a quick little update. we are stoked to announce that we just added 3 more 'we are scientists' shows. see below:
Jul 1 2008 8:00P
EL REY THEATRE (w/ we are scientists!) LA, California
Jul 2 2008 8:00P
[rock] the CASBAH (w/ we are scientists) San Diego, California
Jul 3 2008 8:00P
glass house (w/ we are scientists)!!!! Pomona, California
Jul 5 2008 7:00P
Blue Lamp (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Sacramento, California
Jul 8 2008 7:00P
Berbati’s Pan (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Portland, Oregon
Jul 9 2008 7:00P
Neumo’s (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Seattle, Washington
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bay area: see you at puma tonight!
love,
the morning benders
Friday, June 27, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
tons of SF show love (TREASURE ISLAND!)... itunes love... and more!
Numero uno: we will be playing a FREE acoustic show at the Puma store on Market Street, on Friday, June 27th (Tomorrow!@!@@!). You heard right… enjoy all your favorite morning benders tunes without it costing you a penny. Click on the flyer below for more info.
Numero Dos: we're playing the GOOD Magazine block party on July 20th. Deets:
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!!@
Y Tres: We are pleased to announce that we will be a part of the 2008 Treasure Island Festival on Sunday, September 21st. tons of amazing bands are playing this, we really are VERY EXCITEd. YAYYYYYY!!!
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also, a big hearty thank you to everyone who bought our album from itunes this past week. and big ups to itunes for the editor's choice love. we can't believe it but we just got this info from them:
‘talking through tin cans’ was just selected last week as iTunes ‘Editors Choice’, which led to the album breaking the iTunes Top 20 album charts (#18) and Top 10 alternative album charts (#8) and put the band on Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart (#8) and Indie Album Chart (#30). Pretty crazy stuff…
yowzas!
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here's all the dates mentioned above. and if we aren't coming to your city in the next couple weeks... don't fret. big update on MONDAY.
Jun 27 2008 7:00P
Puma FREE In-Store SAN FRANCISCO, California
Jul 5 2008 7:00P
Blue Lamp (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Sacramento, California
Jul 8 2008 7:00P
Berbati’s Pan (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Portland, Oregon
Jul 9 2008 7:00P
Neumo’s (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Seattle, Washington
Jul 12 2008 8:00P
Avalon (w/ SUPERGRASS!) Los Angeles, California
Jul 20 2008 1:00P
GOOD Magazine BLOCK PAR-TAY @ 111 Minna SAN FRANCISCO, California
Sep 13 2008 1:45P
MONOLITH @ RED ROCKS!! Morrison, Colorado
Sep 21 2008 12:00P
TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL (hell yeahhhhhh) SAN FRANCISCO BAY, California
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love,
the morning benders
Numero Dos: we're playing the GOOD Magazine block party on July 20th. Deets:
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!!@
Y Tres: We are pleased to announce that we will be a part of the 2008 Treasure Island Festival on Sunday, September 21st. tons of amazing bands are playing this, we really are VERY EXCITEd. YAYYYYYY!!!
--
also, a big hearty thank you to everyone who bought our album from itunes this past week. and big ups to itunes for the editor's choice love. we can't believe it but we just got this info from them:
‘talking through tin cans’ was just selected last week as iTunes ‘Editors Choice’, which led to the album breaking the iTunes Top 20 album charts (#18) and Top 10 alternative album charts (#8) and put the band on Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart (#8) and Indie Album Chart (#30). Pretty crazy stuff…
yowzas!
--
here's all the dates mentioned above. and if we aren't coming to your city in the next couple weeks... don't fret. big update on MONDAY.
Jun 27 2008 7:00P
Puma FREE In-Store SAN FRANCISCO, California
Jul 5 2008 7:00P
Blue Lamp (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Sacramento, California
Jul 8 2008 7:00P
Berbati’s Pan (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Portland, Oregon
Jul 9 2008 7:00P
Neumo’s (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands) Seattle, Washington
Jul 12 2008 8:00P
Avalon (w/ SUPERGRASS!) Los Angeles, California
Jul 20 2008 1:00P
GOOD Magazine BLOCK PAR-TAY @ 111 Minna SAN FRANCISCO, California
Sep 13 2008 1:45P
MONOLITH @ RED ROCKS!! Morrison, Colorado
Sep 21 2008 12:00P
TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL (hell yeahhhhhh) SAN FRANCISCO BAY, California
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love,
the morning benders
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
editor's choice on itunes! $5.99 are you out of your mind?!?!
talking through tin cans was selected as editor's choice this week on itunes! it's quite flattering, but what does this mean for all you kids out there? well, you see the album listed on the homepage of the itunes store? ...and guess what, it's $5.99!! yes, we know it's crazy. your eyes aren't playing tricks on you, you can buy the ENTIRE album for $5.99. so go do it!
click below to go to the itunes store:
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on another note, the tour is over, which is a bit of a bummer. we're all a bit tired, but it was so much fun playing for you all, we can't wait to get out again. that should be very soon (note: that's really very soon for you west coasters, check out the july we are scientists dates below). and, we're keeping pretty busy.
we're swinging by the Daytrotter Studios in Iowa and HearYa HQ’s in Chicago this week on our drive back home to record some sweet sessions. then we'll be back for a performance and interview with Aaron Axelsen on Live105 ‘Soundcheck’ on the evening of Sunday, June 22nd. then we're shooting a video for ‘damnit anna’ in SF on June 24th with the homies at nylon tv and will be doing a FREE acoustic show at the puma store in SF (free and all-ages) on friday, june 27th.
here's all those dates:
Sunday, June 22nd LIVE 105 Soundcheck Tune in at 6pm PST
Friday, June 27th San Francisco, CA Puma Store In-Store
July 5th Sacramento, CA Blue Lamp (with We Are Scientists)
July 8th Portland, OR Berbati's Pan (with We Are Scientists)
July 9th Seattle, WA Neumo's (with We Are Scientists)
July 12th Los Angeles, CA Avalon (with Supergrass)
July 20th San Francisco, CA GOOD Magazine Block Party @ 111 Minna
September 13th Morrison, CO Monolith @ Red Rocks
click below to go to the itunes store:
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on another note, the tour is over, which is a bit of a bummer. we're all a bit tired, but it was so much fun playing for you all, we can't wait to get out again. that should be very soon (note: that's really very soon for you west coasters, check out the july we are scientists dates below). and, we're keeping pretty busy.
we're swinging by the Daytrotter Studios in Iowa and HearYa HQ’s in Chicago this week on our drive back home to record some sweet sessions. then we'll be back for a performance and interview with Aaron Axelsen on Live105 ‘Soundcheck’ on the evening of Sunday, June 22nd. then we're shooting a video for ‘damnit anna’ in SF on June 24th with the homies at nylon tv and will be doing a FREE acoustic show at the puma store in SF (free and all-ages) on friday, june 27th.
here's all those dates:
Sunday, June 22nd LIVE 105 Soundcheck Tune in at 6pm PST
Friday, June 27th San Francisco, CA Puma Store In-Store
July 5th Sacramento, CA Blue Lamp (with We Are Scientists)
July 8th Portland, OR Berbati's Pan (with We Are Scientists)
July 9th Seattle, WA Neumo's (with We Are Scientists)
July 12th Los Angeles, CA Avalon (with Supergrass)
July 20th San Francisco, CA GOOD Magazine Block Party @ 111 Minna
September 13th Morrison, CO Monolith @ Red Rocks
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Photo Blog: Episode IV
the further east our tour took us, the weirder our pictures got.
we didn't do it on purpose.
we didn't do it on purpose.
staring contest.
we did.
toronto.
i went in anyway.
that drink is bigger than his face.
heads up!
breakfast @ joe spargur's in wisconsin.
check out these chicago-style urinals. it's so nice when they think about short people.
we fantasize about having 9 to 5 jobs.
i couldn't get a clear angle of the bathroom stalls at kool haus in toronto, but check out this sinkage.
elena's art studio in brooklyn.
tour dates, supergrass show!, live 105 soundcheck, FREE puma in-store, flavorpill, brooklyn vegan pics, etc...
HOMIES,
blogging from brooklyn right now, we're all really happy to be in new york. thanks to everyone who came to terminal 5 last night to see us. that was our first show in new york, and it was quite a blast. see you all again tonight. remember, if you weren't able to get tickets to either of the terminal 5 shows, we are doing a show in brooklyn at UNION POOL, on thursday! it will be a cool intimate show, and our homie arch from illinois will be playing, so come on down and rock it! check out flavorpill for the write up:
flavorpill.com
in other news, we just got word of some exciting shows next month. a handful of dates w/ we are scientists and cut off your hands, which should be a lot of fun. seattle and portland, you guys better represent! we also were asked to play support for SUPERGRASS at their show in LA. pretty damn rad. get tickets now before they sell out please! (all dates below)
brooklyn vegan took some cool pics from the show last night:
brooklynvegan.com
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DATES, yo!~
Jun 12 2008 8:00P
UNION POOL
BROOKLYN, New York
Jul 5 2008 7:00P
Blue Lamp (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands)
Sacramento, California
Jul 8 2008 7:00P
Berbati’s Pan (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands)
Portland, Oregon
Jul 9 2008 7:00P
Neumo’s (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands)
Seattle, Washington
Jul 12 2008 8:00P
Avalon (w/ SUPERGRASS!)
Los Angeles, California
Jul 20 2008 1:00P
GOOD Magazine BLOCK PAR-TAY @ 111 Minna
SAN FRANCISCO, California
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we're also doing a free in-store at your local PUMA in a couple weeks. we'll be doing a stripped down acoustic type dealy and it should be a lot of fun. i heard there might be free drinks and stuff too. here's the info:
San Francisco
Friday, June 27th
7pm
The PUMA Store
856 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
415.788.9880
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we're also going on live 105's soundcheck to do a live session with aaron. that goes down in a couple sundays, on june 22. show starts at 6pm. tune your dial to live 105.3 in the bay, or stream it from their site if you live anywhere else: live105.com
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oh, thanks to indie 103.1 for playing us! give them a call and request your favorite band: THE MORNING BENDERS!!!! yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
LOVE,
the morning benders
blogging from brooklyn right now, we're all really happy to be in new york. thanks to everyone who came to terminal 5 last night to see us. that was our first show in new york, and it was quite a blast. see you all again tonight. remember, if you weren't able to get tickets to either of the terminal 5 shows, we are doing a show in brooklyn at UNION POOL, on thursday! it will be a cool intimate show, and our homie arch from illinois will be playing, so come on down and rock it! check out flavorpill for the write up:
flavorpill.com
in other news, we just got word of some exciting shows next month. a handful of dates w/ we are scientists and cut off your hands, which should be a lot of fun. seattle and portland, you guys better represent! we also were asked to play support for SUPERGRASS at their show in LA. pretty damn rad. get tickets now before they sell out please! (all dates below)
brooklyn vegan took some cool pics from the show last night:
brooklynvegan.com
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DATES, yo!~
Jun 12 2008 8:00P
UNION POOL
BROOKLYN, New York
Jul 5 2008 7:00P
Blue Lamp (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands)
Sacramento, California
Jul 8 2008 7:00P
Berbati’s Pan (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands)
Portland, Oregon
Jul 9 2008 7:00P
Neumo’s (w/ We Are Scientists and Cut Off Your Hands)
Seattle, Washington
Jul 12 2008 8:00P
Avalon (w/ SUPERGRASS!)
Los Angeles, California
Jul 20 2008 1:00P
GOOD Magazine BLOCK PAR-TAY @ 111 Minna
SAN FRANCISCO, California
--
we're also doing a free in-store at your local PUMA in a couple weeks. we'll be doing a stripped down acoustic type dealy and it should be a lot of fun. i heard there might be free drinks and stuff too. here's the info:
San Francisco
Friday, June 27th
7pm
The PUMA Store
856 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
415.788.9880
--
we're also going on live 105's soundcheck to do a live session with aaron. that goes down in a couple sundays, on june 22. show starts at 6pm. tune your dial to live 105.3 in the bay, or stream it from their site if you live anywhere else: live105.com
--
oh, thanks to indie 103.1 for playing us! give them a call and request your favorite band: THE MORNING BENDERS!!!! yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
LOVE,
the morning benders
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Photo Blog: Episode III
welcome to the another edition of the benders photo blog. morning benders + middle america = good times... good times.
breakfast chow-down @ JB's restaurant in burley, idaho
chris stumbles across something awful on the world wide web.
slick.
yep, jane austen.
we spotted this guy and his wife on the road and felt our collective masculinity diminish.
big sky.
we stopped in this place called phantom fireworks. the entire place was stocked wall to wall with, well, fireworks.
in a moment of weakness, we hesitated and missed this exit.
at lolly's in denver. everyone, meet buddy the dog.
late nite snack sesh!
VIVA LA REVOLUCION
doing the photo blog.
lolly's bathroom is small but exhibits excellent feng shui.
joe suddenly realizes how difficult it is to be so cool.
you're on.
ogden theatre
sound check at the city market festival in kansas city
"backstage"
death cab for cutie: from behind!
litterbugs, tsk tsk.
breakfast chow-down @ JB's restaurant in burley, idaho
chris stumbles across something awful on the world wide web.
slick.
yep, jane austen.
we spotted this guy and his wife on the road and felt our collective masculinity diminish.
big sky.
we stopped in this place called phantom fireworks. the entire place was stocked wall to wall with, well, fireworks.
in a moment of weakness, we hesitated and missed this exit.
at lolly's in denver. everyone, meet buddy the dog.
late nite snack sesh!
VIVA LA REVOLUCION
doing the photo blog.
lolly's bathroom is small but exhibits excellent feng shui.
joe suddenly realizes how difficult it is to be so cool.
you're on.
ogden theatre
sound check at the city market festival in kansas city
"backstage"
death cab for cutie: from behind!
litterbugs, tsk tsk.
Friday, June 6, 2008
"crying" behind the wiltern!
hey kiddies,
someone sent this video over to us, and we thought you might like it. it's taken from behind the wiltern after the kooks show... thanks to whoever filmed it!!
enjoy:
love,
the morning benders
someone sent this video over to us, and we thought you might like it. it's taken from behind the wiltern after the kooks show... thanks to whoever filmed it!!
enjoy:
love,
the morning benders
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
vimby berkeley porch sesh + KC photos
super homie #1.5 matt jacoby shot and made this little ditty for gumby. it's pretty cool!! right?!?!1 yeah!!!
hope you like it:
here's a couple cool pics from the death cab / rogue wave / kooks show in KC. all photos were taken by the homie - scottspy check out more of his stuff here:
www.myspace.com/behindthelense
click to enlarge:
love,
the morning benders
hope you like it:
here's a couple cool pics from the death cab / rogue wave / kooks show in KC. all photos were taken by the homie - scottspy check out more of his stuff here:
www.myspace.com/behindthelense
click to enlarge:
love,
the morning benders
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Photo Blog: Episode B
hi guys, here are some more pictures from our tour! chris says "viva la vida." joe says "be yourself." julian says "i don't know." pace and love, tim
delicious breakfast at sophie's in seattle. 
vancouver, on the way to the commodore ballroom - what a sparkly city.
"what are you looking at, punk?" - chris & joe loiter in the alley behind the commodore
sasquatch festival in george, WA
we shared the wookiee stage w/ what made milwaukee famous, rogue wave, white rabbits, mates of state, and the kooks!
main stage - WUTTAVIEW!
the presidents of the united states of america
the gorge
the water
portland, OR. on the way to the wonder ballroom. we ate at this sweet cafe called tin shed where you can order regular food and dog food!
the bathroom at the wonder ballroom is a cozy little affair complete with a tasteful touch of curtain.
on the way out of oregon, our sound guy fletch went into labor, but luckily agent J (M.I.B.) pulled us over and delivered the baby. 
afterward, we all got acquainted and had tea.
stick 'em up!
classic joe expression #163
our new official wallpaper.
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