Hi folks. Still ironing out the kinks on the mailing list, I think some folks got emails about me adding new venues to the show calendar. Sorry about that. Also the emails have this cheezy theme. It’s all getting worked out, though.

Some really great shows coming up! We’ll be opening up for Bowerbirds at the M-Shop (in Ames) Sunday March 14. It seems like Bowerbirds have been kind of a thing lately, and I’ve certainly been enjoying everything I’ve been hearing from them. Check out this video they just came out with like yesterday over at Stereogum and this Daytrotter session from a few months back. Good stuff. So this is a pretty exciting gig for us, really looking forward to it.

Despite its proximity on the calendar to the above, we couldn’t pass up the chance to come back to the Ames Progressive Office the preceding Wednesday, March 10, for the almighty psychedelic sounds of Light Pollution as they make their way to SXSW.

But before any of that, we’ve got an all-ages Sunday evening show, March 7 at 5 pm at Vaudeville Mews with Ely Falls and Fortnight. I have a feeling this will be a very cozy down-home show for us like similar Mews gigs we’ve had recently, and that’s a really cool vibe that I recommend coming out and getting into.

Also I’m told we’re going to be on Gross Domestic Product this year. Stay tuned for details.

And finally, I sent in our submission for this year’s 80/35 festival a few days ago. It would be beyond awesome if we got to play that, so if you don’t mind, do us a favor and head over to the 80/35 Facebook page and put in a good word for us!

Oh, come to think of it, one more thing: Get down to the Mews for the 5:30 all-ages early show this Friday! You probably don’t need me to convince you to see Squidboy or The Poison Control Center, institutions of central Iowa rock and roll awesomeness that they are, but I’m recommending you get down there early for this pretty stellar young up-and-coming outfit called The Seed Of Something. We don’t just say such nice things because we know the kids either, we’re honestly pretty impressed with how they’ve started out. Ask anyone who caught their first show last month.