Poster of the week, bitches!

My very talented pal Martin Ontiveros made a poster for one of my shows and it was chosen as The Stranger's "poster of the week"! Fuck yeah!

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/poster-of-the-week/Content?oid=1847152

Black Eyes & Neckties talk about the UK

Sorry it took me so long to post this, but this is a partial account of Black Eyes & Neckties' tour of the UK.

http://www.whatsup-magazine.com/index.php?navarea=Archives&storyid=1179

Black Eyes & Neckties slay Liverpool

Black Eyes & Neckties played in Liverpool last night at part of the Sound City Festival and here are some things people were saying about the show....

"Another jog back up the road yields Black Eyes and Neckties, and it's like wandering into the wrong hotel room and seeing something dead sleazy. As I join them half way through the set, the keyboardist is perched on the barrier, removing her tights and losing much of her dignity, as a goth synth blues scale drones in the background.

And when they kick in, it's like Queens of the Stone Age have been possessed my zombies and are starring in an obscure 70s cannibal exploitation film. The cavernous silence that SSS encountered is gone, because the paths between songs are seamless, and there's always something going on, like the bassist baring his chest and climbing up the speakers to that little enclave above the door. Or that keyboardist again, spitting on the singer's back. He didn't even notice, and I bet no-one told him.
In fact, I bet it's a game, and they do it every night and he doesn't have a clue.

The Sand Band, back in the Zanzibar, can only suffer in comparison. It's too late - Black Eyes and Neckties have ruined my night. I'm excited from having run about so much and then seen their madness, and it's unlikely that the Sand Band are going to do anything silly, like launch drumsticks at their guitarist, with genuine malice, to see if he'll fall off the speakers on to his head." - Liverpool Daily Post

http://www.peterguy.merseyblogs.co.uk/2009/05/liverpool-sound-city-2009-sss.html
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"Upstairs headliners Black Eyes & Neckties had no problem with motivation putting on a great set that won over the spectators that stayed instead of migrating downstairs.

The music doesn't concern itself with innovation, firmly stuck in the schlocky horror-punk of Misfits and Murder City Devils, rather it is full of Addams Family keyboard bits, thrashing guitar riffs and throaty singing with b-movie style echo, BENt put on a high-octane performance, with the guitarists continually climbing the PA rigs." - Liverpool Daily Post

http://www.peterguy.merseyblogs.co.uk/2009/05/liverpool-sound-city-2009-john.html

So much for meeting my future (Scottish) husband....

As many of you know, I was looking forward to escaping Portland and spending some time over in that most United of Kingdoms. However, I ended up having to cancel. BUT, Black Eyes & Neckties are still touring and here is the most up-to-date list of shows. If you know ANYONE over there that lives remotely close to these cities and towns, for the love of God, send them to these shows.

May 15: Barfly, London
May 16: Kasbah, Coventry
May 18: The Rainbow, Birmingham
May 19: Academy 2, Oxford
May 20: Barfly, Liverpool
May 21: Academy 2, Newcastle
May 22: Hobos, Bridgend (Wales)
May 23: Robbins Well 2, Leamington Spa
May 24: TBA, Swansea
May 25: Harry's Bar, Stoke-on-Trent
May 26: TBA, Glasgow
May 27: The Doghouse, Dundee
May 28: Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh

Black Eyes & Neckties to tour the UK

I feel like I'm in a new relationship.....I'm all giddy about this blog and posting various news items. It's like I'm prematurely ejaculating in front of all of you.

Anyway, this is important news and I deemed it so important it could not wait until tomorrow. Black Eyes & Neckties are the first of my bands to schlep it overseas for a tour and so they deserve some props. They recently signed with the William Morris Agency over there (yes....the WMA.....they are big time hustlers over there) and will do their first tour next month. I have been lucky enough to talk them into letting me join them. Suckers.....I mean, um, lovers. Here are the dates so far:

May 15 Barfly, London - with Titus Andronicus
May 16 Kasbah, Coventry
May 17 off
May 18 Rainbow, Birmingham
May 19 Academy 2, Oxford
May 20 Barfly, Liverpool
May 21 Academy 2, Newcastle
May 22 Off
May 23 Dot to Dot tbc
May 24 Dot to Dot tbc
May 25 Off
May 26 Glasgow tbc
May 27 The Doghouse, Dundee
May 28 Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh