Pitchfork

Sometimes it's hard to be the messenger, but as professional (albeit barely) reporters, it's our duty to inform you that in a mere six days, American Analog Set will begin their last tour ever. And once that finishes this December, the band will be officially "broken up", as they say in the business. Sucks, don't it?

Naturally our first question was "On good terms or bad terms?" Frontman Andrew Kenny says, "We're still friends and we still like making music together but we've all got other projects that we'd like to concentrate on for a while." Fair enough, but what exactly does he mean by projects? Well, guitarist Sean Ripple has a book coming out in 2006, Craig McCaffrey is working on some music of his own and focusing on some design work, and drummer Mark Smith plans to perfect his game at FIFA Soccer for the PS2. Meanwhile, Kenny himself is going to continue writing songs for a new project, and finish work on the next AmAnSet rarities compilation. But there is a silver lining to all of this. The band is bringing former Furry Thing Chris Michaels with them on the road to manage the boards. Michaels owns the Laboratory, where American Analog Set recorded their final album, so he's no stranger to working with these guys. As sad as saying goodbye can be, the band seems pretty geeked to get to work with this gentleman one last time.

Here are the dates - What's that, we've already posted most of these? Well, Mr. Smart Ass, it's their last friggin tour ever, so can the cynicism and just read them again. Jesus, would it kill you to show a little sensitivity?

10-20 Chicago, IL - Schubas *
10-21 Chicago, IL - Schubas $
10-22 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater *
10-25 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey %
10-26 Vancouver, BC - Media Club
10-27 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge %
10-28 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
10-29 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill %
10-30 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill %
11-01 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory %
11-02 San Diego, CA - Casbah &
11-03 Tucson, AZ - Plush &
11-11 Chicago, IL - The Metro
11-12 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
11-13 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
11-14 Montreal, Quebec - Petit Campus
11-16 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear's #
11-17 Philadelphia, PA - Khyber
11-18 Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw #
11-19 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge #
12-02 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
12-03 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
12-08 Chattanooga, TN - Lamar's
12-09 Jackson, MS - Hal & Mel's
12-11 Austin, TX - The Parish

* with Chin Up Chin Up
$ with Court and Spark
% with Verevin
& with Via Satellite
# with Headphones