A Sunny Day in Glasgow

We have a few t-shirts left over from our recent european tour and they are now for sale over at Mis Ojos Discos:

We are on tour right now!

4/15 - Goteborg, Sweden - Jazzhuset (Website)
4/17 - Stockholm, Sweden - Record Hunter (2pm)
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 - Meet Factory (Website)
5/4 - Budapest, Hungary - Durer-Kert (Website)
5/5 - Zilina, Slovakia - Stanica (Website)
5/6 - Kosice, Slovakia - Tabacka Kulturfabrik (Website)
5/7 - Wein, Austria - B72 (Buy tickets)
5/8 - Offenbach, Germany - Hafen 2 (Website)
5/9 - Leipzig, Germany - UT Connewitz (Website)
5/10 - Berlin, Germany - Bang Bang Club (Website)
5/11 - Duisburg, Germany - Steinbruch (Website)
5/12 - Brussels, Belgium - Les Nuits Botanique Festival
5/13 - Nottingham, England - Spanky Van Dykes
5/14 - Manchester, England - Islington Mill (Buy tickets)
5/15 - Glasgow, Scotland - Nice N Sleazys (Website)
5/16 - Belfast, Ireland - Queens University
5/17 - Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh
5/18 - Dublin, Ireland – Whelans (Website)
5/20 - London, England - Luminaire (Buy tickets)
5/21 - Paris, France - Glazart
5/22 - Reims, France - Centre Culturel St Exupery
5/23 - Limoges, France - La Fourmi
5/24 - Montpellier, France - Secret Place (TAF)
5/25 - Bordeaux, France - Le Saint Ex
5/26 - Toulouse, France - Le Saint Des Seins
5/28 - Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Festival (Website)
5/29 - Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Festival

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)
3/06 - Salt Lake City, UT - Burt’s Tiki Lounge (Website)
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)
3/12 - Davis, CA - Technocultural Studies (TCS) Building @ UC Davis
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 - IODA Party @ Emo’s Annex (12:30pm) Austin, TX SXSW
3/17 - Force Field / Terrorbird Party @ Red 7 (5:15pm) Austin, TX SXSW
3/18 - Anso / Brooklyn Vegan Party @ Spiderhouse (1:30pm) Austin, TX SXSW
3/18 - Live Interview @ Studiio SX @ The Convention Center (4:30pm) Austin, TX SXSW
3/18 - Impose Party @ Longbranch Inn (8:30pm) Austin, TX SXSW
3/19 - Official Showcase @ Lambert’s (11pm) Austin, TX SXSW
3/19 - South by South Mess @ 21st Street Co-op (2am) Austin, TX SXSW
3/20 - Drugs, Roll, & Sex Rock @ Urban Outfitters (1pm) Austin, TX SXSW
3/20 - Waterloo Records (5pm) Austin, TX SXSW
3/20 - Mich’s House (8pm???, more details soon) 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)
4/9 - Amiens, France - Faites Danser Les Garcons @ La Lune des Pirates (Website)
4/10 - Paris, France - Faites Danser Les Garcons #1 @ Fleche d’Or (Website)
4/11 - Paris, France - Gals Rock (acoustic showcase)

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:)

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….

So i (ben) used to play in this band called PERSONS. not to sound arrogant, but we were really good. no one ever knew who we were though. the only record of us on the internet was just put up by our friend Dave, and he decided to make this strange video documenting our last show ever. check it out if you are really bored. this is what Dave wrote about it:

The best band to ever come out of Abington, PA, was a band called the Lain Meyers. They later streamlined the band and became “The Persons.” Pete Leonard, Steve Heise, and Ben Daniels all drank beer one time. they went on to make microtonal music, play in bands like Sunny Day in Glasgow, Rifle Nice, Dragon City, and 500 other bands.

I made this movie to skew and destroy the memory of The Persons and leave their only record on the internet as a ghosty slo-momemo-ry. Then I superimposed Jim Lewis lip-synching the rocky horror picture show in order to further corrupt the image.

Live from megan meginley’s apartment in west philly - 2003? special guests stars: all of the meginleys and some white kids dancing.