POSTER MANIA

After a few years of hoarding and saving, we (Josh) finally put all the show posters we have lying around on the WEBSTORE for you to buy.  There are A LOT and a lot of them look really cool.  These are all from the last 5 or 6 years - up until a poster for the tour we just did with Titus and Metz.  Go buy some, quantities are limited for all of these.  Also to note - if you make posters, get in touch!

Updates

You can now RSVP for the VANS show that we're doing with TITLE FIGHT in a few weeks in NY. It's free and all that so just go HERE to get in.

Hello
We just got back from Europe and the UK - thanks to everyone for coming out. The UK shows in particular were very special - thanks to our friends METZ and TITUS ANDRONICUS for coming with us. The Electric Ballroom show was one of our most favourite shows ever.  We'll be back at the end of the summer to hit up some of places we missed this time around, so if you and your friends have any cheese or special cheese you want to party with just get in touch and we'll come hang out in your living rooms.

Another thing is we're doing some dates on our own continent for the next bit:

JUNE 9  NEW YORK @ GOVERNORS BALL
JUNE 13 BOSTON @ SINCLAIR (not like the band)
JUNE 14 MONTEBELLO QC @ D-TOX ROCK FEST
JUNE 15 TORONTO NXNE @ The HORSESHOE with SICK BANDS
JUNE 27 NEW YORK @ HOUSE OF VANS
JULY 28 GUELPH @ HILLSIDE FESTIVAL
SEPT 5 TORONTO @ AN ART GALLERY


Also west coast friends we are coming in October I think as part of a very sick tour that we will talk about shortly.

Lastly some of us (me) are (is) involved in this charity event RIGHT TO PLAY again this year, which is a charity soccer (football) match (game) as part of NXNE.  It's June 16 and it raises money for athletic equipment and funds in some of the worlds poorest nations. It's a good cause and a fun game. If you feel like being a sponsor or checking the event out please click HERE.

NXNE

Hey I haven't seen the full line up or anything, but this is the best show at NXNE this year, no question. Hope you can make it, it will be packed and crazy.

If yr in the UK, come hang out with us and Titus and Metz this week, our tour with them starts tonight:
May 26 - Bristol @ Fleece
May 27 - Leeds @ Brudenell (which I think is sold out now tho)
May 28 -  Glasgow @ SWG3
May 29 - Manchester @ Sound Control
May 30 - London @ Electric Ballroom

BRITISH PEOPLE - BRING US CHEESE.

Hey guys, long time no talk. We are recording our new LP right now at Electrical Audio in Chicago, it's on Belmont in Roscoe Village if you want to come bring us presents, we will be here until the end of May. We like scotch, pickles, and special donuts.

There are a whole bunch of shows that I have to update on, we're going to a lot of fun places over the next bit.  Here is what's pressing:

May 18 Athens Greece Plisskenlab Festival
May 23 Barcelona Spain Primavera Festival
May 24 Dudigen Switzerland Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival
May 25 London UK Field Day Festival
May 26 Bristol UK @ The Fleece with Titus Andronicus and Metz
May 27 Leeds UK @ Brudenell Social Club with Titus and Metz
May 28 Glasgow UK @ SWG3 with Titus and Metz
May 29 Manchester UK @ Soundcontrol with Titus and Metz
May 30 London UK @ Electric Ballroom with Titus and Metz
May 31 Rouen France @ Le 106
June 1   Porto Portugal Primavera Festival

June 7 New York @ Irving Plaza with DFA1979 TICKETS
June 8 New York Governors Ball Festival
June 13 Boston MA @ Sinclair
June 14 Montebello QC D-Tox Rockfest
June 15 Toronto ON NXNE Festival

July 28 Guelph ON Hillside Festival TICKETS

Aug 6  Berlin Germany @ Magnet
Aug 7  Vienna Austria @ B72
Aug 8  Wiesbaden Germany @ Schlachtof
Aug 11 Blackpool UK  Rebellion Festival
Aug 12 Dublin Ireland @ Whelans   TICKETS
Aug 14  The Hague Holland @ Paard Van Troje
Aug 15 Hasselt Belgium Pukkelpop Festival
Aug 16 Skipton UK Beacons Festival

A few more summer shows are coming through, so stay tuned if you live in Chicago, Detroit or Europe.

Sept 5 Special Toronto Show

Nov 2013-March 2014 LONG WINTER VOLUME TWO!

You know what was fun? Playing all those Ontario shows this winter. If you are from a small town in Ontario that isn't too far from Toronto (looking specifically for people in Mississauga/Oakville/North York/Etobicoke) and you do shows, why not email our agent? We'd love to maybe play there in the fall. He can be reached: john@groundcontroltouring.com

LONG WINTER FIVE

Hey here's the last long winter for the season. Hopefully it's not still winter at the end of March, but you know it will be.  I know I keep saying this, but this one is gonna be a doozy. It's during CMW so we've got the space (and the liquor license) until 4am. This will be the closest thing to an art-sleepover we've ever done.   Facebook event HERE and website HERE.

New Song #2`

So we did that split wit The Melvins and we did a new song for it, recorded maybe 2 years ago? Probably not that long ago, but long enough that I can't remember how long ago exactly. A long time. We didn't sound like this last time you heard us, and we don't sound like this anymore either, so kind of while we were on hiatus we developed a new style for a few days, wrote this song and then ditched it.  Anyways, stream "21st Century Cling-Ons" on Pitchfork HERE.

NEW SONG #1

Hey if you've seen us play in the last few weeks you would have heard a couple of new songs. Here is a version of a new song we played at the last Long Winter, which was a really special night and this recording actually sounds pretty good.  The ending gets cut off but you get the gist of it.
I'll put another new song up tommorow or the next day. Get the song HERE.

Long Winter 4

Hi friends, we've got a huge line-up update for Long Winter Four. Lots of stuff happening this time around, the best one yet! Hope to see you all there.

 FEB 8 LONG WINTER 4
The Great Hall Toronto, 8pm All Ages Pay What You Can
WEBSITE HERE for linx

MUSIC:  
FUCKED UP
HOLY FUCK 
THE SADIES 
KIDS ON TV 
TASSEOMANCY 
MAYLEE TODD 
ODONIS ODONIS 
RITUALS 

FILM:
• Canadian Premiere of "Marvin Seth and Stanley", directed by Stephen Gurewitz
• "Mind-Numbing", a short film by Mike Pivar
• "U!S!A! U!S!A!", by Matias Rozenberg and Jonathan Culp
• "Not Forgotten!", by Tannis Nielsen

ART:
• Photography by Sandy Miranda
• "I wanted to make a _________" by Francisco-Fernando Granados and Golboo Amani
• "In Crowd", by the XXXX collective
• "No He Is Not Sleeping" by Chris Colohan
• "Psychic portraits" by Jesi The Elder 
• "Wasaga Beach" by Anni Spadafora
• "Plumbing" by Carey Jernigan and Lisa Folkerson
• "I Fought the Law (and I'm not sure if I won)" by Reilly Hodgson 
• "Negative Space Sculpture" by Alison Creba
• "Icons of Summer" by Youth and Rust 
• "It Girl" by Claire Edmondson 
• "The Portal" by Jesse Yules 

 DANCE:
• “Certain Levels “ performed by CCB dance. A contemporary dance piece featuring choreography By Madeleine Crist and live music By Yacht Club and Sexy Merlin
• Twysted

RAVE:
Electric Field (Adam Terejko and Kate Young) brought to you by Magic Moments (Katie Stelmanis)

TALK:
• "Modern Love" a discussion curated by Nicola Spunt of After School, Featuring speakers Michael Cobb and Arianne Shaffer.

VIDEO GAMES: (CURATED BY THE HAND EYE SOCIETY)
• playable music marvel "SOUND SHAPES"
• over-the-top environmental satire "PIPE TROUBLE"

 FOOD by HOT MESS HALL

Updates

Hey, some stuff here to update, a few new shows to talk about:

The next thing we're doing other than Long Winter 3 is a fun little trip to MONTANA which is somewhere we've never played, so that will be fun. It's a radio station benefit and you can check out this poster and maybe buy a ticket:

Then a few days after we get back from that we go to Australia for  Soundwave. We've already talked about that but there are two fun things at the end of that which are another two places we've never been to - Taiwan (the country) and Hong Kong (the city).  If anyone from those places wants to get in touch and hang out with us and get us messed up and take us to cool places to eat, please feel free.  Oh plus, we are announcing Soundwave side-shows now, both of which are onsale.

SOUNDWAVE
Feb 23 Brisbane Soundwave
Feb 24 Sydney Soundwave
Feb 26 Melbourne Sideshow @ Prince of Wales
Mar 1 Melbourne Soundwave
Mar 2 Adelaide Soundwave
Mar 3 Perth Sideshow @ Capitol
Mar 4 Perth Soundwave

Mar 6 Taipei @ The Wall Live House  TICKETS
Mar 7 Hong Kong @ Hidden Agenda

Cool, so then we'll chill for a bit and maybe record our new album.  Then in May we're gonna come back overseas to UK and EU with Titus Andronicus and Metz for a short little thing that involves Primavera and Field Day.

May 23 Barcelona @ Primavera
May 24 Somewhere
May 25 London @ Field Day Festival
May 26 Bristol @ Fleece
May 27 Leeds @ Brudenell Social Club
May 28 Glagow @ SWG3
May 29 Manchester @ Sound Control
May 30 London @ Electric Ballroom
May 31 Rouen @ Le 106 TICKETS


Oh, then we're doing Governors Ball in New York on June 8th and some other stuff around that. SEE YOU THERE.

Oh I almost forgot - that split 12" we have with The Melvins is out now for pre-order but it's already sold out I think. We should be getting 100 of them, and we'll be selling them probably on the webstore and at Long Winter if we get them before then. Our side features a new song!

St Kitts

Hey the last of our fun little Ontario run of shows is TONIGHT in St Catherines. We did Ottawa, Kingston, Hamilton and London, and realized that even though all those places are only a few hours drive away from us, we don't play them nearly enough - all the shows were incredible, packed and sweaty.  The show in London knocked us down a bit, we're still sore. A few tickets left at the door for St Kitts tonight, so hope to see you there. SHIT at 815, MOON KING and 9 and we're on 10ish.