We were proud to have won our preliminaries performance as part of Sound Core's Battleground. In doing so, we've effectively advanced to the next round, the semi-finals. Yes, yes, we are indeed making our way. The top prize is a four-figure dollar amount in the form of Sound Core audio/music equipment. We know what you're thinking: "Guys, you'll have your guitar strings covered for life!" Good point. Not sure though - > we rock pretty hard and they break pretty often.       \m/ d - -b \m/

However, there's still a long way to go. If we were to chart out and bracket the structure of the contest it would look something like this:

Okay, okay, not really.

At any rate, an overwhelming sense of gratitude came upon us at Traz when, from our position on stage, we peered through the lights, lasers, and thick fog and saw your bright, smiley faces and undulating frames. From the bottom of our little pirouetting hearts, here's a sincere thank you from all of us to all of you: "<3"

If you'd be willing to stop by and show your support again during round two, we would absolutely love you for it. The show is once again at Club Traz on Thursday, April 19th. Cover will be $5 and the show will begin promptly at 8:30P.

Oh, yeah. And we GUARANTEE some new material.

Best,
The Pirouettes

_Hi, Friends!

We're excited to announce a brand new performance date.

On next Thursday, March 1st, we will be performing as part of Sound Core's Battleground series. The show is at Club Traz in Carbondale, IL. The night kicks off at 9:00PM (but it's always good to be a little early!) and the cover charge is $5. This is in fact a battle-of-the-bands-type competition, but we love the spirit of collaboration more, so we're happy to say that we are performing with two other talented bands, Perpetual Days & Skee. Check them out on the Facebook event page.

This will also mark the first time we've performed with a full band. We are REALLY excited to play our music for you in this format and are thankful to Andrew Wilson (drums) and Macklin Andrick (bass) for joining our ranks.

You can find the event on Facebook at this link. If you're a Facebook user and plan on attending, please support us by confirming yourself as "attending".

Thanks a million for your support and we hope to see you there!

Nick / Angie / Andrew / Macklin

We're proud to announce the addition of two new members: Andrew Wilson on drum kit and Macklin Andrick on bass guitar. Andrew is a multi-instrumentalist responsible for a body of work in which he sits behind a pretty massive array of music-making devices. Macklin rocks the upright bass at the SIUC School of Music -- all the while pursuing other extra-curricular musical opportunities.

Look for these two very talented individuals when as we perform live in the following months.

N & A

On this week's "People You Should Know" segment: Shara Worden.

Shara Worden's voice has always been an inspiration for both of us and no song better showcases the dynamic quality of her voice than "The Gentlest Gentleman". You might recognize her singing on records like The Decemberists' Hazards of Love or Sufjan Steven's Come On Feel The Illinoise and The Age Of Adz. We decided to show our appreciation in the form a video performance. "The Gentlest Gentleman" is on My Brightest Diamond's album A Thousand Shark's Teeth as a bonus track. I highly, highly recommend that tune, as well as their entire catalog, to any and all music lovers.

-N
Also, for your research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shara_worden
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_Alright, here we go! Today marks the launch of our new website. The plan is for it to work in conjunction with our presence on other sites like Bandcamp, Twitter, and Facebook. Refer here for updates on new projects and releases, as well as performance dates. Feel totally welcome to use the RSS feed (here on the side bar) to stay up to date on all things Pirouettes.

For those of you who don't know, all of our music is available for stream and FREE download  on our Bandcamp page. The music tab will redirect you there. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook. 

In addition, we have included a tab that consists of links to music we highly recommend. Please check out and support these wonderful musicians -- all friends of ours!

Thanks for stopping by!
- N

posted January 14, 2012