Posted on 8 September 2009 | 11 responses
also, our blog has been getting a surplus of spam comments and its out of control. literally just deleted over 100 from this weekend. i don’t know what to do about it.
some people mature with age
Posted on 3 September 2009 | 1 response
Posted on 26 August 2009 | 3 responses
Paint It Black from La Dispute on Vimeo.
Mistake from La Dispute on Vimeo.
no news is good news
Posted on 26 August 2009 | 1 response
not a whole lot stirring presently. just getting back in the swing of things and enjoying being home for a little bit. a friend of mine is coming back to town today so i’m cooking a big dinner for my household. i’ve been drawing or painting every day. with the exception of knocking over a glass of dirty water onto a watercolor painting this week, things have been going swimmingly.
today i finished a shirt design for our fall tour. people that follow us on twitter (@ladisputeband) have seen it in progress already. i painted the whole thing as a 9×12 watercolor then realized i had to redo the whole thing digitally but oh well. here it is:
now i have to work on the drawing that will be screenprinted on the D side of the first 100 copies of the “Somewhere…” vinyl. i made an unsuccessful attempt once before that was posted on this very blog.
in other news, some good friends of ours are playing the daac this weekend. who goes there? from pittsburgh pennsylvania will put aside our hockey team qualms and grace us with their presence. also, our hometown buddies cain marko will be playing and i will be singing along to all the songs i know. also empire!empire! are playing, and i’ve heard good things, so i’ll be stoked to catch them for the first time. the rolling stones’s are playing, i’m not entirely sure what that is.
you should attend as we plan to.
in closing, how good of a song is long december by the counting crows? very good.
good to be home
Posted on 17 August 2009 | 4 responses
See more photo’s from howell here.
thank you so much everyone. we truly love you all.
-brad
(edit: pay special attention to mr. adam vass and his fantastic and diverse repertoire of hilarious facial expressions. seriously. what a great dude. and what a great time. and if you’ve never listened to our friends north lincoln, or our friends cain marko. go do so. you won’t regret it.
yrs, jordan)
this sunday/fall tour
Posted on 9 August 2009 | No responses
hi friends!
things in la dispute camp are A-OK. we’ve been resting and recovering, talking and hanging out. it’s been a great couple weeks!
time to get things rolling again, so I’ll give you the head’s up on this weekend.
we haven’t played MI in quite some time now, so we’re very excited to be back home with you all. please, if you are able, try to make it out to the show in howell this weekend. it should be an amazing show with some amazing bands and we’d love to share stories of our trips with you.
here’s more info, please help us spread the word! it will be a wonderful time to catch up. buy tickets now too, it’s cheaper than at the door!
Now, there have been some of you asking where to buy tickets to the thursday tour. finally have some info for you all. (sorry it took so long)
get them here!
looking forward to seeing you guys out west! we’ll have the rest of our dates up in the next.
hope you are all doing well! let’s get together sunday, eh?
-brad
Back on the road!
Posted on 29 July 2009 | 3 responses
In September and October we will have the privilege to play some shows with Thursday, Young Widows, and The Fall Of Troy.
We will also be doing some off dates by ourselves, as well as our route home.
If you can help with shows in these states: (CA, AZ, NM, TX, OK) please email us at ladisputemusic@gmail.com
We’ll announce pre-sales and such soon, thanks! hope to see lots of you out there!
here’s some of the dates, more will be announced shortly:
Sep 22, 2009 – Louisville, KY (US) @ Headliners w/ Thursday & Young Widows & The Fall Of Troy
Sep 23, 2009 – Chicago, IL (US) @ The Bottom Lounge w/ Thursday & Young Widows & The Fall Of Troy
Sep 25, 2009 – Cleveland, OH (US) @ Beachland Ballroom & Tavern w/ Thursday & Young Widows & The Fall Of Troy
Sep 26, 2009 – Milwaukee, WI (US) @ Turner Hall Ballroom w/ Thursday & Young Widows & The Fall Of Troy
Sep 28, 2009 – Minneapolis, MN (US) @ The Varsity Theater w/ Thursday & Young Widows & The Fall Of Troy
Sep 29, 2009 – Omaha, NE (US) @ The Slowdown w/ Thursday & Young Widows & The Fall Of Troy
Oct 1, 2009 – Lawerence, KS (US) @ Granada w/ Thursday & Young Widows & The Fall Of Troy
Oct 2, 2009 – Denver, CO (US) @ The Marquis Theatre w/ Thursday & Young Widows & The Fall Of Troy
Oct 3, 2009 – Salt Lake City, UT (US) @ In The Venue w/ Thursday & Young Widows & The Fall Of Troy
Thanks everyone, we love you very much,
-ld
just cuz
Posted on 26 July 2009 | 2 responses
Since we aren’t on tour right now, and I’m not even in the same town as the rest of the guys, I feel like there isn’t much to talk about. In the interest of updating, heres a little something.
The Somewhere… vinyl preorders are up now and the first 100 get a screen printed D-Side record, as well as a 2 color paper print. While I still haven’t figured out what I’m going to do for it, here is a cell phone picture of my first draft. Not too keen on the idea after drawing it and inking it and everything, so I’m goin to have to give it at least one more try.
it came out more cluttered than it looked in my head, and i think the idea is cloudier than intended. i’d love to hear feedback on it and suggestions for alternate designs i could attempt.
-vass
“Somewhere…” Double LP up for pre-order.
Posted on 24 July 2009 | No responses
head over to nosleepstore.com and check it out.
here’s the ‘ol press release thing that goes wit’ it. thanks friends,
“The debut full length “Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair” from La Dispute is finally available as a 2xLP in Brown/Black and Clear/Black color ways. Each color is limited to 500, with a total first pressing of 1000 and packaged in a beautiful gatefold jacket with a free digital download card inside. The first 100 pre-orders will receive a Brown/Black with a hand-screened d-side and a special 2 color print. ALL pre-orders will get a instant download of the album after your order is placed via a e-mail. Pre-order now at nosleepstore.com!”
sorry it took so long!
Australia: A Retrospective on Candy
Posted on 22 July 2009 | 9 responses
It goes without saying Australia tour 09 was one of the best things we have done as a band or individuals. We’ve said it before and we’ll surely say it again. I’m opting to stay away from sentiment, at least temporarily, and talk about all the candy bars Australians have that we don’t, which I tried so I could report back to America with some sound candy advice.
PICNIC:
this is the one that started my quest. my friend matt huff told me to get some of these for him cause he tried them as a kid in australia and loved them. i bought a few to bring home to him and i accidentally ate them. i haven’t told him yet cause i feel bad about it.
anyways, a picnic bar is peanuts, caramel, rice crisps, and wafer in cadbury chocolate. its really chewy, its ugly looking, but it tastes pretty good, which is how its marketed in australia. it used to contain raisins but i didn’t see any such bars in my time there.
BOOST:
this is another one early on in the idea of trying all the bars available. It has some kind of chocolate fudge, maybe whipped chocolate, in the middle, surrounded by cadburry chocolate. its soft, theres nothing really crunchy or exciting about it. there is a variation called “totally nuts” which contains peanuts, but it was also pretty boring. the “boost” is advertised is glucose, which is SUGAR. that is a stupid selling point for a chocolate bar.
TWIRL:
this one is good but easily the most boring. it is twirled chocolate, which is essentially what you get if you had liquid chocolate on a spoon, spun the spoon, and created these strands as they dried, then you cover those chocolate strands with a layer of the same chocolate. it has a lot of air inside it because of the negative space the twirling process makes. this would never work in america.
MARS:
I’m well aware that we have Mars bars in the states, but I never had one, and they are much more popular there than here so I tried one. Its a milky way. The end.
TIMEOUT:
Timeout is a kitkat. Second bar in a row that is the same as something else.
KITKAT CHUNKY:
speaking of kitkats, heres something different called chunky. chad tells me we used to have these but i dont remember ever seeing them and definitely never ate one. its one giant kit kat, instead of the smaller break me off pieces. in addition to the wafers, theres one top layer that is something different. i had one that was cookies and cream, which was just like hershey’s cookie and cream bars, and one that was caramel. the former was too much chocolate for my liking and it was difficult to eat the whole thing. the latter was awesome. i had it in the fridge for a little while too so it was a little chilled.
CHOKITO:
this one was pretty good. simon from to the north told me this is what he used to receive as a prize for doing well in school. its caramel fudge surrounded by crispy something, i think it was rice but i dont remember for sure, then all under chocolate. its similar texture to boost but tastes way better. after eating it, i saw that the expiration date was two months ago. oh well.
Now for the top 3, the above in no particular order:
#3 Kinder BUENO:
I saw ads for this on every bus stop so I figured it was a must-try. I was right. Its light wafers filled with a cream that is hazelnut flavored, all under a light layer of chocolate. its a lot lighter than the other bars because its less of a chocolate bar and more of an adult thing. this was also in the fridge with the kit kat crunchy and it was delicious.
#2 CRUNCHIE (their spelling not mine):
This bar ruled. Its really thick, like the size of the kit kat crunchy, but there is no air inside of it. The texture is similar to a butterfinger, but instead of peanut butter inside, its honey flavored. Its really awesome but its difficult to eat the whole thing; its really dense and the honey gets overwhelming quickly. I would however eat these again and often.
#1 POLLYWAFFLE:
Pollywaffle is a simple bar. The ozzies i was with didn’t like it all that much, but it seemed like an american taste to me. The pollywaffle is a marshmallow filling inside of a thick wafer tube that is covered in chocolate. I really like marshmallow, so this put it close to the top automatically. It tasted similar to a s’more, which I was told is not an australian thing. I’m not sure how because they rule.
I easily could have spent my time and money on something more productive than candy, but as Chad says, “While I’m in Rome…”
-vass