we spent the last week as an opener for MGMT, finishing off the trip with a show w/ YACHT. it was delicious. here are some pictures of it. you have to figure out what's happening in each picture.












yes, that is patrick's tongue in cheek.

Last night was total chaos at glasslands- with DJ Debbie Awesome spinning 90s grunge, Aquila delivering a mindblowing rendition of the Pixies "Break My Body", and Boy Crisis givin' it to it in the worst way. (in a good way).
Some photos courtesey of CMJ and Blendband:

We had a wild time out with Mixel Pixel! the tour started off with a bang when the hood of our car flipped up on the highway and broke the windshield. Scary stuff. We made it to pittsburgh on time to play a quick set at a rowdy houseparty hosted by Pfunkt. Next day headed out to cincinatti to play a woxy on-air session, only to realize our beloved casio had been abducted by the houseparty, so we had to play without it. Hear the entire session here.






We went acros the bridge to Kentucky to buy a replacement keyboard and eat at a hippy vegan restaurant, then played the Gypsy Hut later that night. We all got down on our favorite mixel song, "Body Automatic".





We played in a space that felt like a gym at erlham, which was pretty surreal. Maybe one day we'll do a tour only of gyms. No need to add reverb to anything!

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We met Wolf In A Spacesuit, and went cow tipping. The most fun show by far was at a DIY show in Philly at The Agent Dale Cooper. [If you've got any photos, cough em up.]

We played a secret show last week, cramming all of our instruments, bodies, tin foil, and magic wands into a small dead end locker-hallway in the NYU art building.

The EVIDENT UTENSIL single plus a mindblowing remix by MGMT is the first official Kanine release for Chairlift, is finally out on 7" white vinyl or as digital download.

A side: Evident Utensil
B side: Evident Utensil (MGMT remix)

NYC record shops where can be found and touched and purchased include Kim's on St.Marks, Other Music, and Sound Fix

To order a copy, visit the Kanine online store at kaninerecords.com
OR
get the digital download at iTunes, Amazon.com or Emusic.

POP Montreal was a totally unexpected adventure. The hotels were so expensive that we ended up staying in a closet-sized, neon orange hotel room in what we were informed to be the "crackhead district" by a passing cop. A bicycle cop. Kanine Records put on a keller showcase for us, but in our off time we managed to catch unforgettable sets by Blood Ceremony, Barkus Born, and The Bicycles. The schedule handbook also warned (in French, no less) that 'Kanine Records finds out good new music way before you will'. We agree.

CMJ was an exhausting smorgasboard of amazing shows too. Our favorites this year include Celebration, Old Time Relijun, MGMT, Yeasayer, Stylophone, Yip Yip, Miss Alex White, Jay Reatard, The Pterodactyls, and the Dirtbombs. We're still recovering.

Special thanks to We Are Your Friends / Blogger's Delight for the fun party Monday night at Knitting factory. Photos of the chocolate cupcake debauchery backstage are on ye olde myspace.

Finally, with the grand push of the fall shows is behind us, we're approaching an immersion in recording. Our 7" vinyl single of EVIDENT UTENSIL + remix by Old Man Future of MGMT is out in mid November! Record will be for sale at the Kaninerecords.com store, as well as at select local record shops around NYC and Brooklyn.

"...pared down synth-pop compositions that had the artificial yet satisfying warmth that only a Casio can evoke. Their E.P. was a worthwhile purchase, I'm listening to it right now, and its like listening to a pretty girl sing along to the Mark Mothersbaugh tunes that Steve Zissou pipes into his helmet at one point during a deep-sea diving mission. It has the same heartfelt quirk and unexpected loveliness."
Sam @ Weekend Party Update 9/30/07
http://weekendpartyupdate.blogspot.com

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