Looking to Europe in Spring
02/04/2008 -- by merlin

Yes, the boys will be back in Europe. This time for a short junket in May around ATP. Here are the dates and links:

May 15th -- Dublin, Ireland -- The Academy -- Tickets
May 17th -- Minehead, England -- All Tomorrows Parties -- Tickets
May 18th -- Brussels, Belgium -- VK Club -- Tickets
May 19th -- Schorndorf, Germany -- Manufaktur -- Tickets
May 20th -- Salzburg, Austria -- Rockhouse -- Tickets
May 21st -- Vienna, Austria -- Arena -- Tickets
May 22nd -- Graz, Austria -- Orpheum -- Tickets
May 24th -- Saarbrucken, Germany -- Garage -- Tickets
May 25th -- Dusseldorf, Germany -- ZAKK -- Tickets

For those who missed out with this round, don't fear, you will no doubt get your opportunity later in the year. Have faith.

At your service,
merlin



Compulsory End of the Year Posting
12/29/2007 -- by merlin

Greetings corybantic internet phalanx,

The North American cartoon tour is over, we've all bid adieu to Interscope, and everyone is now afforded the opportunity to catch their breath.

 For those across the pond still unaware, the boys are confirmed for the May 2008 serving of All Tomorrow's Parties, curated by our friends in Explosions in the Sky. Further dates certainly look in the cards (as well as a new record), however you needn't hold me to that.

I'm hoping 2008 will see renewed development and expansion of this presently uncompleted website, but until then feel free to visit all the other fantastic Trail of Dead realms of the cyber world:

The Trail of Dead Message Board
Trail of Dead on YouTube
The Trail of Dead Gossip Fansite

Until we meet again, happy holidays and best wishes for the new year from everyone here in the Trail of Dead camp.

Onward and upward,
merlin


 
Adult Swim Tour Re-revelations
10/17/2007 -- by merlin

As promised, here is a full listing of the Adult Swim/non-Adult Swim tour dates. Please take note of which are which.

October 18th -- Highline Ballroom -- New York, NY
October 21st -- Black Cat -- Washington D.C.
October 23rd -- Cannery -- Nashville, TN
October 24th -- Spanish Moon -- Baton Rouge, LA
October 27th -- Emo's -- Austin, TX
October 29th -- University of New Mexico -- Albuquerque, NM *
October 30th -- Club Congress -- Tucson, AZ
October 31st -- UNLV -- Las Vegas, NV *
November 1st -- UCLA -- Los Angeles, CA *
November 2nd -- UC-Berkeley -- Berkeley, CA *
November 5th -- Colorado State -- Fort Collins, CO *
November 7th -- University of Minnesota -- Minneapolis, MN *
November 9th -- Canopy Club -- Urbana, IL
November 10th -- Waiting Room -- Omaha, NE
November 11th -- CU-Boulder -- Boulder, CO *
November 13th -- Southern Illinois Carbondale -- Carbondale, IL *
November 14th -- University of Wisconsin -- Madison, WI *
November 16th -- Hi-Tone -- Memphis, TN
November 17th -- University of Kansas -- Lawrence, KS *
November 18th -- Northwestern -- Chicago, IL *
November 19th -- Crofoot Ballroom -- Pontiac, MI
November 20th -- Lee's Palace -- Toronto, ON
November 21st -- Grog Shop -- Cleveland, OH
November 23rd -- Bowery Ballroom -- New York, NY

* - Adult Swim date with Dethklok taking place on campus. Get in free with your student ID. More info available here.

All other dates are regular club shows with tickets.

See you there,
merlin



News Update from Conrad
7/25/2007 -- by merlin

From Conrad Keely:

As a last minute huzzah before embarking on the tour we've decided to book a show at the Luna Lounge here in Brooklyn, on August 2nd. It will be our first show with Aaron Ford, the newest in our line of hyper-skilled Nashville drum androids.

When I wrote that last piece of news, my mention of our replacing Doni with a human seemed to have either gone unnoticed, or else everyone already knew, which is probably the case. When we posted up on Pitchfork for two days we were flooded with about two-hundred responses before I asked them to take it down. I would like to thanks all of those people brave enough to have volunteered for such a dangerous mission.

We were fortunate, however, that our scientist friend Max Brenner happened to have had another prototype lying around in his studio, the Aaron 3.0. Aaron was developed alongside the Doni and performs with equally superb skill and efficiency, albeit slightly faster and even a bit harder at times than the Doni. Although not yet tested under extreme environments such as spilt beer and shards of glass, Brenner has convinced us that the Aaron's newly-updated circuits are robust and capable of withstanding the extreme pressures of a live TOD show.

So for those of you in the Brooklyn and general New York area who would like to attend the show, I believe pre-sales are almost sold out, but we have reserved about seventy tickets for walk-up, priced at $5.

I'm excited to be doing a show in the neighborhood, walking distance from my laboratory. Our last show in this area at North Six was an absolute disaster. I inadvertently hospitalized one spectator that evening, and nearly severed our already tenuous relationship with our publicity department. I hope that for those people who witnessed that show, we can somehow make it up to them with a less inebriated and physically hazardous performance on the 2nd of August. I'm hoping we'll be rehearsed enough to perform Naked Sun for the first time live.

Plans are currently underway for us to begin work on our next record upon returning from tour. We were throwing around various names for the record, but were reminded by the label that our contract states that the label has the option to choose the title of our next record, and Interscope informs me they have decided to call it "Trail of Dead VI". I for one am thankful, because I hate choosing titles for records. By the way, that's a joke, don't use it as fodder for any more criticism of Interscope.


 
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