NITETIME RAINBOWS EP — Out on March 2, 2010
on clear vinyl 12″/ digital download only
Pre order from Mis Ojos Discos
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A1 Nitetime rainbows (new mix)
A2 Daytime rainbows
A3 So bloody, so tight
A4 Piano Lessons
B1 Nitetime rainbows (Buddy System remix)
B2 Nitetime rainbows (Acid wash edit by Benoit Pioulard)
B3 Nitetime rainbows (Ezekiel Honig remix)
We are going on tour again this Spring! More European dates are coming…
[UPDATE: More dates! Also, the Paris show on 4/8 has been moved to 4/10 and instead, we will be in London on 4/8]
2/26 - New York City, NY - Mercury Lounge (Buy tickets)
2/27 - Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox (Buy tickets)
2/28 - Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig (Buy tickets)
3/01 - Columbus, OH - Cafe Bourbon (Buy tickets)
3/02 - Champaign, IL - Mike N’ Molly’s (Website)
3/03 - Chicago, IL – Schubas (Buy tickets)
3/04 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews (Buy tickets)
3/05 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive (Buy tickets)
3/08 - Vancouver, BC - The Media Club (Buy tickets)
3/09 - Seattle, WA - The Vera Project (Buy tickets)
3/10 - Portland, OR – Holocene (Buy tickets)
3/11 - San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern (Website)
3/13 - Los Angeles, CA - The Mint (Buy tickets)
3/14 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar (Website)
3/15 - Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture Gallery (Buy tickets)
3/17 - Austin, TX SXSW
3/18 - Austin, TX SXSW
3/19 - Austin, TX SXSW
3/20 - Austin, TX SXSW
3/21 - Austin, TX SXSW
3/23 - New Orleans, LA – AllWays Lounge (Website)
3/24 - Oxford, MS - Proud Larry’s * (Buy tickets)
3/25 - Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree * (Buy tickets)
3/26 - Nashville, TN - The End * (Buy tickets)
3/27 - Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor * (Website)
3/28 - Washington, DC - DC9 (Buy tickets)
3/29 - Brooklyn, NY - Bell House (Buy tickets)
3/31 - Boston, MA - Great Scott (Buy tickets)
4/01 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie (Buy tickets)
4/02 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison (Website)
4/03 - Montreal, QC - The Green Room
* w/ Japandroids
4/8 - London, England - Windmill Brixton (Buy tickets)
4/10 - Paris, France - Faites Danser Les Garcons #1 @ Fleche d’Or (Website)
4/15 - Goteborg, Sweden - Jazzhuset (Website)
4/17 - Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser (Website)
4/19 - Oslo, Norway - Mono Cafe (Website)
4/20 - Bergen, Norway - Landmark (Website)
4/21 - Kristiansand, Norway - Trash Pop @ Charlies (Website)
4/24 - Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso (Buy tickets)
4/27 - Luxemboug, Luxembourg - Dqliq (Website)
4/29 - Dijon, France - Kill Your Pop Festival (Buy tickets)
4/30 - Lyon, France - Le Sonic (Website)
5/1 - Rorschach, Switzerland - Mariaberg (Website)
5/3 - Prague, Czech Republic - Klub 007 (Website)
5/4 - Budapest, Hungary - Durer-Kert (Website)
5/5 - Zilina, Slovakia - Stanica (Website)
5/6 - Kosice, Slovakia - Tabacka Kulturfabrik (Website)
5/12 - Brussels, Belgium - Les Nuits Botanique Festival
5/14 - Manchester, England - Islington Mill (Buy tickets)
5/15 - Glasgow, Scotland - Nice N Sleazys (Website)
5/18 - Dublin, Ireland – Whelans (Website)
5/20 - London, England - Luminaire (Buy tickets)
5/24 - Montpellier, France - Secret Place (TAF)
5/25 - Bordeaux, France - Le Saint Ex
ASDiG in the Radio K bathrooms, photo by Radio K-ers
On our Fall tour we stopped at the U of Minnesota’s radio station, Radio K. They have lots of bands come through and play sets on the air. We played there back in Summer 2007 and we were excited to come back. Anyway, they sent us a recording of our set from November and I kinda like it, so here it is for download…
A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Live on Radio K, November 21, 2009
1. Failure
2. Passionate introverts (Dinosaurs)
3. Shy
4. Close chorus
So we are all back home from tour, trying to stay warm and getting ready for the next massive round of touring in a few months… In the meantime, here are a couple of videos we recorded while on the road in the December. The first one was recorded in NYC by Ray Concepcion for Pitchfork’s “Tunnelvision” series. The second was recorded by the blog, the New Gay, before our show in DC. (Acoustic ASDiG, yikes) I would just like to say that, at the NYC show, my guitar was way louder than that. These board mixes are tricky… enjoy!
We are on tour now! It is really fun and we set up a tumblr to document the many adventures we’ve been having. We’ve only been on tour for 3 days and already there have been 3 car accidents! (everyone is ok).
anyway, we named it “Sitting Contest” because that is what tour feels like sometimes. Check it out:
Released November 10, 2009
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1. Shy
2. Walking pneumonia
3. Curse words (A place where we can hide for a little bit mix)
So many people have been in ASDiG since the project started in 2006 - touring members especially have come and gone. But I am happy and excited to let you know that we now have what could really be called a stable line-up now. The sad news is that Robin & Lauren are no longer singing with ASDiG. For various reasons (out of state grad school; boyfriend’s broken limbs, work) neither were readily available while we were recording Ashes Grammar. These were dark times! But then all of this great stuff started to happen where Josh and I just said fuck it and kept working on the album. And then longtime fan and west philly neighbor Ryan Newmeyer wrote out of nowhere to ask what kind of fuzz pedal I use (<3<3<3 love you so much zvex fuzz factory <3<3<3) and I asked if he knew any singers. And he did! And her name was (is) Annie Fredrickson. Josh, Annie, and I would spend many many many late nights in Lambertville and West Philly and South Philly and anywhere we could make noise starting from scratch, ultimately finishing the album, and generally coming together as friends and as a band. Good times!
And then, when Ashes Grammar was done and we all got really drunk and got some normal sleep and listened to songs that weren’t our songs etc… and the three of us decided we really liked the album and wanted to go on tour for as long as we possibly could to support it. But no one else wanted to go, so it was kind of dark times again. But then it turns out that Ryan plays bass! And then Josh’s friend Adam Herndon joined to play drums (Josh now plays guitar/synths/whatever and sings)! And then we had this singer search where so many incredibly talented singers from all over the world sent us demos and tried out and it was crazy, we had no idea there were so many people who would want to join our little band. It was a really hard decision but in the end we are very happy to introduce you to Jen Goma when we go out on tour next week.
Anyway, things feel really good now. Everyone in this band really wants to be in this band and they are all talented people. It feels like we actually are a band and can give alot of ASDiG songs the live treatment (I think) they deserve.
Also, we’ve already recorded another album’s worth of new songs and we are going to be touring so so so much next year in addition to this fall. Hope to see you out there!
xoxo
ben
(asdig, ben excluded:)
Mis Ojos Discos has sold its last copy of the special color vinyl for Ashes Grammar, which means it is all gone except for a few we set aside to have on tour with us later this Fall. More on the tour later!
xoxo
so i used to play in this band called king kong ding dong. i think i still do play in it when i am around actually. BUT, i am writing this because the gang just finished a new record and it is great! you can download it for free here: KKDD
You can also download these really old recordings that leroy and i made from way back in the day as Hearthrob & A Sunny Day in Glasgow, respectively. a bunch of these songs went on to become proper KKDD & ASDiG songs. they sound pretty terrible here, but you know, kind of neat if you are into it….
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