DFA + PDX

We welcome DFA into Oregon with our open arms.

Right before I Believe In You came out last year, I got an email from Jonathan Galkin of DFA Records asking me if I wanted to go on tour with LCD Soundsystem. The tour started two days from that phone call, because the …

WE'RE HERE TO HELP

Pretty good doormat in Oslo. Photo by Claire.

We have disgraced our country, we have spat in the face of our still-prized independence and fled our homeland right when it had needed us most. No, we did not celebrate, we did not fire off the decorative explosives we …

FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO THE CLUB

Everyone on stage at the Crystal Ballroom on May 30th. Photo by Steve, on Flickr.

Still bloggin' after all these years. Let's start here:

We were in Europe in the spring and then back in Portland for the very beginning of the summer for a string of shows for kids in …

UPDATES COMING SUPER SOON

Be Careful With The Downloading. We shot a new video in London. Photo by Claire on Flickr.

We have 5 days off in France starting today, so I promise we'll let you in on all things YACHT that have happened over the past month or so very soon. I think about you every day …

O.T.F.: SPRING IN EUROPE

Giant Steve Schroeder at the Dissonanze Festival in Rome via Lukey Dargon's Flickr.

and here it is in Helsinki, Finland:

From now on On Tour Forever will be written as "O.T.F." in the titles of these posts, OK? Also, I'm going to be a better and more consistent …

ON TOUR W/ VAMPIRE WEEKEND

Photo by Jake Merten on Flickr.

DISCLAIMER: I think I'm the only person that posts incomplete blog entries, then goes back later on and finishes them. This is weird, I'm sorry! I'm also putting together a video. I am, however, making a 90 second video every single day

ON TOUR FOREVER: MOVED TO TEXAS

The very good-looking "Possibilities" in Fort Davis, TX. (21 miles away from here) On Flickr.

It's been months. Since we last spoke, Claire and I drove down the west coast of the United States and made our first stop in Los Angeles about 16 hours after leaving Portland …

FREEDOM MUSIC

iTunes screenshot.

I download music. I download a lot of music. I don't purchase music often, so I completely and totally understand when kids come up to me at shows and look me straight in the eye and tell me they're not going to buy my record tonight because they've …

ON TOUR FOREVER: OFF TOUR

Photo: After the party in London. Taken by Ben Roberts.

It's all over, clap, clap, clap-clap-clap!

Sort of. Two concerts in the near-future you should know about:

Friday, November 30th, 2007- Portland, OR @ Backspace (115 NW 5th Street)

8pm, All-Ages, FREE! (with …

WHISKERS BECHTOLT 1987 - 2007

Feel free to copy/paste this image on your blog and post a memorial or moment of silence.

Goodbye my oldest friend. I love and miss you. Whiskers on Flickr. Check out her profile on Catster (I forgot I made this).

Please join me in a minute of silence:

ON TOUR FOREVER: CHINA!

Photo: YACHT @ Yue Festival in Shanghai, China by Abe Deyo.

GETTING THERE: The European tour with Architecture in Helsinki ended in Dusseldorf. Kellie, Cameron, Haima, and I stayed in a business hotel near the airport together, while Sam and Gaia stayed in a hotel …

FOREVER IS A LONG TIME

Hi to Zurich. Photo on Flickr by pastalane.

Tonight was the last night of my European tour with Architecture in Helsinki. So far we've toured the US, Australia, and Europe together and it's been about 100 to 300% fun. Some bands were just meant to be friends, both …

STILL ON TOUR FOREVER!

Taking it down low in Vienna, Austria. Photo by Paule on Flickr.

Wow, that was a long time. This site has been totally busted and is hopefully going to be moving to a brand new home in the very near future. Web site trouble is boring on all levels, so I won't waste any …

ON TOUR IN THE USA

The Dirty Projectors in Toronto, ON. Alternate shot on Flickr.

NEW! If you saw one of the new gold foil YACHT shirts at a show, but didn't have any money, or wanted to use a credit card, here you go! BUY THE NEW SHIRT ONLINE!

POOL PARTY

I jumped off a very large stage. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne via The Village Voice.

I played in an empty pool in Brooklyn.

There are a bunch of Flickr Sets of the day. Here's another Flickr set. And another!

Photos/post on The Fader Blog, and on Pitchfork.

NEW! …

NEW ZEALAND

Charlie (Panther), Claire, and me. Photo by Blink, full-size on my Flickr.

NEW! Video down below!

Fucking New Zealand! Let's start with this series of photos:

Fucking New Zealand #1

Fucking New Zealand #2

Fucking New Zealand #3

Fucking New Zealand #4

Fucking …

YACHT IN AUSTRALIA (PT.3)

The best merch table of all time. Photo by Claire. On Flickr.

BRISBANE: We said goodbye to A.I.H. in Perth and took a couple planes to get back to Brisbane to meet up with Charlie, a.k.a. Panther, our new tourmate for 3 more shows in Australia, and 4 in New Zealand. …

YACHT IN AUSTRALIA (PT.2)

Photo: Taken by Michael Howard. I was giving that girl $10. Explanation on Flickr.

The internet is still expensive and elusive. Stay tuned while I update our journey piece by piece! It'll be like watching a tree grow at a somewhat faster pace!

Melbourne: I've only …

YACHT IN AUSTRALIA (PT.1)

Tour van friends by Claire. On Flickr.

AUSTRALIA! What a rad place! Maybe it's like England and Florida? London and Florid? Flondon! Everything here is just a little bit nicer. The quality of life seems to be pretty high and so far the percentage of amazingly nice …

VIDEO: WOMEN OF THE WORLD

Photo: Green screenin' at Portland Cable Access. Original on Flickr.

Men have had their shot, and look at where we've got.

My very first introduction to feminism was through Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. I watched every interview, read every article, listened to every …