for singer, Nellie McKay. Michelle & Ben grew up together out on Long Island since they were wee kids and then went to the Juilliard School together. Colin is the new bassist, who we met through Ben and another of Michelle's high school friends--sound engineer, Rob Paterson. Colin takes fancy fingers to a whole new level. He plays in a bunch of different groups, ranging from jazz to rap to electro to you name it. We had an awesome practice last night in the oldest free-standing barn in America (out on Long Island)...see you tonight!

Tickets: www.ticketfly.com%2Fpurchase%2Fevent%2F18006&h=e49e4

The Huffington Post named our show one of the 9 best things to do this weekend!

SXSW 2010!

yup, we're playing a showcase next week! it'll be our first show for 2010 because we've been working on new material and will have an all new setup to run by you guys in austin. psyched to be back on stage! come see us friday night at the Wave! 408 E 6th St. and in pretty much the same news as last year, where in the world is....nathan senge?

DETROIT (by Nate Senge)

It had long been my desire to see the now infamous skeleton of Detroit. The hollowed out facades of abandoned skyscrapers, the peeling paint of unseen and outdated billboards, the endless circular chase of a lone taxi cab. What remains of Motor City did not disappoint.
I was instantly greeted by the towering edifice of the Detroit train depot, once the grand epicenter of the city's transportation network. What remained looked like a choice piece from the set of I Am Legend. A derelict, hulking mass whose peeling metal struck a worthy contrast to the corinythian ornaments of its summit. Razorwire rounded the perimeter, and a single sputtering streetlight gave the scene an effect that would have had Tim Burton swooning. Flanked by a used car lot and a flashing neon bar sign, an uninformed outsider would have guessed this to be the outcasted bowels of the city. Yet these environs were but a brisk, ten-minute jaunt from the banner-strewn promenade of downtown. The unconvincing spangles of the city's light display seemed only to embarrass the trolling urbanites, so aware were they of the legerdemain at hand.
The dusty interior of The Lager House captures it all. The first question put to the sound guy came back with, "no one tells me shit." My overly politely ordered burger was made by a Saw-esque diabolical looking man with an oversized cutting knife and a grease-stained apron in a makeshift barbeque pit out back. The bar was populated by an array of sledneck types, sipping their American Lager and fumbling their french fries in head-drooped silence. You can imagine my surprise when the usual cadre of skin-tight jean-clad and emaciated hipster frames started pouring through the back door. In seconds, The Lager House changed its clothes and the rock show was on.

COLUMBUS OH-IO

i love columbus. having lived here 2 years, i'm glad to report that last night did not disappoint. thanks to all the old friends who came out! it was another show with social studies - and then they came to crash with all of us at my friend josh's - which turned into a dance party until 5:30am. great finish to the tour. Hauling ass back to brooklyn today!

DETROIT

Madison was lovely- fun show at the frequency including tim's dad proudly taking photos. A much needed day off thursday - thrift store-ing, cooking, nerd time for some and exploring the town.

Booked it to detroit tonight - great show w the amazing timothy monger of great lake myth society doing an acoustic solo set, social studies and a band called the juliets- whose lead singer verbally attacked the sound guy, then ran off stage and tried to tackle said sound guy before getting tackled himself - all while the drummer was also spouting off on stage. Other than that, met some great detroit folk tonight. Always an adventure!

columbus tomorrow for our final stop - and a bit of a homecoming for me!
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MINNEAPOLIS

minneapolis is a strange town...and an amazing one. at our show last night joe january, the bartender, gave us $1 raspberry beers, josh from where astronauts go to hide smashed a mandolin during their show, and a fan actually proposed to his girlfriend from the stage. madison, can you live up to minneapolis??