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our good friend sam kelly directed this video for our song “be a mess”
we are stoked on it.
Director – Sam Kelly
Cinematography – Cameron Currier
Visual Effects – Patrick Longstreth
Editing – Brandon Neslund
Top 25 Songs of 2009.
1. Dirty Projectors – Stillness is the Move
2. Mos Def – Auditorium
3. Monsters of Folk – Dear God
4. Washed Out – Feel It All Around
5. Animal Collective – My Girls / Also Frightened
6. Glass Candy – Candy Castle
7. Health – We Are Water
8. Girls – Hellhole Ratrace
9. Minus The Bear – Into the Mirror
10. Raekwon – Cold Outside
11. Miike Snow – Cult Logic
12. Papercuts – Future Primitive
13. Phoenix – 1901
14. Sail A Whale – See You Inside
15. Conor Oberst – Roosevelt Room
16. Gang Gang Dance – House Jam
17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dragon Queen
18. Bon Iver – Bracket, WI
19. Atlas Sound – Walkabout
20. The Cave Singers – At The Cut
21. Dawes – When My Time Comes
22. Blakroc – Hoochie Coo
23. jj- Ecstasy
24. Wilco – One Wing
25. Nite Jewel – What Did He Say
Favorite Albums:
Mos Def – The Ecstatic
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
Papercuts – You Can Have What You Want
Raekwon – Only Built For Cuban Linx 2
Wilco – Wilco the Album
Phaseone – White Collar Crime Mixtape
Russian Circles – Geneva
Magnolia Electric Co. – Josephine
Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Q-Tip – The Renaissance
Beach House – Teen Dream
these were the things I enjoyed the most this year.
1. LOS ANGELES LAKERS
“the easiest team to root for” reclaims its rightful throne. anything less this year will be disappointing. we love ron ron. we love crazy buzzer beaters like this one.
2. bellingham washington
we moved here and it is dope. really cold though it turns out.
3. sasquatch
that video pretty much sums it up. tons of dancing, sweating, living goin on for three days and some insane live performances including (but not limited to): animal collective (!!), mos def (!!!!!!), erykah badu, explosions in my mind, yyys, bon iver, crystal castles, chromeo, tvotr, murder city devils, king kahn (insane), santigold, girl talk, fleet foxes and beach house…. not sure how they will top that next year.
4. holy fuck
managed to see these dudes twice in a day and about 4 times in a few months. they bring it, one of the best shows you could hope to see.
5. the lodge
too many good times were had here to count, miss all you homies.
photo by amart.
6. projector
watching everything on a projector is the way to go. we will never use a tv set again. whats the point when you have a wall? now we have league pass hooked up to it so we never leave the house.
7. rooftops
dudes are tight and also tight bros.
8. tour
the road was hard this year, so tour dropped a few spots in this years standings, but we still had a shit ton of fun and managed to do it twice and hit a bunch of new spots. thanks to everyone who came.
9. raaaaaaandy
that movie funny people sucked but one good thing came out of it, aziz ansari’s character RAAAAAAAANDY. quoted this shit probably the most all year…
10. Canada (Vancouver)
managed to make it out of there alive twice but didnt really to spend enough time there. but as randy would say, that shit is craaazy.
we are leaving on tour in one week. this is our longest tour we will have done yet. if you live near one of these spots please come out and say hi. and tell your friends! most of these places we know like two people. thanks!!!- KC
SAT OCT 10 GROUND ZERO BELLEVUE WA
W/ KAY KAY AND HIS WEATHERED UNDERGROUND
THU OCT 15 WHAAM BELLINGHAM WA
W/ FINN RIGGINS, ROOFTOPS & COUNCIL OF LIONS
FRI OCT 16 CAFE VENUS/MARS BAR SEATTLE WA
W/ BRYN LUMSDEN
SAT OCT 17 CATERINA WINERY SPOKANE WA
SUN OCT 18 LIQUID LYRICS LA GRANDE OR
W/ AT LAST AN ATLAS FROM IRELAND
MON OCT 19 HIJINX BOISE ID
TUE OCT 20 THE DEERHUNTER PUB SPANISH FORK UT
WED OCT 21 YELLOW SNOW ICE PARK CITY UT
THU OCT 22 LIONS LAIR DENVER CO
FRI OCT 23 SHWERVERS BAR DENVER CO
SAT OCT 24 ATOMIC CANTINA ALBUQUERUE NM
SUN OCT 25 EQUINOX LAS CRUCES NM
W/ DANIEL MORIN, JUSTIN MCDOWELL
MON OCT 26 THE SAIL INN TEMPE AZ
TUE OCT 27 RUBY ROOM PHOENIX AZ
WED OCT 28 BLUE CAFE HUNTINGTON BEACH CA
W/ SHAPE OF THE EARTH, DYING IN DIGITAL, POCKET ROCKET
THU OCT 29 GUITAR MERCHANT CANOGA PARK CA
FRI OCT 30 URBAN OUTFITTERS VENTURA CA
AFTERNOON SHOW
FRI OCT 30 JECKYLL N HYDE’S (HALLOWEEN PARTY 1) MOORPARK CA
SAT OCT 31 HALLOWEEN PARTY 2 SIMI VALLEY CA
MON NOV 02 BILLY OS VENTURA CA
W/ FRANKLIN FOR SHORT
TUE NOV 03 STORK CLUB OAKLAND CA
W/ DIRTY BOOTS
WED NOV 04 KIMOS SAN FRANCISCO CA
W/ DIRTY BOOTS
FRI NOV 06 CREPE PLACE SANTA CRUZ CA
W/ JOHN CRAIGIE, EMILY MOLDY
TUE NOV 10 MISSISSIPPI PIZZA PORTLAND OR
WED NOV 11 HIGH DIVE SEATTLE
SAT NOV 14 THE ROGUE HERO HOME FROM TOUR SHOW BELLINGHAM WA
it was a great show, one did that a great band justice and represented each BT release and debuted a good portion of the new record, robot meat is murder. thank you to all who came and shared in the moment. we will miss this band but some of the songs may live on…you never know….all the releases will be available for physical purchase shortly in one web store so sit tight and you can get your hands on them all. or if you are impatient check out our bandcamp site where you can buy robot meat digitally right now. http://www.keatonco.bandcamp.com
HEY !!!
we are booking our tour right now and getting down to the wire. there are a few spots we are having no luck getting shows (portland were lookin at you) where we usually have no problem. do you know of any D.I.Y. spaces/living rooms/coffee shops/dive bars/easy places to book???? if so please help out.
also, several of these dates we need to find bands to play, if youre interested or know some bands let us know!!!
thanks!!
MAY 18 HIGH DIVE SEATTLE WA W/ KEVLAR FASHION SHOW, PRODUCT OF MEXICO
MAY 30 WILD BUFFALO BELLINGHAM WA W/ SUGAR SUGAR SUGAR
JUNE 4 CONOR BYRNE PUB SEATTLE WA
JUNE 19 TOUR KICK OFF BELLINGHAM WA TBA POSSIBLE ROGUE HERO??
JUNE 20 SEATTLE OFF
JUNE 21 SEATTLE/TACOMA? TBA HELP?
JUNE 22 PORTLAND TBA HELP?
JUNE 23 ANYWHERE OREGON TBA HELP??
JUNE 24 ANYWHERE NOR CA TBA
JUNE 25 CASBAR SANTA ROSA CA
JUNE 26 PLEA FOR PEACE CENTER STOCKTON CA *
JUNE 27 THE PARTISAN MERCED CA *
JUNE 28 SANTA CRUZ TBA
JUNE 29 FROG AND PEACH SAN LUIS OBISPO CA *
JUNE 30 SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA TBA
JULY 1 MR TS BOWL HIGHLAND PARK (LA) W/ NEXT OF KIN* NEED 2 BANDS
JULY 2 THE GOOD HURT VENICE CA *
JULY 3 OFF
JULY 4 OFF
JULY 5 OFF
JULY 6 ANYWHERE SOCAL TBA???
JULY 7 KIMOS SAN FRANCISCO * NEED BANDS
JULY 8 THE STORK CLUB OAKLAND * NEED BANDS
JULY 9 PRIMARY CONCEPTS TATTOO SHOP DAVIS CA *W/ MISSOURI MULE
JULY 10 BLACK FORREST EUGENE OR *
JULY 11 TBA HELP/???? PORTLAND OR
JULY 12 LE VOYEUR OLYMPIA WA * NEED BANDS?
JULY 13 COMET TAVERN SEATTLE WA * NEED BANDS??
JULY 14 BELLINGHAM—HOME
*CONFIRMED
has it really been a month since weve posted something?? apparently. in the midst of moving from southern california to bellingham washington this blog fell by the way side. well now we are settled in our new underground lair and livin the drife every day. we are playing many many shows in the future which you can find out about at myspace.com/keatoncollective
we are going to get back on it. get ready.
we got home a few days ago and played a super fun show at the lodge. major thanks to all those cali boyzzzzz for lettin us play. we had a really good time. if you were there, you are awesome. we posted a bunch of pictures from the trip today and will be putting up more as they come in. if anyone has any from the lodge hook us up!
we couldnt manage to name everyone who was kind to us on the road, whether it was letting us crash, booking us a show, making us food, giving us rides, filming our shows, dancing, singing along, letting us do laundry, recording our songs in your basement, etc etc we really appreciate all the kind folks out there who facilitated our crazy journey.
in case you missed it our drive shaft fell off the van while we were in washington. that was a bummer but managed to work out nicely nonetheless. if you would at all like to help out with the expenses we incurred over the course of this trip, the best thing to do would be buy a cd. we would love that. the new one will be on here super soon for purchase. anyways thanks to polar state for being such rad dudes/bandmembers and all the bands we played with too.
love los
ps
a couple of nice things were written about us
here
and here
los and polar state are going on tour TOMORROW. come say hi.
July 15 TOUR BEGINS – ALL DATES WITH POLAR STATE
July 15 Ventura, CA Mai’s (TOUR KICKOFF FUNDRAISER) with We Dress In Vinyl+ more
JULY 16 Santa Cruz, CA Blue Lagoon w/ Lexie Corley, William Jennings, Swanifant and Devon Williams
JULY 17 San Francisco, CA Kimo’s w/ Empty Rooms
JULY 18 San Jose, CA house show
JULY 19 Eureka, CA Lil’ Red Lion
JULY 20 Portland, OR Tonic Lounge w/ Paper Brain and the Ascetic Junkies
JULY 21 Portland, Or Ash Street Saloon w/ Springtime Panther and An Evening with Dot Matrix
JULY 22 Olympia, WA Le Voyeur w/ HUMA, MISS SHENANDOAH
JULY 23 Pt. Townsend, WA Boiler Room W/ Bryn Lumsden
JULY 24 Bellingham, WA The Ungerground Braille Tapes Lair
JULY 25 Ballard, WA Conor Byrne Pub w/ Bryn Lumsden and The Sweet Dominiques
JULY 26 Seattle, WA off
JULY 27 Seattle, WA Cafe Racer w/ Bryn Lumsden
JULY 28 Arcata, CA Jambalaya w/ the silver darlings, charlotte thistle and pokey lafarge
JULY 29 San Jose, CA Nickel City
JULY 30 Sacramento, CA Club Pow
JULY 31 Stockton, CA Blackwater Cafe with Yankee Racer
AUG 1 San Francisco, CA Brainwash Cafe
AUG 2 SImi Valley, CA The Lodge (home from tour show)
The Braille Tapes tour kicks off tonight in Portland. They are coming on tour for the first time as a four piece. This tour will be an opportunity to hear material from the eventually forthcoming “Robot Meat Is Murder” record as well as an opportunity to purchase Chapter 3: the Uncle BT EP.
Jun 20 2008 the lounge portland, Oregon
Jun 21 2008 Alibi Arcata, California
Jun 23 2008 Experimental Cafe Oxnard, California
Jun 24 2008 Mr. T’s Bowl Los Angeles, California
Jun 25 2008 Mai’s Ventura, California
Jun 26 2008 The shindig Bakersfield, California
Jun 27 2008 Stork Club Oakland, California
Jun 28 2008 TBA/Redding Redding, California
Jun 29 2008 TBA Portland, OR
myspace.com/thebrailletapes
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