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the antiques

paper lanterns

About Me

est. 29 november 2002- all convalescents, all sewn up in stitches
"sewn with stitches" released may 22, 2007 on safranin sound
songs: Tied to Nowhere, Painted Post Road, Don't Stand in my Room, You're Everything I Don't Need, There's Nothing to Explain, One Day You'll be Sorry Too, You're an Act That Can't be Followed, Brown Balloons, Chutes and Ladders, Auburn Aumbry, Bedsit Bones, The Ides of May, Closed Curtains, Every Night
purchase CD ($11ppd / international orders add $5 for shipping):
purchase via ITunes:
ars longa, vita brevis
split 7" single with unlucky atlas (2004), $4 ppd
(international orders add $2 for shipping)
side A- "pediment" by unlucky atlas
side B- "there's nothing to explain" by the antiques
Package: "Sewn With Stitches" CD + Antiques/Unlucky Atlas 7" for $13 ppd (international orders add $5 for shipping):
Please do not contact us on myspace for booking, please email [email protected]. It is much more efficient that way, and we can't guarantee a response to inquiries via mice pace. Thanks.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/26/2005
Band Website: theantiques.org
Band Members: kevin buckholdt (organ & drum machines, live drums), sam chintha (guitar and live drums), craig garrett (bass guitar), greg svitil (songs & singing, guitar & organ, samplers) with carolina mayorga (artwork), john powell (bass guitar, keyboards), and others.
Influences: alcian blue, altered images, ingmar bergman, billy bragg, jacques brel, converge, cranes, phil elverum, marisol escobar, etc, george formby, francoise hardy, the jam, daniel johnston, kirsty maccoll, morrissey, mary margaret o'hara, les parapluies de cherbourg, edith piaf, the pogues, prom concussion, pulp, saint orlan, slowdive, the smiths, phil spector, dusty springfield, lars von trier, scott walker
Sounds Like: handwarmers & holy grails
Record Label: safranin sound
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

past shows

December 11, 2007Washington, DC@ Black Catw/Lorelei November 13, 2007Washington, DC@ Velvet Loungew/Arks, EmulsionNovember 10, 2007Louisville, KY@ The Underground w/Big Asian ConventionNovembe...
Posted by the antiques on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:37:00 PST

tour journal november 4-13

Here are a few notes that I jotted down as we traveled through the midwest two weeks ago.    November 5, 2007We drove to Akron yesterday afternoon, which took about two hours ...
Posted by the antiques on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:38:00 PST

reviews- Sewn With Stitches, et cetera

Sewn With Stitches is available from Tonevendor and Safranin Sound.  If you live in the UK, you can save some postage by ordering from Northern Star Records.  If you live in Japan, you can s...
Posted by the antiques on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:50:00 PST

movies & film clips

-despiertaLaura González now has her short film "Despierta" showing on her youtube site.  "Despierta" tells the story of Ana, a girl who has twenty five minutes to get from the village on the mou...
Posted by the antiques on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:25:00 PST