Aquarium Released

We've released our new album, Aquarium, online today!  You can download it for free right here:

http://www.youmeandiowa.com/aquarium

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Title Track Off Of New Album

We're trying an experiment.  Let's see how much we can spread this around!  Here's the title track off of our new album, Aquarium. 

http://bit.ly/185AIx

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Final Show and Album Release Party

Dear Friends,

The time has come for us to say goodbye. You Me & Iowa will officially dissolve after our final performance at Spaceland on October 3, 2009.

We have enjoyed six wonderful years of shared experience with you, our faithful listeners, and we feel we’ve …

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CANCELLED SHOWS

Hey guys,

We've had to cancel the Santa Barbara and Hermosa beach shows on the 12th and the 13th.  We apologize profusely, and please stay tuned for new show info.

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Download "Wild Thing" Cause It's Groovy

We decided to record a cover of "Wild Things", made famous by The Troggs, in a spare day right after getting back from our West Coast tour.  Sign up for free on our website to download it -- it's on our Freebies page.

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Julio's Birthday

Go wish our bassist Ryan Julio a birthday wish or two!  He does enjoy fine alcohols and cheeses, as evidenced on his blog:  http://www.youmeandiowa.com/fermentationmastication.

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From Under a Sea of Wires...

... we are emerging briefly from our hardcore writing and recording mode for a breath of fresh air.  We have been hard at work finishing writing the last batch of songs for the new album, and are tweaking and fine tuning sounds for our demo versions of them.  We …

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News From The Road!

For the first time in about a week of being on the road, I've got a spare moment to write a bit about what we're up to.  Our Northern California tour started off with a Los Angeles show at the Silverlake Lounge, after which we found ourselves up in Fresno.  We found …

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Margaret Mourning on JamLegend

Now you can play our song "Margaret Mourning" in a Guitar Hero type game on JamLegend.  

Warning: It's really, really hard on the LEGENDARY difficulty level.  I couldn't make it past the first 30 seconds.

Margaret Mourning on JamLegend

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In-studio tracks posted on Luxury Wafers

We went in the studio a couple months ago and performed some of our new songs live, and you can check them out now at the Luxury Wafers website.

Video's below:

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Where the Wild Things Are

Next Saturday, May 9th, we're having a party. A Where The Wild Things Are party. This isn't like a normal show. There are going to be costumes, and video projections and some crazy stuff. Oh, and it's OPEN BAR.  

Let the wild rumpus start.

Details:

You Me & Iowa …

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"MAKE YOUR HOME" IS # 10 TOP INDIE SONG OF 2008

Just found out that our song "Make Your Home (Smell Delicious)" is the number 10 Top Indie Song of 2008 on BeatCrave!

Check it out: http://beatcrave.com/2008-12-23/top-ten-indie-songs-of-2008-with-free-mp3s/

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Free ticket giveaway for Saturday's show

It's been a long winter, but the hot summer weather is starting to peek it's head through the clouds here in LA, and I'm ready for it. Got my beach clothes ready and everything. Speaking as one of the paler members of the band, I'm ready for some sun.

Saturday …

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Featured on Buzz Bands LA

Music journalist veteran, Kevin Bronson, featured You Me & Iowa on his blog Buzzbands LA today. Be sure to check it out.

He also hosts the "Buzz Bands" show on Little Radio every Friday at 10 a.m., where he showcases great new music from LA and beyond.  Go to

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SNEAK PEAK AT ROCK INSIDER TOMORROW

Visit www.rockinsider.com tomorrow to hear a demo of one of our latest songs, "Howling at Summer," before we lay it down in the studio this fall.

Songs From the New Album

We recently did a live in-studio recording of some of our songs, including a few of the songs that will be on our next record.  They've started being released to the public today.  You can check out one song at http://www.luxurywafers.net

Long Beach

I'm sitting in a coffee shop in Long Beach at the moment, getting ready to play a show at Que Sera.  Part of SuckaFreeSundays, we're opening for The Amateurs.  Popcorn is popping in the movie theatre next door.  A group of people have gathered outside to purchase …

This guy is better at our songs than we are!

The guys at JamLegend took our song Tommy Hall and videogame-ized it, so that you can play along as the guitarist a-la Guitar Hero.  Turns out we're not so good at the video game version, but this guy sure is:

TONIGHT - YM&I Live on the Internet!

You know how to get to the internet, don't you?  It's right down the street, take a left at the mailboxes, and it's the first door on the right.  Well guess what?  Tonight we're playing a live set that can be viewed on the internet anywhere in the world, and you can …

You Me and.... Dakota?

So.

We're back from San Fran.  A weekend trip of true rockage, with the aid of We Fly By Night and Casey Chisholm.  (For those of you who missed out, We Fly By Night will be joining us next month at Spaceland!)

But for all those You Me & Iowans who were not …