Some people just do it right

We hope to see as many people as possible during our soon to be excursion into the pacific northwest. You can find the dates for the shows on our site. We also hope that everyone who has had a chance to listen to it, has enjoyed our EP that was recently released digitally. (We will be getting physical cd's within the next few days)

With that said, here is the new music video for Bon Iver's single Calgary. The band, the album, the song, the video are all, just, done right. It's that simple.

The official dates for our current summer 2011 tour

These are the officials dates of our tour for those who might have been confused by some of our past postings. Some of these shows have already taken place.

May 18th- House of Blues- Sunset Strip
June 16th- Queen Bee's- San Diego, CA
June 17th- TRiP- Santa Monica, CA
June 18th- Club Good Hurt- West Los Angeles, CA
June 21st- Blue Cafe- Long Beach, CA
June 22nd- Frog and Peach- San Luis Obispo, CA
June 23rd- Grant And Green- San Francisco, CA
June 25th- Brainwash Cafe- San Francisco, CA
June 28th- Skylark Cafe & Club- Seattle, Washington
June 30th- Twilight Bar- Portland, Oregon
July 5th- El Cid- Los Angeles- Los Angeles, CA
July 17th- House Of Blues (FREE)- Los Angeles, CA
July 19th - Hard Rock Cafe - Hollywood, CA
August 27th- House of Blues- Anaheim, CA

Last show in LA before we head north!

On Tuesday June 21st we will be playing at The Blue Cafe in Long Beach, CA. This will be our last show in southern California before we head north on the next leg of our "Spiders And Webs Tour 2011"

We go on at 10p.m.

Here is a link to The Blue Cafe Website- http://www.bluecafelive.com/lb/lb.htm

The Alternates on the Norwegian blog 2012 Rockets!

The music blog 2012 Rockets has posted our free download of "The Modern Way" on their blog. Check out what they wrote about us, and all of the great (Free) music they post.

http://2012rockets.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155:the-alternates&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50#.TfuazCmmVt8;twitter

Who Are The Alternates Listening To? - J. Mascis' Recent Daytrotter Session

And Now For Something Completely Different

Over the past month we have gone on and on about our EP the “Spiders And Webs EP”.  We can honestly say that we are a little burnt on pushing our music. So, to keep things interesting on our website we have decided that this is a good time for another installment of  “Who Are The Alternates Listening To?” 

            As we have made clear, we are heading out on our first tour extremely soon. We will be posting regular updates on the trials and tribulations that we come across during the next month. This way all of our fans that have come out to our shows over the past several years, don’t feel left out when we leave town. 

            This installment of “Who Are The Alternates Listening To” is a great example of what we will be listening to on the long road ahead. 

            We direct you to the daytrotter session J. Mascis recorded on June 6th 2011.

All of us Alternates are long time fans of Dinosaur Jr. and are well versed in the brilliance that is J. Mascis. This daytrotter session is J. Mascis all to himself. The tracks he recorded are haunting and beautiful. They all manage to shine an ever-flattering blacklight on Mascis’ unique musical style and voice.  I can already see us blaring the track “Circle” (my favorite track off of this session) with the windows down as we drive through the night to get from Portland to Santa Cruz. 

            Go check out this session. 

       http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/j-mascis-concert/20054733-37382487.html