Stars Are Free To Do What They Want, Any Old Time – In This Case, to Tour and Release EP

Contrary to popular belief, Tiny Mix Tapes is not the inclusive American men’s club that people think. Not only does it employ women to write and edit its spectacularly professional writing editor's note: my emphasis], but it also employs people from some great foreign countries. And Canadians. TMT's history of smuggling otherwise dorky goofuses into the realm of cooldom is not unlike Canada itself freeing slaves north of the 49th parallel by means of the underground railroad in the early-to-mid 1800s (yeah... it's exactly like that!). Our staff writers, whether of the [hoser persuasion or not, do feel a certain sense of empathy toward our northern friends, and, in turn, we tend to give their chilly hearts some love by reporting news of their forthcoming albums and tours.

Not that some of them particularly need the attention. Stars, for example, (caution: old-style, politically incorrect, Canadian grandfather quip approaching...) could sell ice cubes to the Eskimos -- such is their persuasive popularity, not only in their home and native land, but Stateside as well. The Quebecois quintet -- who may or may not have been named after this -- have announced both dates for their next North American tour and details of their latest release. Sad Robots EP is available to download now exclusively here with actual limited CDEPs available for purchase at the shows listed below. A live version of “Going, Going, Gone,” originally from their debut album Nightsongs, is available as a free download from this same site.

Sad Robots:

1. Maintenance Hall, 4am
2. A Thread Cut with a Carving Knife
3. Undertow
4. Going, Going, Gone (live version)
5. 14 Forever
6. Sad Robot

Sad Robots go on tour (in 3-D!):
09.17.08 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street #
09.18.08 - Providence, RI - Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel#
09.19.08 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Theatre#
09.20.08 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 #
09.23.08 - Newport, Kentucky - Southgate House #
09.24.08 - Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre #
09.25.08 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant #
09.26.08 - Lawrence, KS - The Granada #
09.28.08 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival
10.01.08 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon $
10.02.08 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues $
10.03.08 - Santa Barbara, CA - UC of Santa Barbara $
10.04.08 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Rio Theatre $
10.06.08 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore $
10.07.08 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall $
10.08.08 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom $
10.09.08 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox $
10.10.08 - Bellingham, WA - Viking Union/Western WA University $
10.29.08 - Fredericton, New Brunswick - SUB Ballroom/University of N.B. %
10.30.08 - Moncton, New Brunswick - The Manhattan Club %
10.31.08 - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - The Wave/University of P.E.I. %
11.01.08 - Halifax, Nova Scotia - The Marquee Club %
11.03.08 - St. John’s, Newfoundland - Club One %

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