RECORDIN'

Greet-angs,

We've been all shacked up @ The Gradwell House in the Haddon area for most of the past month. When we aren't recording, our nights are usually filled with rehearsing the new jams or taking nightly trips to Starbucks for coffee, smoke breaks, and tea(or because Joe has a giant crush on the staff). Anyhow, back to the EP. EP number two (not the title, just a fact (jack)). The drums are all complete. They sound great, mainly because I am a great drummer and because Steve is great at recording drums. Seriously, mostly because of me though. A bunch of the guitars are done. The string section is doing a fine job (ESP DUSTIN). Joe took a bunch of pictures at the studio last night for his photography class. We'll probably post a whole bunch on here when the film gets developed (who uses film cameras anymore?). One of these nights, I'd like to get a video of Steve and Carmen slapping each other. It's really great. We've eaten Chinese for the past two nights...our stomachs are barely hangin' in. Yiiiiiiiiikes.


Signed, sealed, and delivered.

DAN BOGAN.

young wild'n free

Tour was so much more than we could have expected, the reception we received was amazing, and the shows were some of the best we have ever played. Thanks to all the people who purchased our records, listened to our set, bought a shirt, or even just talked to one of us at the show. We met some great people in some really cool bands along the way and saw a ton of old friends.

Just to update, Neil broke his wrist and had to have surgery, he has a screw in there and is recovering now, but we won't be able to do anything live until late fall/winter. However, we are going into the studio this week to begin some work on an EP that we are going to release later this year. We will be recording with Steve and Dave of Up Up Down Down at their studio, the Gradwell House. UUDD actually played their final show last night and we all were lucky enough to be there, those guys have been such a huge influences and mentors to us throughout our time as a band, its sad to see UUDD over, but i'm sure whatever they do next will be great.

Also, for any of you that don't know, joe has a little thing on the side, Miracle 1993, for which he recorded an amazing version "Autumn Eyes", a song from our best friends in The Fifteenth. The song is great, and its available for download free if you go to the myspace which is: http://www.myspace.com/miraclenineteen93

Go download that song, show it to all your friends and get excited for our new EP!

Carmen

So many things have gone on since we last wrote on this thing!

We had a great time Bloomington, IN. Thank you so much to Erica for having us, the laundry room was great, the bagels were great, the naps were great, we will be back soon for sure! Also we can't forget our new friends we made in Stereo Deluxe, and of course Cassie who was nice enough to drive all the way from Chicago to give Joe and I free haircuts!

A few nights ago in Nashville we also had a chance to see a good friend in Jeff Miller. He always plays amazing and has become one of our closest friends we have ever made through this band. We walked around downtown Nashville which was great, saw plenty of Elvis and Johnny Cash, and ate these weird sandwiches that had cole slaw all over them. 

After that we immediately headed to Orlando where we have our home base set up for the next few nights we're in Florida. We ran around Disney on Monday with our friend Danny, went on every good ride in 4 different parks, which took all night. It was tiring but very well worth it. 

Last night we played in Jacksonville at Jack Rabbits, which was a good time. We made some new friends in The Kung Fu Girlz and the Arteffects. Also, thanks to Amanda and Caitlin for coming out and hanging with us! I have some pictures of the past few days posted below, everything has been great so far.

We have 5 shows left on this tour, starting with Ocala tonight, woohoooo

FACKIN SWAYYYTTT

Played shamokin, chicago, iowa and rockford so far.

They all got great things goin on.  Iowa nearly swallowed our van in a flood, but were high and dry in indiana with a close friend!

So far everyone but the gas pumps have been friendly to us..

Big ups to DICE!

sound

We've been craaaaazy busy lately and haven't had time to do any blog posts! Right now were driving through a state emergency in Iowa trying to find a way back into Illinois so I have some time to give some updates on the band. The tour so far has been awesome aside from the crazy storms we've run into here in Iowa and some annoying van problems. We made some new friends playing in Chicago, two bands called Tokyo and The House Floor, we will be playing with them this July in New Jersey which should be a great show. Also another exciting announcement for the band is that we will be working with Chuck Daley and Beartrap PR, we are all so ecstatic to have a person on board like Chuck to help us. You can check out Beartrap and the other amazing bands they work with at www.beartrappr.com

Anyway, this flooding is insane, water levels are rising so high that they are flooding huge bridges. We took a few pictures while we were stopped, which I will post as soon as I can get to a computer and off this stupid phone. Rockford tomorrow, come visit us

Carmoneon

We are going on a trip to play songs in various cities across the U.S. for some amazing people

Here are the dates, don't hold your breath before you see them:

June 1st- Maxwell’s- Hoboken, New Jersey 8PM

June 3rd-Trocadero Balcony-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6PM

June 6th-Mainstage Club-Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 6PM

June 7th-Studio LuLoo-Oaklyn, New Jersey 7PM

June 9th-Tuesday Tunes-Shamokin, Pennsylvania 6PM

June 10th-The Modern Exchange-Southgate, Michigan 8PM

June 11th-Reggie’s Rock Club-Chicago, Illinois 6PM

June 12th-The Picador-Iowa City, Iowa 8PM

June 13th-The Rock Box-Rockford, Illinois 7PM

June 14th-Rhino’s-Bloomington, Indiana 8PM

June 15th-The Rutledge-Nashville, Tennessee 7PM

June 16th-The Beta Bar-Tallahassee, Florida 8PM

June 17th-Jack Rabbit’s-Jacksonville, Florida 8PM

June 18th-The Capitol-Ocala, Florida 7PM

June 19th-The Haven-Winter Park, Florida 9PM

June 20th-The Sentient Bean-Savannah, Georgia 8PM

June 21-The Raven-Burlington, North Carolina 8 PM

June 22-Studio LuLoo-Oaklyn, New Jersey 8PM

Ticket prices as well as any advanced ticket availability are listed in our myspace when you click on your desired show. Come see us, we will have copies of Lengths & Limits as well as shirts and many other goodies available at EVERY show. We love meeting new people and of course seeing all of our old friends, can't wait see you all soon!

NEED TO WATCH!

MAKEOUT PARTY LIVE SET FROM NC:

RADIOHEAD - IN RAINBOWS FROM THE BASEMENT

http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1586639&vid=230406

NEW MATES OF STATE SINGLE:

PLANS

So... "relax" mode has turned into a good month and a half now for us. We have all been hitting the books and knocking around college - eagerly awaiting spring break. We have some very exciting plans coming up in the next few weeks. This upcoming week, we will begin writing for an internet-based EP that will be ready for release sometime in the summer. Recording begins in march and we couldn't be more excited. We'll be converting our "official" dot com website into a recording blog filled with pictures, videos, and fun little updates that follow the whole writing / recording aspect of our band. I know it may seem a little strange that we are writing / releasing new music only a few months after our debut full length, but we couldn't wait any longer to start putting together new music. so deal with it!

I never quite understood "shit talking" amongst bands. I think that most of the time it has to do with jealousy or something totally unrelated to music. The reason I say that is because there is absolutely no reason one group of musicians would hear another band, think they are terrible, and feel compelled to let them know their opinion. It just doesn't make sense. I feel like the reason people "talk shit" at all is because they feel threatened, and if you think your music is better and therefore feel no threat, what would be the reason to say anything to the other band at all? Now if some kids from another band are crushin' on a few girls you hang out with, they instantly realize how shitty your band is and are instantly ready to "throw down". Its comical to hear what these kids have to say, because they aren't fooling anyone with their motives, its too obvious. In better news, this week our radio campaign with Team Clermont began. The following is a list of all the stations that will be adding "Lengths and Limits" to their library. If you live near any of these stations, please call or email asking them to play the record!


CJSW Calgary AB - Canada

KBBI Homer AK

KEUL Girdwood AK

KNOM NOME AK

KRUA Anchorage AK

WEGL Auburn University AL

WLJS Jacksonville AL

WVUA Tuscaloosa AL

KAMP Tucson AZ

KJACK Flagstaff AZ

KXCI Tucson AZ

CFUV VICTORIA BC CANADA

CITR Vancouver BC-Canada

Bagel Radio San Francisco CA

Indie 103/Entravision Hollywood CA

KALX Berkeley CA

KAPU Azusa CA

KBEACH Long Beach CA

KCPR San Luis Obispo CA

KCRW Santa Monica CA

KCRW - Ariana Santa Monica CA

KCRW - Gary Los Angeles CA

KCRW - Nic Santa Monica CA

KCSB Santa Barbara CA

KDVS Davis CA

KFJC Los Altos CA

KFSR Fresno CA

KHSU Arcata CA

KJCC San Jose CA

KMUD Redway CA

KNAB Orange CA

KPFA Berkeley CA

KSCU Santa Clara CA

KSJS San Jose CA

KSPC Claremont CA

KSSU Sacramento CA

KSUN Rohnert Park CA

KUCI Irvine CA

KUCR Riverside CA

KULV LaVerne CA

KUSF San Francisco CA

KVMR Nevada City CA

KXLU Los Angeles CA

KZSC Santa Cruz CA

KZSU Stanford CA

KBUT Crested Butte CO

KCSU Fort Collins CO

KGNU Boulder CO

KOTO Telluride CO

KRCC Colorado Springs CO

KRCX Denver CO

KSJD Mancos CO

KVCU Boulder CO

KVNF Paonia CO

WESU Middletown CT

WFCS New Britain CT

WHUS Storrs CT

WNHU West Haven CT

WPKN Bridgeport CT

WQAQ Hamden CT

WWUH West Hartford CT

WXCI Danbury CT

WRGW Washington DC

WVAU Washington DC

XM Washington DC

XM-The Loft Washington DC

WDTS Georgetown DE

WVUD Newark DE

WKPX Sunrise FL

WMNF Tampa FL

WPRK Winter Park FL

WRGP Miami FL

WVFS Tallahassee FL

WVUM Miami FL

SCAD radio Savannah GA

WPBR Athens GA

WRAS Atlanta GA

WUOG Athens GA

WVVS Valdosta GA

KTUH Honolulu HI

URH Hilo HI

KMSC-2 Sioux City IA

KRNL Mt. Vernon IA

KRUI Iowa City IA

KUNI Cedar Falls IA

KURE Ames IA

KWAR Waverley IA

KWLC Decorah IA

KRFP Moscow ID

KUOI Moscow ID

WARG Summit IL

WAUG Rock Island IL

WEFT Champaign IL

WHPK Chicago IL

WIIT Chicago IL

WLUW Chicago IL

WMXM Lake Forest IL

WONC Naperville IL

WRDP Chicago IL

WRRG River Grove IL

WRSE Elmhurst IL

WUIC Chicago IL

WBKE North Manchester IN

WECI Richmond IN

WEEM Pendleton IN

WFHB Bloomington IN

WGRE Greencastle IN

WIUX Bloomington IN

WSND Notre Dame IN

WVFI Notre Dame IN

WVUR Valparaiso IN

KJHK Lawrence KS

MOORE Mission KS

WRFL -1 Lexington KY

WWHR Bowling Green KY

KLPI Ruston LA

KLSU Baton Rouge LA

KRVS Lafayette LA

KXUL Monroe LA

WTUL New Orleans LA

BiRN Boston MA

Lasell College Radio Newton MA

SFR Boston MA

WAMH Amherst MA

WBRS Waltham MA

WCFM Williamstown MA

WECB Boston MA

WERS Boston MA

WHRB Cambridge MA

WMBR Cambridge MA

WMFO Medford MA

WMHC South Hadley MA

WMLN Milton MA

WMUA Amherst MA

WSHL North Easton MA

WSMU North Dartmouth MA

WTBU Boston MA

WTCC Springfield MA

WUMB Boston MA

WUML Lowell MA

WZBC Chestnut Hill MA

WLOY Baltimore MD

WXSU Salisbury MD

WBOR Brunswick ME

WERU -2 East Orland ME

WMHB Waterville ME

WMPG Portland ME

WRBC Lewiston ME

WRFR Rockland ME

CJAM Dearborn MI

In Sound Royal Oak MI

WBLD West Bloomfield MI

WCBN Ann Arbor MI

WCKS Allendale MI

WDBM East Lansing MI

WDET Detroit MI

WHFR Dearborn MI

WIDR Kalamazoo MI

WLBN Albion MI

WLSO Sault Ste. Maire MI

WNMC Traverse City MI

WUMD Dearborn MI

WUMD 1 Dearborn MI

WXOU Rochester MI

WYCE Grand Rapids MI

KCMP St. Paul MN

KFAI Minneapolis MN

KMSU - MN Mankato MN

KRLX Northfield MN

KSTO Northfield MN

KUMD Duluth MN

KUOM Minneapolis MN

KVSC St. Cloud MN

WMCN St. Paul MN

3WK St. Louis MO

KCOU Columbia MO

KDHX St. Louis MO

KOPN Columbia MO

KSLU-1 St. Louis MO

KTRM Kirksville MO

KWUR St. Louis MO

The Galaxy St. Louis MO

WUSM Hattiesburg MS

KDWG Dillon MT

KGLT Bozeman MT

WAKE Winston-Salem NC

WASU Boone NC

WKNC Raleigh NC

WNCW Spindale NC

WPVM Asheville NC

WQFS Greensboro NC

WSGE Dallas NC

WUAG Greensboro NC

WXDU Durham NC

WXYC Chapel Hill NC

KRNU Lincoln NE

WKNH Keene NH

WUNH Durham NH

RLC Piscataway NJ

WDBK Blackwood NJ

WFDU Teaneck NJ

WFMU Hoboken NJ

WGLS Glassboro NJ

WMCX W. Long Branch NJ

WMSC Upper Montclair NJ

WPRB Princeton NJ

WRRC Lawrenceville NJ

WRSU New Brunswick NJ

WTSR Ewing NJ

CHMR St. Johns NL-Canada

KRUX Las Cruces NM

NVWR Reno NV

CMJ New York NY

Sirius New York NY

WARY Valhalla NY

WBAR New York NY

WBMB New York NY

WBNY Buffalo NY

WCVF Fredonia NY

WDWN Auburn NY

WEOS Geneva NY

WERW Syracuse NY

WFNP New Paltz NY

WGCC Batavia NY

WGSU Geneseo NY

WHCL Clinton NY

WHRW Binghamton NY

WICB Ithaca NY

WITR Rochester NY

WNYO Oswego NY

WNYU New York NY

WONY Oneonta NY

WRCU Hamilton NY

WRHU Hempstead NY

WRPI Troy NY

WRUR Rochester NY

WSBU St. Bonaventure NY

WSLC Bronxville NY

WTSC Potsdam NY

WUSB Stonybrook NY

WVKR Poughkeepsie NY

WXBC Annandale-on-Hudson NY

ACRN Athens OH

WCSB Cleveland OH

WDPS Dayton OH

WJCU Cleveland OH

WMCO New Concord OH

WMSR Oxford OH

WOBC Oberlin OH

WOBN Westerville OH

WOUB -AM Athens OH

WOXY.COM Cincinnati OH

WRUW Cleveland OH

WWSU Dayton OH

WXCU Columbus OH

WXUT Toledo OH

KRSC Claremore OK

KXZY Stillwater OK

WIRE Norman OK

CFRE Mississauga ONT-Canada

CHRW London ONT-Canada

CHUO Ottawa ONT-Canada

KBOO Portland OR

KDUP Portland OR

KEOL La Grande OR

KLC Portland OR

KPUR Forest Grove OR

KRVM Eugene OR

KWVA Eugene OR

Mediaguide Berwyn PA

WARC Meadville PA

WCLH Wilkes-Barre PA

WCUR West Chester PA

WIXQ Millersville PA

WKDU Philadelphia PA

WLVR Bethlehem PA

WMUH Allentown PA

WPPJ Pittsburgh PA

WPTS Pittsburgh PA

WQHS Philadelphia PA

WRCT Pittsburgh PA

WRFM Blue Bell PA

WSRN Swarthmore PA

WSRU Slippery Rock PA

WSYC Shippensburg PA

WUPJ Johnstown PA

WUSR Scranton PA

WVBU Lewisburg PA

WVIA Pittston PA

WVOU Collegeville PA

WVYC York PA

WXAC Reading PA

WXPN Philadelphia PA

WYBF Radnor PA

CISM Montreal PQ-Canada

CJLO Montreal PQ-Canada

CKUT Montreal QC-Canada

WXIN Providence RI

WSBF Clemson SC

WUSC Columbia SC

WAWL Chattanooga TN

WMTS Murfreesboro TN

WRVU Nashville TN

WTTU Cookeville TN

WUTK Knoxville TN

KRTU San Antonio TX

KSAU Nacogdoches TX

KSYM San Antonio TX

KTCU Fort Worth TX

KTRU Houston TX

KTSW San Marcos TX

KTXT Lubbock TX

KUT Austin TX

KVRX Austin TX

Radio UTD Richardson TX

KRCL Salt Lake City UT

KWCR Ogden UT

WCWM Williamsburg VA

WDCE Richmond VA

WHRV Norfolk VA

WLUR Lexington VA

WMLU Farmville VA

WNRN Charlottesville VA

WNRS Sweet Briar VA

WODU Norfolk VA

WRIR Richmond VA

WTJU Charlottesville VA

WUVT Blacksburg VA

WXJM Harrisonburg VA

WGDR Plainfield VT

WRMC Middlebury VT

WRUV Burlington VT

WWLR Lyndonville VT

WWPV Colchester VT

KBCS Bellevue WA

KCWU Ellensburg WA

KEXP Seattle WA

KEXP Cheryl Seattle WA

KEXP John Seattle WA

KEXP Kevin Seattle WA

KUGS Bellingham WA

KUPS Tacoma WA

KWCW Walla Walla WA

Rainy Dawg Radio Seattle WA

WCCX Waukesha WI

WCSR Milwaukee WI

WLFM Appleton WI

WMSE Milwaukee WI

WMUR Milwaukee WI

WORT Madison WI

WSRI Eau Claire WI

WSUM Madison WI

WSUP Platteville WI

WSUW Whitewater WI

WWSP Stephens Point WI

WMUL Huntington WV

WWVU Morgantown WV

6-6-6

Our sadistic band played a show last night in Hoboken, NJ at Maxwell's. Probably the best part of the show was our dinner, which we picked from the band menu, it was pretty bad ass. We all love Hoboken and Maxwell's is a cool place. We played with some new bands as well, Stereo Stereo and America's Sweethearts. America's Sweethearts were so awesome and really great people, we had a really fun time with them. Dan's birthday is on Tuesday, send him some wishes to our myspace!

broseph

top 5 things talked about on the way to far away shows:
1. dan's sleep faces
2. eddie
3. soundjuice
4. the modern exchange sound
5. carmens voices

i was sick. im better. woohoo. come 2 maxwells!

raydiyo

So we're doing a radio campaign with Team Clermont, songs from our new record will be playing on over 350 commercial and college radio stations in the U.S. and Canada. It took fooooooooorever to get all the Cd's packaged to send out, we had to take the cellophane off each one and put the hype stickers on the front. A hype sticker just lets the person know which songs to play and when and some other nonsense. The picture below will give you an idea of how many we actually sent out, I definitely underestimated just how much 360 really is. Be sure to request our songs if you have a college radio station near you, they likely will be getting a copy of the album soon. Two more shows to go for the winter, then we are going to be cooking up plans for a summer tour, hopefully something bigger than we've ever done.

The show last night at Mainstage was a good time, thanks to all of our family and friends who came out! It felt weird to see them so quickly, but we had a lot of fun playing. We have really enjoyed our set with these new songs, I think people seem to like them also. I think we all wish we could just keep playing throughout the spring, but its tough with school and other stuff to do. We're gonna try to play as much as possible leading up to another tour this summer. I have a bunch of pictures from the house show on Friday and last night. Thanks to Gianna and Tiffany for sending them to us!

P.S. If you click the photos you can see the entire photobucket albums

Last night we played at our pal Ian's party in his basement. It was so hot down there and loud, but we had a good time. Tonight were playing in North Jersey at The Mainstage Club in Pompton Lakes, NJ. Some family and friends are coming out so it will hopefully be a fun time. Come see us we only have a few shows left this winter! Here's a picture from the choas that was last night's show:

Joe is sick. We had to cancel a few dates in North Carolina, so sorry to everyone who was looking forward to coming out. We should be back down there very soon though, don't forget about us! The show at The Luna Bean was fun, we made a bunch of new friends in Conditions and Asleep At The Bottom Of The Sea. They are all awesome people and they make great music as well. Hopefully we'll be able to do more shows together soon. We have some more dates coming up this month around the area staring with Wednesday in NYC. If you can make it please come, we are having a lot of fun and really enjoy playing our new record for everyone. I have a few other pictures from the weekend so here they are. Sorry again to anyone who was planning on seeing us in North Carolina, we wanted to make sure Joe was all rested up for the long run! See you soon hopefully!

Winter Shows

We are in a Holiday Inn Express In Lynchburg, VA right now, and I must say, this one can't hold a candle to the one in Louisville, but overall they continue to impress me. We played at the Drowsy Poet tonight in Lynchburg, VA and the show was pretty cool. Supposedly during the summer they do outdoor shows which are really big and look like they would be a lot of fun, but it was so cold that we played inside. I seriously think that today is the coldest I have been in a really really long time. We don't have any pictures of us, because we had no one to take them, but here are some pictures of the trip and other stuff. We have a lot more dates coming up this month, check our myspace to find out when and where they are. Bye!