And We're Back! Thanks to everyone who came out to our shows! It was an interesting tour to say the least. Special thanks to all of you who came to talk to us. Extra special thanks to those of you who gave us a place to stay. It was nice to meet you all! We will post some pictures soon! In the meantime, we've posted the tracklisting for Citrus and we'll be playing Joe's Pub on Thursday, June 1st to celebrate the release!
xoxo, asobi
Citrus Tracklisting
Here are the tracks that will be on our new album:
Everything is On
Strawberries
New Years
Thursday
Strings
Pink Cloud Tracing Paper
Red Sea
Goodbye
Nefi and Girly
Lions and Tigers
Exotic Animal Paradise
Mizu Asobi
Brand New Track posted on Myspace! Hey, we just wanted to let you know that we've posted a track from Citrus on myspace called Thursday! The release date for the album is now officially May 30th. Also, we will be on KEXP on Monday, March 27 at 9am with John Richards. Check kexp.org for more info. Hope to see you on our tour! :)
Spring Tour 2006 We will be kicking off our tour with a show with our new friends, Serena Maneesh at the Bowery Ballroom, March 6. You can buy tickets for it here. We'll be playing a bunch of shows, including ones at SXSW and Noise Pop. You can view the full list of dates on our shows page soon and on myspace now. Also, our mailing list works again! We promise to announce a release date for Citrus very soon!
Sundance Film Festival We will be playing the Sundance Onitsuka Tiger House on Monday January 23th at 7pm. Also, don't forget to check out the two movies Flannel Pajamas and In Between Days while you're at the festival. We're super excited that our songs were included on the soundtracks....See you there!
Check Us Out in Filter Magazine..... Filter Magazine was kind enough to write a little blurb about us! You can view it here.
Merry Christmas, I Don't Want to Fight Tonight... Season’s Greetings!Get into the holiday spirit with our limited edition split 12" with PAS/CAL, featuring our cover of the holiday classic by the Ramones. Available at the official PAS/CAL boutique...or at insound. Have a listen.
The New Album - CITRUS is Finished... We have finished making our record after a month of true madness with the Gigantic Crew. It was a lot of fun and we were sad to leave, but happy that the album is done! The record should be mastered soon and hopefully out early in Spring 2006!
We’re Heading to the Studio!
We're finally recording our 2nd album titled CITRUS in October. We'll be working with producer, Chris Zane (Calla, The Cloud Room, Les Savy Fav) at Gigantic Studios in NYC.
Rothko Katrina Benefit
Come out and support a great cause! Help the victims of Hurricane Katrina with NYC bands: Asobi Seksu, The Belmer Dolls, The Flesh, and Death Of Fashion. All proceeds will go to The American Red Cross.
We’re Going on a MINI-TOUR!
We'll be playing Montreal Popfest for the first time on October 1st at the Kanine Records Showcase. On the way up, we'll play Great Scotts in Boston and The Elevens in Northampton for their popfest.
For more info - check our shows page.
Visit Us On MySpace
For up to the minute info - please check us out on myspace.com
The Strawberries Need to Stop Talking Thanks to everyone that came out...the tour was amazing. We are making a new record over the summer and will have lots of stuff going on ...anyway .....talk to you soon.
National Tour Dates Check the shows page for confirmed dates out to the west coast and back. More dates will be posted shortly.
SXSW Dates Confirmed We'll be playing the Fanatic Promotion Showcase at Velvet Spade on March 16. On March 18, we'll also playing the Ross Ellis Party at Emo's with The Frames and Calexico at 1pm.
Winter Tour '05 East coast tour dates for January and February are on the shows page. March west coast dates TBA.
Xmas 12" Get the Xmas split 12" at Romantic Air or at insound.com. This limited edition transparent crimson vinyl 12" features our cover of the Ramones' classic "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)". The other side is PAS/CAL's rendition of Wham!'s "Last Christmas." Featured cover design by Sean McCabe. More info at Romantic Air Recording Co.
Fall '04 Tour Thanks to everyone who came out in support of our midwest/east coast Fall tour. We'll be hitting the west coast in early 2005.
Nylon Magazine Feature Nylon Magazine features Asobi Seksu as one of their "Favorite Rising Stars". Read the article here.
Giant Robot Feature Asobi Seksu feature in Giant Robot Issue 34. Pick it up or check it out here.
Venus Magazine Great review in Venus Magazine's Fall 2004 issue. Check out the press page.
Under The Radar Under the Radar Issue 7 (The Protest Issue) is out. Pick up a copy and check out our feature.
#1 On MTVu's Dean's List Thanks for your votes! “Walk On The Moon” is the #1 most requested video on MTVU's Dean's list for the weeks of 7/12/04 and 7/19/04.
Vote For Our Video On MTVU.com Vote for our video for “Walk On The Moon”and help get it on MTVu.com's Dean's List
#1 Video Stream on MTVU.com "Walk on the Moon" was the most requested stream on MTVU.com for the second week in a row! See it here
John Peel Spinning Asobi Seksu BBC Radio's John Peel is spinning our disc. Here's a recent playlist.
June 2 Show With Stellastarr* We will be opening for stellastarr* in Portland, Maine June 2. More info tba.
Asobi Seksu Top 20 Core at CMJ #13 (4th Week,+18) at CMJ (College Music Journal)
#7 (3rd Week, +12) at the CMJ Core Stations charts.
Thanks to all of the stations for supporting the new record!
“Walk On The Moon” Video The video for "Walk on the Moon" was recently named a Freshman (featured video) on MTVU. MTVU airs on many college campuses across the country. Please help us get into full rotation by requesting the video on MTVU here Stream the video on MTVU.com
CMJ #1 Debut We're the #1 debut on the CMJ Radio 200 (31) for the week of 5/17. Thanks for the airplay!
9.23.05 -10:00 PM
Rothko Hurricane Victims Benefit Rothko / New York, NY
w/The Belmer Dolls, The Flesh,
Death Of Fashion
Tickets - $10
All Proceeds to Benefit The American Red Cross
9.29.05 -8:00 PM Great Scotts / Allston, MA
w/Mommy & Daddy + Mixel Pixel
8:00PM
