Guster and The Format Announce Campus Consciousness Tour!

To continue with the tour date extravaganza, two of my favorite bands, Guster and The Format, have announced a nationwide campus tour for this spring. Some of these tickets are already on sale, so you might want to get a jump on them. Unfortunately, the guys aren't coming to UNC, and, as luck would have it, the other local show at WFU is on the same night as the Ben Folds show and the Matt Wertz/Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers show. This just isn't cool people...

Here is a complete list of the dates:

3/28/07 - Winston-Salem, NC @ Wake Forest University Tickets on sale 3/1 at 10am
3/30/07 - Macon, GA @ Mercer University Tickets
3/31/07 - Crawfordsville, IN @ Wabash College Students Free / Public $20.00. Public tickets only available night of show, if there are any left
4/02/07 - Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall Tickets
4/03/07 - Norman, OK @ University of Oklahoma Tickets will be available on 3/3 at 10am
4/04/07 - Tulsa, OK @ University of Tulsa Tickets-TBA
4/06/07 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's Bar-B-Q Tickets
4/07/07 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater Tickets
4/09/07 - Macomb, IL @ Western Illinois University Tickets
4/10/07 - Decorah, IA @ Luther College Tickets-Students Free / Public $20.50. Public tickets on sale 3/12 at the Luther College Box Office: (563)-387-1357
4/14/07 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theater Tickets
4/21/07 - Boston, MA @ Opera House Tickets
4/26/07 - Williamstown, MA @ Williams College Tickets-TBA
4/27/07 - Middlebury, VT @ Middlebury College Tickets
4/28/07 - Loudonville, NY @ Siena College Tickets-TBA
4/29/07 - Baltimore, MD @ Loyola College Tickets-TBA
5/05/07 - Due West, SC @ Erskine College Students Free / Faculty,Alumni,Staff $8.00 / Public $12.00-Ticket link TBA

Guster - "Perfect" (m4a)
The Format - "Dog Problems" (m4a)

Shit You Should Know...'Cause it's Good

Each week, we will pick two bands, groups or singer/songwriters that we think you should listen to simply because we are temporarily obsessed with them. You may like them, you may not. You may have no idea who they are or you may be tired of hearing about them. Either way, we like them, and it is our blog so we get to decide what goes on it.

The Format

I know Andy did a feature on these guys earlier, but I wanted to feature them in this weekly segment because I've been listening to them a lot recently. I recommend picking up their newest album, Dog Problems. It is full of great pop songs that will have you singing and dancing along in no time. I've seen this Arizona based group once (opening for Motion City Soundtrack) and have been hooked ever since. Also take the time to check out their website, it's tons of interactive fun.

The Format - "I'm Actual" (m4a)
The Format - "Oceans" (m4a)

Citizen Cope

Citizen Cope (aka Clarence Greenwood) is a talented singer/songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist and record producer that lives up in Brooklyn, NY. His songs couple highly political and social lyrics with great beats and infectious grooves. The song above, "Bullet and a Target" is on his earlier album, The Clarence Greenwood Recordings. His newest release, Every Waking Moment, is just as extraordinary, featuring the single "Back Together." Pick up both and check out his website.

Citizen Cope - "Bullet and a Target" (m4a)
Citizen Cope - "Back Together" (m4a)

The Format

The Format is a band from Arizona that is incredibly catchy and awesomely good. Their 2006 release Dog Problems is a pop-indie album to end all. I have heard about this band for a while and everyone who has told me about them, said that I would love them. And boy were they right. She Doesn't Get It, Dog Problem, The Compromise, and Time Bomb are four good examples why to buy this album.