We have been notified that tickets for the shows in Chicago, Seattle and Brooklyn are just about sold out. Better get ‘em now. Also, TT the Bear’s tickets are now on sale.

We’ve added one more date to the tour. This one’s at the Jackpot Saloon in Lawrence, KS. We’ll be supporting Travis Morrison (formerly of Dismemberment Plan). Also on the bill is Giant Squid.

You can stop watching this space now, but be sure to come back. We’ll have a big announcement soon.

The Beachfront Ballroom in Cleveland has been added to the tour roster. We’ll be there on March 13th. Also, please note that we’ve flipped the dates on the shows at Johnny Brenda’s and the Rock & Roll hotel. The original dates were in error.

We should have one more announcement in the next couple of days - keep watching.

We’ve added two more shows to our tour, Johnny Brenda’s in Philly and the Rock and Roll Hotel in DC. See the sidebar for details. We’ll also be announcing a couple more shows some time next week. Watch this space …

… seriously, don’t do anything else. Just sit here and stare at the space until we announce the new shows. It’s a Zen thing.

Ryan S. Henriquez of The Deli sat down with the lads recently for a short but insightful interview. You can read it here.

Shelby Miller from Shifted Sound has created an animation which features Pela’s “7th and 17th” from “Anytown Graffiti”.

The year end lists are here and we have made it on quite a few. We would like to thank Steve from Minneapolis for compiling and sending us this massive list. Putting it together must have taken a tremendous amount of time … we definitely owe you a pint!
We are not sure how you found all of these, but it certainly feels good to see how many people have Anytown Graffiti in their life.

Yahoo Best of 2007
KEXP Listeners Poll Best of 2007
WOXY Listerners Poll Best of 2007
Puddlegum Best of 2007
My Old Kentucky Blog Best of 2007
Berkeley Place Best of 2007
Fuzzy Lion Best of 2007
Indie Surfer Best of 2007
Rock outs Best of 2007
Untitled Records Best of 2007
Shifted Sound Best of 2007
The Music Slut Best of 2007
MOG Best of 2007
Vernissage Best of 2007
Melt Your Face Off Best of 2007
KEXP Day Time DJ Best of 2007
WOXY DJ Best of 2007
Central Village Best of 2007
I Am Not a Camera Best of 2007
My Wave Best shows of 2007
Information Leaf Blower Best show of 2007
Information Leaf Blower Best of 2007
Get Big, Little Kid Best Song of 2007
Music Sucks - Most Overlooked/Underrated
Heartache with Hard Work Best of 2007
Instrumental Analysis 2007 in Review
Marusin 2007 Play List
Cheaper than Therapy Best of 2007

Honorable Mentions ………

Each Note Secure
Music for Ants
Future Sounds
The Glorious Hum
Baby, You Got a Stew Goin’
Many Highways

TT The Bear’s in Cambridge on February 26th. Details to follow.

Hello friends,
We found out the beloved Crocodile Cafe in Seattle is now closed.We were just on our way to play there in February. For us to headline there was a personal dream of mine and we were only 3 months away. Living in Seattle, I saw many shows there and held it in my heart ever since.I think i saw some history there back in the day, and it was a shared feeling.It hit me hard because in NYC we lost CBGB’s recently too.

So Seattle we feel you…its a damn shame. For young upstarts in like myself the Crocodile was THE place, I think like it was a right of passage to roll up with rock and roll dreams in my eyes and ask “Hey are you guys hiring?”…Jeez it coulda been so cool, but i never got a call…..shit i woulda done dishes, mopped floors, whatever…..just being in that place made me feel good.I met so many of my heroes there. Well, So long to the “Croc” you will be missed.I’m proud to have shared some amazing times with you.
Your fan,
Billy McCarthy

All with Liam Finn opening and Apollo Sunshine at the NY show.

2/27: Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2/29: Schubas, Chicago
3/01: 400 Bar, Minneapolis
3/04: High Dive, Seattle
3/05: Doug Fir, Portland
3/07: Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco
3/08: Spaceland, Los Angeles
3/10: Hi Dive, Denver

More to come