EMERALDS EUROPEAN TOUR 2011 HAPPENING NOW!!

hey dudes, this is a little late since we're already in copenhagen, out of our brains already, but were touring europe until june 1st! first gig in stockholm was great, and the rest of the shows promise to be wild times..so come out to a show and check the jams!
here's where we'll be:

MAY 2011
14th Hornstull Strand Etablissement, Stockholm (Sweden)
15th Loppen, Copenhagen (Denmark)
16th Musikcaffeen Aarhus (Denmark)
17th De Kreun Kortrjik (Belgium)
18th Indiestad Festival - OT301, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
20th Anciènne Belgique, Brussels (Belgium)
21st Village Underground, London (United Kingdom)
22nd Hare & Hounds, Birmingham (United Kingdom)
23rd The Arches, Glasgow (United Kingdom)
24th Whelan's, Dublin (Eire)
26th Primaverasound Festival, Barcelona (Spain)
27th Sonique Villette Festival, Paris (France)
28th Audiovisiva Festvial, Milan (Italy)
30th Circolo Caracol, Pisa (Italy)
1st June @ Astra, Berlin (Germany) with Caribou

got copies of the new 2xcd "young person's guide" and johns got all the new spectrum spools stuff so come hit us uuuuuuuuuuuuuup!

see you somewhere

VDSQ SOLO ACOUSTIC WEST COAST TOUR 2011

thaaaat's right! VDSQ Records has lassoed its top artists and we're set to hit the west coast starting MAY 1st!!

VDSQ SOLO ACOUSTIC WEST COAST 2K11 presents:

JOSHUA BLATCHLEY

CHRIS BROKAW

ALLEN KARPINSKI

MARK MCGUIRE

MATT MULLANE

each player representing a slightly different corner of contemporary guitar music, this tour will celebrate acoustic guitar for all its intricacies and simplicities.

may 1st- seattle at the rendevouz 10 pm

may 3rd- san fran at the hemlock

may 4th- los angeles at show cave

may 5th- san diego at tin can ale house

may 6th- visalia at howie and sons

may 7th- oakland at mama buzz early show 6pm

may 8th- portland at the woods

more info elsewhere, this will be a truly unique tour so make sure to check it out! my vdsq record was just repressed and will be available once again at the shows (and on the vdsq website).

ALSO euro-heads get stoked! emeralds european tour is only a few short weeks away..dates to be posted soon! or available at www.shaktimusic.ch

sick!

Bizzy Bone//Stuff//Light Sleeper

hey there! it's been a minute since i've been able to post up, been a lot going on!

unsound nyc was great, thanks to alan, mat, matt, and harald for a really exciting weekend.

issue project show was great, and unless you've been under a slimy rock you caught the ship happens tour at a theater near you, what a sick time.

communikey festival in boulder also ruled, thanks to kate, mat (again!), and everyone else who helped out that weekend.

and most recently the show at the reed college chapel with eye myths, eternal tapestry, and lady shapes the other night was amazing! thanks to maddy for putting that one together!

coming very very soon is the VDSQ solo acoustic tour of the west coast, may 1st - 9th. going to make a separate post about that, will put that up this weekend.

and the collection of my early recordings "a young person's guide to mark mcguire" is out now!

holler at editions mego or forced exposure if you'd like a copy. or come to a show and get one!

eeeeyayaya!!

peace

Editions Mego announces: A Young Person's Guide to Mark McGuire//Available for Pre-Order

i know this is a little late, buuuuuuuut::

super excited to announce that Editions Mego is releasing a double CD collection of some of my favorite tracks from my past CDr and cassette releases, which will be hitting the streets soon as "A YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO MARK MCGUIRE"

go to www.editionsmego.com and grip a copy now, shipping mid-april!!

really psyched!

more soon!

March 16th//Blank Realms//Holocene

hey everyone!

thanks to daryl for throwing a sick party last night, what a great time! and make sure to pick up his new record on cylindrical habitat modules, it's a ripper..

march 16th at HOLOCENE in PORTLAND theres going to be an awesome show, so go to it!::

BLANK REALMS (australia)

MARK MCGUIRE (new in town)

EYE MYTHS (portland)

only 5 bucks so come get wild!!

and in the meantime check out episode one of SLURPEE and PIMPY guest dj show on KPSU from earlier today::

http://archive.kpsu.org/files/audio_files/1299463200.mp3

see ya soon!

moving to portland/happy dog gig

hello friends

next week im moving out west to portland, OR.

seizing the opportunity to hang out with all my friends and everyone who has helped support

our music over the past years, we are having a show this saturday at the happy dog in west cleveland. i'll be performing with akron band TROUBLE BOOKS, we are working on a record that will be out in the coming months on Bark and Hiss Records and will be playing some jams we've been messing around with. they will also be playing a set on their own, and so will i!

it will be a fun and mellow night, ill also have a bunch of records and mixtapes and whatnot, hope to see ya there!

gna miss ya,

Guest DJing on WCSB Cleveland tonight 1am EST

yeah gonna be hangin with ryan on the record exchange tonight on WCSB Cleveland 89.3 FM starting at 1am eastern standard time. Tune in or STREAM IT ONLINE!

will be spinnin some weird oldies, sick newbies, might bust some new solo & co. joints, and might tell a few bad jokes!

tune in and toon out!