CMJ and BROOKLYN!
October 25th, 2009
hello hello

we arrived in NYC on thurs and have been ruunning around wild enjoying everything till the wee hours of morning every night. we have been lucky because it has been really nice weather. 70s to lower 60s. yesterday was the only real day of rain and this morning as i lay in bed looking out over brooklyn i see nothing but blue skies.

last night we played Spikehill in Brooklyn.

the band that played before us THE LOW FREQUENCY IN STEREO was absolutely amazing! we highly recommend you checking them out.

http://www.thelowfrequencyinstereo.com
http://www.myspace.com/lowfrequencyinstereo

we’ve been playing three new songs and when we arrive back in seattle we might just have to upload and share what we recorded before we left for NYC.

xoxo.
charles

im off to find Seinfeld’s soup nazi. “no soup for you!”

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Upcoming!
September 15th, 2009
It’s been a pretty amazing couple of weeks. Bumbershoot was pretty mind-blowing. One of our best times on stage, ever. If you braved the rain (and ran indoors to EMP to escape it) - we thank you!
Here’s a little wrap-up on Venus Zine.

If you missed Bumbershoot, you can catch us at Fremont Oktoberfest this Saturday. We promise 3 new songs, plus wholesome family entertainment (….).

9/19 in Fremont, Seattle.
We are on at the precise time of 5:55pm.
General Admission: $20 in Advance/$25 Day-Of
http://www.fremontoktoberfest.com/

OHHH! If you happen to be in NYC for CMJ Music Marathon, keep your eyes out…we’ll be there. Before that? It’s demo time - keep your ears open, maybe we’ll sneak something out.

XO,
The Kindness Kind

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BUMBERSHOOT, September 6th!
August 30th, 2009
Hey Everybody,

Are you coming to Bumbershoot? Come say hello and hear some new songs.
September 6 @ 12:30p.m. in the EMP Sky Church.

Also, check out The Lusk Letter, live in our digs +interview and nice words by SeattleShowGal:
http://www.seattleshowgal.com/bumbershoot-preview-5-the-kindness-kind/

XO,
The Kindness Kind

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Update and TONYFEST 3!
August 10th, 2009
Dear Lovely Fans & Friends,

We’re coming out of a little hibernation period soon, with new songs for your ears and a couple of new bandmates! Bumbershoot and the Fremont Oktoberfest are on the horizon, but to kick things off we’re going to be playing at a farm this Saturday in Port Orchard. This is where we did a ton of recording for our most recent album - if you want to get away from the city, you should come check it out. This place is relaxed and totally dope. Besides the music, there’s BBQ (bring your foods), a bonfire, animals, and camping if you should desire.

TONYFEST 3 & The Round #51 @ Rodstol Lane Farm (a short ferry from west seattle):
The Kindness Kind
The Apple War (Seattle)
Tex. (Local)
Johnny Bertram and the Golden Bicycles (Georgia)
KIDSONBIKES (Local)

Saturday, August 15, 2009
1:00pm - 11:00pm
Rodstol Lane Farm
4154 Rodstol Lane SE
Port Orchard, WA

*You must RSVP as space is limited! Email Cynthia at info@rlf1916.com to RSVP (and mention if you’re camping).
*NO DOGS/PETS ALLOWED

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Following the TONYFEST 3 lineup, The Round (#51) will be there with their unique blend of music, live painting, and poetry - Featuring:
Robert Deeble, Nick Jaina, Trespassers William, Matt Gano.

Hope to see you soon!

XO,
The Kindness Kind

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Hello helloooo
May 20th, 2009
sunny weather brings happy faces… i have a happy face

working on new songs, getting shows lined up, and new ideas are always in the works.

****Friday June 26th we are playing the Sunset Tavern dont miss it! ****

we will be playing a few new songs, with a few new people, and looking to catch up with all ya’ll.

xoxo…alessandra rose

currently listening to …….eliane elias song, A Ra (the frog)

A May Update.
May 4th, 2009
Hello.

It’s so windy right now, I’m afraid my windows will blow in. Anyway, a big thank you to everybody who’s come out to shows this year! We just wanted to let you know we have things coming up, just staying mum on it. We’ve been buckling down and working on new songs - coming soon. In the meantime, if you’re so inclined, you can check out our albums at any Sonic Boom Records or Easy Street Records here in Seattle, Or online at iTunes and Amazon, etc. We’ll be back with some shows and songs soon!

We love you,
Nicolas & The Kindness Kind

And for god’s sake follow us on TWITTER! We update relatively often.

Special Show this Friday, April 3rd!!
March 31st, 2009
Hello Everybody,

We have a very special show coming up at the High Dive this Friday, April 3rd:

It’s our last go around with the venerable Kevin Bray on the drums! So please bring yourself and your friends, as we’d like to make the last show with him a special one. Let’s send him off with a bang!

We’re working on finding somebody to fill the big shoes Kevin leaves behind. And we do have some things on our calendar, so we’ll be back playing live soon! We’ll keep you updated - also don’t forget to keep checking www.thekindnesskind.com or www.myspace.com/thekindnesskind for more info.

And again, thanks to all who came out to the Crocodile re-opening show, as well as Easy Street Records show! Minus the exodus caused by a sudden lack of alcohol in the Croc, all was great…thanks to the many troopers who stuck it out for the music!

Love ya,

Nicolas and The Kindness Kind

Don’t forget to add us on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/thekindnesskind

Opening Night @ The Crocodile!
March 17th, 2009
Hello Everybody,

Yes…there are a couple shows this week that we must tell you about, including the long-awaited reopening of the historic Crocodile!! We are extremely excited and honored to be a part of this event. Come hang FOR FREE as we put the sound system through its first paces with Hypatia Lake and The Quiet Ones.
The lovely Croc is back!

Thursday, March 19, 2009: The Crocodile and Via Tribunali present SOUNDCHECK with:
HYPATIA LAKE
THE KINDNESS KIND
THE QUIET ONES
8:30 PM Doors — 21+ with identification — No cover
(2200 2nd Avenue - Seattle, WA 98121)
More info here as well:http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/03/17/the_crocodile_opens_this_thurs#more
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Another show of note - we’re playing the following evening in West Seattle at Easy Street Records with HOTELS (who are great). It’s just us and them - come hang, then after the show head downstairs to the Corner Pocket for an after-party with happy hour prices for all show-attendees!

Friday, March 20:Easy Street Records (West Seattle Store)
HOTELS
THE KINDNESS KIND
9:30PM
West Seattle Store, 4559 California Ave SW, (206) 938-3279
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Hope to see you this week! Oh, and if you’re of the Twittering type, You can follow us here–> www.twitter.com/TheKindnessKind

XO! Nicolas & The Kindness Kind http://www.myspace.com/thekindnesskind


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Video from The Crocodile + 2/27 Alzheimer’s Benefit
February 24th, 2009
Check this video we did recently as part of the re-opening of the historic Crocodile Cafe! It’s a one-take acoustic arrangement of Suckerpunch.

Thanks to The Crocodile, Roy Atizado and Eli Anderson:


Suckerpunch (acoustic)
at The Crocodile (Seattle, WA) on February 3rd, 2009
Shot by One Shot Seattle

Besides working on new music, we’ve got some cool shows coming up…one of which is a benefit show for the Washington Alzheimer’s Association, this Friday at The Vera Project. This is not only an exciting show, but it’s for an amazing cause, so please join us in helping to raise some funds for them!!

For more information, please see: www.myspace.com/rememberthisbenefit

Oh yes, and it’s all-ages.

Nicolas

Video, Shows and SPIN.com!
February 11th, 2009

Hi there,

We’ve got some shows coming up this month you should come out to! We’re playing at PLU tonight, and Portland this Friday - See the shows page for more February happenings…lots of All-Ages things going on!

ALSO…we stopped into the not-yet-completed Crocodile Cafe for a video by One Shot Seattle. It will be posted on thee internets somewhat soon….we’ll put up a link, so please keep your eyes open!

And if you missed the feature on SPIN.com, check it here!

XO,

Nicolas & TKK Beginnings and Ends (and KEXP Song of the Day and Poll Results!)
January 7th, 2009
The end of 2008 has been a wonderful one. We released our 2nd record in November, played our CD release show with The Rosebuds, performed live on KEXP in December, and played an amazingly fun Holiday show - capped by having our picture taken with Santa.

Plus we were just voted #4 in the Three Imaginary Girls’ top NW Releases Readers’ Poll
-AND-
#8 in the TIG Editorial Picks!!

SO, WHAT’S HAPPENING IN 2009?!?!?!

*Friday, January 9th: “The Lusk Letter” is going to be featured as the KEXP Podcast Song of the Day! Please do some of the following:

A. Listen to KEXP during John in the Morning’s show (90.3FM or listen live online).
B. Download the song from the KEXP Blog.
C.Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.
D.Subscribe via another service.

There.

*We’re playing our first show of 2009 at Neumos on January 15th! We’ll be opening up the night there, so be sure to come early and party with us.

*A tour is being booked for mid-March. Down the coast and in a bit. We want to see you there! More on that soon.

2008 highlights? Recording music in many unique spaces like the family farm was fun. Friends and animals hanging out. Kevin running around filming a zero-budget horror movie. You can’t beat that with a tire iron or a stick-horse.

And lastly, but definitely not least - The addition of Mr. Bryce Shoemaker on the bass guitar, in the nick of time to play the KEXP show to boot. We’re excited he’s around!

We’ve had a great finish to the year. Thanks to all for your support and your ears! Here’s to seeing you around in ‘09!

Bye,
Nicolas and The Kindness Kind

Downed pilot/ghost LAST DAY TO VOTE! Best Northwest Release of 2008 poll!!
December 31st, 2008
Happy New Years Eve!!!

Today is the last possible day to vote for us in the Three Imaginary Girls Best of the Northwest 2008 poll!!

http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/vote

If you haven’t had a chance to check out the new stuff, go to http://www.myspace.com/thekindnesskind…then vote if you’re so inclined!

Also, we’ll have some pictures up from the Three Imaginary Girls Holidays Party @ Chop Suey posted soon! Thanks to all those who came out, we had an awesome time!!!

XO,

Nicolas

p.s. Free download of Houndstooth, Live on KEXP! go to http://www.thekindnesskind.com/kexp Final Show of ‘08 + KEXP!
December 21st, 2008
Hello hello,

I hope everybody is safe during this winter insanity here in Seattle and everywhere! Stay in, but if you HAVE to go out and drive your charter bus, don’t go down any steep residential streets.
Just saying.



KEXP 90.3 INFO!:
So, if you missed the live in-studio performance on KEXP last week, it’s not too late! You can hear still hear it online by going to http://kexp.org/streamarchive/streamarchive.asp and setting the time to 12/13/08 3pm.
It’s the first show we’ve had with our new bass player Bryce, so don’t miss it!

And check this link out for photos from the in-studio:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kexp/sets/72157611456676626/show/

FINAL SHOW OF 2008!:
Also we have a great show coming up that you should all know about. We’re playing the Three Imaginary Girls holiday party! It’s this coming Saturday (12/27) at Chop Suey…there are 6 bands + John Roderick (from The Long Winters) as Santa!

Come to the show and get your post-holiday music/drink fix! Click http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/TIGholiday2008 for more info!

Stay warm,
Nicolas


December 14th, 2008
Hope you all are enjoying our first winter weekend of the year! thank you to all who listened to us on KEXP yesterday, and thank you to everyone at KEXP for having us.

Yesterday we also played with our amazing new bass player, Bryce Shoemaker! Be sure and come out to our next show to see and hear Bryce knock your shoes and socks off!

love to you all this winter season!
xoxo. charles

p.s. You can hear still hear the live show by going to http://kexp.org/streamarchive/streamarchive.asp and setting the time to 12/13/08 3pm! ITS DECEMBER can YOU BELIeVE IT!?
December 9th, 2008
busy time of year, but a time to give and loveeeee

***soooo, next weekend, Sat the 13th on KEXP at 3 pm, we are live in the studio. tune in to 90.3 and hear us play and talk. it will be so much fun…really.***

we are getting shows lined up for the new year and new songs are on the way

xoxo, alessandra rose.

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December 3rd, 2008
Hello Friends,

Here’s a quick note about what’s happening with the Kindness Kind.

Our new CD is out now! If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, check out Sonic Boom or Easy Street records in Seattle, or you can buy it on iTunes and Amazon.com.

We played our CD release show last week at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard. It was great. It was one of most exciting shows ever. Thanks to everyone who came out to the show!

Thursday December 4th we are playing at the Sunset Tavern (5433 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107) with Star Anna and Motorist. The show starts at 9pm. We are playing second. Come out and get an early start on your weekend. We’ll have our new CD and new T-Shirts for sale.

Saturday December 13th we will be playing live on KEXP 90.3 fm at 3pm. We will be playing songs from our new album. If you’re in the Seattle area just tune in to 90.3 fm. If you’re outside the Seattle area, you can listen to it live at www.kexp.org. We have a special surprise for this in studio performance. What’s the surprise?…you’ll just have to tune in to find out.

We have more shows coming up. We’ll give you the details as they come or check out the calendar on our website for updates. www.thekindnesskind.com/shows/

Love,

The Kindness Kind CD Release Next Week!!
November 14th, 2008
It’s been a crazy year resulting in a new album…come celebrate with us! Nov. 20th @ the Tractor! Excited to play with The Rosebuds. This is going to be fantastic.



hello world,
October 28th, 2008
its alessandra here…i felt the need to say “ComE OUT to THE shOW” nov. 2nd.
my good friends and one of my favorite local bands, Alligators, are playing the sunset tavern with us.

it will be a good time all around.

and in other news good ole KEXP is spinning our newest songs that will be released sooooon.

show support by requesting us!

much love… alessandra rose.

Request!

Quick Update
October 22nd, 2008
Hey Everybody,

Just a quickie before I start dragging more stuff into my new apartment (yessssssss!).

To hear a sneak peak of a couple songs off of album 2, open the Audio Player on the left!

We’re super excited to have our CD release show coming up on 11/20 at The Tractor…with the Rosebuds and No Kids!! This is going to be great. You should come celebrate with us!

Also, check this out - ChrisB of Three Imaginary Girls was kind enough to write some nice things about us.

And lastly, come to Nectar on Thursday 10/23 for a weekend show! In my book, Thursdays are weekends. I’m sure you understand.

XO, Nicolas

It just has to be said once again.
October 1st, 2008
SO…The 2nd album is done!
Yes.
Promotional things will be happening on it soon and you should be hearing it on your radios soon enough! Request it?
ha.
Anyway, while you’re waiting on the album, come out to one of our shows! We’ve got a bunch coming up, will post more soon! Oh and the CD release is going to be a great bill…still waiting to hear who the 3rd band on the bill is going to be, but so far the headliner is a great surprise. It’ll be in late November. You must come party.

YEAH!

xo
nicolas

September 22nd, 2008
Our show at Pacific Lutheran University was a blast! We would like to thank everyone who came out and supported us, as well as everyone who worked to make the show a success. Despite both of the vehicles having headlights out and the keys to the Suburban being locked inside, everything went quite smoothly. The reception was great, the stage was large and we can be thankful that no one accidentally cut themselves on a broken coffee pot before the show.

Particularly exciting to me is our upcoming photo shoot. I have been wanting new photos for some time and anyone who looks inside “A Novel” and then comes to our shows will notice that I don’t have long hair anymore. These are going to be some very interesting thematic shots and they will definitely be more exciting that the simple headshots of our last album.

With the completion of the second studio album, our time has been freed to play as many shows as possible and we are working diligently to make sure that happens. The next show, on the 26th of September at the Sunset Tavern in Ballard, promises to be a very energetic evening, so make sure you come out!

-Brian Hi folks,
September 11th, 2008
It’s taken a lot of time, money and energy but we’re finally done with or new album. It’s on the printing presses at this very moment. We’re super excited about it. It took a lot of work and luckily we had some amazing people helping us along with the process. Our producer/super cool dude, Lucas, did an amazing job with everything involved in the recording process and even worked when he was super sick. We owe him a lot.

The cover artwork was done by our friend Adam MacKinnon. His artwork is awesome. Check it out at brooklynartproject.ning.com/profile/MassRad. Charles also did some of the artwork which will be on the inside of the CD.

We’re playing at King Cobra in Seattle this Friday (9/12). We’ll be playing almost all of the songs from our new album. So come on out and get a sneak preview of our new CD. And if for some lame reason you can’t make it to King Cobra check out our calendar. We’re playing a bunch of shows in September and October.

Love,

Kevin & The Kindness Kind The End In Sight, Light@ End of Tunnel, etc.
July 30th, 2008
Hi. We’ve been busy with recording and other goings on, so haven’t written anything in awhile. First, thank you for coming out to see us at Chop Suey! Head Like a Kite was lovely to play with again. No-Fi Soul Rebellion literally had the crowd on their knees, and Mon Marie played an awesome CD release.
It was refreshing. Plus we were able to try out a few new things…which bring me to this:

The end is in sight for getting this next record done done done! We’re doing vocals in a few days, then mixing can begin in earnest. It’s a Fall release.

So, we had a close call. We were recording some room sounds in Olympia this last weekend…at the end of the recording the hard drive died…Luckily, Lucas is crazy about backing things up or we’d be in a shit place.

Nicolas

Now,
here’s Alessandra:

Photo by Tulipchain this will be fun.
July 14th, 2008
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July 8th, 2008
Lucas, Charles, Nicolas.