Lightning Dust News

Shows of the recent past and soon to be

2011-09-25T12:25:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to our shows in Europe. We had an absolutely fantastic time, and we're really stoked about the way the new lineup is working out. Very excited for the future!

In the near future, we're playing a couple of October shows close to home: Calgary and Vancouver. These will both be with our very good friends Hard Drugs, with whom we will be celebrating the release of our new split 7". Check it out people!

New 7"

2011-08-29T14:12:00.000-07:00

Split...
Lightning Dust "Never Again" b/w Hard Drugs "Summertime Blues"
Limited edition on The Storyboard Label
Official release date will be October 4, Pre-orders will be taken starting September 6 at www.storyboardlabel.com
However, for those coming out to our upcoming shows in Europe, we will have a small amount of copies on hand!
White vinyl!

London

2011-08-23T18:28:00.000-07:00

Our upcoming London show, scheduled for September 5 at the Lexington, has unfortunately been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control. Many apologies to those that were going to come out...we'll just have to see you next time, London!

Summer and Fall shows

2011-07-20T10:41:00.000-07:00

Shows page has been updated with details of our summer festival appearances and September European tour!

Check out lightningdustshows.blogspot.com or our facebook page.

See you soon...

Summer and Fall 2011

2011-04-24T10:20:00.000-07:00

We will be playing some shows this summer and fall!

First we are honored to be playing the Calgary Folk Fest this July. Next up, we play the wonderful Pickathon just outside of Portland -- one of our most favorite festivals ever.

Coming up in September, we get to play another of our favorites, End Of The Road in beautiful Dorset. Check the shows page for updates on a short European tour around this date, and for more details about the festival appearances: lightningdustshows.blogspot.com

Or, you can check out our new Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/Lightning-Dust/110063232390798

See you soon!

One Show in Vancouver before we leave

2010-04-14T14:27:00.000-07:00

Our good friend and crazy talented cellist Cris Derkson has organized a show which teams Lightning Dust with a string quartet to perform a selection of our songs. Check it out if you are here in Vancouver...one night only!

You may know Cris from the recorded versions of Highway, Castles and Caves, Dreamer and Take It Home, on all of which she has lent her sublime cello to our music. She also is a composer, solo performer and regular collaborator with Tanya Tagaq and local band ESL.

Sounds like fun right?

Spring European Tour

2010-03-25T01:49:00.000-07:00

We are extremely happy to tell you that we will be coming back to Europe for one last tour this May! After this Amber and I will get busy touring with Black Mountain for the forseeable future. This tour's gonna be a shorty but we're covering some new ground and hope Italy will like us. Or at least feed us to within an inch of our lives...

Check www.lightningdustshows.blogspot.com or our Myspace page for dates.

ATP

2010-01-27T17:59:00.001-08:00

We are very pleased to announce that we are playing the Matt Groening-curated All Tomorrow's Parties festival at Butlin's Minehead, UK May 7 - 9. Too many other killer bands to list here, but suffice to say our minds will be constantly blown while we're on site.

We're also planning a short tour of a few European cities around this. Stay tuned!

Goodbye Tacos, Hello Beemster

2009-10-20T23:40:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who came out to the shows and made our North American tour as cool as it was. Special thanks to The Cave Singers for many great nights...and to Mexican food...

We're heading across the pond soon, again with Ashley and Ryan in tow as our band. Europe, ready your stocks of cheese. Check the shows section for dates.

Heading Out

2009-09-01T22:12:00.000-07:00

We're getting in the van in a couple of days to begin our largest tour yet of Canada and the US. Five weeks! Joining Amber and Josh in the band as before will be the inimitable duo of Ashley Webber on vocals and bass and Ryan Peters on drums and guitar. We'll be playing many of these shows with our good friends The Cave Singers, who just put out a fantastic new album, Welcome Joy. Hope to see all of our friends new and old out there.

Last week we celebrated the release of Infinite Light here in Vancouver at The Biltmore. It ruled! I'd like to thank Colin Mckill and Cris Derkson for joining us and filling out the ranks with some string action. Also big ups to Lost Lovers Brigade for playing with us (another Vancouver gem...check 'em out) and Sipreano for keeping the people dancing into the night. And all of you who came out!

2009-08-05T10:33:00.000-07:00

Our new album, Infinite Light, is now out in the world on Jagjaguwar Recordings. Available at cool record stores as an LP record or a compact disc, or as a download from Itunes.

Back Home

2009-05-31T15:04:00.000-07:00

We've just returned home from our month-long tour of parts northern. We've had amazing times playing everything from historic soft-seater theatres to clapboard shacks. Thanks to everyone who came out to see us, and also to everyone who just happened to be there.

Particular shout-outs to our partners in musical crime: Bonnie Prince Billy and his kick-ass band (Emmett, Jim, Cheyenne, Josh, Ryder, Pete and DV); Jesse Fischler (you rule); Jon-Rae Fletcher, Crystal and Darcy; Cotton Jones; Hard/Soft Drugs; Family Band; Heavy Feather. You all made the good times rolllll...

Until next time...we shall be hitting the road again in September!

Love

Lightning Dust.

New Album and Touring!

2009-04-15T10:35:00.000-07:00

Our new album, Infinite Light, is now done and will be released on the Jagjgauwar label in August.

In the meantime, we're going to be doing a bunch of shows in May across Canada and the US. We're very excited to be playing several dates with Bonnie Prince Billy out east on this tour, and new friends Cotton Jones for a bunch of dates that will sweep us back westward. Check the shows section for updates!

See you soon,

2008-12-14T13:20:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone for coming out to the show last friday. It was our first show in quite some time and you all made us feel very welcome. Special thanks to Cave Singers and Whalebones for rocking the house. We had a blast! Hope you did too.

2008-11-30T19:45:00.000-08:00

Here's a picture from our last Vancouver show, which was quite a while ago. Our show coming up on December 12 at Richard's will feature the same stellar line-up with Ashley Webber and Ryan Peters!

New Album

2008-11-30T17:40:00.000-08:00

We are currently finishing up songs for our new album...Thanks to Matt and Mike at URSA studios for all their help!

We'd also like to thank Tom Lee for their assistance in sponsoring our recording with the use of one of their Steinway grand pianos.