dec 27 2008
Dearest friends,

It's an exciting time for The Attachments! We have been asked to open for a very cool and well known band, Dengue Fever, on Saturday January 3 at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco. The show will actually be the Rickshaw's 5th anniversary party, so it's going to be a super fun night, and tickets are on sale for the low price of $8 (very cheap for a Dengue Fever show). Since this one could easily sell out, it's probably a good idea to buy advance tickets. Doors will open at 9pm, we'll go on at 9:30 sharp, and it's all ages.

Also, just as exciting, we have qualified for the finals of the Noise Pop competition on a website called Ourstage. If you have a free moment, we'd be really grateful if you could follow the link below and vote for our song, "I Wish I Could Always Be As Excited As I Am Now." You might have to register to do this, and you have to listen to at least 10 seconds of each song before you can judge, but it's actually a cool way of listening to new music. The contest only runs to the end of the month, so if you have a chance please follow this link: http://www.ourstage.com/judge?channel=161-noise-pop. If we win we get to play Noise Pop, the biggest indie music festival in San Francisco.

Thanks for all your support, and we really hope to see you next Saturday at the Rickshaw!

Love,
The Attachments

nov 7 2008
Thank you to everyone who came to the Cafe Du Nord gig. We had no idea it would be so crowded! We have only one more show this year because we're trying to focus our energies on finishing our upcoming CD. But what a show it is -- two of our favorite bands, an amazing location, DJ Elise from Soma FM spinning between sets. It's all sponsored by The Deli SF. And we've changed our set completely just for this show -- we'll be adding 4 brand news songs we've never played before! So we hope to see you at the Rickshaw Stop on November 20th!

nov 1 2008
We've just put two brand new songs up on our Myspace and Facebook sites -- so please check them out! They will both probably be on our full-length CD that we'll be putting out at the beginning of next year. The songs are called "I Wish I Could Always Be As Excited As I Am Now" and the other "Southern California."

october 10 2008
We've been receiving several messages recently asking why we haven't been sending out as many emails as usual. The reason is that we've been hiding ourselves away in our recording studio (also known as Mark's parents' attic), working hard on our debut album. We're getting close now, but until then we won't be playing as many shows as usual. We have scheduled two very exciting gigs for the rest of the year, though. On Sunday October 26th we will play for the first time ever at Cafe Du Nord with our friends Music For Animals for The Toy Soldiers' CD release. Then on Thursday November 20th we'll be playing a very special indie pop show that we organized entirely by ourselves. It will be at the Rickshaw Stop with The Ian Fays and The Hot Toddies, and it will feature DJ sets by Elise from Indie Pop Rocks! at SomaFM. Both of these shows will be sponsored and promoted by The Deli Magazine, and we're really excited about them. So please mark your calendars for those dates, and we can't wait to have our first record done for you!

august 20 2008
With the new academic year fast approaching, we have decided to play a back-to-school show at Blakes in Berkeley this Sunday, and we'd love for you to join us. We will be trying out some new songs, and we'll be playing with a mystery bass player whose name will only be revealed a few minutes before the show. (In fact none of us even know his name yet but he plays amazingly well.) Doors open at 7pm, we'll go on at 8:30 sharp, and the extremely talented band Dizzy Balloon (formerly Panda) will play after us. It's only $8, and the show is all ages, so even if you're over 21 you'll be able to get in.

june 3 2008
Come join us this Sunday afternoon as we play our annual Fourth of July Weeked show at the Fort Gallery in Oakland. There will be a BBQ at 4pm, we'll go on first at 5:30, and then 3 other great bands will play. It'll be a really fun, low-key gig, so please join us. The Fort Gallery is located at 3421 Hollis in Oakland and cover is only $5.

may 10 2008
In recent weeks many of you have been emailing us to ask why it's been so long since we've played a show. The answer is simple: we have been saving up the rock for a gigantic explosion of our deepest soul impulses, which you can witness if you come to Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco next Thursday, May 15th. This will also be our last show in the Bay for a while, so it's definitely the time to see us! We go on first, at 8:30pm sharp, followed by two awesome bands (including Social Studies, who we've been wanting to play with for ages). It's only an $8 cover for one of the best venues in the city, and it's sponsored by KALX. Can't wait to see you there!

march 18 2008
Next week we'll be embarking on our first-ever West Coast tour, and you can help us! We'll be playing shows in Sacramento, Seattle, Portland, Olympia, and even crossing the border to Vancouver. If you have friends in any of those places, please forward them this email, or tell them to check out the dates on our myspace page, www.myspace.com/attachments. Here are the shows:
March 24 - The High Dive, Seattle
March 25 - Ash Street Saloon, Portland
March 26 - The Artisans Cafe, Olympia
March 27 - The Astoria, Vancouver
March 28 - The Towne Lounge, Portland
March 31 - The Press Club, Sacramento

Then on Friday April 4th we'll be playing a homecoming show at Blakes on Telegraph -- our first Berkeley show in ages. So please tell anyone you know, and tell them to come introduce themselves to us, cause we don't know anyone up there.

jan 28 2008
After a month of online battles on Ourstage, our song "Jenny" ended up ranked #7 for Noise Pop 2008. You can now help us win the finals stage! If you have a chance, please go to www.ourstage.com, and vote on the Noise Pop 2008 channel. Our song is one of 20 that are being considered for the finals. If we win we get to play at the biggest music festival in San Francisco, taking place in February. Voting will go on continuously until the end of this month -- quarter finals have already started, semi finals start Jan 29, and finals start Jan 31. Thanks!
Love,
The Attachments

jan 10 2008
0 other shows will be as good as this one:
Come to the 1st Attachments show of the New Year
with 2 Bens (Ben Malament on drums),
3 new songs (and 3 others in 3-part harmony)
celebrating the 4th anniversary of the Rickshaw Stop
(with major local band Music 4 Animals).
Bring 5 friends, have 6 drinks,
on the seven(teenth) of January (next Thursday),
at 8pm (we open the show)

july 23 2007
check out our feature story in the sf chronicle!

may 28 2007
thanks to everyone for coming out to our recent gigs at blakes, the starry plough, and the hotel utah. we've had a blast playing with such bands as audrye sessions and poor bailey. we'll be playing again on june 27 at the uptown and on july 20 at the starry plough. we've also been featured on many indie websites over the past couple of months. here are links to a few articles written on us: i am fuel, you are friends, the rawking refuses to stop, insomnia radio, the deli, oceans never listen, sand is overrated, fine fine music macktronic, retro music snob, bring me up, and (my personal favorite) obscure sound. also someone told me we were played on live 105 a few weeks ago! did anyone else catch it?

april 23 2007
our show at blakes this saturday is our last show in the bay area until July. it'll be huge. you don't want to miss it!

feb 24 2007
our new website is up! thanks to andria lo for getting it up and to deana sobel for designing our logo. we will be posting regular updates here from now on. february was a great month for us. the bay bridged put our songs on their podcast. fat amp music selected us as a promising indie band (check out the interview!). indie surfer blog wrote an article on us. and a popular British online magazine called Hecklerspray wrote a really amazing review of our EP!