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Sometime Around Midnight is now on iTunes.

About Me

Sometime Around Midnight live on the TV:
"Poetry you can dance to...nothing short of amazing." LA TIMES
"Absurdly rich with talent...Jollett's baritone could compete with some of the best in Britpop. Live, the group delivers total cohesion and unflappable energy." LA WEEKLY
"In a just and fair world, The Airborne Toxic Event would be indie rock favorites of critics and fans the world over. Maybe, just for a moment, the world will get it right for a change." POPMATTERS
"Catchy as hell rock that is as smart as its literary allusions." URB
"Reviews of their live show have been stellar, those who have seen it find it hard to believe they are a new band." INFLIGHT AT NIGHT
"These California art-rockers have written the best arty-stomp since 'Take Me Out.'" THE FLY (UK)
"It's the band's focused concoction of jagged guitars and airtight drumbeats that's actually infecting the greater Los Angeles area and soon the world." TOKION
"The Airborne Toxic Event's EP manages to accomplish in three songs what Interpol has failed to do in three albums." PREFIX MAGAZINE
"This is evil twee." NME
"The band seemed way too big for the Troubadour. I felt like I won some radio contest to see this big band play a small venue. That's a weird feeling to get from an unsigned band." FLOATING AWAY
"With this utterly fantastic debut, the Californians display a sharp ear for a mighty hook. The jagged, jarring riffage effortlessly lifts you onto the dancefloor. Wherever and whoever, its a terrific slab of plastic and the spangliest couple of minutes you'll spend this spring." SOUNDS XP (UK)
"They're like tears that taste good. Electric, endearing, eclectic and essential...this is THE hottest new band to burn up the music scene." CAMPUS CIRCLE
“Rock ‘n roll as rebellion, though not against anything as arbitrary as an elected authority or political body, but a revolt against endings—of love, life, and innocence...we all still hurt, die, and break in two. Airborne’s triumph is the unwillingness to budge in the face of that futility, and to keep dancing anyway.” WEB IN FRONT
"Does This Mean You're Moving On?"
"Gasoline" (live in Long Beach)
IF YOU'D LIKE TO PURCHASE MUSIC: we are on iTunes. Just go to, you know, iTunes and search our name. We're there.
for BOOKING inquiries, please contact Heather Kolker at Paradigm:[email protected]
for PRESS inquiries, please contact our publicist Jim Merlis at Big Hassle:[email protected]
for all other inquiries, please contact our manager, Pete Galli at:[email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/29/2006
Band Members:
Influences: In these night recitations we create a space between things as we felt them at the time and as we speak them now. This is the space reserved for irony, sympathy and fond amusement, the means by which we rescue ourselves from the past.
Sounds Like:

"Happiness is Overrated" (live at Pianos in New York City)

Thursdays in January (also on YouTube )
a short documentary of the Spaceland residency by WKB
Record Label: Majordomo
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Requesting music on KROQ and Indie

Our song "Sometime Around Midnight" was recently added to the playlists of both KROQ and Indie 103.1 here in Los Angeles. These are both extremely influential stations and to be added into the regular...
Posted by the airborne toxic event on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:25:00 PST

Sunset Junction: photos

Sunday, August 19thphoto: Kim MacCollphoto: Kim MacColl...
Posted by the airborne toxic event on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:56:00 PST

Airborne Press...

"Poetry you can dance to...nothing short of amazing." LA TIMES"Absurdly rich with talent...Jollett's baritone could compete with some of the best in Britpop. Live, the group delivers total cohesion an...
Posted by the airborne toxic event on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:29:00 PST

Airborne on KROQ, Indie 103.1, KEXP, KCRW, KXLU, et. al. ...

we'd like thank these stations for playing Airborne (and many others whose websites we don't have). if you'd like to request:www.myspace.com/localsonlykroqwww.indie1031.comwww.k exp.orgwww.kcrw.orgwww....
Posted by the airborne toxic event on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:57:00 PST

UK Tour...(pictures etc.)

ugh. Steven and Mikel at Heathrow after an 11 hour flight (we ran into the Little Ones on the plane. Lovely chaps).Anna and Mikel at Trafalgar Square in London.Rockitube. Daren and Noah on the tube in...
Posted by the airborne toxic event on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:38:00 PST

the Troubadour (pictures)

June 9, 2007 ...
Posted by the airborne toxic event on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:26:00 PST

|| the most photographed barn in America 2 ||

various and sundry:Anna at EchoMikel at the EchoDaren in Portland, OregonSteven in Eugene, OregonNoah in Eugene, OregonPortland OregonMikel and Noah in HollywoodSteven and Anna in Hollywoodserious dru...
Posted by the airborne toxic event on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:42:00 PST

the LA Times

Kevin BronsonFebruary 3, 2007They're Airborne, all rightThat sound you heard Friday night in Echo Park was a band breaking out. The Airborne Toxic Event, folks. Yes, it sounds like the answer to an ex...
Posted by the airborne toxic event on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:46:00 PST

Airborne was named to Rolling Stone's list...

of the 25 best bands on MySpace.
Posted by the airborne toxic event on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 04:57:00 PST

::: waves and radiation 2 :::

"When I first heard the bands name, I dragged my feet a little about listening to them because the name sounded to me like some SoCal punk act.. but when I heard their music...I did a complete about-f...
Posted by the airborne toxic event on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:16:00 PST