SXSW & US Tour Dates

Heya,

Rebecca and I are hitting up the USA duo style. We’re trekking to SXSW and playing a few shows on the way there and back, with our triumphant return to Canada marked by 3 fun CMW shows in Toronto. Details are below:

03/07 – Brooklyn, NY – Littlefield (FB) w/ Gym Deer, The Building
03/08 – Philadelphia, PA – Green Line Cafe (FB) w/ UNIVOX
03/09 – Harrisonburg, VA – House Show
03/15 – Austin, TX – SXSW – Pop Montreal Day Party (FB) w/ Doldrums, Trust, TOPS, Cousins, Leif Vollebekk and more…
03/16 – Austin, TX – SXSW – Official Showcase at the Spill (FB) w/ Fanny Bloom, Canailles, Automelodi, Uncle Bad Touch, Wintersleep
03/16 – Austin, TX – SXSW – Annie Southworth Day Party (FB) w/ a shitload of bands
03/21 – Chicago, IL – Elbo Room
03/22 – Toronto, ON – CMW – Quebec Sirius CBCRadio3 live-to-air broadcast w/ The Dears, Martha Wainwright, Galaxie etc.
03/23  – Toronto, ON – CMW – Kelp Records / You’ve Changed day party at Saving Gigi, 1pm (FB) w/ The Weather Station, Marine Dreams, Pink Moth
03/24 – Toronto, ON – CMW – Pop Montreal Showcase at Drake Underground w/ Katie Moore, The Weather Station

MORE US DATES:
04/7 – BOSTON, MA (O’Brien’s) w/ Slowdim, the Sound of Growing Up
04/8 – NY, NY (Cake Shop) w/ Heyrocco, French Camp, Twigs, The Academics
04/9 – BROOKLYN, NY (Two Moon Cafe) w/ Gym, Deer
04/10 – RICHMOND, VA (Strange Matters) w/ The Soil and the Sun + Nick Coward and the Last Battle
04/11 – STAUNTON, VA (Gone Studios) w/ Lost Indian
04/12 – COLUMBUS, OH (The Tree) w/ Tigers in the Mirror
04/13 – BROOKLYN, NY (The Rock Shop) w/ The Secret History, Summer Fiction, The Smittens
04/14 – BURLINGTON, VT (Monkey House) w/ Parmaga, Wren & Mary
04/29 – MONTREAL, QC (Il Motore)

 

Western-Canadian tour dates

Some western-Canadian tour dates to wrap up 2011:

Nov 24: Thunder Bay, ON (The Sovereign Room) w/ the Ukeladies (FB)
Nov 25: Winnipeg, MB (TBA)
Nov 26: Saskatoon, SK (Amigos) w/ Foam Lake
Nov 27: Edmonton, Alberta (Wunderbar) w/ Lou Wreath, Ghost Cousin (FB)
Nov 29: Calgary, AB (Weeds) w/ Black Mold, Faux Fur, Lab Coast
Dec 1: Vancouver, BC (The Media Club) w/ Collapsing Opposites, Oh No! Yoko (FB)
Dec 2: Victoria, BC (Brickyard) w/ TBA
Dec 3: Kelowna, BC (Fernando’s) w/ Little Jungles (FB)

We’ll be announcing at least a couple more soon. Busy busy. Thanks to everyone who came to our launch and all of our recent tour dates on the East Coast!

For funsies, here are some live takeaway-style videos we did recently on tour.

A little vid we shot in Halifax with Southern Souls:

And something we shot in Toronto for Exclaim:

bum bum buh-bummm

very proud of this video Yuula made with us, and really happy about the response we’ve already been getting about it.

also really proud that this record is finally out! tonight we play phonopolis in mtl and the next day in toronto. tour details and how to buy, here.

xoxox

lotsa stuffs

ok, lots of stuff going on, so i’m going to use point form:

• we were on the cover of the hour in montreal a couple weeks ago, which is super nice.
• been getting some nice pre-album-release love from some places including album of the week in the montreal mirror. more. love.
• played 2 incredible pop montreal shows. here and here are some photos from the first one. if anyone took some pictures at the second one (at la tour prisme), get in touch because that room was beautiful. i wanna see ‘em.
• album comes out in 4 days, and we’re playing an instore at our fave neighbourhood record store Phonopolis in mile end to celebrate at 6 pm (tues. oct 4) (FB event). our drummer works there.
• look out for a music video by yuula benivolski (that’s a screen shot up there)
• patchy string of fun canadian tourdates begins wednesday oct 5 with our record launch in toronto at the piston with pink moth. full tour dates here.

very excited about everything! and we’re booking more tourdates for november so stay tuned.

love,

adam

toronto show + some new amethysts tour dates + sexxxy pic

HEY!

Some patchy Eastern Canadian tour dates for you to mark in your pocket agenda, wall calendar, or personal digital assistant. As you can see, there are a lot of gaps, but they’ll all hopefully be filled soon with more confirmed shows. But I thought it would be good to put these out there as a little preview… (BTW, thanks to everyone who came out to our Ottawa show. It was lots of fun! Pictures here) We’re also hoping to confirm some more westerly dates and will let you know when we do! Note that we are playing THIS THURSDAY AUG 25 in Toronto at the Tranzac.

Aug 25th – TORONTO, ON (Tranzac) (facebook event)
Sept 22nd – MONTREAL, QC (O Patro Vys – Pop Montreal MEGAPHONO Showcase)
Sept 23rd – MONTREAL, QC (Prism Tower – Pop Montreal Loft Party) *
Oct 5th – TORONTO, ON (The Piston) **
Oct 6th – LONDON, ON (APK Live) **
Oct 8th – OTTAWA, ON (Dom Polski SPK – Kelp Fall Classic)
Oct 13th – HAMILTON, ON (Casbah)
Oct 15th – WINDSOR, ON (Phog Lounge)
Oct 20th – FREDERICTON, NB (Capital) ***
Oct 21st – HALIFAX, NS (Company House – Halifax Pop Explosion)

* w/ The Weather Station | ** w/ Pink Moth | *** w/ Library Voices

And here’s one of the new super sexxxy band portraits we recently took with dear friend and incredible artist/photographer Celia Perrin Sidarous for you to print out and tack to your bedroom wall or tape up in your gym locker.

New shows etc

Busy busy! This is the first of several shows we’re gonna be announcing soon… We’re excited to be playing in Ottawa again for the first time in at least two years I think…is that possible? Anyway, here’s the info:

Thursday August 18
9pm doors, $8 at the door
music at 9.30pm sharp

facebook event

Opening the show will be the ineffable OWL LORIS, aka Jordan Robson Cramer, aka Sunset Rubdown drummer and also The Amethysts drummer whom I also used to globe-trot with in the original Miracle Fortress lineup. He’ll be playing some mind-melting solo guitar/sampler wall-of-drone-pop.

We’re also playing Toronto soon after, and I’ll hit you with that info as soon as it’s confirmed.

I also expect to be able to divulge some more fall tour dates as more of those solidify, including a couple fests that will remain unnamed for the time being. I’ll keep you posted!

ALSO: I don’t think I mentioned this on here yet, but recently we contributed to Herohill’s Gordon Lightfoot tribute album, “Turning Back The Pages Of My Sweet Shattered Dreams.” It’s really quite the collection…massive! We did a sorted of cracked piano and cello rendition of the song “Walls.” Download the entire zipped album here, or download our track here.

more news coming soon…

 

xo

BIGASS NEWS

dear folks,

we’re playing too much in Montreal:

June 17: Fringe Pop @ Parc Des Ameriques (corner of St-Laurent and Rachel) 8:00 or 9:00…I forget.

June 23: Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival w/ Chad Vangaalen & Nat Baldwin, Il Motore (179 Jean Talon E.)

June 24: super low-key solo or semi-solo show w/ James Irwin, Cagibi (5490 St-Laurent)

Also, not sure how much I’m supposed to say right now, but the record has found a home and will be coming out early October. It’s called Flickering Flashlight and I can’t wait for it to come out (on vinyl esp.) check out a track here.

also, dear Toronto, expect us in August.

also, did I show you this? i made a remix for Young Galaxy who are a great band and also delightful friends who just had a baby: LINK

xoxoxoxo

SHOW W/ CHAD VANGAALEN & NAT BALDWIN

Playing with Chad Vangaalen and Nat Baldwin at the Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival in Montreal June 23 at Il Motore. We’re very excited!

Chad VanGaalen

Nat Baldwin

Adam & The Amethysts

Prophecy Video

Thawing Spring Friends Release MP3s Like Interweb Tulips

Spring is almost here, and kids in Montreal are slowly creeping out of their holes, emerging triumphant bearing mp3s that represent the fruits of their 6 months of Seasonal Affected Disorder. The Amethysts aren’t the only ones who decided to throw a new track into the ether this March. Friends (and members) of Adam & The Amethysts have recently released some amazing music on the interwebz. And I’ll be damned if I’m not going to BLOG THE SHIT OUT OF THEM.

Mozart’s Sister is dear friend Caila Thompson-Hannant, whom I used to play with in Miracle Fortress way back when, and whom you might recognize from Shapes & Sizes and Think About Life. She just released this free EP on bandcamp that evokes Prince and Dirty Projectors and great times.

Generalessa is Scott Johnson Gailey, who just so happens to play bass and drums in the Amethysts. He released these lo-fi bedroom pop songs that are sure to please your sensibilities.

Code Pie is Rebecca’s band, and their new album of feel-good pop tunes is killer. Be sure to listen to the single “Operator.”

And they also cover Justin Bieber’s “Baby” which is not to be missed by anyone, please:

You can spot former Amethyst Rory Seydel in this new video for this awesome Pat Jordache song. Pat is a great and talented man who makes filthy arty pop music that I, you, and everyone else rightfully loves, and his band is among Montreal’s current best and brightest.

James Irwin is another dear friend and this song is just fucking brilliant. Plus it was recorded by Pat. He used to play in My People Sleeping (RIP), one of the best MTL bands, with former Amethyst, Katherine Peacock.

Oh yeah, and don’t forget to check out the PWYC album Odd City by Ancient Kids, the new band lead by occasional Amethyst drummer Jordan Robson-Cramer featuring me on guitar and keyboards. I’m not on this record though; it’s pretty much all JRC.

NEW SONG: Prophecy

We’re proud to present “Prophecy,” track 2 from the upcoming record, Flickering Flashlight.

xo a

Adam & The Amethysts @ CMW = a nite 2 remember

We’re playing the Pop Montreal CMW showcase at the Drake Hotel in Toronto Friday, March 11. Other acts include our buddies Pat Jordache and Holger from Brazil. Thanks, Pop! More details TBA. We might play some more shows around that time so stay tuned. In the mean time don’t forget our show with Julie Doiron in MTL Feb 5.

Montreal show with Julie Doiron Feb 5

I’m playing with Julie Feb. 5 at Il Motore! Rebecca’s gonna be out of town, so it will likely be a mostly solo set with a bit of help from the singular Scott Johnson Gailey, bleary-eyed and bloody from his recent tour of duty with Fuji Hakayito. It should be a lovely night. Here’s all the info:

Blue Skies Turn Black presente:

JULIE DOIRON
+
ADAM & THE AMETHYSTS (solo-ish set)

Il Motore (179 Jean Talon O, Montreal, QC)

portes / spectacles: 20h30 / 21h15
doors/ show: 8:30pm / 9:15pm billets / tickets: $10.00 / $13
Cheap Thrills, L’Oblique, Atom Heart, Phonopolis, et:
http://web.blueskiesturnblack.com/ticket.php?id=1129
merci / thanks

Also, you may or may not have noticed that in addition to this blog transforming in look somewhat (I’m still working on it. expect it to change again), the official web-sitey thingy is also updated and looks pretty cool and actually has some stuff on it. So check it out. I hope y’all had a merry holidays and happy new year. xo

The New Record is Mastered

Okay, so the new record was just mastered by Harris Newman at Greymarket Studios here in MTL.

Don’t ask me what comes next…

 

Also my sister posted a preview of the album art on her blog. It’s looking amazing and I can’t wait until the whole thing is finished.

 

Exciting!

 

I’ll keep you posted on everything.