So, I took the weekend off to go visit the green country up north. While staying in Toronto, I noticed one of my abso favo bands Akron/Family was doing a gig. I checked them out and was pretty psyched. After the show, I was thinking I should stay around and try and score an autograph, but then I saw their van and realized bigger things awaited me.

They were still getting rubdowns or toweling off inside, so no one was about. I sweet talked Greg Davis (touring buddy of Akron/Family) into letting me pretend to drive the van. He even let me honk the horn(!). Then he said he had to go back inside to find some chicks or something. I was all, like, whatever and went about looking around in the van for some cool souvenir. That’s when my eyes fell on a dark Deering Siera Banjo with a hard case and pick-up! I handled it with the fragility of a newborn baby. But I wasn’t satisfied. That is, until I uncovered a Reverend 6-String (olive green, semi-hollow) in a TKL Case, a sunburst Fender Jaguar Baritone 6-string, and finally (!) a MiniDisc recorder in a grey bag.

I thought about the morality of my actions for only a brief second, because just as I was unloading the last of my bounty, some chode from Megafaun was approaching me. I muttered some nonsense and made it back to my car unaffected.

So, what I’m saying is: I have a lot of sweet gear that you should buy because it was at one time owned by the great Akron/Family.

Okay, sorry. I’m lying. At least sort of. I, Petya Romanov, did not steal that stuff, but unfortunately some lousy person actually did. As reported by Pitchfork, all the equipment I mentioned above were lifted from the vans of Akron/Family, Megafaun, and Greg Davis after their show in Toronto. Yeah, I know, it’s pretty lame to steal from such nice guys (maybe even more lame to pretend to have stolen from them for the interest of a cheap article on TMT). But seriously, if you have any info call (715) 864-1972 or e-mail either Akron/Family or Megafaun.

Tour-wise, the fam still seems to be a go-go.

09.25.07 - Guelph, Ontario - Vinyl @ 09.26.07 - Ottawa, Ontario - Barrymore’s Music Hall @ 09.27.07 - Burlington, VT - Club Metronome @ 09.28.07 - Boston, MA - Harper’s Ferry @ 09.30.07 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom @ 10.10.07 - Palo Alto, CA - Stanford University # 10.11.07 - San Francisco, CA - Independent # 10.12.07 - Hollywood, CA - The Troubador # 10.13.07 - Big Sur, CA - Fernwood Resort # 10.14.07 - Santa Cruz, CA - Crepe Place # 10.18.07 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard’s on Richards # 10.19.07 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe # 10.20.07 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge # 11.22.07 - Den Haag, Netherlands - Crossing Border Festival $ 11.23.07 - Brussels, Belgium - AB Club $ 11.24.07 - Brighton, UK - Pressure Point $ 11.25.07 - Bristol, UK - The Croft $ 11.27.07 - Aberdeen, UK - Lemon Tree $ 11.28.07 - Glasgow, UK - The Beat Club $ 11.29.07 - Newcastle, UK - The Other Rooms $ 11.30.07 - Manchester, UK - Phoenix $ 12.01.07 - Leeds, UK - Faversham $ 12.02.07 - London, UK - Cargo $ 12.04.07 - Nottingham, UK - The Social $ 12.05.07 - Coventry, UK - Taylor John’s House $

# The Dodos
$ Phosphorescent
@ Megafaun and Greg Davis