The Impossible
Shapes : News and Updates
2.5.07 -
MARCHING OUT ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The band plans to tour again in the coming months. Check out the tour
poster by Mark, at right (and see more of his work on his art
blog). Here's
the tour dates...
02/15/07 - Bloomington, IN - Uncle Festers
w/ Phantom Cruisers + Moustache
03/02/07 - Indianapolis, IN - Big Car Gallery
03/17/07 - Chicago, IL - Ronny's Bar
03/19/07 - Lexington, KY - The Dame
03/20/07 - Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light
03/21/07 - Charleston, SC - The Map Room
03/24/07 - Somerville, MA - Pa's Lounge
03/25/07 - Providence, RI - AS 220
03/28/07 - New York, NY - Club Midway
03/29/07 - Rochester, NY - Bug Jar
03/30/07 - Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks
And a brief note from Chris:
"As you can
see from the tour dates listed, we are finally going
back
out
on
the
road again
to
play our musicks
for real people. It feels like it will be our very
first tour. I will have a copy of Finnegan's Wake
with me at all times. If you live in or near any
of these villages please do come and say hello.
In answer to your questions, "no" we do
not have a new album recorded. we are destroying
all of
our recordings of the past two years and starting over,
fresh. We DO have a split 7inch coming out soon with
Buffalino, however. more updates on that coming soon.
get weird, stay weird.
love,
chris"
6.25.06 -
SUMMER TOURING
We're gearing up for the next round. Here's
the summer dates...
06/29/06 - Bloomington, IN - The Bluebird w/
Margot & The Nuclear So & Sos
07/01/06 - Bloomington, IN - Hospital
07/06/06 - Davenport, IA - The Redstone Room
07/07/06 - Chicago, IL - The Note
07/08/06 - Toledo, OH - Thunderbird Tavern
07/10/06 - Buffalo, NY - Mowhawk Place
07/11/06 - Allston, MA - Great Scott w/ The Late B.P.
Helium
07/12/06 - New Haven, CT - BAR Nightclub w/ The Late
B.P. Helium
07/13/06 - New York, NY - Club Midway w/ The Late B.P.
Helium
07/14/06 - Baltimore, MD - Talking Head
07/15/06 - Philadelphia, PA - Vox Populi w/ Danielson
07/16/06 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern w/ Ladyhawk
07/17/06 - Indianapolis, IN - Birdy's
07/18/06 - Lexington, KY - The Dame w/ Dressy Bessy
Look for more updates to come soon...
6.2.06 -
HOSPITAL OPENING
Congrats to Mark, Aaron, and our friends at the Hospital on
their opening. Be sure to check out the $5 Painting Show with The Impossible
Shapes on July 1st.
HOSTPITAL
1021 S. Walnut
Bloomington, IN 47401
www.arthospital.net
Hospital on MySpace
4.15.06 -
THE IMPOSSIBLE SHAPES PLAY IU WITH WILCO
3.25.06 -
A LITTLE SOMETHING ON THE SIDE
Chris's solo project Normanoak will
begin the wilderness adventure tour (with AuroraDoreyAlice
supporting) very soon. See the dates posted
on Normanoak.com.
The
Horns of Happiness are touring
this spring and Aaron's latest output, Would
I Find Your Psychic Guideline, was recently reviewed
on Pitchfork.
2.10.06 -
UPDATING OUR SPACE
We updated a few spots on
the site. Go wander around a bit. And check to see
when the Shapes are coming
your way.
1.29.06 -
MID-WINTER SKY TOUR
To honor the March 7th, 2006 CD
re-release of TUM (released
last year by St. Ives Records on vinyl-only), the
Shapes will be hitting the road again in February
and March.
Check the dates below:
02/14/06 Bloomington, IN - Bluebird
w/ Drakkar Sauna, Whippoorwill
02/15/06 Richmond, IN - Earlham College w/ Drakkar
Sauna
02/16/06 Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio w/ Drakkar Sauna
02/17/06 Champaign, IL - Iron Post w/ Drakkar Sauna
02/18/06 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon w/ Drakkar Sauna
02/19/06 Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory
02/20/06 Austin, TX - Stubb's
02/21/06 Albequerque, NM - Exxon Valdez House
02/22/06 Tucson, AZ - 36 Chambers w/ Golden Boots
02/23/06 Los Angeles, CA - Tangier
02/25/06 Oakland, CA - Stork Club
02/26/06 San Francisco, CA - Hotel Utah
02/27/06 Eugene, OR - Sam Bond's Garage
02/28/06 Portland, OR - Towne Lounge
03/01/06 Boise, ID - Neurolux
03/02/06 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
03/04/06 Madison, WI - King Club
03/05/06 Iowa City, IA - Gabe's Oasis
03/06/06 Chicago, IL - Subterranean
03/07/06 Bloomington, IN - TUM RELEASE PARTY - Landlocked
Music (Grand Opening) w/ Mt. Gigantic, Kickball
Be sure to check the tour
section for more updates...
coming very soon.
1.1.06 -
NEW YEAR, MORE TO COME
The Shapes have been spending time back in
the "studio", concocting their next magic brew. Look
for Chris and Aaron out on tour with their other projects
as well -- you can find Normanoak
dates here and check out the forthcoming Horns
of Happiness 12" here. Speaking of which...
NORMANOAK on MYSPACE
HORNS OF HAPPINESS
on MYSPACE
THE IMPOSSIBLE SHAPES on MYSPACE
Stay
tuned -- 2006 will be interesting.
11.1.05 -
NOVEMBER TOUR
Aaron, Mark, and Chris will soon be setting
off on another adventure tour to the east coast. We
wanted to let you know the dates. Here they are:
11/05/05 Bloomington, IN - The Church w/ Dirty Faces
11/06/05 Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Melon
11/08/05 Chicago, IL - Schuba's w/ Paper Airplane Pilots
11/10/05 Lexington, KY - The Dame w/ Elf Power
11/11/05 Indianapolis, IN - Big Car
11/12/05 Youngstown, OH - Cedar Lounge
11/13/05 Baltimore, MD - The Talking Head w/ The Essex
Green
11/14/05 Providence, RI - TBA
11/15/05 New York, NY - The Delancey
11/16/05 Boston, MA - P.A.'s Lounge
11/17/05 New York, NY - Knitting Factory
11/18/05 Charlottesville, VA - Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
11/19/05 Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light
11/20/05 Bowling Green, OH - Howard's Club H
11/22/05 Champaign, IL - Cowboy Monkey
Check out the updated Impossible
Shapes tour page for more info.
4.18.05 -
SPRING/SUMMER TOUR ANNOUNCED
Although we just got back from a national
tour with Jens Lekman, we're getting ready to head
back out. And this time, we'll be joined by Jagjaguwar
recording artists Odawas at
selected cities. Check out the updated
Impossible Shapes tour page for more info.
SPRING/SUMMER
TOUR 2005
We're also spending some time recording
a new album at home. More to come on this...
3.31.05 -
LIVE SHOW BITTORRENT STILL AVAILABLE
The complete live 2004 Kalamazoo show that
was up on Easytree.org (see news
below) is still available -- just not on that site
any more. Easytree is gone due to overzealous lawyers,
but DimeaDozen.org is
up in its place. Go
there to download this show now.
The
Impossible Shapes @ Kraftbräu Brewery, Kalamazoo,
MI - 2004-09-05
Should we share some more live shows?
Leave us some feedback on the forums over there.
3.26.05 -
IN HEAVY ROTATION
The April issue
of Spin
Magazine (with Interpol on the cover) had a blurb
(and pic) that we found interesting. Apparently someone
there likes us -- from page 39:
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The
Impossible Shapes Horus (Secretly
Canadian)
These Indiana indie rockers trip nervously like
Love and muse enigmatically like Pavement, but
their fifth album is more composed and played
with a remarkably tight focus. Few bands daydream
and flake out with such a mature sense of purpose.
Charles Aaron, SPIN music editor
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If you need another reason to buy it,
there's a good Guided
by Voices article in there too. And the paper is
shiny.
2.6.05 -
SHARING OUR SPACE. AGAIN.
We've set up a page at MySpace.com. Yeah,
we'll be your friend.
http://www.myspace.com/theimpossibleshapes
2.4.05 -
NEW LIVE MP3 DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE
While preparing to go away on tour, we've
added a few live recordings to keep you company. Take
a look in the media section for
a sampling of live Shapes action from Chicago, IL,
and Kalamazoo, MI, last year, including T.
Rex and Ozzy
Osbourne covers. Tum is
still available too...
but only for a limited time.
Also,
for those familiar with BitTorrent and lossless audio
music sharing, download
the complete Kalamazoo show here on Easytree.org--
you'll need to register to grab it:
The Impossible Shapes @ Kraftbräu
Brewery, Kalamazoo, MI - 2004-09-05
SETLIST (30:20 Total Running Time):
01 - She Let Me Run (2:57)
02 - We Like It Wild (3:07)
03 - Survival (4:04)
04 - The Blooming Town (3:16)
05 - A Day Laye (3:40)
06 - Bombs (2:28)
07 - Demon Love (3:51)
08 - Sharing Our Space (2:33)
09 - Kids Need Creeks (4:24)
An Indianapolis weekly, INtake, covers
the Shapes and they talk about Tum and Horus and
recording at home.
The tour
page has been updated again, adding some West
Coast dates. See you there.
2.1.05 -
HORUS REVEALED TO THE WORLD
And on the first day of the shortest month
in the 4th year of the new century, Horus appeared
again. Find our new album now in any fine, independent
music store. We hope Horus brings
you joy.
Click HERE to
buy HORUS on
vinyl or CD from Secretly Canadian.
AllMusic.com
reviews Horus, saying. "the glorious 'Survival'
is the best Velvet Underground song never made".
Hmmm.
1.19.05 -
TUM COMPLETE ALBUM DOWNLOAD
For a limited time, you can download
Tum in all its glory. Check the media
section and save yourself some time digitizing
the vinyl.
Click HERE to
buy TUM on
limited release vinyl from Secretly Canadian.
1.18.05 -
TUM IS HERE, HORUS IS COMING, SO ARE WE
Tum was
officially released today by St. Ives records and will
be limited to 300 vinyl only copies which we painted
and stamped up ourselves. Visit Secretly Canadian's online
store or pick up a copy from us on tour.
We'll be adding more samples to the media
galleries in the weeks to come. Visit our media section
now for the first round of Horus and Tum samples.
Read some writings from the road by Chris Barth in
the writings section.
The tour
page has been updated as well. We hope to see
you... our travels begin again soon.
12.24.04 -
NEW DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE
Just in time for the holidays, we've added
some tracks from the past for your downloading pleasure.
Check the media section
for our first batch of of free MP3 downloads. More
to come soon...
12.08.04 -
NEW RELEASES COMING SOON
The new Impossible Shapes full length, Horus,
will be released February 1st and our St. Ives record,
entitled Tum,
will be released on vinyl January 18th.
12.04.04 -
FRESH TOUR DATES. FINISHING HORUS AND NEW ST. IVES
PROJECT
The Impossible Shapes will tour, including
dates with Jens Lekman, in early 2005. Check the tour
page for more information.
The Shapes are nearly finished with their
next album, tentatively titled "Horus", to
be released early next year. Recording took place at
Queensize studios in Indianapolis, IN, with master
Lon Paul Ellrich working the complicated knobs. Not
a band to sit still, The Shapes have also begun work
on a new home-recorded, St. Ives project, a handmade,
limited edition vinyl label based in Bloomington, Indiana.
11.25.04 -
NEW SITE
TheImpossibleShapes.com launches
in its first incarnation. Watch for more updates to
come.
