Author: Pedro the Lion

It was hard to choose because we recieved over 300 submissions.  But we narrowed it down and picked this really great illustration by Christopher Kennedy. You can check out some of his other work HERE.

We are sending Christopher $150, Bazan and Deerhoof shirts, Bazan Lifetime Pass and other goodies.

Thanks to everyone who sent in their ideas. We really appreciate everyone being so supportive. We hope to do more projects like this in the future.

And thanks to Deerhoof for being so awesome to work with.

Side A is Bazan’s collaboration with Deerhoof on their song “No One Asked To Dance” that we’ve renamed “No One Asked Bazan To Dance.”

Side B is a live recording of the Headphones song “Gas and Matches” recorded at Ante Up Studios in Cleveland OH during a Bazan Band tour last February.

The 7″ will be released on January 17 by the nice folks over at  Polyvinyl Records. It’s limited to 2000 copies on translucent blue vinyl.

You can PRE-ORDER it now direct from Polyvinyl  and get an instant download of both tracks.

Pre-orders will ship on or around January 10th.

UPDATE: November 17

We had over 300 people send ideas for us to check out. We can’t thank you enough for being part of this. It was really hard to pick just one because we had so many good submissions to choose from. But we’ve picked a winner and have been in touch with the artist to work out the details. We’ll make an official announcement and show you the final cover on Monday, November 21.

Thanks again for your help. We look forward to doing more projects like this in the future.

Bob (David’s manager)

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Attention photographers, artists, designers, illustrators!

David Bazan recently collaborated with Deerhoof for their ongoing split 7″ series.

Side A is David singing over an instrumental version of Deerhoof’s song “No One Asked To Dance.” The B side is a new version of the Headphones song “Gas and Matches” recorded live-in-the studio while Bazan and his band were on tour last summer.

We need your help creating artwork for the record sleeve. We are looking for original photos, art, designs, or illustrations.

Submissions must be no larger than 600 pixels x 600 pixels @ 72dpi. If we pick yours we’ll get in touch to arrange delivery of a hi-resolution version. All submissions must be original work, fully owned and controlled by you.

We don’t need totally finished designs unless your are into doing it. Just the cover image, really. We’ll do all the technical stuff and make it ready for printing on our end.

We’d like to trade some of our stuff in exchange for you letting us use your creative work. You’ll get a copy of the record autographed by David Bazan and Deerhoof, Bazan t-shirt, Deerhoof t-shirt, a lifetime pass good for any and all Bazan headline shows and a one-time payment of $150.

We’ll also make sure you have credit for your work on the back of the sleeve and we’ll post a link to your website on our website.

If this seems like something you want to do… please submit your ideas to  bazanhoof@pedrothelion.com  by Monday, November 14. We’ll sort through all of the submissions and choose a winner on Friday, November 18.

Enter to win at any of the Bazan Band shows in November and December. We’rell pick a winner at the end of each show. You’rell  get a special lifetime pass good for free entry into any Bazan show  forever. That’res right, free admission to any Bazan show… FOREVER. This  includes band shows, solo shows and living room shows. If you want to go  to 100 Bazan shows for free… you can! If you want to go to a Bazan  show 10 years from now for free… you can!

Very few restrictions apply. It has to be a Bazan headlining show and it  can’ret be a festival show where we don’ret control the guest list. Other  than that… you are good to go… anyplace, anytime.

11/01 Tue – Spokane WA –  A Club
11/02 Wed  –  Boise ID  –  Neurolux
11/04 Fri  –  Colorado Springs  –  The Black Sheep
11/05 Sat  –  Lawrence KS  –  Bottleneck
11/06 Sun  –  Omaha NE  –  The Waiting Room
11/07 Mon  –  Iowa City IA  –  Blue Moose Taphouse (upstairs)
11/09 Wed  –  Milwaukee WI  –  Cactus Club
11/10 Thu  –  Indianapolis IN  –  White Rabbit Cabaret
11/11 Fri  –  Newport KY  –  Southgate House
11/12 Sat  –  Grand Rapids MI  –  Ladies Literary Club
11/13 Sun  –  Pittsburgh PA  –  Brillobox
11/14 Mon  –  Hoboken NJ  –  Maxwell’res
11/15 Tue  –  Baltimore MD  –  Ottobar
11/17 Thu  –  Charlottesville VA  –  The Southern
11/18 Fri  –  Norfolk VA  –  Jewish Mother
11/19 Sat  –  Charlotte NC  –  Evening Muse
11/20 Sun  –  Columbia SC  –  New Brookland Tavern
11/21 Mon  –  Knoxville TN  –  Pilot Light
11/26 Sat  –  Athens GA  –  Caledonia Lounge
11/27 Sun  –  Nashville TN  –  Mercy Lounge
11/29 Tue  –  St Augustine FL  –  The Original Cafe Eleven
11/30 Wed  –  Tampa FL  –  Crowbar
12/01 Thu  –  Tallahassee FL  –  Engine Room
12/02 Fri  –  Oxford MS  –  Proud Larry’res
12/03 Sat  –  Memphis TN  –  Hi Tone
12/04 Sun  –  Norman OK  –  Opolis
12/06 Tue  –  Albuquerque NM  –  Low Spirits
12/07 Wed  –  Tucson AZ  –  Solar Culture
12/08 Thu  –  Las Vegas NV  –  Beauty Bar
12/09 Fri  –  Costa Mesa CA  –  Constellation Room
12/10 Sat  –  Santa Cruz  –  Crepe Place
12/11 Sun  –  Sacramento CA  –  Blue Lamp
12/12 Mon  –  Arcata CA  –  Jambalaya
12/14 Wed  –  Eugene OR  –  Sam Bond’res Garage

More details on each show and links to buy tickets here.

We’rell need your help to spread the word about these shows. Please help  us by telling your friends, posting on Facebook, Twitter or wherever you  hang out.

See you soon!

David, Andy and Alex will be on tour in November and December. They’ll  be coming to a lot of towns they’ve not been to in a while… some  places they’ve never been to at all. Scroll down to see the dates.

There’s some cool stuff happening on this tour…

WIN DAVID’S GUITAR:
Everyone who comes to a show can enter to win’s David’s Epiphone SG  guitar. He’ll be playing the guitar on the entire tour and then we’ll  draw a winner at the last show. Entry forms will be available at the  merchandise table at the shows. Fill it out and give it to  Caleb at the show (he’ll be the guy behind the merchandise table).

BAZAN LIFETIME PASS:
Once you’re entered into the guitar give-a-way you’ll also be entered to  win a “Bazan Lifetime Pass!” We’ll pick a winner at the end of each show. You’ll  get a special lifetime pass good for free entry into any Bazan show  forever. That’s right, free admission to any Bazan show… FOREVER. This  includes band shows, solo shows and living room shows. If you want to go  to 100 Bazan shows for free… you can! If you want to go to a Bazan  show 10 years from now for free… you can!

Very few restrictions apply. It has to be a Bazan headlining show and it  can’t be a festival show where we don’t control the guest list. Other  than that… you are good to go… anyplace, anytime.

TOUR DATES:
Without further delay, here are the tour dates.

11/01 Tue – Spokane WA –  A Club
11/02 Wed  –  Boise ID  –  Neurolux
11/04 Fri  –  Colorado Springs  –  The Black Sheep
11/05 Sat  –  Lawrence KS  –  Bottleneck
11/06 Sun  –  Omaha NE  –  The Waiting Room
11/07 Mon  –  Iowa City IA  –  Blue Moose Taphouse (upstairs)
11/09 Wed  –  Milwaukee WI  –  Cactus Club
11/10 Thu  –  Indianapolis IN  –  White Rabbit Cabaret
11/11 Fri  –  Newport KY  –  Southgate House
11/12 Sat  –  Grand Rapids MI  –  Ladies Literary Club
11/13 Sun  –  Pittsburgh PA  –  Brillobox
11/14 Mon  –  Hoboken NJ  –  Maxwell’s
11/15 Tue  –  Baltimore MD  –  Ottobar
11/17 Thu  –  Charlottesville VA  –  The Southern
11/18 Fri  –  Norfolk VA  –  Jewish Mother
11/19 Sat  –  Charlotte NC  –  Evening Muse
11/20 Sun  –  Columbia SC  –  New Brookland Tavern
11/21 Mon  –  Knoxville TN  –  Pilot Light
11/26 Sat  –  Athens GA  –  Caledonia Lounge
11/27 Sun  –  Nashville TN  –  Mercy Lounge
11/29 Tue  –  St Augustine FL  –  The Original Cafe Eleven
11/30 Wed  –  Tampa FL  –  Crowbar
12/01 Thu  –  Tallahassee FL  –  Engine Room
12/02 Fri  –  Oxford MS  –  Proud Larry’s
12/03 Sat  –  Memphis TN  –  Hi Tone
12/04 Sun  –  Norman OK  –  Opolis
12/06 Tue  –  Albuquerque NM  –  Low Spirits
12/07 Wed  –  Tucson AZ  –  Solar Culture
12/08 Thu  –  Las Vegas NV  –  Beauty Bar
12/09 Fri  –  Costa Mesa CA  –  Constellation Room
12/10 Sat  –  Santa Cruz  –  Crepe Place
12/11 Sun  –  Sacramento CA  –  Blue Lamp
12/12 Mon  –  Arcata CA  –  Jambalaya
12/14 Wed  –  Eugene OR  –  Sam Bond’s Garage

We’ll need your help to spread the word about these shows. Please help  us by telling your friends, posting on Facebook, Twitter or wherever you  hang out.

See you soon!

David will be playing in living rooms in September. These are intimate solo performances hosted by fans in their living rooms or studio spaces. No mics, no sound system… just David and a guitar.

We have a very limited number of tickets for each show. On sale now.

www.undertowtickets.com

Sun 9/4 – Moscow, ID – SOLD OUT
Mon 9/5 – Bozeman, MT – SOLD OUT
Tues 9/6 – Salt Lake City, UT – SOLD OUT
Wed 9/7 – Fort Collins, CO – SOLD OUT
Thurs 9/8 – Topeka, KS – SOLD OUT
Fri 9/9 – Winona, MN  – SOLD OUT
Sat 9/10 – Wheaton, IL – SOLD OUT
Sun 9/11 – Champaign, IL – SOLD OUT
Mon 9/12 – Lexington, KY  – SOLD OUT
Tues 9/13 – Scott Depot, WV – SOLD OUT
Wed 9/14 – Wilmington, OH – SOLD OUT
Thurs 9/15 – Cleveland, OH  – SOLD OUT
Fri 9/16 – Rochester, NY  – SOLD OUT
Sat 9/17 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – SOLD OUT
Sun 9/18 – Williamstown, NJ – SOLD OUT
Mon 9/19 – Oakton, VA – SOLD OUT
Tues 9/20 – Charlottesville, VA – SOLD OUT
Wed 9/21 – Simpsonville, SC – SOLD OUT
Thurs 9/22 – Birmingham, AL – SOLD OUT
Fri 9/23 – Shreveport, LA – SOLD OUT
Sat 9/24 – Tulsa, OK  – SOLD OUT
Sun 9/25 – Albuquerque, NM  – SOLD OUT
Mon 9/26 – Payson, AZ  – SOLD OUT
Tues 9/27 – Aliso Viejo, CA  – SOLD OUT
Wed 9/28 – Santa Rosa, CA  – SOLD OUT
Thurs 9/29 – Eugene, OR – SOLD OUT
Fri 9/30 – Woodinville, WA  – SOLD OUT

Watch the full episode. See more ACL presents Satellite Sets.

David will be doing a Living Room Tour in September. We’ll be looking for hosts and announcing the cities and dates very soon. Stay tuned.

* with Cotton Jones
** with Via Audio
*** With S. Carey
**** with Rocky Votolato
***** with Rocky Votolato and Quasi

06/01 Wed – Salt Lake City UT – Kilby Court *
06/02 Thu – Denver CO – Hi Dive *
06/03 Fri – Kansas City MO – Record Bar *
06/04 Sat – Council Bluffs IA – Westfair Amphitheater – w/ Bright Eyes
06/06 Mon – St Paul MN – Turf Club *
06/08 Wed – Chicago IL – Lincoln Hall *
06/10 Fri – St Louis MO – Old Rock House *
06/11 Sat – Columbus OH – The Basement *
06/12 Sun – Akron OH – Musica *
06/13 Mon – Pontiac MI – Pike Room
06/14 Tue – Toronto ON – Lee’res Palace
06/15 Wed – Ottawa ON – Maverick’s
06/17 Fri – Ithaca NY – Delilah’s (NEW VENUE)
06/18 Sat – Hamden CT – The Space **
06/19 Sun – Cambridge MA – TT the Bears ***
06/22 Wed – New York NY – Bowery Ballroom ***
06/23 Thu – Philadelphia PA – Johnny Brenda’s ***
06/24 Fri – Washington DC – Black Cat ***
06/25 Sat – Chapel Hill NC – Local 506 – w/ Centro-matic
06/27 Mon – Orlando FL – The Social ***
06/28 Tue – Atlanta GA – The Earl ***
06/29 Wed – Birmingham AL – The Bottletree ***
06/30 Thu – New Orleans LA – One Eyed Jacks ***
07/01 Fri – Baton Rouge LA – Spanish Moon ***
07/02 Sat – Houston TX – Fitzgerald’res ****
07/03 Sun – Denton TX – Dan’s Silverleaf ****
07/05 Tue – Austin TX – ACL Satellite Sets ****
07/07 Thu – Phoenix AZ – Sail Inn ****
07/08 Fri – San Diego CA – Casbah ****
07/09 Sat – Long Beach CA – Alex’s Bar ****
07/10 Sun – Los Angeles CA – Troubadour ****
07/12 Tue – Visalia CA – Cellar Door ****
07/13 Wed – San Francisco CA – The Independent ****
07/15 Fri – Portland, OR – MIssissippi Studios ****
07/16 Sat – Seattle WA – Showbox *****