I was in the high school jazz band. I am not ashamed of this fact.  However, I am quite aware that being a band geek in high school is considered by no one to be a cool extra curricular activity.  but, when a person uses this fact as a means to deliberately aid in the knocking down of Mon Frere scene points, i am not pleased.  Because people, scene points are important, and you need to collect as many as possible in the coolest way possible.  i suppose there is a noteable distinction between high school jazz band influence and just jazz influence.  Like the difference between "shitty amature" and "something worth my time."  Also, keep in mind that our ages are 25, 22 and 20.  haven't been at good old terrace high in a few years.

not over age of thirty= -30 points

caring about our success and goals= -25 points

writing this blog= -1,000 points

 feelings. hurt. kinda. pissed. in a respectful way. always in a respectful way.  -40 scene points.

not being a douche= priceless. fucking priceless.

also, i really really enjoyed the jazz band. it probably kept me out of a lot of trouble.

Hey ya'll!!!

We have decided to let you all know whats been going on in Mon Frere World!!!!

First off, there's been no "time off" or "resting" that you would expect to hear from a band that has just come off a 2 month Summer tour. NO!!!!! There is too much work to be done!!!!

We've played some really fun shows since we've been back, including our homecoming show at El Corazon. Thank you to everyone that came out and DANCED THEIR ASSES OFF!!!! Also a big thank you to the bands that played that night, Diamente, Last Ditch Remedy (Debut album out on Cake Records Aug, 22), and especially Knives in the Attic!!! They are in the middle of their US tour right now so you should check their myspace and find out when they are playing near you!!!!

Thank you to anyone that tuned in to KEXP's Audioasis on Aug 5th to hear us play live at the High Dive with the Fleet Foxes (myspace.com/fleetfoxes)

We are currently working on booking shows around our residency at the L.A. Knitting Factory in October. So all you Californians better make it out to most, if not all of our shows in your area in October.

But lets not get ahead of ourselves!!! We have a show Monday August 28th at the L.A. Knitting Factory, and we need all of YOU to be there!!!!!!

Last but not least, we have also spent a little time in the studio since we've been home to record a little cover song. The song has been one of my favorite songs since the Winter of 1995. This is the first time that Dustin has been able to lay down his "Beats Of Fury" on a Mon Frere track, and let me tell you......it sounds divine. I'm not sure when you'll be able to hear it, but we will let you know when and how, once we know when and how.

Some of the things we have been super stoked on lately are:

George Washington

Hellooooooo WORLD.

So, as some of you might know, we just got back from a weird and long tour of planet america.  And it was awesome. for the most part. the heat was NOT awesome.   we'd like to extend a sincere thanks to every mall and movie theatre in america for their continued effort to be the coldest buildings in every state.  We saw a couple movies on tour. 

1- lady in the water. = i give it 5.6 stars out of 7.9.  i thought it was charming, but jordan and dustin thought it was "boring as fuck."  Also, i find it quite disturbing that the fish girl looks exactly like ron howard.

2- my super ex-girlfriend = 3.2 out of 5.45 stars. this movie was SOOOOOO .........O.K!

3- clerks II = million stars out of billion stars.   yeah, it was hilarious, but it wasn't amazing. but it got a million stars.

also, i thought the following story was worth mentioning.

we played the best show ever in new mexico. alberquerqieewe ( i simply can't be bothered with a spell checker)?    But, right by the venue, peter krouse (six feet under) and juliana margoleese (E.R) were filming a sci-fi mini series. this was hands down the highlight of the tour.  Six feet under was my life for a lot of years, and seeing peter krouse's face as he tried to avoid the weird looking kids waiting outside of his van were priceless.

we played with a couple awesome bands too.  "return to simple" were amazing from chicago.  We played a ton of shows with the pharmacy and thee emergency, and they were hella nice people.  If you ever wanna go midnight swimming, call up the pharmacy. they're soo good at finding a secluded beach or awesome off-limits swimming pool. 

this is all i can remember right now.  there will be more blogs soon.

and everybody that came out to any of our shows deserves a medal. because they are awesome. YOU are awesome, and make us feel warm and cuddly even after eight hour drives through 110 degree mini deserts.

thank you, and see you at a show.

-nouela

A fan shot some video of Mon Frere performing at the Sonic Boom Records in store in Seattle on May 2nd. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA71QAeeTeo

Mon Frere are the featured artist on the Seattle PI's Seattle Noise website and blog.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/bands/

The featured artist spot includes an audio interivew available online for your listening pleasure:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/audio/snspotlight/monfrere.mp3?source=mp3link