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it is winter in portland. it gets dark early and it is cold. so, we're going to heat things up with a hot hot hot show in january in celebration of our singer thedrowningman's birthday. also, we've got some really fun new songs we're practicing up for the show! come join us in january. click on the show link to rsvp on facebook and let us know who's coming!

saturday, 10/15/2011, come celebrate what we dub as international cure day: 10/15, saturday night! theXplodingboys will return to the legendary lovecraft portland's majestic cthulu-themed bar, located at 421 se grand ave. we plan to take you on a historic journey via the cure time machine where we will visit several eras of the cure's history!

this show starts early! tXb hit the stage at 8pm, due to noise ordinances in the neighbourhood.

this will be followed by djs jason wann and catalyst, who both are phenomenal on their own.  it is a very special treat to have both of them at this show. so, come early and stay for some of the finest djing around. and for caroline's birthday!

so please, come and join us for our last show of the year before portland settles into the hibernation of winter.  

we're calling this the face to face show, whereby the legendary men-in-makeup face off. opening this show is the band who fell to earth a tribute to none other than david bowie! this will be a hot, steamy, sexy show in the peak of summer. the tonic is conveniently located in inner northeast portland and boasts inexpensive drinks, good beer, a big stage, and a neighbourhoody, non-pretentious crowd and setting. come put on your red shoes and dance in your pocket...

show is 21+the tonic lounge is located at 3100 ne sandy boulevard

rsvp at facebook

greetings fans, friends, and new converts:

this will be an eXciting summer for us.  we have four scheduled shows and will be working on a fifth.  

firstly, we have a back-to-back show the weekend before the summer solstice!  the standing on a beach leg of this duo will be in astoria on friday, 17 june.  the in between days show will be the neXt night in portland at plan b (that's saturday 18 june).  dj wednesday will be accompanying us in astoria, and viktor's pink noise will be opening for us at plan b.

then, on 30 july, also a saturday, we will be returning to the tonic lounge.  the opening act is portland's very own david bowie (!) tribute, the band who fell to earth.

lastly, we will return to the lovecraft on every cure fan's favourite holiday, the ides of october: 10/15.  this year, 10/15 falls on a saturday night! so we naturally have to celebrate.  as always with a lovecraft set, we will be playing our favourites and deep album tracks with a focus on some of the less oft-played tunes.

we're eXpecting to have run out of breath by the closedown of this summer, and hope to give you a few surprises up our sleeves.  we've been working diligently on an ambitious set of tunes to unveil.

stay tuned for further updates as things develop.

as always, thank you for your interest, support, and love.

the sand and the sea grows/

i close my eyes

-thedrowningman

theXplodingboys have been working on new set list ideas for our upcoming shows. suddenly, we're booked all the way out until july and we anticipate a couple more shows from then until the end of the year. we've recently booked shows in astoria, two in portland, and we have another possibility outside of portland as well.

it looks to be a very fun summer, so we will peek our heads out then and hopefully see a lot of you.

following the success of the sold-out lovecraft show, we've been asked to return.  so, we will be playing there again in the future.

that said, we're back to the practice studio and we're looking for some direction from our fans! we've created a survey for fans to fill out to elicit feedback on which album we should focus on or play cover to cover.  we're just curious as to what your favourite albums are.  the more we know about you, the better we can hit your favourites.

thanX again for all your adoration and support.  it was really a fantastic night. if you had a good time, it would be eXcellent to hear from you. you can post your review on the mercury's site (we won't comment on the spelling of our name. spaces! Ack!).  for those that missed us, we'll see you neXt time!

we're currently going through a whole slew of new material we've collected over the last year.  first up, we just got the disc of uncompressed images from our october photo shoot with new world industries. 

additionally, we're in the process of editing both video and audio from our seminal faith set at dante's in august.  new world industries took some fantastic images from that show.  You can see them here. 

meanwhile, we're diligently putting together a new set with our new bassist, focusing on some new material for us, including some stellar musicianship from our talented ranks.  we're stretching ourselves, and it is coming together quite nicely.  again, we're treading new ground, constantly making what we thought impossible possible.

we have a new website! it's been a long time coming, and we have been very busy with the band. expect to see frequent updates and changes in the future as theXplodingboys embraces a new degree of technology. within the next week these pages will begin to fill up with content as we catch you up to speed with what we've been up to, so check back often.