We’re playing bumbershoot today. 5:00 PM a the EMP Skychruch. It will be something like this:

(posted by Abe)

Tour was great. One wish:

Inunditojn! Mi dezir ni povintus naĝ en la Iovao stratojn. B’caw!
Floods! I wish we could have swum in the Iowan streets. Kickin!

(posted by Brittany)

Since our last post, Ravens & Chimes have played three jazz festivals, one house party, one radio appearance, drove 4,000 miles, and spent two hours getting searched by the boarder patrol. All in all I have to say this was our most successful tour to date.

In just a half hour of driving into New York last night, we had a celebrity sighting and heard about a half dozen Reggaeton songs from car stereos. New York never felt so good. Sure the west coast has beaches, Montana has endless valleys and mountains, and the North Dakota has, well, straight and flat driving, But the bagel I ate this morning was probably the best breakfast I’ve had in a month.

I’ve posted some show pictures from Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle and KEXP. enjoy.

Avery’s gear at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, just minutes before doors open.

Sitting in the cut at the Commodore.

Soundcheck at Sugar in Victoria, BC.

With Cheryl Waters after our KEXP on-air performance.

Brittany is possessed.

Playing for a semi-hometown crowd in Seattle

This basically sums it all up.

(posted by Abe)

(posted by Abe)

Hey,

This is my first time writing on a blog ever. Along with my post I wanted to show you all some ravens I made out of socks while in the van for the past many days.  I sold four out of five of them at our show at Spaceland tonight!  Pretty awesome.  Gotta make more on our way to San Francisco tomorrow!

(posted by Nora)

We made It! Four days of non-stop driving and we’re here in Los Angeles. All of the Ravens can now say that we have driven across the country. We will be playing a free show at Spaceland tonight at 9:00pm. Below are some pictures from our journey through the desert yesterday.

this is the Zzyzx exit off of I-15 in the Mojave Desert. 108 degrees!

We stopped to gamble at New York, New York. It was almost like being home, except a lot fewer tight pants.

(posted by Abe)

We got caught in some serious weather while passing through Iowa on tour. Check out this video! (Brittany filmed and Abe edited).

(posted by Avery)

(posted by Abe)

We woke up this morning in Montreal. Brittany cooked us all french toast with Blackberries. Mike, Avery and I went to an internet cafe to look up www.averyisgreat.com then headed back to the loft to write a Mali-inspired Indie rock song and a blues in G called “My woman got cocaine breath.”

Now we’re waiting it out in Toronto until our show tomorrow at the Horseshoe Tavern. We’re playing with the drummer from DFA 1979. Oh yeah, and this evening we saw the encore of a Leonard Cohen concert.

(posted by Abe)

I asked this from stage last night and I think I saw a tumbleweed float by. I guess our fans aren’t the sandals-wearing, frisbee-tossing types. I love you all regardless.

And speaking of our show last night. It was sold out! (see above) Amazing. Everytime we come up to Montreal we have a blast. Great people and great culture. All the kids at the Casa Del Popolo were so friendly and, well, Canadian. Soon after our set I quickly made it across the street to a performance by Oneida (rock!) and Carla Bozulich with Nels Kline. Nels Kline! What a treat.

One of the Wolf Parade guys were out at the show last night. I love this city.

In other news, I just discovered Avery’s Website.

(posted by Abe)