Suddenly it all falls into place - the "TV Song" download from the TFT web site is actually the theme to a kid’s cooking show called "Turtle Soup" - find out more about it here (thanks to Dave Witting for the info).

Versus New-Year's Eve show at North Six, Brooklyn NY (w/ Mates Of State). Alright !

Some new shows filtering through, see above for details. I've been fortunate to hear both You Are Here and a whole load of (as yet unreleased) material from TFT, and can only say that there is some excellent music heading our way. Order You Are Here right now!

Tons of new Versus, +/- and TFT photos have appeared (taken by Matthew Scott Roren, including the +/- show from a couple of days back) - you'll find them all here.

David Huang took some great shots of piNoisePop 2003, including Whysall Lane - you'll find them here - Whysall Lane starts around page 11. Thanks again to Jesse Gonzales for the info.

Exclusive Versus live track (Forest Fires) from 1998 available for download at the Teenbeat mailing list - get it while you can. Jane magazine and TFT have a CD listening party scheduled for August 28th at the Townhouse Hotel Miami FL (7-10pm).

There are some Whysall Lane tracks to listen to at the KQED website, as well as a Whysall Lane mix tape (thanks to Mikel Delgado for the info). New song from TFT on their website too.

Dates for The Pacific Ocean and Whysall Lane above - The Pacific Ocean's set from January on WPRB is avalaible online here.

Adam Pfahler (Whysall Lane drummer) tells Giant Robot a little bit about the band, including where the name comes from.

Eskimo On Fire appears in the movie Better Luck Tomorrow, by director Justin Lin. Posted some new photos from North Six in 2002, my thanks to Natalia Fitzgerald & James Baluyut for these. (More coming). Fontaine currently has a song-snippet available for download on the TFT site.

Whysall Lane have some dates coming up, some opening for Jets To Brazil and one as part of the Mission Creek Music Festival. Fontaine adds guest vocals to one track on the new album by Dump (Yo La Tengo's James McNew), called "A Grown-Ass Man" (thanks to Andy Eason for this last tidbit).

More Versus & +/- photos, this time from the Crocodile Cafe show in Seattle WA - my thanks to Jason Campbell for these.

Got some Versus & +/- photos from the shows in San Francisco & LA - head on over to the gallery page to check them out. My thanks to Chris Wadhams & Chris Greacen for these.

Versus, +/- & TFT live dates confirmed. Double-check before travelling. Enjoy !

Neil Motteram has some great shots of Whysall Lane from the Noisepop 2003 show at Slims - you'll find them here.

Whysall Lane are appearing at the Noisepop 2003 festival, at Slims in San Francisco on 28th Feb. Thanks to Jesse Gonzales for the info. New +/- 5-song EP Holding Patterns due out on Teenbeat April 14th. Tracklist now on the +/- website.

Just heard from Fontaine, the 8th Feb Cobra Verde / TFT show at North Six has had to be cancelled. Stand by for a possible reschedule.

+/- swing back into action with some new dates in February, a new EP in the spring and a new LP in the Fall. Fontaine sent me a cool rehearsal picture of TFT, you'll find the thumbnail on the front page and the full size version can be got here. TFT also recording an EP very soon.

Sounds like the recent Versus shows have been a great success - Ella, Ken & Cyrus from Chicago write that the Abbey Pub show was another long one, again 2 encores. Songs included I'll Be You, Shangri-La, You'll Be Sorry, Shower Song, Crazy Maker, Janet, Radar Follows You, Lose That Dress, Raining, Astronaut, Forest Fire, Be-9, Morning Glory, Double Suicide and encores of Silver Vein, Crazy, Sea Girl and Blade Of Grass, Seaweed Rising. Audience requests were taken and decisions made on the spot, and the band looked like they were having a lot of fun on stage. +/- impressed mightily too. Not a bad start to the year, I'd say.

Well, a Happy New Year to everybody !

Jasper Coolidge has come up with some amazing shots from the Bowery show, you'll find pages for both Versus and +/-. Andy Eason tells me James played bass during Janet, a new version of Jack & Jill was aired, 2 encores and nearly 2 hours worth. You lucky, lucky people...

The Teenbeat 2003 sampler is now available, including one +/- track (Summerlong, previously available as a very limited MP3) and one Pacific Ocean track (...Ghost). For $5, what are you waiting for ?

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