howdy!
it's a beautiful Saturday.. and Jonny Phillip is back in Southern California. Life is gooood.
we practiced a few times this week after a month or two of well-deserved break time (at least in my opinion). and we're playing TODAY in San Diego @ UCSD Price Center. It's a benefit for Lebanese & Israeli war victims. we're gonna be jamming out. then there's gonna be a DJ. All for a good cause!!
And before I get to the ridiculously HUGE list of tour dates we've got runnin', i'll say a few things about our plans in the near future:
we have a CD SINGLE that will be available on the upcoming BIG DRAG TOUR through Feb/March over to SXSW, for the song "Big Drag". It also includes a B-Side from the album session, as well as a newly recorded version of "Home (Is Where The Van Is)", because we like that song a lot. You'll be able to check out the songs very soon (VALENTINE'S DAY) via a stream on some nice websites. And a quick note.. DON'T MISS OUT ON THE FREE INSTORE SHOWS we'll be doin on the BIG DRAG TOUR. we'll be in a rare form, with fun instruments, and we may even be RECORDING THE SHOWS for future release. so you could be there, and yell out, "WOAH I"M HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME I CAN"T EVEN TAKE IT!" and then you'll be able to pick up the recording of the show later, and laugh at yourself. it's a WIN-WIN situation.
After SXSW we plan to do a music video (or three).
Then we meet up with Hot Rod Circuit & The Forecast for a tour of the States & a bit of Canada in support of OUR REALLY GOOD NEW RECORD THAT'S COMING OUT ON APRIL 10. That's right. Our new record comes out on April 10. It's self-titled... and includes a bunch of songs that you've probably never heard us play before. Pretty cool. It was produced by Ed Rose at the Black Lodge Studio in Eudora, Kansas.. and includes nice guests like "Spacey" Casey Prestwood, and horns and strings! The artwork is taken care of the wonderful Mr. Jesse LeDoux, who has done great art for the Shins and Elliot Smith, and more! We've got more good stuff planned, but I don't wanna overdo it.
Ok... so here are the TOUR DATES:
BIG DRAG TOUR
02/03 La Jolla, CA @ UCSD - Price Center
02/21 Santa Barbara, CA @ UCSB - HUB
02/22 Long Beach, CA @ Fingerprints - Instore! (time TBA)
02/23 Murrieta, CA @ Monte Vista School
02/24 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
02/25 Tempe, AZ @ Zia Records - Instore! (5PM!!)
02/26 Bountiful, UT @ Graywhale Record Exchange - Instore! (time TBA)
02/28 Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge w/ the Only Children
03/01 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
03/02 Madison, WI @ Orpheum Stage Door
03/03 Milwaukee, WI @ Exclusive Company - Instore! @ 3PM
03/03 Milwaukee, WI @ Mad Planet
03/05 St Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
03/06 Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar
03/07 Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
03/08 Dayton, OH @ The Nite Owl
03/10 Norman, OK @ Univ. of Oklahoma (free show)
03/13 Little Rock, AR @ Juanita's w/ As Tall As Lions, Dear Hunter, Keating
03/14 Tulsa, OK @ King of Clubs w/ As Tall As Lions, Dear Hunter, Keating
03/15-03/18 AUSTIN, TX @ SXSW - Details Soon to come
more to be announced soon...
THE BEARS TOUR W/ HOT ROD CIRCUIT & THE FORECAST
04/04 Buffalo, NY @ Club Infinity
04/05 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
04/06 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
04/07 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
04/08 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity
04/09 Ames, IA @ Maintenance Shop
04/11 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
04/12 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound
04/13 Boise, ID @ The Venue
04/14 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
04/15 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
04/17 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
04/18 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
04/19 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
04/20 San Diego, CA @ Soma
04/21 Tempe, AZ @ the Clubhouse
04/23 Austin, TX @ Emos
04/24 Dallas, TX @ the Door
04/25 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
04/27 West Palm Beach, FL @ Rays
04/28 Orlando, FL @ the Social
04/29 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum
05/01 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
05/02 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
05/03 Charlottesville, VA @ Starr Hill
05/04 Philadelphia, PA @ Northstar Bar
05/05 East Rutherford, NJ @ BAMBOOZLE
05/06 Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground
05/08 Toronto, CAN @ El Mocambo
05/09 Ottawa, CAN @ Café Dekcuf
05/10 Montrea, CANl @ Club Lambi
05/11 South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
05/12 Boston, MA @ Middle East
if you got this far, thanks for checkin' it all out.
and if for some CRAZY UNGODLY reason we're not playing your city, don't sweat,
we'll be touring again soon.
THAT'S IT.
LOVE.
THE LIMBECK BAND
http://limbeck.net http://myspace.com/limbeck BE GOOD TO YOUR FRIENDS.
ps. you can be good to us by telling yer friends.
we're so grassroots, we have to mow our OWN LAWN.