“Free At Noon” at World Cafe Live!

Good morning,

We are playing a “Free at Noon” show at WXPN and World Cafe Live this Friday at noon. Everyone is invited. To attend, just RSVP on the Free at Noon page on XPN.org.

WXPN is an all-music public radio station in Philly that features great local and national artists. On Fridays they offer free concerts that are broadcast live - on the radio at 88.5FM in Philadelphia, and online at XPN.org/listen - and recorded for the NPR Live Friday archive. You can find a full archive of “Free at Noon” concerts for your listening pleasure at NPR.org.

New Site

Hey everyone,

As you may or may not have noticed, the new website has launched.  All of the posts from our blog have been imported and all of our latest tour dates have been posted.  There are still a few kinks to work out and plenty of additions still to come.

Speaking of, you should also check out our latest live video from Ted in the lower right hand corner of the main page. It is from our record release show and there are balloons and crazyness and some small technical issues, but it gives you a little slice of the awesome vibe that was going on that evening.  A little less than 2 weeks before we leave for our massive fall tour…  I can feel the seasons changing.

The A-Sides play The Test Pattern in Scranton, PA

We had an amazing time this weekend in Scranton. Test Pattern is an incredible venue and rad artspace. We were fortunate enough to be playing with two bands that are close friends of ours- Brown Recluse Sings (trumpet player Jessie Todd plays on our new album) and former label mates The Sw!ms.

The show had a palpable, incredible energy that might have come from a certain consciousness that we were marking the end of our 2007 summer. In true summer spirit, we later went swimming (and created an intense whirlpool) in Brian’s aboveground swimming pool, even though it was cold as hell up there. Thanks, Scranton-folks, for an amazing time!
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Photos From Record Release Show!

Hey everyone! Just a real quick post with some photos from the show (live photos courtesy of Zia, all “behind the scenes” shots by yours truly). Thanks again for all the people involved in making it the amazing experience that it was! And for all our friends for coming together and participating in the celebration of this record finally seeing the light of day! We have some great video that should be posted real soon, but in the meantime, check out this link for some camcorder action of “We’re The Trees.”

balloons!

not a balloon net, a balloon worm

jon cuts flowers in the green room

andy brings us his giant “A”!

pre-show preparations

here we go

this is nuts!

this is amazing!

this is intense!

patrick’s father, michael, joins us on keys for our cover of Bruce Springteen’s “Backstreets”

the next morning…well, afternoon

Album Preview on Philebrity

The complete Silver Storms is on the Philebrity Player for your listening pleasure.

The record we bring to you today on The Philebrity Player is one that’s near and dear to our hearts, to be sure. The A-Sides‘ Silver Storms, presented here in full three weeks before its release, has been alive for us so long only in the realm of hand-burned CD-R that we’ve worn grooves into it; never mind that it marks a huge achievement for the group and that the A-Sides’ signing to the Vagrant label represents one of the biggest signings of a Philly band in years. No, Silver Storms is eminiently listenable, doing things that you didn’t think bands were really supposed to do anymore: Namely, sound big. (more…)

Philadelphia Weekly

Charlie and I have a funny Q and A in the Philadelphia Weekly today. Check it out here or go pick one up!

Updated Dates!

Our infinite fall tour dates are getting more and more complete so here’s the latest.

8/30 Philly, Johnny Brendas *RECORD RELEASE*9/2 Scranton, PA @ Test Pattern w/ the Sw!ms!
9/25 Houston, TX @ Numbers w/ Pinback
9/26 New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues w/ Pinback
9/27 Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder w/ Pinback
9/28 Orlando, FL @ The Social w/ Pinback
9/29 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds w/ Pinback
10/9 Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion w/Ted Leo & The Pharmacists (*note…show moved from Newport Music Hall)
10/10 St. Louis, MO @ The Gargoyle w/Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
10/11 Recording a Daytrotter Session (www.daytrotter.com)
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Official Trevor Butler Benefit Show

So there’s a more official benefit now scheduled for Trevor Butler of Bottom of the Hudson. It’s going to be Thursday, September 20th at the First Unitarian Church. We will be playing along with Nymph, The Wrens and Man Man. This will be a huge show and will be a great tribute to Trevor and will hopefully raise a lot of money for his family so dig deep and come out. Once again…

September 20th, 2007
First Unitarian Church, 8pm, $15
Man Man
The Wrens
The A-Sides
Nymph

Ticketing info, etc. to come…

MTV Surprise!

OMG!!! “Sidewalk Chalk” was like tooootallly on The Hills last night!

Quick note about this “record release” show

It’s in quotes because, well the record isn’t really out until September 18th. The explanation is simple…we booked the date at JB’s when we thought the record was coming out August 28th, the street date got pushed back, and it was too late to change the date of the show. So we will not have the physical copies of the CD for the show…HOWEVER, because of this, we’re going to do something even more awesome!

At our show on August 30th you will be able to buy the album like this…you get an amazing screenprinted poster by Outlaw. This comes with a code from Apollo Audio which will allow you to download the record immediately. In addition, we take down your address and send you a physical copy when they become available. Meaning you can have it almost 3 weeks before the rest of the world and you get a nice poster.

It should also be noted that we have many many (or a least a few) surprises planned that will definitely make this a memorable evening! Some tickets still available! Get on it!

Epic Blues Jam with Division Day in Phoenix, AZ

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Live at Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia

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Live at Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia