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From Portland Eye and Ear Control:

3/5/09
8PM
Enterbeing (1603 NE Alberta)

Doug Theirault & Matt Hannafin duo (guitar & percussion)
Tom Hamilton – electronics, from NY

The latest tour dates from Cuneiform Records:

BEAT CIRCUS
April 18 – Orion Sound Studios – 2903 Whittington Ave. – Baltimore, MD 21230 (with Fern Knight)

DAVID BORDEN/MOTHER MALLARD [40th anniversary celebration]
March 26 – Barnes Hall – Cornell University – Ithaca, NY

March 28 – Johnson Museum – Cornell University – Ithaca, NY

CHEER-ACCIDENT
April 25 – Avant-Fairfax Festival – Old Town Hall – University Dr. & Main St. – Fairfax, VA – with Stag Hare, Anduin, Mike Tamburo, Kuschty Rye Ergot, Insect Factory, Kohoutek, Outpost, and Layne Garrett.

April 26 – Orion Sound Studios – 2903 Whittington Ave. – Baltimore, MD 21230

April/May – European tour

THE CLAUDIA QUINTET (with guest Gary Versace!)
March 20 – Cornelia Street Café – 29 Cornelia Street – New York, New York (212) 989 9319

March 21 – Cornelia Street Café – 29 Cornelia Street – New York, New York (212) 989 9319

July – European tour hitting festivals

October – west coast USA touring

FAST ‘N’ BULBOUS
March 10 – Le Poisson Rouge – 158 Bleecker St – NYC, NY (CD release show!) (212) 796-0741 – Tickets: $15.00 (also performing: Sxip Shirey w/Adam Matta)

March 14 – Lantaren Venster – Rotterdam, The Netherlands

March 15 – Nou de la Rambla – Barcelona, Spain

March 16 – Stadtgarden – Koln, Germany

March 17 – Grand Theatre – Groningen, Holland

March 19 – Centre Culturel du Charlie Chaplin – Vaux en Velin – France

March 22 – Porgy & Bess – Vienna, Austria

FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA
April 4 – Chateau d’Auvers-sur-Oise – rue de Léry BP 21 – 95430, Auvers sur Oise – France

December 12 – Theatre de Sens – Sens, France

GUTBUCKET
February 26 – The Delancey – 168 Delancey St, New York, New York (w/Guignol)

March 4 – Menza Prikoritu – Metelkova, Ljubljana

March 6 – Foroom – Willisau, Switzerland

March 7 – Wäscheri – Hall, Austria (near innsbruck)

March 8 – Dieselstrasse – Esslingen (neckar) (near stuttgart), Germany

March 9 – Dumont – Aachen, Germany

March 10 – A-Trane – Berlin, Germany

March 11 – Alte Feuerwache – 68169 Mannheim, Germany

March 13 – Cafe Museum – Bräugasse 17, 94032 Passau, Germany

March 14 – Nozart Festival – Cologne, Germany

March 15 – Flottmann-Hallen – Flottmannstr. 94, 44625 Herne, Germany

March 16 – Jazzclub Karlsruhe eV – Durlacher Allee 64, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

March 18 – Sunset Club – Paris, France

April 4 – Orion Sound Studios – 2903 Whittington Ave. – Baltimore, MD 21230

April 5 – The Beeline Festival – The Broad Institute – M.I.T. – Boston, MA

April 10 – MadArt Gallery – St. Louis, Missouri

April 11 – Dakota Late Night – Minneapolis, Minnesota

HAMSTER THEATRE
March 8 – Dazzle – 930 Lincoln Street – Denver, CO 80203 (303) 839-5100

LED BIB (our latest signing – CD out in May)
April 1 – The Forge – Camden, London, UK

April 26 -Fuse Leeds Festival – Leeds, UK

May 20 – Album Launch @ The Arts Theatre Club – Soho, London, UK

May 21 – Middleburg, Holland

May 22 – Paradox Jazz Club – Tilburg, Netherlands

June 4 – Norwich Arts Centre – Norwich, UK

June 5 – Bath Festival – Bath, UK

June 6 – The Bluecoat – Liverpool, UK

June 10 – Cardiff Jazz Festival @ Demspey’s – Cardiff UK

June 12 – Taylor John’s House – Coventry, UK

June 24 – The Vortex – London, UK

MATS/MORGAN BAND (Mats Öberg and Morgan Ågren with former Meshuggah bassist Gustaf Hilem)
March 20 – Memorial Concert for Lars Hollmer – Stockholm, Sweden

March 21 – Hot House Jazz och Blues – Östgötagatan 22 – 641 36 Katrineholm – Sweden (ph. 0150-669160)

June 4 – Blaest – TMV kaia 17 / 7014, Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway

August 16 – 20 – Zaapanle – Germany (with Denny Walley)

THE MICROSCOPIC SEPTET
March 12 – Le Poisson Rouge – 158 Bleecker St – New York, NY 10012 (212) 228-4854 (with One Ring Zero) – Tickets $15.00

MIRIODOR
September 12-13 – FMPM – The Gesù – 1200 De Bleury Street, between St-Catherine Street and René Lévesque Boulevard – Montreal, Quebec, Canada

THE MUFFINS
September 18 – Rock in Opposition Festival – Maison de la Musique – Cap’Découverte – 81450 Le Garrick (Carmaux), France

ED PALERMO BIG BAND
June 3 – Iridium – NYC, NY (record release show)

POSTIVE CATASTROPHE (our latest signing – CD out in May!)
May 8 – Jazz Gallery – 290 Hudson St. – NYC, NY (two sets – at 9:00 and 10:30)

May 9 – Jazz Gallery – 290 Hudson St. – NYC, NY (two sets – at 9:00 and 10:30)

RICHARD PINHAS
May 28 – Centre of Contemporary Art – Tourun (near Warsawa) Poland

PRESENT
September 19 – Rock in Opposition Festival – Maison de la Musique – Cap’Découverte – 81450 Le Garrick (Carmaux), France

REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE
March 12 – Clear Conscience Cafe – 581 Mass Ave, Central Sq, Cambridge, MA, 8-10pm, free

April 24 – Miller Street Studios – 11 Miller St, Somerville, MA, 6-10pm

October 10 – Roswell Museum & Art Center – annual street fair – Roswell, NM

WADADA LEO SMITH
April 17 – Firehouse 12 – 45 Crown St. – New Haven, CT 06510

THINKING PLAGUE
March 29 – Laughing Goat – 1709 Pearl St – Boulder, Colorado (303) 440-4628

March 30 – King Center Concert hall – Auraria Campus – Denver, Colorado – $10.00/$8 faculty $5 students MSCD students free

UNIVERS ZERO
March 17 – Cafe Cairo – Wurzburg, Germany

March 19 – Posthof – Linz, Austria

March 20 – Palac Akropolis – Prague, Czech Republic

March 21 – Kazzwelten – Dresden, Germany

March 22 – Firlej – Wroclaw, Poland

April 18 – Puebla Baroque Fringe Festival, Puebla (outdoors concert), Mexico

April 19 – Teatro de la Ciudad – Mexico City, Mexico

April 24 – Ecatepec (festival) – Mexico

June 12 & 13 – Les Tritonales – Le Triton – 11 bis, rue du Coq Français – 93260 Les Lilas, France (Métro Mairie des Lilas) tél : 01 49 72 83 13 – fax : 01 49 72 83 11

September 20 – Rock in Opposition Festival – Maison de la Musique – Cap’Découverte – 81450 Le Garrick (Carmaux), France

VOLAPUK
February 22 – Festival de Chabeuil – Chabeuil/Drôme – France

May 31 – Festival Sons Dessus Dessous – Vaucluse – France

May 1-3 – Gouveia Art Rock Festival – Gouveia, Portugal