It’s sad news indeed. Hopes of ever seeing this band live have been dashed!

According to Carla Kihlstedt via her recent newsletter, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum will be breaking up after their final tour:

“It is true, that the Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is indeed closing its doors for good.

Our final shows are in San Diego, Los Angeles and two shows in San Francisco (3pm & 8pm) next week:

4/7 – San Diego, CA – Casbah (21+) – Purchase Tickets
4/8 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubador (All Ages) – Purchase Tickets
4/10 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent (21+) – Purchase Tickets – Two shows with two different sets, 3pm and 8pm

If you are planning on coming, please come prepared to participate! Have a look at the following message from Sleepytime telling you how:

Dear Fans,

We want you to join us for our final shows. And we mean JOIN us, specifically in a racket of celebratory and funereal music making.

How it may include YOU:

SINGING: the melody to ‘Bring Back the Apocalypse’ (see the handy notation here).

PLUCKING: YOUR guitar in the precise manner indicated in this instructional video at the end of a new song that might be titled “Smear.”

CHIMING: Herald the coming apocalypse by bringing your favorite collection of small hand bells (we’re not kidding) or other such device to play us out. Under no circumstances are you allowed to bring a saxophone. ..

..-SGM ..”

She also mentioned Tin Hat (trio) have some up coming tour dates:

“Tin Hat will be performing a few West Coast shows in preparation for recording our next album: a collection of poems by E. E. Cummings that we’ve set to music. It’s a new direction for us, and stepping into this new territory has been really rewarding for the band!

5/12 – Mill Valley, CA – 142 Throckmorton Theatre – Purchase Tickets
5/13 – Berkeley, CA – Freight & Salvage – Purchase Tickets 5/14 – Santa Monica, CA – McCabe’s 5/19 – Portland, OR – Mission Theater

www.tinhat.org”

This looks very cool, if anyone is local make sure you get down to see this!

” Come see ‘Twobird’. An exciting new one-man performance piece by Michael McCamish, and featuring the live music of Nils Frykdahl and Chuck Squier (original Idiot Flesh drum-ist).

Dates – Fri., Sat.
and Sun
March 20 – 22 & March 27 – 29

Time – 8 PM

Location – South Berkeley Community Church
1802 Fairview @ Ellis in Berkeley (3 blocks from Ashby BART)

Tickets are sliding scale $10 – $25 (nobody turned away for lack of funds!)”

photo credit: fuzuoko

http://www.2footyard.com

Mar 14 2009 8:15P
Alter Schl8hof Wels Wels

Mar 15 2009 8:00P
JazzIt Music Club Salzburg

Mar 16 2009 8:45P
Auditorio Radio Svizzera Lugano

Mar 17 2009 8:30P
Cankarjev Dom, Cultural & Congress Center Ljubljana

Mar 18 2009 8:00P
Die Sargfabrik Wien

Mar 19 2009 8:00P
Cultur Centrum Wolkenstein Stainach Irdning

Mar 21 2009 8:00P
Kulturzentrum Linse Ravensburg

Mar 22 2009 5:00P
Bechtolsheimer Hof Würzburg

Mar 23 2009 9:30P
Bad Bonn Düdingen

Mar 24 2009 8:00P
Stadtgarten Köln

Mar 25 2009 8:30P
Bimhuis Amsterdam

Mar 26 2009 8:00P
Vooruit Kunstencentrum Gent

Mar 28 2009 8:00P
Kino Babylon Berlin

Mar 31 2009 8:00P
Le Poisson Rouge New York, New York

04/09/09   Reno, NV   210 North w/ Faun Fables, Edmund Welles
04/10/09   Salt Lake City, UT   Kilby Court w/ Faun Fables, Edmund Welles
04/11/09   Denver, CO   Oriental Theater w/ Faun Fables, Edmund Welles
04/13/09   Minneapolis, MN   Triple Rock Social Club w/ Dub Trio, Faun Fables
04/14/09   Milwaukee, WI   Shank Hall w/ Dub Trio, Faun Fables
04/16/09   Chicago, IL   Bottom Lounge w/ Dub Trio
04/17/09   Cleveland, OH   Beachland Ballroom w/ Dub Trio
04/18/09   New York, NY   Bowery Ballroom
04/21/09   Buffalo, NY   Nietzche’s w/ Dub Trio

“15 tracks of haunting instrumental pieces composed by members of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum”. Featuring Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi and Dan Rathbun.

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07/03/08 Seattle, WA Neumos
07/04/08 Vancouver, BC the Plaza
07/05/08 Portland, OR Dantes
07/06/08 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
07/08/08 Brookdale, CA Brookdale Lodge
07/09/08 Los Angeles, CA the Troubadour
07/10/08 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall

They are also looking for helpers:

Looking for one or two people in each town to put up some posters announcing our show. You can do it! You will receive free admission to the show for your efforts.

Respond with your name and address if interested!

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