Sunset Junction Cancelled.

I'm an optimist. I really thought it was going to happen right until the very last second. I was listening to the live stream of the Board Of Public Works Meeting with my fingers crossed. I got so into listening to it in fact that I forgot it was real and was completely caught of guard when it didn't have a happy ending for me.

Sunset Junction got cancelled.

This is paticuarly bad news for Art Brut as we have non-refundable tickets to LA that we can't really afford without the festival. So instead of packing for our travel tomorrow we have all been FREAKING THE FUCK OUT.

Luckily and with MASSIVE THANKS to Jennifer Tefft we have somewhere to play now.

We are playing at The Satellite in Silverlake it is a fundraiser for ourselves as we are completely fucked. If you don't buy a ticket and come down and help us out we will be forced to leave Jasper in LA and trust me you do not want him as a neighbour he is a massive prick.

Here are the set times

The Hundred Days are on at 5-30pm

Art VS Science are on at 6-30pm

Art Brut are on at 7.30pm

You can get tickets HERE

Sunset Junction/Independent Postcards

I've been making postcards for every show I play for a while now. I explain why HERE

I have got a little behind with it and there are a few festivals Art Brut played over the summer I've not got round to yet. Here are the postcards for our next two shows though we are playing at The Independent in San Francisco with Tapes 'N Tapes and at Sunset Junction in LA

I'm looking forward to them both I love the Independent in S.F and I pretty much used to live round the corner from Sunset Junction when I used to stay in Echo Park all the time and am looking forward to trying to find time to eat in my favourite restaurant and to go rummaging in all of the Out The Closet thrift stores I can find.

There is a chance Sunset Junction might not happen. So just in case I have made this extra sticker for the postcard

With the San Francisco postcard it will be at the Merch table with the T-shirts. I'm not sure how it will work with the LA postcard. I'll just be carrying it around with me I suppose.

The postcard's cost $40 a set. They come as 2 canvases a front and a back. I fill in the 'back' part of the postcard with what happened that day/at the show. They are made of canvas acrylic paint and sharpie pen (for the writing of what happened)

See you soon X

Hobo Style.

Art Brut are of on tour again.

Hobo Style.

Have a listen to the Littlest Hobo Theme Tune recorded by Ian and Myself whilst you peruse the dates.

First a little trip to the US.

26th August - San Francisco @ THE INDEPENDENT (with Tapes and Tapes)

and then

27th August - Sunset Junction in LA

Then we're off to Europe

GERMANY

Sep 8th - Frankfurt @ Nachtleben

Sep 9th - Munich @ Atomic Cafe

Sep 10th - Leipzig @ Conne Is

Sep 11th - Erlangen @ E-Werk Club

Sep 12th - Stuttgart @ Schocken

Sep 13th - Krefeld @ Kulturfabrik

Sep 14th - Onasbruck @ Kleine Freiheit

Sep 15th - Bremen @ Tower

SWITZERLAND

Sep 17th - Geneva @ Usine

Sep 18th - Bern @ ISC

AUSTRIA

Sep 19th - Vienna @ Flex

Sep 20th - Saltzburg @ Rockhouse

ITALY

Sep 22nd - Torino @ Spazio 211

Sep 23rd - Rome @ Circolo Degli Artisti

Sep 24th - Bologna@ Covo Club

SWITZERLAND

Sep 26th - St Gallen @ Grabenhalle

FRANCE

Sep 27th - Paris @ La Maroquinerie

UK

Oct 5th - Liverpool @ Mojo

Oct 6th - Sheffield @ The Plug

Oct 7th - Manchester @ The Ruby Lounge

Oct 8th - Coventry @ Casbah

Oct 9th - Bath @ Komedia

Oct 10th - Portsmouth @ Wedgewood Rooms

Oct 11th - Brighton @ The Haunt

Oct 13th - Leeds @ Brudenell Social Club

Oct 14th - Preston @ 53 Degrees

Oct 15th - Darlington @ Inside Out

Oct 16th - Derby @ Vic Inn

Oct 19th - Cardiff @ Clwb Ifor Bach

Oct 20th - Kingston @ Hippodrome

Nov 4th - London @ The Garage (Last FM)

Tickets from the usual places, see you there.

Ian recorded the music for The Littlest Hobo today in his bedroom, and I whispered over it in the living room of TOTP Towers. We probably wont be playing it live.

Songs Inspired By 60's Batman.

How have I only just found out these AMAZING songs.

I thought my friends Spoiler Alert! were the first people to sing about Batman over a jazz beat, well besides Bird's Of Prey who sing THIS in the Batman Brave and The Bold cartoon.

But then I discovered these amazing gems.

The Penguin sings Capture.

The Riddler sings The Riddler

And (my personal favourite) Batman sings Miranda

AMAZING.