Sound Bites

Peter Moren + Tobias Froberg | Mercury Lounge | 4.21.2008

"Don't worry, I'm Swedish." Tobias Froberg was learning the problems of playing with a laptop as backing band -- namely if you flub an intro you have to restart the equipment. Which meant running around the amplifiers and such, over to his macbook.

It was early in his set -- second song -- but it could've been said at any point during the evening, a laid back, fun show featuring a couple Swedes and an American named Doug. Froberg was opening for old pal Peter Moren, who was taking a break from being in Peter, Bjorn & John to play some shows in support of his first solo album, The Last Tycoon, which Froberg plays on. Froberg was supporting his second album, Turn Heads, which Moren plays on. So not surprisingly they were both out there for each other's sets. They'd just come straight from a European tour together, they played Dublin last night. But for the US dates, they've got Dirty on Purpose drummer Doug Marvin as a third -- you might recall he played bongos for Peter Bjorn and John on some American dates last year.

Froberg not you typical Swedish indie rocker. His songs have more of a '70s feel, more emotional, many being piano driven. "Just Behind a Brickwall" has an undeniable Elton John feel. But not cheesy. He seemed excited to be playing to a semi-full room, making jokes inbetween songs, mainly of the "Thank you America!" variety. He was good, even though he didn't play "When the Night Turns Cold" off his first album which is my favorite.

MP3: Tobias Froberg - Slipping Under the Radar (buy it)

Moren's set was equally loosey-goosey. Though Doug -- whose name sounds like "dog" when spoken with a Swedish accent -- had played with Moren at Joe's Pub for a couple shows a few months back, Moren and Froberg kept throwing him curve balls, but he's a good musician and held his own, though when they put him on piano for one song, it was entertaining to watch him craning his neck to try and figure out what chords Moren was playing. He finally gave up and switched to tambourine.

Moren's solo album is pretty different from the pop he writes for PB&J. The songs are more obtuse, less obviously hooky, the lyrics much more personal. But he was much more a showman here than I remembered him being at either of the shows with Bjorn and John I caught last year. He was a real Chatty Cathy, and a charming one at that, with lots of stories about his songs, from his time in mandatory military training ("Reel to Reel") and as a teacher ( "Social Competence"). There was also a string section for three songs. In addition to most of The Last Tycoon, we also got two PB&J songs ("Sunday Morning," "Goodbye, Again Or") and a couple covers: A Ha's "Take on Me" (which had all the ladies in the crowd singing along) and Buddy Holly's "Oh Boy." Everybody was clearly having a good time.

MP3: Peter Moren - Social Competence (buy it)

This was the first date on their tour, and I can only imagine it's one that will be better at the end, when Moren and Froberg allow Marvin to get up to speed. Dates:

Apr 22     Middle East Upstairs, Boston, Massachusetts
Apr 23     Cabaret Musee Juste Pour Rire, Montreal, Quebec
Apr 24     464 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Apr 25     Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio
Apr 26     Schubas     Chicago, Illinois
Apr 28     Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, British Columbia
Apr 29     The Triple Door, Seattle, Washington
Apr 30     Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, Oregon
May 1     Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, California
May 2     Hotel Café, Los Angeles, California
May 3     Troubador, Los Angeles, California

Double Bill of the Week

I would be remiss if I didn't mention this Friday's show at Mercury Lounge featuring two of New York's best "dream pop" bands (trying to avoid the S-word). Headliners Dirty on Purpose haven't played, aprart from opening for Band of Horses on Valentine's Day, for five months or so, though they've been plenty busy. January saw the release of their great Like Bees EP while also releasing a free, digital-only EP,Dead Volcanoes, through RCRDLBL.com, albiet in drips and drabs. The latter has been interesting to hear as it really finds the band stretching out and trying new things. I'm told that the final song they've yet to post is unlike anything they've ever done before (and George takes the rare lead vocals). Meanwhile, of the three that are currently available, I really like "The Thing About Getaways" and "Hard to Tell You" which sounds a bit like Luna covering "Crimson and Clover." (Nice spot, Sung Bin.) Friday is also bassist DJ Boudreau's birthday, so be sure to buy him a shot... after the show, please.

Mahogany, meanwhile, have been laying low since releasing the masterful Connectivity! in 2006. I don't think they've played a show since last summer. Their Myspace hasn't really been updated since then either, so who knows what they have in store for us. Maybe some more of Connectivity!, as most of the shows I saw them play for that album were only about five songs deep. But they made up for it with the two-drummer, multiple guitarists and keyboardists and vocalists attack. And "Supervitesse" has yet to get old for me.

This is kind the 2008 equivalent of Ride and the Pale Saints touring together (which they did way back a licensed driver ago). It's just one show, but still a perfect match. Tickets are $10 and will probably sell out before Friday I'd imagine.

In other Dirty on Purpose news, "Audience in the Room" from Like Bees can currently be heard in a Virgin Mobile commercial. (And I still think their cover of "Send Me an Angel" would be perfect for Gossip Girl.) Meanwhile, drummer Doug Marvin (who sings lead on "Getaways") has a solo project, Purse Snatchers, with some help from his wife Annie who plays in Au Revoir Simone when she's not judging potential New York Noise VJs. The Purse Snatchers album, To Feet of Snow, is full of the pretty melodies and gentle singing athat Marvin brings to the songs he pens for Dirty on Purpose. There's just more of them. And one of them is available on RCRDLBL.com.

MP3: Dirty on Purpose - Audience in the Room (from Like Bees)

MP3: Mahogany - Springtime, Save Our Country (from Connectivity!)

The Duke Spirit | Mercury Lounge | 2.13.2008

Liela Moss is a pistol. As much as you wanted to check out the rest of the band, it was hard to take your eyes off her. She knows what she's got and she knows how to work it... and there were photographers  who literally never stopped taking pictures of her the entire show. Actually there were about 12, right up front, whose lenses seemed mesmerized by her. There is no doubt Moss is beautiful, but she's got the pipes to match and, obviously, a stage presence to hold it all together. She's also pretty good with a harmonica.

That said, The Duke Spirit killed it. were playing their first US headlining shows since completion of their  second album, Neptune. I was never that big a fan of the band before but the new album is just great -- it rocks, it pops, and just sounds great. (If you're got real speakers, crank it up.) Moss held the crowd but certainly the rest of the band kept her up, powering through nearly the entirety of Neptune before peppering the set with songs from their debut. Highlights were new single "The Step and the Walk," the breezy (for them) "Sunken Treasure" and "Lassoo" which rocked and showed off Moss' total command of the stage. A lot of crushes were made Wednesday night but The Duke Spirit are the total package.

MP3: The Duke Spirit - The Step and the Walk (Download Neptune now, the CD's out in April)

Setlist: Send a Little Love Token | You Really Wake Up the Love in Me | Sunken Treasure | Lassoo | Dog Roses | Sovereign | Neptune's Call | The Step and the Walk | This Ship Was Built to Last | Red Weather | Love is an Unfamiliar Name | Lion Rip | Into the Fold

Tickets are still available for their show tonight at Union Hall.

Photo above from treeannolson's Flickr photostream. Others in attendance: Punk Photo, Disconap, Music Snobbery...

I interviewed guitarist Dan Higgins. We talk about food.

I thought my camera kicked the bucket before the show but it turned out I had changed some setting that magically fixed itself after a restart...which I figured out after the show. Though I couldn't take pictures, it did allow me to shoot video:

The latter half of "The Step and the Walk":

And "Red West":

The Teenagers + Bear Hands | Mercury Lounge | 1.30.2008

"I saved some of my best moves for New York -- did you notice?" Quentin Delafon, one-third of Paris pop group The Teenagers, was a real ham Wednesday at Mercury Lounge for the band's NYC debut, holding more poses for cameras than Derek Zoolander. He also comes off in some ways as the French equivalent of The Rakes' Alan Donahoe -- lots of weird, spazzy arm dancing.

Delafon kept telling the crowd how nervous they all were, it being New York and all, and maybe the rest of the band was, but he was certainly having a good time up there and knew how to work the crowd. Which is good because all the Teenagers songs pretty much sound the same -- shoegazy, not that far musically from the Radio Dept. really -- with spoken verses and sung choruses featuring lyrics either about meeting beautiful girls (who drink Red Bull and vodka) and trying to score with them, or what it's like being a Teenager. Sometimes their songs are about both. Sometimes those girls they try and score with end up stealing their prized Jazzmaster guitar. It's a hard life being a Young Parisian . Though not as hard as being a baby.

I wouldn't say that the crowd was going nuts for them, except maybe the girls near the front, but everyone seemed entertained. OK maybe the girls in the front were going nuts. Two of whom were invited on-stage to sing the female parts on their C-bomb dropping single "Homecoming" which was probably the best song of the night. Though I like the song about the Jazzmaster too. Their fucking Jazzmaster!

MP3: The Teenagers - Sunset Beach (Their album, Reality Check, is available digitally now. On CD in March)

Lots of bloggerati were there, I think. I know Matt Music Slut was there, as was Abbey Punk Photo. Abbey's got video as well in her post.) For those who couldn't score tickets, The Teenagers are playing Hiro Ballroom tonight which is free with a Going.com RSVP. They're also playing the official Hot Chip afterparty at Studio B on Saturday, if you've still got energy. I have a feeling I won't.

Local openers Bear Hands were good too. I've seen them a few times over the last six months. I'm not sure how to describe their sound. Poppy in a lopsided Wolf Parade kind of way, though maybe that's just because bassist Val Loper sometimes picks up drumsticks and wails on a floor tom at the front of the stage.

They're fun to watch and I've come to really like a few of the songs -- though most are newer (possibly older, what do I know?) than their just-released Golden EP. Though the title track is pretty good.

MP3: Bear Hands - Golden (buy it)

The Dodos + Alberta Cross | Mercury Lounge | 01.28.2008

"More with less." That's one of the themes of the current, final season of The Wire. In that world, it's all about downsizing and budget cuts. But with The Dodos, "more with less" is a good thing. The San Francisco duo pretty much wowed the crowd at Mercury lounge.

The more comes from singer-guitarist Meric Long, who used two microphones, a looping pedal, and a heavy wash of reverb to do the work of two, possibly three rocking people. The less came from mustachioed drummer Logan Kroeber whose minimal kit didn't include a kickdrum or hi-hat, though he did have a tambourine duct-taped to his left foot. He more than made the most of, though, and together the Dodos made an awesome ruckus.

What is it about duos that make them work so much harder than bands with more members? From House of Freaks and Chickasaw Mud Puppies through the White Stripes, Viva Voce, Mates of State... there's a long history of the power of two. Nine songs, about half of which are on their upcoming second album, Visiter, also equally divided between prettier Magnetic Fields-ish pop (Long sounds a lot like frequent Mag Fields contributor John Woo) and stomping -- literally stomping -- blues rock. Listening to the album, I wasn't expecting them to be so loud. Or even so good. Horrible name, though.

MP3: The Dodos - Fools

Golly, it was Blog Central at Mercury Lounge last night and I spied Brooklyn Vegan, Matt Music Slut, Abbey from Punk Photo (she got some nice video) and Jerry Yeti though there were probably more than that.

They're playing again in New York on Saturday at Union Pool (not Hall) with Phosphorescent -- and insanely good double-bill that I wouldn't miss if I didn't already have tickets to Hot Chip at Highline. And the Dodos will be touring now pretty much though April. Catch 'em if you can:

Feb 2     Union Pool/Brooklyn NY    
Feb 15     The Blank Club/San Jose, CA    
Feb 28     Cafe Du Nord/Noise Pop
Mar 8     The Smell/Los Angeles
Mar 9     Bar Pink Elephant/San Diego
Mar 11     The Line Bar/Juarez, Mexico
Mar 12     French Kiss Showcase @ The Mowhawk/Austin, TX    
Mar 13     American Songwriter Day Party @ Tap Room/Austin, TX
Mar 14     Leafy Green Showcase     Austin
Mar 14     Hot Freaks Day Party @ The Mohawk/Austin, TX    
Mar 15     SFXSXSW Day Party/Austin, TX Austin
Mar 19     Lola’s/Ft. Worth, TX      Ft. Worth
Mar 22     Ballroom/Marfa, TX      Marfa
Mar 23     Mink/Houston, TX      Houston
Mar 24     Baton Rouge TBA     Baton Rouge
Mar 25     The Bottletree/Birmingham, AL      
Mar 26     Atlanta TBA     Atlanta
Mar 27     Harvest Records/Asheville, NC    
Mar 28     Bull City Headquarters/Durham, NC    
Mar 29     Tea Bazaar/Charlottesville, VA      
Mar 30     DC 9/Washington D.C.     Washington D.C.
Mar 31     Johnny Brenda’s/Philadelphia, PA    
Apr 2     Cafe 9/New Haven, CT     New Haven
Apr 3     Terrace Room @ Princeton/Princeton, NJ    

London via Sweden band (or is it the other way around) Alberta Cross played a stripped down acoustic set before the Dodos and while I like their album and enjoyed them as a rock band during CMJ, this unplugged approach did nothing for me. I spent most of the time admiring their expertly tailored jackets, though I would think it would be hard to play your instruments in such tight-fitting clothes. Not that I've ever tried.

They're playing a full electric set on Monday at Bowery which might be worth checking out.

Setting Suns Tonight; Sinking Suns Tomorrow

If you're like me you're running around like a crazy person trying to get ready for the holidays (or the ability to take time off for them) but if you don't already have plans tonight you might do well to swing by the Mercury Lounge to catch the Setting Suns. I'm a little surprised this isn't getting more attention than it is. The Setting Suns are Adam Franklin, onetime singer of shoegaze titans Swervedriver, and Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino. Apparently the two met last via Big Takeover editor Jack Rabid, hit it off, and decided to work together on some music.

The first fruits of that are now available in the form of a self-titled EP that's available via iTunes. I'm not sure how much of the songwriting is shared, but The Setting Suns are definitely more dreamy and epic-sounding than Franklin's recent, underheard solo album, Bolts of Melody, though I'd have to imagine the songs  (including a really nice cover of the somewhat obscure Kinks' gem "The Way Love Used to Be" [from the Percy soundtrack!]) will rock a bit more in a live setting. There's definitely less drone than Franklin fans may be used to.

I ran into Adam last week at the drunken Cheeseburger show at Knitting Factory and tried to quiz him about tonight's show. He joked that they were still trying to write songs so that they'd have a full set tonight. Maybe we'll find out what this "big announcement" is that is hinted at on the Setting Suns MySpace page. The announcement might be that they're changing their name to The Sinking Suns -- apparently there's some sort of claim to the name already. I think I like Sinking Suns better anyway.

Tonight's Mercury Lounge show is the band's live debut and only show billed as The Setting Suns. Filling out the line-up tonight will be The Album Leaf's Jimmy Lavalle on keyboards, bassist Josh Stoddard (who also plays bass in Franklin's solo band as well as his own group The Still Out), plus second keyboardist Blasco who's played with both Interpol and Secret Machines on the road.

Actually this is a great bill all around tonight. School of Seven Bells are a supergroup of sorts in their own right, featuring ex-Secret Machine man Benjamin Curtis, plus Alejandra and Claudia Deheza who were in the great, short-lived On! Air! Library! It's glitchier than I was expecting but I really like the songs on their Myspace page. I don't know much about Mercova apart from Calla's Peter Gannon is apart of it.

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In other Adam Franklin news, as you may have heard, Swervedriver are getting back together for at least a tour next year. Which is pretty exciting to me as they were one of the great unsung bands of the '90s, and 1995's Ejector Seat Reservation is a lost classic. Certainly anyone who is excited about MBV's supposed re-emergence (we'll see) should pay attention to this. I don't think Swervedriver have played NYC since CMJ '96 when they played with the Poster Children at Tramps. My ears might still be ringing from that one.

Pylon | Mercury Lounge | 11.07.2007

There was no doubt who was playing, as they had actual pylons on stage, lit up with bulbs underneath, bathing the proceedings in a warm crimson. It matched with the band's red attire, the men in t-shirts emblazoned with the word "Cool," the title of Pylon's 1979 debut single -- which also kicked of the band's set. Their first NYC show in probably 17 years, thanks to DFA reissuing their seminal 1980 debut, Gyrate, for the first time on CD.

There was also no doubt who was on stage from the second they broke into "Cool." Pylon may not have made an album since 1990's Chain, but it was apparent they've still got the chops. Drummer Curtis Crowe and bassist Michael Lachowski, in particular, don't seem to have missed in beat -- nothing sluggish or sloppy about their playing. And Randall Bewley's wiry guitar lines still sound fresh. In fact, Pylon felt more of the moment than nine-tenths of the bands who have been aping post punk sounds since it came back in fashion five years ago. They even broke out an old B/W portable trucker TV to add buzz and hum to "Driving School" -- a gimmick that still works.

If there was a weak link, it was singer Vanessa Briscoe who, after years away from the spotlight being a nurse and a mom, seemed a bit shy and self-conscious. At first. But about halfway through the set she loosened up (as did the crowd), started having fun and her charisma returned. By set's end, she was belting out "Beep" and "Danger" like no time had passed. Certainly the adoring crowd, most of whom were older than me by a good eight years I'm guessing (a nice change of pace for me, I must be honest), helped make things more comfortable. I kind of expected to see James Murphy amongst them, but if he was there I didn't spot him. Gang of Four drummer Hugo Burnham was there, however... as was, uh, my cheesemonger.

Setlist, courtesy nyctaper, who has the whole show on his site as lossloss downloads:

Cool | Dub | Driving School | Read a Book | Working is No Problem | Sugarpop | 3×3 | Gravity | Precaution | Weather | The Human Body | Crazy | K | Danger | Volume | Feast on My Heart | Stop It | Encore: M Train | Beep | Sloganistic

MP3: Pylon - Gravity (buy it)

The Mercury Lounge show was sold out, but I'm guessing there are plenty of tickets to tonight's show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. It's a more appealing bill, I think, with Oxford Collapse and Free Blood (ex-!!!), plus DJ slots from Hugo Burnham (billed as Gang of One, har) and Andrew Butler of DFA signees Hercules & Love Affair. All for $14! Cool indeed.

The Young Knives | Luna Lounge + Mercury Lounge | 3.20.2007 + 3.22.2007

The Young Knives can't catch a break. The trio from Leicestershire, England  aren't getting the press that some UK bands receive, but they were set to play two high-profile gigs before SXSW, sharing the bill with the the View (at Luna Lounge) and the Bird and the Bee (Mercury Lounge). Dreaded visa issues forced them to cancel, and makeup shows were scheduled, but let's just say the bands they got to play with left something to be desired.

But both shows were great, low turnout or not. What the band lack in easily digestible sounds, and NME-cover style, they make up for in energy and wit. The harmonies are a bit odd, and the riffs are more angular than other bands, but the Young Knives have plenty of hooks. Anyone who likes Wire or the Jam or Gang of Four (Andy Gill produced their album) will certainly like them -- though they are less retro-sounding than other, more popular bands who claim the same influences.

Guitarist Henry Hartnol did most of the singing, though bassist House of Lords (aka Henry's brother Thomas) did his fare share too, as well as providing the funniest moments. The singles from new album Voices of Animals and Men ("Weekends and Bleak Days," "She's Attracted To," "The Decision," and "Here Comes the Rumor Mill") were obvious highlights, though new song "Fit for You" was maybe their best yet, and will surely end up as an A-side at some point. It may even chart.

Tuesday's show at Luna Lounge didn't seem to have any opening act at all, which made the $14 cover (what it was when they were playing with The View) seem extra steep. And walking into the giant space to find about 20 people there was disheartening. But more people filtered in -- probably about 60 or so -- just in time to catch the band...

...except it wasn't the Young Knives. It was an opening band, unannounced, unlisted. They were from Philadelphia and mumbled their name before they launched into their set. How to describe them? A potent combination of horrible and ridiculously loud, like Greg Duli fronting a talentless bar band who nonetheless thought they were the shit. And in the Luna Lounge, there is nowhere to escape the noise, which is something I fear will be a fatal mistake for the club. The sales of ear plugs during this band's set will probably hold as a record for some time. When the show was over, I asked around as to who they were, so I could avoid seeing them in the future. Nobody could tell me the name, not even the Young Knives manager, or Rob, the owner of Luna Lounge.* In fairness, the group did loan the Young Knives their instruments, so you have to give them credit for that. But seriously, they were bad.

The Mercury Lounge show was better all around. They played the same night as iPod commercial stars, the Fratellis, but it was a separate show, so you couldn't just stick around and see the Young Knives. You had to exit the club, stand around till they let you back in, and then pay again. Kind of weak. There was a band before YKs, this synth glam thing called Unisex Salon. I spent most of the time trying to determine whether they were serious or not. The singer, covered in rediculous tattoos, looked like Jared Leto with a porn beard who learned all his dance moves from watching the Billy Squire "Rock Me Tonight" video. It was kinda like Hedwig minus the hooks, or something out of the The Apple.

Then when the Young Knives took stage, to a nice crowd, but the show was somewhat undermined by a group of drunk, too cool for school idiots under the left speaker. Mainly it was one dude in sunglasses (hiding a massive shiner) who kept having his bros take pictures of him (drinking his beer) watching the band. In between songs they would shout a bunch of dumb shit, and kept buying the band rounds of Yager that they obviously didn't want. "Sorry everyone. We need to stop the show so we can get drunk with this man," Henry Hartnol said after the first one. His brother added, "Cheers. I feel funny and can't remember the notes anymore."

My friend Heather and I wondered if we were just old and cranky or if these guys were just douches. We settled on the latter.

MP3: The Young Knives - Part Timer

Voices of Animals and Men is out now, and comes with a bonus DVD of live performances and music videos. Highly recommended.

The photo above is actually from SXSW, taken from Gregscargill's Flickr photostream. For pictures and a review of the Luna Lounge show, check out BrooklynRocks.

*I found out later the name of the opening band at the Luna Lounge show: Curtis Helldiver. You have been warned.

Kelley Stoltz | Mercury Lounge | 3.25.2006

I first saw Kelley Stoltz at Arlene's Grocery during CMJ 2003 as part of Crock-O-Dials, his Echo & the Bunnymen tribute act -- also featuring Spiral Stairs on guitar -- whose appearances in San Francisco had become legendary. They played Crocodiles in its entirety and nothing else, but went go the whole nine yards: smoke machines, camo outfits, and Stoltz doing a perfect Mac the Mouth impression the whole time. "You may have heard this one on John Peel last night." What a blast. Will Sergeant, who had played with the real E&TB earlier that night at Webster Hall, was in the small crowd to see Crock-O-Dials but he didn't join them onstage.

Stoltz makes his own records too, which I'm sure he'd rather be known for. Very good ones too. Below the Branches is his third album -- and first for Sub Pop -- and I've become quite enamored with it over the last month. It doesn't really sound like the Bunnymen; piano is probably the predominant instrument and the production, which seems purposely lo-fi, is varied. If anything, the record sounds like something a mid-'70s singer-songwriter like Randy Newman, Paul McCartney, or even maybe Skip Spence.

Seeing him perform his own songs live at Mercury Lounge on Saturday night, with the constraints of a live band (albeit a good one), some of the Bunnymen-isms crept back in. He obviously spent so much time imitating Ian McCulloch that some of the phrasing stuck; the way he sings the word "reeling," for instance. And just the timbre of his voice puts him in the same vocal range as McCulloch (or Jim Morrison). And some of the guitar playing owes much to Will Sergeant's stylings. These are not bad things. It's who he is. And Stoltz put on a fantastic show which pretty much won the whole crowd over. In addition to being a great musician, he is also quite the charmer, raconteur, and comedian.

Flitting between guitar and a Fender Rhodes, Stoltz played for about 45 minutes, mostly songs from Below the Branches. With half the stage taken up by the massive amount of equipment The Mystery Jets had brought, he and his band (a really great drummer and bassist, plus a second guitarist who, at one point, played his instrument with a screwdriver). At one point he conducted the crowd to hum along to the loud electrical hum coming from the PA; at another he did a spot-on impersonation of color-obsessed jazz poet Ken Nordine; another song morphed into Pharoh Sanders' "The Creator Has a Master Plan" for a good ten minutes before "bringing it home." Actually all three of those things may have happened during the same song. I really should bring a notebook to shows.

MP3: Kelley Stoltz - "Birdies Singing"

I was so impressed with the show that I'm going to go back to Mercury Lounge tonight to go see him. (I also want to check out Abberfeldy who are also playing.) He's got additional tour dates and you should really go see Kelley if he's playing near you...

03-27     Mercury Lounge    New York City, NY      
03-29     Great Scott         Allston, MA      
03-30     Club Lambi           Montreal, QC, Canada      
03-31     Drake Hotel          Toronto, ON, Canada      
04-01     Lager House         Detroit, MI      
04-03     Schubas              Chicago, IL      
04-04     400 Bar               Minneapolis, MN      
04-07     Neumos               Seattle, WA
04-08     Doug Fir Lounge    Portland, OR