Miss Us?

Phew... the studio is hard work, and it kind of precluded updating the shows page for a while (don't worry-- it's updated now).  ubik. hasn't been seen in the clubs for a little bit, but shows have been booked, and we will be playing out and around for the rest of the summer.

Past that, we've put the mics on the instruments, laid down the tracks, stuck Michelle in a vocal booth... all that fun stuff, and now everything's been recorded.  There's still mixing to be done, of course, so there's going to be a bit of wait before you get a new ubik. record, but it is absolutely on its way.

Time out

So this has been a massive block of activity by your friends in ubik.  And now it's done.  ubik. is officially on hiatus-- we're buckling down for practice, writing, and solidifying our as-yet-unrecorded material... because June is going to see us into the studio.

Yup: The World Is A Glorious Biomechanical Nightmare is nearly two years old, and it's about time for ubik to put out a new album. That's the plan for our immediate future... we'll emerge from the cocoon in July.

Sunday night at El Corazon

We know the last post said that we were done playing shows for a while... which was true at the time, and yes: we are taking June off for recording, but Mongoloid Village is coming to town, and there was an opening on the bill.  So, long story short, this Sunday will be our last show for a while.  Period.

Sunday, May 16th
ubik. @ El Corazon
w/ Slave Traitor
and Mongoloid Village
8:00 - $6 - 21+

Thursday night at the Funhouse

ubik.s coming to the end of a pretty dense block of shows: we're up on Thursday night at the Funhouse, and this is going to be our last show for a bit.  We're playing with BLCKWVS from Germany, Ninth Moon Black from Eugene, and The Ever Changing Sky (from here, like us).  Here's the listing:

Thursday, May 6
ubik. @ The Funhouse
w/ Ninth Moon Black
& BLCKWVS (canceled)
& The Ever Changing Sky
9:30 - $6 - 21+

ubik.s the opening band for this one (don't be late), but we're heading into the studio to do the next album (yay!), so it's going to be a while before the next one.

Friday night, with Black Breath

ubik.s the opening band for Black Breath's tour kickoff this friday... and that's pretty awesome.  They're heading out this weekend, and we're seeing them off: it's going to be a big, loud, fun show.  If you want to see ubik. on Friday, you've got to come out early-- we're playing first.

Here's the show post:

Friday, April 30
Black Breath's Tour Kickoff at The Black Lodge
w/ Black Breath
& Anhedonist
& Christian Mistress
& ubik.
9:00 - All Ages

Happy Birthday

It looks like April is Birthday Month-- we've got two birthdays to break out for you.

The first is Octal's birthday party this Saturday:

Saturday, April 10th
ubik. @ The Morgue
w/ Neutralboy
Goly Grim
Mindless Thuggs
8:00 - All Ages

and then we've got Timm's birthday at the Funhouse on the 24th:

ubik. @ The Funhouse
w/ Rum Rebellion
Jesus Fucking Christ
The Mother's Anger
9:00 - $6 - 21+

Keeping current

So there's a lot different over at ubik.crumpled.com-- we've heavily redesigned the entire site, and re-worked the news feed. It really wasn't up to us (google and blogger.com kind of forced the issue), but the whole thing is charging along pretty well now. The bugs are pretty much worked out of the new layout... but the whole site runs a lot better on Firefox than Internet Exploder.

...and, of course, we've got a show on Saturday-- we're at the Galway Arms, Honduran is coming up from Portland, and Sworming is completing the bill. If you haven't been to a show at the Galway: this place is always nuts-- it's a small bar, there's almost no separation between the band and the crowd, and things always get pretty insane at Galway shows. Here's the listing:

Saturday, March 13
ubik. at The Galway Arms
w/ Scourge Schematic
Sworming
Honduran
9:00 - $5 - 21+

Sunday show in Georgetown

ubik.s got an afternoon show in Georgetown tomorrow, opening for some touring bands.

February 28
The Morgue
w/ Nux Vomica
Order Of The Vulture
5:00 - $6 - All Ages

big doings in the subculture

first off, tomorrow is the official release of the Subcultural Awakening compilation, which features a bunch of excellent Seattle bands in a wide variety of genres (including ubik. Happy to be a part). The releasing of the comp has been riddled with obstacles and fraught with danger... but it's finally swinging over the last lava pit, jumping the last crocodile, and arriving tomorrow.

so we've got that going for us.

ubik. is also playing Subcultural Awakening's No Guitar Fest, spanning february 6th and 7th at the Josephine. We're playing on saturday, the 6th... and there'll most likely be an official show post very soon, but for now, it dovetails nicely with the comp release.

Monkey Pub show on Saturday

Good news, party people-- even though The Monkey Pub doesn't do live music any more, they're making an exeption for us. ubik. has always loved the Monkey, our home away from home, and those shows are always tons of fun. We're going on with Slave Traitor and Evangelist, and the whole event is going to be a riot: our Monkey Pub track record is pretty fantastic (any public vomiting incidents are easily overshadowed by panda and bunny suits).

ubik. at The Monkey Pub
w/ Slave Traitor
& Evangelist
9:00 - $3 - 21+

Not only is this one of the cheapest shows you can see, it's also a rare breed-- Monkey shows are hard to come by, and they've always been some of our favorites.

Michelle's Birthday-- House show tomorrow!

ubik.s playing a house party for Michelle's birthday in Northgate tomorrow. We've always loved playing house parties, and this one's sort of for us (we've been waiting for Michelle to turn 13 for a while now. It's very exciting)

December 19
ubik. @ The 526 Trashcan House
w/ 7 Year Old Blind Girl
& Shadow of the Torturer
& Churchburner
8:00 - Free!

ubik.s back. everybody dance!

RESCHEDULED... (we're back on)

this has officially been ubik.s longest break-- we haven't played a Seattle show since our tour kickoff. We know you all missed us, but we're about to set the world to rights: we've got a new home base, we're working on new material, and we're playing a new show.

Damn skippy: this is a show post.

Sunday, December 13
ubik. at The Comet
w/ He Whose Ox Is Gored
Dirty Sidewalks
Into The Storm
8:00 - $5 - 21+

Back in Seattle

Ha! Made it!

ubik.s taken our first run down the west coast, and the band members, Joe (who did merch for us the entire time), and Bruno (the 1977 Dodge van, pulling a trailer full of gear) all made it there and back again in one piece. We'll go farther and longer next time (the first run made sure that we could do this without the van bursting into flames), but so far, so good.

Back in Seattle, ubik.s taking a little break: something we've never done before. We've put off playing shows to write and record, but the band has never actually had time off: it's been twice a week (plus shows) for a few years now. We'll be back out in the world in November.

Thanks to everyone who came out to all of our shows on the road: we had some excellent shows while we were out, played some fun places, and saw some great bands. Though things can turn out less than stellar, and a band can find itself playing a sports bar in Redding, CA, the grand whole of the tour was a great success, and we'll keep everyone posted about when we're heading out again.

We've got to throw some extra thanks to all of the kind, generous, and selfless people that really helped us along-- people who gave us space crash or couchsurf, fed us, bought us beer, and even made us breakfast, and all of the bands who waived their cut of the night's money to ubik. to keep gas in the van... these are people that really improve our view of the world. They make everything better.

Thanks again to everyone who helped us out, everyone who came to the shows, and finally to Joe: Joe came along with us, lived in a van for two weeks, and manned our merch table for no reward other than to just go out on tour with us (Joe was also a balancing presence in the mix, and probably contributed to us all surviving).

You'll be hearing from us soon, but right now, ubik.s on break.

On Tour Now!

On the road...






Of note: we've had one cancellation: We're in the bay area on Friday the 18th, but the venue we had booked backed out on us... so we're going to be in town, we want to play, and we're up for anything. If you've got a line on a show, get in touch with us: ubikband@gmail.com

We're heading out-- come see us off on Friday.

Friday night is ubik.s farewell show, as we head out on tour. The kickoff show is at the Joesphine with The Ever Changing Sky, and after that we head south. So we've got this show:

Friday, September 11
Tour Kickoff @ the Josephine
w/ The Ever Changing Sky
More Bells, Then Whistles
Armed With Legs
9:00 - All Ages!

And from there... we're on our way, so we hope to see everyone in Portland, Eugene, Sacramento, Stockton, San Fransisco, and Oakland (come on out, all). We'll post the big tour schedule/map to keep everyone current

(though, if you're reading this in Facebook, you've got to click View Original Post to see the tour schedule)

Big show this friday

This is a big one: we've got a slot opening for Jucifer this Friday, which is a hell of a bill to be on. Not only do we have the famously loud (and altogether huge-sounding) headliner, but some of the best Seattle bands around are also on the bill with us.

Friday, August 28
Jucifer @ El Corazon
w/ Lesbian
& Plaster
& ubik.
& Sod Hauler
8:00 - $10/Adv. $12/DOS - 21+
Buy Tickets

This is our last show before we kick off our September tour, so you should definitely come se the show on friday: it's a great lineup, and we want to make the show a raging success. Because it's a bigger show, it's a Tickets at Ticketswest kind of deal... but that's the way these things work.

Coming in August

July is almost gone, so ubik.s hiatus is pretty much done-- we're gearing up for our August shows, and then for our tour down the west coast in September.

First thing's first: ubik.s playing a Subcultural Awakening benefit show on Saturday, August 1st. These have been held on the first saturday of every month throughout the summer, and we're playing the last of the lot (summer, we hardly knew ya)... so it's us, The Abadox, Fortress Of Victory, and Barefoot Barnacle. These shows always go down at The Josephine, which is an all ages, DIY venue, and when the shows are done, Subcultural will be releasing a compilation CD of all the participating bands.

Then, on the 14th, we're playing another DIY show The FBK House down in Georgetown, this time with Requin (and most likely a third band... we're working on that). FBK shows start late-- music is at 11:00-- but this one's a house party and there's no charge at the door.

At the end of the month, we're playing with Jucifer at El Corazon... and that's a pretty big deal for us: it's a Friday night at a bigger club with a touring band (we don't get to do that much). Sod Hauler and Plaster are on this bill with us (along with one other band, as yet unnamed), and because it's a bigger show, there are tickets on sale at Ticketswest.

Finally, the tour is getting booked, so we're setting up to hit the road and visit everyone south of Seattle (there's people down there, right?) We've got a show schedule that will keep current as we add more dates:

changing times

Maybe it's a little unofficial, but ubik.s playing at the Manifesto Hotshop on Friday night. This glass studio has been Michelle's home for a while now, and, though it's closing down, it's going out with a bang... the party should be pretty outrageous. It's not a show, and it's not a venue, but it's okay if we invite friends, and that includes all of you, right?

Similarly, we're coming up on the first Saturday of the month, and that means there's another Subcultural Awakening show at the Josephine. These shows are always all-ages, and they're benefit shows for the first Subcultural Awakening comp, a multi-band CD of largely unheralded Seattle music... because there's more to this town than just indie-pop.

big, big atmosphere: coming this friday

A june show and a june show post: ubik.s returning to the Rendezvous on Friday (June 19)... which is a great venue for us: we sound really good there, they have a screen for projections, and it's a really comfortable room (a lot more comfortable than the December show we played there. Hooray for summer).

Friday, June 19
ubik. @ The Rendezvous
w/ Same-Sex Dictator
& Anon Remora
10:00 - $5 - 21+

Rendezvous shows usually start kind of late, so the show's at 10:00, and ubik. is the opening band... mostly because these shows feel their best when they get heavier as they go on. This bill is extremely interesting because all three bands have a lot of spaciousness and atmosphere built in, but there's also plenty of crushingly heavy density in there as well. This is a really cool line up, and a great show to be a part of.

Sunday at the Bit

Okay, so the upcoming show was sent out on our mailing list and on the ole' myspace... what else? Oh, yeah: there's a show tomorrow and there's no show post. Let's fix that.

May 24
ubik. @ The Bit Saloon
w/ Sod Hauler,
& Sindios
8:00 - $5 - 21+

Fixed.

We're pretty excited about this one: it's a Sunday, but everyone has Monday off (yay!), and we get to play with Sindios and Sod Hauler... who are awesome.