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Zammuto Tour Starts Tonight

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:50:33 -0400

Hey All,

Our first show is tonight in Northampton, MA at the Iron Horse. Full tour dates below:

03/28/13 Thu Northampton MA Iron Horse Music Hall
03/29/13 Fri Hamden CT Spaceland Ballroom
03/30/13 Sat Middletown CT Eclectic House
03/31/13 Sun Montreal QC Il Motore
04/01/13 Mon Toronto ON The Garrison
04/03/13 Wed Grand Rapids MI Ladies Literary Club
04/04/13 Thu Evanston IL SPACE
04/05/13 Fri Iowa City IA Mission Creek Festival
04/06/13 Sat Minneapolis MN 7th Street Entry
04/07/13 Sun Northfield MN Carleton College
04/08/13 Mon Grinnell IA Grinnell College
04/10/13 Wed Cleveland OH Beachland Ballroom
04/12/13 Fri Columbus OH Wexner Center
04/14/13 Sun Red Hook NY Bard College

Some new surprises in store… Can’t wait to play!

Nick

Cyber Monday Sale and Euro Tour Hey All, Amazing deal on the Books Box today only. And don’t...

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:56:09 -0500

Cyber Monday Sale and Euro Tour

Hey All,

Amazing deal on the Books Box today only.

And don’t forget, our European Tour begins this Friday in London:

Nov. 30 London, UK. Birthdays
Dec. 1 Utrecht, NL Le Guess Who Festival
Dec. 2 Brussels, BEL Autumn Falls Festival, Le Botanique
Dec. 3 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso
Dec. 4 Berlin, DE Kantine am Berghain
Dec. 5 Hannover, DE Feinkostlampe
Dec. 6 Schorndorf, DE Manufaktur
Dec. 7 St. Gallen, CH Palace
Dec. 8 Rennes, FR Transmusicales Festival

Can’t wait…

See you soon!

Nick

Europe Tour Starts in Two Weeks

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:31:00 -0500

Hey All,

After playing about 70 shows in North America this year, it’s time to cross the ocean. Here are our European dates:

We are also playing a very special one-off performance in NYC on January 26th where we plan to debut new material in the works… and maybe even some live sculpture:

Jan. 26 New york, NY Le Poisson Rouge

We had such a great time opening for Ultraista at LPR, we are honored to be invited back to headline.

On a more personal note, I’d like to thank everyone who came out to support us on our epic fall tour, thus far. We were so heartened by the warm (and sometimes deafening) response to the new band, we are charged up to get started right away on a new record. You all are an inspiring group of people, and it’s been a pleasure to get to know you better on the road. As I’ve done before, I plan on opening up our studio process by releasing work in progress along the way, so please stay tuned. I also plan on finishing the Books Blog Series; i’m glad there is so much curiosity… bear with me, i’ve got a lot on my plate.

Lastly, my deep thanks to the band… Mikey, Gene and Sean. What a year! You guys destroy every night. My family and I can’t thank you enough for your selfless dedication and extraordinary talent while giving birth to this new project. I look forward to years of productive music making and further hilarious adventures on tour. You’ve brought this thing to life in a way that goes beyond anything I could have dreamed and hoped.

much love,

Nick

West Coast Tour Starts Today

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:44:38 -0400

Hey Everyone,

The west coast leg of our fall tour starts today in Phoenix, AZ. We’ll work our way up to Vancouver over the next week and a half, then fly to the Walker in Minneapolis for a very special one off. Then Europe in December: The band has become quite the well oiled killing machine, and we’re honored to have the amazing AU opening for us on all these dates. Can’t wait to play for you.

10-29 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom (w/ AU)
10-30 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar (w/ AU)
10-31 Santa Barbara, CA - Muddy Waters (w/AU)
11-01 Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theater (w/ AU)
11-02 Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place (w/ AU)
11-03 San Francisco, CA - The Independent (w/ AU)
11-05 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge (w/ AU)
11-06 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Biltmore Cabaret (w/ AU)
11-07 Seattle, WA - Barboza (w/ AU)

11-10 Minneapolis, MN - Walker Art Center (w/ Eluvium)

11-30 London, UK. Birthdays
12-01 Utrecht, NL Le Guess Who Festival
12-02 Brussels, BE Autumn Falls Festival, Le Botanique
12-03 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso
12-04 Berlin, DE Kantine am Berghain
12-05 Hannover, DE Feinkostlampe
12-06 Schorndorf, DE Manufaktur
12-07 St. Gallen, CH Palace
12-08 Rennes, FR Transmusicales Festival

We will be carrying large format home screenprinted posters of Zebra Faces and Butts, as well as the BOOKS BOX, and new shirts etc…

See you there!

Nick

ON TOUR NOW

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:10:40 -0400

Hey All,

We are beginning the second leg of our immense fall tour tomorrow down in DC. So far the shows have been EXTREMELY fun, and the band is getting scary tight. See our remaining tour dates below:

Also here’s a short (15 min) documentary about the band and our creative process made by our friend Matt Day as hosted on Pitchfork TV:

09-26 Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
09-27 Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Park (w/ Givers, Gotye)
09-28 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
09-29 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-01 Nashville, TN - The Basement
10-02 Little Rock, AR - Stickyz Rock’n’Roll Chicken Shack
10-03 Denton, TX - Dan’s Silverleaf (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-04 Austin, TX - The Mohawk (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-05 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-06 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-08 St Louis, MO - Luminary Center for the Arts (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-09 Chicago, IL - Schubas (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-10 Cincinnati, OH - MOTR Pub (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-11 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-12 Ithaca, NY - The Haunt (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-13 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse (w/ Lymbyc Systym)

10-29 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom (w/ AU)
10-30 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar (w/ AU)
11-01 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour (w/ AU)
11-02 Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place (w/ AU)
11-03 San Francisco, CA - The Independent (w/ AU)
11-05 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge (w/ AU)
11-06 Seattle, WA - Barboza (w/ AU)
11-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Biltmore Cabaret (w/ AU)
11-10 Minneapolis, MN - Walker Art Center (w/ Eluvium)

11-30 London, UK. Birthdays

12-01 Utrecht, NL Le Guess Who Festival

12-02 Brussels, BE Autumn Falls Festival, Le Botanique

12-03 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso

12-04 Berlin, DE Kantine am Berghain

12-05 Hannover, DE Feinkostlampe

12-06 Schorndorf, DE Manufaktur

12-07 St. Gallen, CH Palace

12-08 Rennes, FR Transmusicales Festival

Come out and support us on our maiden voyage and I promise years of music to come, See you out there!

Nick

Live in Athens, GA (tour starts next week)

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:49:45 -0400

Hey All.

Wonder what the new band sounds like live? Here’s 5 songs from our recent performance in Athens, Georgia. It was a very spirited night, have a listen. We’ll be embarking on a massive North American tour next week, so please help spread the word and drag all your friends to the show. We promise a memorable night filled with amazing performances and hilarous videos (synched in classic Books style). We’ve done everything we can to keep ticket prices low… and with our recent rehearsals we were able to add a bunch of new songs including some ‘Books’ favorites. You’ll recoginze Gene and Mikey from the last Books tour and if you haven’t seen Sean Dixon play the drums you are in for a special night! Dates below…

09-05 Charlottesville, VA - The Southern
09-06 Richmond, VA - The Camel (w/ Marionette)
09-07 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival (w/ Built to Spill, Jesus and Mary Chain)
09-08 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
09-09 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light
09-10 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
09-11 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
09-12 Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree

09-14 Kansas City, MO - Richard Berkley Riverfront Park (w/ Chairlift, Gotye)
09-15 Bloomington, IN - The Bishop
09-16 Cleveland, OH - Jacobs Pavilion (w/ Chairlift, Gotye)
09-17 Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion (w/ Chairlift, Gotye)
09-18 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre (w/ Chairlift, Gotye)
09-19 Hamilton, Ontario - Casbah Lounge
09-20 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre (w/ Chairlift, Gotye)
09-21 Montreal, Quebec - Jacques Cartier Pier (w/ Chairlift, Gotye)
09-22 Burlington, VT - Signal Kitchen
09-26 Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
09-27 Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Park (w/ Chairlift, Gotye)
09-28 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
09-29 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-01 Nashville, TN - The Basement
10-02 Little Rock, AR - Stickyz Rock’n’Roll Chicken Shack
10-03 Denton, TX - Dan’s Silverleaf (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-04 Austin, TX - The Mohawk (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-05 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-06 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-08 St Louis, MO - Luminary Center for the Arts (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-09 Chicago, IL - Schubas (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-10 Cincinnati, OH - MOTR Pub (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-11 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-12 Ithaca, NY - The Haunt (w/ Lymbyc Systym)
10-13 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse (w/ Lymbyc Systym)

10-29 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom (w/ AU)
10-30 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar (w/ AU)
11-01 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour (w/ AU)
11-02 Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place (w/ AU)
11-03 San Francisco, CA - The Independent (w/ AU)
11-05 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge (w/ AU)
11-06 Seattle, WA - Barboza (w/ AU)
11-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Biltmore Cabaret (w/ AU)
11-10 Minneapolis, MN - Walker Art Center (w/ Eluvium)

Please support us on our very first headline tour, and keep this thing going. Can’t wait to play for you all.

Yours truly,

Nick

Twigs and Yarn - Mastering

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:36:56 -0400

Hey Everyone,

I recently had a chance to master a beautiful record that I think you might enjoy…

It’s a Texas band called Twigs and Yarn (Stephen Orsak and Lauren McMurray) and this is their first release.

You can hear it on their Japanese label ‘Flau’ here:

http://flau.jp/releases/28.html

I fell in love with it while working on it,

Hope to see you out on tour this fall!

Nick

The Books Box - "A Dot In Time"

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:58:41 -0400

Hey Everyone!

Here’s my walk through of the Books Box… strictly limited to 1000 copies.

Watch me drink my second beer ever!

The Books - The Box from Nick zammuto on Vimeo.

release July 24, 2012. Order while supplies last http://temporaryresidence.com/descriptions/trr207.php temporaryresidence.com / zammutosound.com

Much Love and Thanks for all your support over the years!

Hope to see you this fall at a show,

Nick Zammuto

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Twitter <http://twitter.com/#!/zammutosound>
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New Live Track: Zammuto version of “Classy Penguin”...

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:20:06 -0400

New Live Track: Zammuto version of “Classy Penguin” recorded live in Athens, GA on June 21st, 2012.

The Books - ‘Classy Penguin’ as it appears in the...

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:27:13 -0400

The Books - ‘Classy Penguin’ as it appears in the Books box set ‘A Dot In Time’

Zammuto Fall Tour Announcement

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:59:29 -0400

Hey Everyone,

Thank you all for the tremendous support so far. We’ve loved our time on the road with Explosions in the Sky and are gearing up for our first big headline run this fall. Hope to see you all at a show… The band has really gelled over the spring and we can’t wait to play for you.

If you live in the Western Mass / Albany area we are playing a show in Hudson, New York tomorrow night at Club Helsinki:

06-29 Hudson, NY - Club Helsinki

The rest of the tour starts in early september and covers most of North America:

And please remember, the future of the band depends a lot on how these first shows go, so please spread the word and drag your friends along. I promise you an amazing show filled with incredible musicianship and hilarious videos. If you’ve not seen our drummer Sean Dixon play, you are in for a real treat. He’s like a ninja behind a drum kit. The live set will include songs from the new record, a bunch of Books tracks, and the crowd favorite ‘The Greatest Autoharp Solo of All Time’ which can only be seen live…

09-05 Charlottesville, VA - The Southern
09-06 Richmond, VA - The Camel
09-07 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival
09-09 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light
09-10 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
09-11 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
09-12 Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree
09-14 Kansas City, MO - Richard Berkley Riverfront Park *
09-15 Bloomington, IN - The Bishop
09-16 Cleveland, OH - Jacobs Pavilion *
09-17 Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion *
09-18 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre *
09-19 Hamilton, Ontario - Casbah Lounge
09-20 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre *
09-21 Montreal, Quebec - Jacques Cartier Pier *
09-22 Burlington, VT - Signal Kitchen
09-26 Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
09-27 Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Park *
09-28 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts
09-29 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
10-01 Nashville, TN - The Basement
10-03 Denton, TX - Dan’s Silverleaf
10-04 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
10-05 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s
10-06 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
10-08 St Louis, MO - Luminary Center for the Arts
10-09 Chicago, IL - Schubas
10-10 Cincinnati, OH - MOTR Pub
10-11 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
10-12 Ithaca, NY - The Haunt
10-13 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Nightclub

10-29 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom
10-30 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
11-01 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
11-02 Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place
11-03 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
11-05 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
11-06 Seattle, WA - Barboza
11-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Biltmore Cabaret
11-10 Minneapolis, MN - Walker Art Center !

^ with Explosions in the Sky
* with Gotye
! with Eluvium

Thanks everyone!

Nick

Blog entry 3

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:08:10 -0400

Hey Everyone,

The third post is up here, covering the making of ‘The Books’ first track, “Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again”:

Please follow the new blog here:

http://zammutosound.tumblr.com/post/23610046130/the-track-enjoy-your-worries-you-may-never-have

Best,

Nick

Enjoy Your Worries Pt. 2 (the prologue continues)

Sat, 19 May 2012 12:03:00 -0400

Hey all,

Here is the second post in the blog series, which tells the story of all the music leading up to ‘The Books’ first track.

http://zammutosound.tumblr.com/post/23350759563/enjoy-your-worries-pt-2-the-prologue-continues

The next post will cover the making of the track ‘Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again’ in the spring of 2000.

Thanks!

Nick Z

Enjoy Your Worries Pt. 1

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:03 -0400

Hey All,

Here’s the first entry of the new blog series. It’s the backstory of how I got into music in the first place leading up to meeting Paul and making our first track “Enjoy your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again”

Follow the blog and read the entire entry here.

More soon,

Nick

'Books' Box and new blog.

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:03:10 -0400

Hello Everyone!

Big news for ‘The Books’. We are releasing an extensive limited-edition box set of all our releases plus a lot of bonus materials, both visual and auditory towards the end of the summer. I can’t reveal any details until we get the first demo copies in a few weeks, but I am very excited about this. It will be the perfect way to wrap up a project that I lived and breathed for the first 10 years of my career.

Leading up to the release I’ll be doing an extensive series of blog posts here, where I’ll attempt to remember where and how all of ‘The Books’ tracks were made, and fill in all the detail I can surrounding the recording process and strange trajectory of the project. I’ve been threatening to do this for a while and now the time has come… I need to do it now or risk forgetting it all if I wait any longer. I apologize in advance for blog entries that sprawl and ramble. Once again, the blog is located here, and I will post occasional notes on ‘The Books’ blog, but I’ll be primarily writing at zammutosound.tumblr.com.

The first post will be tomorrow… covering the track ‘Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again’ and the story leading up to ‘The Books’ early days.

Yours,

Nick Zammuto

Here’s a recording from our first show ever at Mass Moca...

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:22:29 -0400

Here’s a recording from our first show ever at Mass Moca (N. Adams, MA) on Feb. 3rd, 2012… Shape of Things to Come.

WXPN 2 Live Session

Fri, 04 May 2012 13:35:29 -0400

Hey All,

Today at 3PM eastern on www.xpn2.org, an hour long live session with the new band with interviews in between. The host is the great Eric Schuman.

We stopped by the ‘World Cafe’ studio at XPN Philly on Monday and recorded five songs… (if my memory serves me) Shape of Things to Come, Too Late to Topologize, Zebra Butt, F U C3PO, and our version of the Paul Simon’s ‘50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.

It will be archived, as well (i think…)

enjoy!

Nick

Listen to the New Album in it's Entirety

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:24:38 -0400

Hey All,

I’m proud to say you can listen to the new ZAMMUTO album here at spin.com.

http://www.spin.com/articles/stream-zammutos-bubbly-self-titled-full-length

As David Bevan writes:

“The long-awaited debut from Books co-conspirator Nick Zammuto’s new project

Early last summer, after his adored found-sound pop collage outfit the Books ended, co-founder Nick Zammuto began sharing new songs meant for a new band he supposed would become a “three or four-piece” via his personal blog. Since then, he’s assembled that band for a spate of live dates (below) as well as a full-length recording, due next Tuesday via Temporary Residence. Though it’s a less conceptual and far more direct effort than anything we’ve heard from him yet, it still brims with the same implacable energy that garnered his previous work such a following. SPIN is premiering the full record exclusively here.”

Also, Molly and I are just finishing packing up the first shipment of Hand Screen-printed LP’s so if you ordered one, THANK YOU and they’re on their way.

It is a limited edition of 500 copies, signed and numbered and they look like this, as they are drying on our house (just need to trim and fold):

Please help us out in this early phase and order one before the tour starts next week.

Love,

Nick

The Shape of Things To Come

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:46:40 -0400

Hey Everyone,

Here’s another track from the new ‘Zammuto’ album being released on April 3. It’s one of the last tracks I made for the record, and this is the first time I’ve posted it anywhere. It features Sean Dixon on drums, who is playing a 6/8 clave pattern double time with his right hand and halftime with his left. It’s a mind bending thing to watch. Gene Back made the string part by multitracking his violin, then placing the samples on a Nord keyboard. I’ll post a video of it soon. Thank for listening!

You can preorder the record here: we’ll send it out next week:

http://temporaryresidence.com/zammuto/

Also, here are the dates for our tour with ‘Explosions in the Sky’ in April, plus a few of our own shows. We just finished another round of rehearsals and the band is killing… don’t miss it.

04-05 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater  *
04-06 Grand Junction, CO - Mesa Theater & Club *
04-07 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue *
04-08 Missoula, MT - Wilma Theater *
04-10 Seattle, WA - Moore Theater *
04-11 Eugene, OR - McDonald Theater *
04-12 Reno, NV - Knitting Factory *
04-15 Davis, CA - Mondavi Center *
04-16 San Francisco, CA - Palace of Fine Arts Theater *
04-17 San Francisco, CA - Palace of Fine Arts Theater *
04-18 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse *
04-19 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
04-20 Visalla, CA - The Cellar Door
04-22 Flagstaff, AZ - Orpheum Theater *
04-24 San Antonio, TX - Backstage Live *
04-30 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands
05-01 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY - Bard College

* with Explosions in the Sky

Best!

Nick z

New (previously unreleased) ‘Zammuto’ song for...

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:34:53 -0400

New (previously unreleased) ‘Zammuto’ song for download: ‘The Shape of Things To Come.’ Album out April 3, Enjoy!