Butterflies Take Georgia By Storm

Butterflies will be taking their ever-evolving art-pop ensemble south for a string of shows in Georgia this week. Kimbrough and co. have been hard at work on various recording projects this summer. They recorded not one, but two songs for compilations, and have a third on the way. Stay tuned for more news soon from Butterflies, and don't forget to check out their latest album Residual Child.

Summer shows:
07-21 Atlanta, GA - The Music Room
07-22 Macon, GA - The Rookery*
07-23 Athens, GA - Flicker Theater
08-13 Pittsboro, NC - TRKFest%
09-10 Raleigh, NC - The Pour House^

*with The Bronzed Chorus
%with Bowerbirds, Mount Moriah, Midtown Dickens, more
^Trekky Records Day-Dream Party at Hopscotch Festival with Midtown Dickens, Embarrassing Fruits, Brice Randall Bickford

Lost in the Trees Announce Summer Shows

Lost in the Trees have been quiet, but busy. Ari and company have spent the last six months recording and crafting their breath-taking follow-up to All Alone in an Empty House...but more on that soon! Lost in the Trees are stretching their legs and taking their ever-evolving live show on the road this summer. The band's travels kick off with a hometown performance tonight at Duke Gardens in Durham, NC, then off to Ontario for the Hillside Festival, followed by a detour at LouFest in St. Louis, and wrapping up with a concert at the Fletcher Opera Theater in Raleigh, NC as part of the second-annual Hopscotch Festival. It's totally acceptable if you want to wear your bathing suit to any of these:

07-13 Durham, NC - Duke Gardens
07-21 Philadelphia, PA - Danger Danger Gallery
07-22 Oneonta, NY - The Oneonta Theatre
07-23 Guelph, ON - Hillside Festival*
07-24 Guelph, ON - Hillside Festival*
07-25 Toronto, ON - The Drake Hotel
08-26 Carbondale, IL - The Hangar 9
08-27 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
08-28 St. Louis, MO - Loufest#
09-10 Raleigh, NC - Fletcher Opera Theater (Hopscotch Festival)%

*with Kevin Drew & The Beauties, Little Scream, Doug Paisley, These United States
#with The Roots, TV on the Radio, Cat Power, Deerhunter, The Hold Steady
%with The Flaming Lips, Guided By Voices, Superchunk, Drive-by Truckers, The Dodos, The Love Language, Brice Randall Bickford, Embarrassing Fruits, Butterflies