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Schwervon "Spring Roll" Tour 2013

MMM — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:32:21 +0000

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Hi Friends! We're hitting the road again this Spring. These are confirmed dates so far. Love till Niagara Falls, Nan + Matt

March 8 - Wichita, KS @ Kirby's Beer Store w/ Bergeron + Money Badger http://www.facebook.com/events/160333224117171/

March 9 - Tulsa, OK @ The Soundpony (w/ The Fabulous St. Knicholas Cage + The Levitators) http://www.facebook.com/events/411088748984635/

March 13 - Austin, TX @ Shangri-La's Major Matt Mason USA show w/ Special Guests! (http://www.midcoasttakeover.com/sxsw-acoustic-showcase-2013/) 1:15pm Sharp!

March 16 - Austin, TX @ Shangri-La's ("SXSW Midcoast Takeover/ http://www.midcoasttakeover.com/sxsw-showcase-2013/) 6:15pm sharp!

March 17 - Houston, TX @ Super Happy Fun Land (SXSW Overflow Fest) http://www.facebook.com/events/412301262196730/

March 18th - New Orleans, LA @ Allways Lounge (w/ The Dangerous Ponies + Norwegian Arms + Bottomfeeders) http://www.facebook.com/events/429513097134865/

March 19 - Memphis, TN @ Tako's Treasures (w/ White Mystery + The Vignettes + Gay Brother + Berkano) http://www.facebook.com/events/435559793187305/

The Caves + Coed Pageant + Schwervon + The Author & The Illustrator @ Art Closet Studios / KC, MO

MMM — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:11:04 +0000

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Art Closet Studios
3951 broadway
Kansas City, MO
All Ages/ $4
http://www.facebook.com/ArtClosetStudios

8:00pm
The AUTHOR AND THE ILLUSTRATOR (KC Indie Experimental) -
http://theauthorandtheillustrator.bandcamp.com/

8:45pm
SCHWERVON! (KC Indie Rock) -
http://schwervon.bandcamp.com/album/courage

9:30pm
COED PAGEANT (Illinois Indie Rock) -
https://www.facebook.com/coedpageant

10:15pm
THE CAVES (KC Indie Rock) -
https://www.facebook.com/thecavesband

FB: http://www.facebook.com/events/304897619613523/

Major Matt "Show Poem" from: Rabbit Killer, Folkicide, Major Matt Mason USA @ Davey's Uptown- KC,MO- 2/13/13

MMM — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:01:10 +0000

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Just before waking up today I had an anxiety dream. I’ve grown to kind of enjoy anxiety dreams. They seem to be the kinds dreams that I remember most frequently. This dream took place on the day of my college graduation. I was waiting in a room, preparing to walk out onto a field with my fellow graduates. Then I realize that I’m supposed to be giving a speech of some kind and I’ve done absolutely nothing to prepare for it. There’s a couple of other very smart looking people in the room with me that are looking over notes and mumbling to themselves like they're rehearsing their own speeches.

2013 SXSW MIDCOAST TAKEOVER BANDS

MMM — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:00:39 +0000

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The Midwest Music Foundation is proud to present the fourth annual MidCoast Takeover, March 13th – 16th at Shangri-La in Austin, TX. This event promises four days of music, mayhem, and general debauchery — the definitive Midwestern musical throw down. MidCoast Takeover will showcase bands from Kansas City, Lawrence, and the Midwest region on the national stage during South by Southwest.

THIS IS A FREE AND UNOFFICIAL SXSW SHOWCASE.
NO WRISTBANDS OR BADGES REQUIRED
The first round of 2013 bands have been selected. Congratulations to all the bands! http://www.midcoasttakeover.com/bands/bands-2013/

The Anthology Film Archives Presents the New York Premier of Corporate FM A New Film by Kevin McKinney & Jill McKeever January 7

MMM — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:26:21 +0000

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In 1996, commercial radio underwent a quiet revolution. In the wake of the new “Telecom Act,” local station owners everywhere sold their stations to conglomerate groups as fast as they could. The new corporate owners gutted staffs. Corporate FM is about what happens when a city loses a communal microphone. Radioʼs broad coverage gives it the ability to unify huge populations. Unlike Facebook, Satellite radio, or webbased music sharing apps, locally owned terrestrial radio can reach thousands of people across all incomes and ages in a local region at the same time with a message that is relevant to them at that moment.

Schwervon 2012 Fall European Tour Blog Recap!

MMM — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:52:06 +0000

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Nan and I got back recently from a 5 week tour of Europe in support of our new album Courage. First off, thank you for your support! This was our most successful tour to date. We are so thankful to those who appreciate and share in what we do. If would you’d like to check out the new album (Olive Juice/Loud Baby Sounds), you can purchase your own personal copy in digital or limited edition CD and Vinyl format from the Schwervon! Bandcamp page.
XO
Nan and Matt

Week # 1 of European Tour: Berlin, Dresden, Krakow, Vienna, Munich, Nuremburg

Week #2, 3: Mannheim, Regensburg, Gunzenhausen, Tobel, Zurich, Wetzler, Darmstadt, Cologne, Bremen

Week# 3, 4 Oldenburg, Hannover, Hamburg, Offenbach, Nantes, Paris

Week # 4, 5 London, Cardiff, Bristol, Nottingham, Wakefield, Manchester

Week #5 Halifax, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Home

Schwervon! + Paleface + Folkicide @ Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club/ Kansas City, MO / Nov. 14th / 9pm

MMM — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:41:28 +0000

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PALEFACE: "a neo-folk icon" (The Flagpole, Athens GA) is currently on tour as a three piece band in support of his Ramseur Records follow-up, One Big Party. The band celebrated the release with a special guest-performance alongside The Avett Brothers at NYC's Radio City Music Hall, followed by US and Europe tours. And soon after, PASTE Magazine premiered "PALEFACE: The Making Of One Big Party", a short documen
tary which follows the band as they record their new album and travel across the US, including clips from live performance in NYC and Boston's The House of Blues. Paleface has released over a dozen records including two major label releases, and he's collaborated and performed on three albums by The Avett Brothers. He's also influenced and inspired a wide range of musical acts, from electropopsters YACHT, to Grammy Award recipients Kimya Dawson (The Moldy Peaches / Juno), and Beck who calls Paleface “a big influence on my early work” on Annie Leibovitz’s book American Music. At the moment, Paleface is in the process of writing a new album to record later in the year, and in the meantime he's self-released Multibean Bootleg Vol.3, a collection of raw demos, live performances and outtakes.
http://PalefaceOnline.com/

"Paleface's One Big Party is one big sonic shit-eatin' grin. Joyous, carefree and catchy as hell, this record is a perfect and cost-effective antidote to whatever ails ya" My Old Kentucky Blog

SCHWERVON!: A two piece rock band....Nan plays drums and Matt plays guitar and they both sing. They lived in NYC for 15+ years and have recently relocated to Kansas City with their cat Gummo. While living in Manhattan, they recorded and mixed the bulk of their music in their apartment as well as curating a DIY music hub called Olive Juice Music, which centered around their own local and online community. They all presently reside in Shawnee, Kansas with Matt’s Dad Harry. Together, Schwervon! have produced 4 full length albums, 2 seven inch vinyl only singles, in addition to touring the world and performing with The Vaselines, Belle and Sebastian, Kimya Dawson, The Thermals, Jeffrey Lewis, The Essex Green, Comet Gain, Herman Dune, Veronica Falls, The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players and other luminaries.
http://schwervon.wordpress.com/

Schwervon! Album Release and European Tour.

MMM — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:51:46 +0000

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SCHWERVON! COURAGE: RECORD RELEASE PARTY!
@ Riot Room
4048 Broadway/ KCMO
$5adv/$7dos.
Get your tickets here:
http://www.theriotroom.com/event/157199/

8:30 FOLKICIDE
http://soundcloud.com/folkicide
9:15 THE LUCKY
http://www.reverbnation.com/camillacamille
10:00 THE CONQUERORS
https://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-CONQUERORS/361512172330
11:00 SCHWERVON!
http://www.schwervon.com/

We are super excited to finallly get this album out! It was created in NYC, recorded in Memphis (with Doug Easley) and now we're gonna release it in Kansas City! Playing at the party are some KC top notchers. Come celebrate with us!! Formal dress not required but shakin' your ass IS. Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/426182647419177/

And after that we're heading back to Europe to spread the good news over there. Check out tour dates below!

XO
Nan & Matt

SCHWERVON! FALL 2012 EUROPEAN TOUR!!!!!

-OCTOBER
Germany
4 Berlin (Schokoladen)
5 Dresden (Ostpol)
6 Krakow (Rozrywki 3)
7 Vienna (Rhiz)
8 Munich (Südstadt)
10 Nurnberg (k4 - w/ The Wedding Present!)
11 Mannheim (The Blau)
12 Regensburg (W1 - w/ Jenny Lund)

MMM Show Poem 8-16-12, Picures of painting

MMM — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:45:54 +0000

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MMM show writing@ Davey’s Uptown, KC 8-15-12 Weirdo Wednesday Supper Club

Today, I came up with the idea that when talking to or about people, it might be helpful, to try and act as though they suffer from some type of chronic back pain. Nothing totally debilitating. Just some sort of dull pain that makes life slightly more difficult on a daily basis...Life is difficult on a daily basis. And whether it’s a physical problem or what have you it’s just good to be aware of that…for everyone. Sometimes I forget that. As you get older you get more sensitive to that stuff because you actually are starting to feel that physical pain of just existing. But everyone’s got something going on…from the day they were born. I feel like it would help a lot to just assume that most people are overcoming some kind of pain or distraction in their life, to some degree, just to muster the ability to focus enough for a conversation with another human being. I think it’s good to appreciate that.

Schwervon! Summer Sun Tour 2012 Blog Recaps.

MMM — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:35:44 +0000

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22 shows in 24 days. The Schwervon! Summer Sun Tour 2012 is officially in the can. You can re-live the memories through these highlighted blog posts from the Schwervon! website.

Thanks Columbia, MO!

Summer Sun road report: St. Louis, Cincinnati

Summer Sun Tour 2012: Toledo, Akron

Summer Sun Tour 2012: Buffalo, Rochester