Mississippi Studios :: March 14th
We will be playing a show at Mississippi Studios this coming Thursday (March 14th) with Catherine Feeny and Alameda. This is our first show with the full band in quite a while. We are excited to share a fair amount of new arrangements, as our new record is about to be mixed.
We hope to see you.
more info here.
new record
Stay tuned.
valentine’s – October 21st
We are happy to announce that we will be playing a local Portland show at Valentine’s on October 21st with Gallop and Fox & Woman. In other news, we have booked more studio time in November to finish our new record — alongside producer/engineer Matthew Morgan. More details to come soon.

July Shows!
After a bit of hibernation due to working on our new record, we are happy to announce 2 local shows coming up in Portland. July 15th with Kelli Scarr at Mississippi Studios, and July 21st at the Piano Fort for Gallop’s CD Release. We hope to see you soon.
July 15th – Mississippi Studios : more info.
July 21st – Piano Fort (GALLOP CD RELEASE) : more info.
Al’s Den @ Crystal Hotel
We will be playing a free show next week at Al’s Den @ The Crystal Hotel on May 29th.
We will be playing a stripped-down minimal set as a duo (Mark + Andrew), and will be playing some new songs.
Closing the evening will be Sloan Martin of Celilo.
Tacoma, WA
We will be returning to Tacoma, WA for a show at The Cave @ PLU. We will be sharing the evening with fellow Portlanders Alameda, and Alex Smith. More information can be found here. We hope to see you soon.
doug fir :: march 14th
We are happy to announce that we will be playing at the Doug Fir Lounge with Great Wilderness on March 14th, who will be releasing a new single.
Presale tickets are available here, only $5.
New Year, New Record.
We will be heading south, to record a new studio full length record during the first week of 2012. We will be tracking with engineer/producer Scott Barwick at the Origami Lounge. We are looking forward to this endeavor with a great deal of excitement, and will be setting a release date sometime next year. We will be periodically posting updates here on our website. Stay tuned. Have a splendid holiday.
December 15th – Last Show of the Year
We will be playing at Kelly’s Olympian on December 15th with our friends from Los Angeles The Janks, as well as our NYC friends Jo Schornikow and Scott Rudd. This will be our last show of the year, as in January we will be heading down to California to track a full length studio record. We hope to see you before we go.

Holocene :: November 16th

We will be performing at Holocene on November 16th, opening up for fellow Portlanders White Hinterland and Petoskey. We play first, at 8:30.
Kevin Knodell Photography
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Lagerquist Concert Hall :: Tacoma, Washington (11/4/11)
Tacoma, Washington
We will be playing a FREE show in Tacoma, WA this friday night (November 4th) at Lagerquist Concert Hall. The event is sponsored by KCCR radio at PLU. This is going to be special.

FREE show at the Press Club!
We will be playing a FREE acoustic show at the Press Club in southeast Portland on October 29th.
Opening up the show will be our very own pianist Chris Miller. Chris has a collection of beautiful songs that he shares under the moniker Green Hills Alone.
White Eagle Saloon on October 17th
We will be playing a show at the White Eagle Saloon on October 17th with Norman as a part of their residency at the White Eagle Saloon for the month of October. Also joining the evening is Duover. We are excited to be sharing the stage with such fine folks. This show is FREE.
free october shows
We have returned home from touring the west!
We have some FREE Portland shows coming up:
Oct 9. Rontom's Oct 17. White Eagle Saloon Oct 29. Press Club
Tuesday June 28th @ Bunk Bar
We will be playing a free show this coming Tuesday night with fellow Portlanders Kelly Blair Bauman + Old Light. The show is FREE, and will begin around 10pm. Also, we will be accompanied on stage by the lovely Brittain Ashford for a set that is a bit different than anything we have done before. We hope to see you
More tour dates!
We will be returning to California in the beginning of may, and then heading back home for a show in Portland:
May 8th: CHICO, CA – 1078 Gallery
May 9th: SACRAMENTO, CA – Luigi’s Fungarden
May 10th: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Hotel Utah
May 11th: PORTLAND, OR – The Knife Shop
May 13th: PORT ANGELES, WA – Peninsula College
We hope to see you.
Thanks to the West
We returned home to Portland last night after our west coast tour. Thank you to all of you who came out to the shows, put us up, gave us food, and befriended us. We are very grateful, and hope to see all of you again very soon.
Spring Tour!
The dates of our upcoming tour in march have been posted. Check them out under the ‘shows’ tab. Also, we have posted some additional Portland dates – including a FREE show next week on February 8th at the Holocene. For all of these upcoming dates, we will be playing some entirely new songs with some new instrumentation and arrangements. We hope to see you soon!
Winter Update
Hello folks,
We have booked no shows in December or January. We are taking the time to stay hollowed up in our home and write. We will soon be posting some local Portland dates for February and some tour dates for march. At these shows we will be playing some brand new material. Stay tuned for updates and details.
In the mean time, our old recordings can be purchased in the online store at www.aroundtowncollective.com
have a most splendid winter,
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