This is exciting for me as I've just gotten on board recently. Looks like they have a new album ready to go too.

March 2006

01 Costa Mesa
detroit bar
tickets on sale 10am december 20th.
tickets $15 in advance and day of sale.
capacity 222.

02 San Francisco
the fillmore
tickets will be on sale january 8th for $25 each [this includes all facility fees]
tickets will be available from the fillmore box office with no service charge.

04 San Francisco
the fillmore
as march 2nd

05 Portland
wonder ballroom
tickets on sale december 17th.
tickets $16 in advance / $17 at the door.
service charge is $2 if tickets are purchased via the box office - tel 503 284 8686

06 Seattle
the showbox
purchasing tickets via the showbox box office will only incur a $1.50 surcharge.

07 Vancouver
commodore ballroom
tickets on sale december 16th - $23.50 in advance. $1.50 facility fee at the commodore. no fee via zulu records

09 Denver
gothic theatre
tickets on sale via ticketweb december 17th
service charge free outlets - bluebird, ogden and gothic theatre

11 Chicago
vic theatre
tickets on sale december 17th.
no surcharges if tickets bought at vic box office.
surcharges of $6.50 via outlets/phone online

14 Toronto
phoenix concert theatre
tickets on sale december 16th

15 Montreal
la tulipe
tickets on sale december 16th
no service charge at cheap thrill s and l'oblique

16 Northampton
pearl street
tickets on sale december 16th.
service charge of $1 in person and $3 over the phone / online

20 Philadelphia
theatre of living arts
tickets on sale december 18th.
no service fee on tickets bought at the theatre of living arts box office

21 Washington DC
9.30 club
tickets on sale december 22nd via the club website, in person or tickets.com

22 Carrboro
cat's cradle
tickets on sale december 16th via etix {$1.60 service fee} and 919 967 9053 {$1 service fee}.
no extra charges if bought from cat's cradle

24 Austin
la zona rosa
tickets on sale december 17th.
tel 866.i get tix or waterloo records / pinky's wireless

28 Los Angeles
henry fonda theatre
tickets on sale december 21st at 10am via ticketmaster.com and the glasshouse box office - no service fee here.

29 San Diego
house of blues
tickets on sale december 20th

Also from their website:

Dear All,
Some real news for a change, here are the details of our new tracks / releases:
Pure 187s Whisper Pitch b/w Widow Wierdo
Pure 188s Excursions into "oh,a-oh" b/w "Get A Shot Of The Refrigerator"
Pure 189s Eye Of The Volcano b/w Vodiak
All of these limited edition 7"s will be released on March 6th or 7th

Pure 190 CD / LP - limited double 10" / Download - 'Fab Four Suture'
Kyberneticka Babicka Pt.1
Interlock
Eye Of The Volcano
Plastic Mile
"Get A Shot Of The Refrigerator"
Visionary Road Maps
Vodiak
Whisper Pitch
Excursions Into "Oh, A-Oh"
I Was A Sunny Rainphase
Widow Wierdo
Kyberneticka Babicka Pt.2
This LP will be released March 6th/7th
Live dates for 2006 will be announced soon so keep 'em peeled.
Cheerio,
Martin

i think i can swing the chicago show next march, yay! i can even swing by the vic while i'm doing my last minute xmas shopping and avoid the fees.

meanwhile, i can't wait until they put all this vinyl/download stuff on CD so we of planet earth can enjoy it.

Yay! Detroit added! And MPLS kitties can go too.

Another 2 shows:
March
10th - Minneapolis First Avenue
12th - Detroit Majestic Theatre