April 2009 was quite a month, with a New England mini tour, a live radio debut, then a full concert on the radio, all while averaging one show every three days:

• 4/5 – Fontana’s
• 4/8 – The Delancey
• 4/10 – Copperfield’s – Boston, MA
• 4/11 – Billy Baloney’s – Danbury, CT
• 4/17 – Sepomana 2009 festival – Middlebury, VT
• 4/17 – The Mill – Middlebury, VT
• 4/18 – Pearson’s Lounge – Middlebury, VT
• 4/18 – The Mill – Middlebury, VT
• 4/25 – WRMC 91.1 on-air concert – Middlebury, VT
• 4/25 – The Mill – Middlebury, VT
• 4/26 – P.A.’s Lounge – Somerville, MA

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Saturday, 4/25/2009, from 3:30 PM to 5 PM on WRMC: We’re about to rock a live on-the-air concert on WRMC with DJ Salen Andrews on her rad rock show Into the Void.  Mark Christensen will sit in on a few songs, adding that sweet second guitar.  We’ll be playing a full concert, so we hope you can tune in online if you’re not within range of the 2.9 kilowatt transmitter broadcasting our music throughout the Champlain Valley.

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Saturday, 4/25/2009, from 2 PM to 3:30 PM: Bente Madson invited us to guest DJ on her Herd radio show on WRMC.  Herd is a show drawn from bands with animal names, so we got to play a ton of great music.  Here’s our playlist: 

1.  Animal Collective, “Chocolate Girl”
2. Glenn Kotche, “Monkey Chant”
3. The Mountain Goats, “Anti-music Song”
4. The Beatles, “A Little Help From My Friends”
5. The Eagles, “One of These Nights”
6. Panda Bear, “Bros”
7. Mogwai, “I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead”
8. Fugazi, “Turnover”
9. Ciccone Youth, “Burnin’ Up”
10. Eagles of Death Metal, “WannaBe in L.A.”
11. Dead Horse, “Rock Lobster”
12. Panda Bear, “Young Prayer 1″
13. David Byrne + Brian Eno, “Help Me Somebody”
14. Led Zeppelin, “In the Light”

Everyone knows that a fugazi is a bird with a peculiar call that sounds like “GET ME OUT OF HERE!”  Also, we refuse to apologize for playing Glenn Kotche, David Byrne + Brian Eno, or Led Zeppelin. It had to be done.  Mission accomplished.

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Middlebury, Vermont: Four shows in two days:

• Sepomana 2009, 4/17/2009 10:30 PM
• The Mill, 4/18/2009 2 AM
• Pearson’s Lounge, 4/18/2009 11 PM
• The Mill, 4/19/2009 2 AM

Add two more appearances:

• Old Stone Mill, 4/18/2009 2 PM
• WRMC live on the air, 4/18/2009 4 PM

And you get a real rock and roll weekend.

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The Sepomana dance party at The Bunker closed out the Sepomana 2009 festivities, but it didn’t close out our rage through Middlebury College.  We just played another late night set at The Mill, where we had such a great time playing last night.  Thanks so much to Ernest Russell from WRMC 91.1 FM for inviting us to do these late sets where we get to stretch out and play for the kids.  Tonight was special for us, because a dance party erupted during our extended jam on Kevin’s song “Spoon.”  There’s nothing quite like seeing a room of people dancing to your jams.  I think Kenny Rogers first said that.

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