The month of March will see Portland band Menomena heading east to tour with Thrill Jockey band Pit er Pat. The tour should be a more pleasant one as they upgrade to a 1995 Dodge Cargo Van leaving the possibility of dying in their old “RV Danger” behind (images of “RV Danger” may be found in the band’s tour recap). The eighteen-date tour begins on March 2nd in Minneapolis and includes a performance at the Barsuk/FILMguerrero showcase at the SXSW music festival in Austin, TX.

MARCH TOUR DATES
* w/ Pit er Pat
02: Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry*
03: Milwaukee, WI @ Onopa Brewery*
04: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle*
05: Champaign, IL @ High Dive*
06: Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern*
07: Pittsburgh, PA @ Modern Formations*
08: Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar*
09: Boston, MA @ T.T. the Bears*
10: Philadelphia @ First Unitarian Church* w/ Hood
11: Brooklyn, NY @ North Six*
12: New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge*
13: Washington DC @ Black Cat*
15: Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506*
16: Atlanta, GA @ The Earl*
18: Dallas, TX @ Good Records (Instore)
19: Austin, TX @ Red Eyed Fly (Barsuk/FILMguerrero SXSW Showcase)
21: Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
23: Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court

*Menomena: www.menomena.com
*Pit er Pat: www.thrilljockey.com

Newly signed Atlantic Records recording artist Death Cab for Cutie will be releasing one final CD on Seattle’s Barsuk Records. Named for Death Cab’s touring sound man, The John Byrd EP consists of seven tracks recorded during the band’s spring 2004 tour in support of Transatlanticism. The album, to be released on March 1st, features a previously unreleased cover of Sebadoh’s “Brand New Love” and will only be available at limited retail locations and the Barsuk Records website. Those that do purchase from the website will receive a limited edition t-shirt.

THE JOHN BYRD EP TRACKLIST
We Laugh Indoors
Why You’d Want to Live Here
Lightness
Photobooth
We Looked Like Giants
405
Blacking Out the Friction/Brand New Love

*Barsuk Records: www.barsuk.com
*Death Cab for Cutie: www.deathcabforcutie.com

One week into their European/Japanese tour, The Killers have announced that they will be touring North America in April. The confirmed performances stay primarily west of the Rocky Mountains and include three performances in Los Angeles as well as two-nights in San Francisco and Vancouver, BC. Those attending the shows should be among the first to hear some of the band’s new material.

EUROPEAN/JAPANESE TOUR
February
09: London @ Carling Academy Brixton
19: London @ Carling Academy Brixton
19: London @ Carling Academy Brixton
20: Utrecht @ Tivoli
21: Strasbourg @ La Laiterie
22: Milan @ Rolling Stone
24: Zurich @ Abart Club
25: Vienna @ Arena City
26: Munchen @ Muffathalle
27: Koln @ Prime Club

March
01: Hamburg @ Gruspan
02: Berlin @ Maria
03: Barcelona @ Apolo
06: Nagoya @ Club Quattro
08: Hiroshima @ Club Quattro
09: Osaka @ Club Quattro
10: Tokyo @ Liquid Room

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
April
11: Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee
12: La Jolla, CA @ RIMAC Arena
13: Long Beach, CA @ The Vault 360
16: Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern (early show)
16: Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern (late show)
17: Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
19: San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore (early show)
19: San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore (late Show)
21: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
22: Vancouver @ Vogue Theatre
23: Vancouver @ Vogue Theatre
24: Seattle, WA @ Moore Theater
26: Edmonton, AB @ Red’s
27: Calgary @ Macewan Hall
29: Spokane, WA @ The Big Easy
30: Boise, ID @ The Big Easy

May
02: Salt Lake City, UT @ Kingsbury Hall
03: Denver, CO @ Paramount Theater

*The Killers: www.islandrecords.com/thekillers

Made possible by a generous donation, limited copies of the DiscLive CDs recorded during the Pixies’ 2004 warm-up tour are now available through American Laundromat Records. All proceeds from sales of the CDs will go towards aiding Sean T. Rayburn and Ray Dolber pay for the escalating bandwidth costs of maintaining PixiesMusic.com.

Throughout 2004 PixiesMusic.com was the source for any and all information related to the 2004 Reunion Tour. Rayburn and Dolber worked with a variety of sources to give fans the opportunity to purchase tickets early and created a community forum for fans to get together. In 2005 they are looking to expand the site’s community-building capabilities with a new chatroom and interviews with various Pixies-related people.

Live recordings of the April 13th-29th shows, as well as the July 30th show in Japan are currently available for $20 each.

*PixiesMusic: www.pixiesmusic.com
*American Laundromat Records: www.americanlaundromatrecords.com