upcomings
UPCOMINGS
APRIL 25 2012 centre pompidou PARIS
APRIL 26 le gaite lyrique PARIS
AND PAST OUTINGS
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TARA JANE ONEIL and NIKAIDO KAZUMI
this record began as an experiment in 2008. its finally done and coming out may 24 on K in the states
and sweet dreams press in japan. !!!

JAPAN TOUR 2011 with NIKAIDO KAZUMI
6.22 (wed) Organ-za, Hiroshima
door 7:00pm / show 8:00pm
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6.23 (thu) Guggenheim House, Kobe
door 7:30pm / show 8:00pm
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6.24 (fri) Urbanguild, Kyoto
door 6:30pm / show 7:30pm
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6.25 (sat) Ryoudenji, Machida
door 5:00pm / show 6:00pm
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6.26 (sun) Shimokitazawa Indie Fanclub
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6.29 (wed) Forestlimit, Hatagaya
with Helll, and film screening of “Inter View” by Makino Takashi
music by Tara Jane O’Neil and Brian Mumford (Dragging an Ox through Water)
*Nikaido Kazumi won’t appear this show.
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by Anna Joy Springer

an amazing book. rachel carns and i did the music for the audio version.
i also did one of the illustrations for the book, alongside amazing artists like,
annie sprinkle, rachel carns, cristy c. road, aaron cometbus and many others
out in april. live performances to follow.
BOOM!!!
by Anna Joy Springer, music by TJO and Rachel Carns
6/1/11 (4:30pm) – San Diego – UC San Diego at The Loft in Price Center. With special guest Eileen Myles.
6/2/11 (7:30pm) – Los Angeles – Pieter (performance art space DANCE) 420 West Avenue 33, Unit 10. Lincoln Heights, 90031.
6/4/11 (7:30pm) San Francisco – Needles and Pens, 3253 16th Street San Francisco CA 94103.
6/5/11 (5:00pm – 10:00pm) Berkeley – 924 Gilman, 924 Gilman St. Berkeley, CA 94710.
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THE RECENT PAST
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2010
JANUARY 20 a night of female drummers benefit for TOM TOM magazine at holocene.
(yes people, i hit things.) im doing a hand drum and electric tambourine duet with rachel carns.
theres a million amazing people playing, look…TOMTOMmagazineshow
JANUARY 23 olympia womyns minimusic fest at evergreen state college with Eleanor Murray, Sugar ShortWave, Myshkin’s Ruby Warblers,Tender Forever
FEBRUARY 5 art party at branx in portland. the maiden voyage of the one night art show series each first friday. ill be playing improvised two guitar set with the mighty marisa anderson.
JAPAN TOUR 2010
5.16 (sun) Ryoudenji Temple, Tokyo (Machida) w/ Kazumi Nikaido
there is also a group art show “the sweet world of sweet dreams” (kawaii)in kyoto at a great place called trance pop. with some of my favorite artists and people…genevieve castree, kyle field, davin brainard and more. ill be showing new drawings, some white gods eyes, and new tshirts and prints. April 29-May 9.
JUNE 2 at clinton street theater portland oregon
cinema project presents
INTER VIEW premier of video by makino takashi
live score performd by TJO and brian mumford
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JUNE 19 at mississippi pizza portland oregon
a benefit for sister spit
michelle tea, nicole georges, katy D and me (ill be doing a powerpoint presentation)
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SPAIN TOUR 2010
23 June Madrid (Nasti)
24 june Granada (Teatro CajaGranada Isidoro Máiquez)
25 june Valencia (Octubre Centre de Cultura Contemporània)
26 juneTorelló (Festival Festus)
29 june Barcelona (Heliogabal)
30 june ELCHE (L’ Escorxadors)
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JULY 15-18 Fabulosa fest
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SEPTEMBER
TBA festival
more soon..
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…………….2009 really HAPPENED…………
A WAYS AWAY
new full length on K records
may 5 2009
cd/lp
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…………….2009 HAPPENED…………
FEBRUARY
26- in the sexy gazebo at cinders gallery, brooklyn
with jana hunter, matteah baim
27- bard college, annandale-on-hudson
with jana hunter, tall firs, talk normal
28- arthurdesah at market hotel, brooklyn
benefit for arthur mag with jana, MV+EE, more more more
MARCH
1- zodiac, baltimore
with jana
18- SXSW K showcase at beauty bar, austin
night show with parenthetical girls, desolation wilderness more
19-21 TBA SXSW
APRIL
1- department of safety, anacortes, wa
with mirah
3- biltmore, vancouver, BC
with mirah
4- alladin theater, portland
with mirah, norfolk and wetern
5- tba arcata,ca
with mirah, tender forever
30- fontanelle gallery portland
record release party with videos and good things tba
MAY
EUROPE TOUR
all dates with mirah
7- lades- copenhangen
8-NBI- berlin
9-tba-koln
10-DB- utrecht
11 L’Aquilone – LIEGE
12- le musee du jouet- strasbourg
13- RIGOLETO- PARIS
14- le violon dinge- nantes
15- sonic- lyon
16- casa 139- milan
17- kafe kult- munich
18- cafe cairo- wurzburg
19- arena- vienna
20- villa merkel- esslington
21- UT connewitz- leipzig
22- K4- nurnberg
23- hafen 2- offenbach
24- kutl 41- bonn
26 – unwound – padova
27- kroen- verona
28- burrida- genoa
30- – modena
31- init- roma
THEN TURKEY
JUNE 5 group art show “WHERE AM I AND HOW DO I KNOW YOU” at PLAY STUDIO in ISTANBUL
tjo, themba lewis, aylin gungor, sadi guran, and installation stuff by cynthia star and the portland simplers.
JUNE 7 music show at arkaoda kadikoy istanbul with mirah
SUMMER
july 7 at valentines two guitar show with marisa anderson
july 19 anacortes, wa- what the heck fest
july 25 portland, or PDXPOPNOW festival
august 8 with marisa anderson opening for the premier of dear and yonder, a movie about surfer babes
august 15 SFCA homoagogo
SEPTEMBER
Thurs. Sept. 17th- Anacortes, Wash.- Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., FREE, 5pm (EARLY SHOW) (with Tara Jane O’Neil, No Kids, and Karl Blau)
Fri. Sept. 18th- Portland, Ore.- Backspace (with Tara Jane O’Neil, No Kids, and Karl Blau)
Sat. Sept. 19th- Oakland, CA- 21 Grand- 416 25th St. (at Broadway) – $8 (with Tara Jane O’Neil, No Kids, and Karl Blau)
Sun. Sept. 20th- Los Angeles, CA- Center for Arts, Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd. – $8/$10 (with Tara Jane O’Neil, No Kids, and Karl Blau)
Mon. Sept. 21st- Irvine, CA- Pacific Ballroom at UC Irvine- show at 7:30 sharp (with Tara Jane O’Neil, No Kids, and Karl Blau)
Tues. Sept. 22nd- San Diego, CA- Che Cafe (with Tara Jane O’Neil, No Kids, and Karl Blau)
Weds. Sept. 23rd- Sacramento, CA- the Hub, 1819 23rd St. (with Tara Jane O’Neil, No Kids, and Karl Blau)
Thurs. Sept. 24th- Eugene, OR- EMU Amphitheatre at U of O (with Tara Jane O’Neil, No Kids, and Karl Blau)
Fri. Sept. 25th- Olympia, WA- Northern (with NO KIDS, Karl Blau, Tara Jane O’Neil)
THEN
SEPTEMBER 30 AT ROTTURE PORTLAND- TJO AND THE DOLLY RANCHERS
THEN
ATLANTIC TOUCH TOUR WITH MT EERIE AND NO KIDS
Thurs. Oct. 22nd- Lexington, KY- Red Mile Round Barn, 1200 Red Mile Rd., doors 8:30
. Oct. 23rd- Charlottesville, VA- UVA Chapel, 214 McCormick Rd., 8pm doors, $10
Sat. Oct. 24th- Philadelphia, PA- Haverford College
Sun. Oct. 25th- Philadelphia, PA- 1st Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut Street (22nd and Chestnut Sts) $10
Mon. Oct. 26th- Hamden, CT- the Space, 295 Treadwell St., doors at 7pm, $10
Tues. Oct. 27th- Palmer, Mass.- Diamond Junction Bowling Lanes, 1446 N. Main St., 8pm, $9
Weds. Oct. 28th- Boston, Mass.- Mass Art, Pozen Center, 621 Huntington Ave., 7:30 pm, $10
Thurs. Oct. 29th- Hamilton, NY- Colgate U., Donovan’s Pub
Fri. Oct. 30th- outer Philadelphia, PA- Swarthmore College, Olde Club
Sat. Oct. 31st- Brooklyn, NY- Market Hotel, 1142 Myrtle Ave. (@ Broadway), Bushwick- show at 8pm (TJO NOISE SET with Liturgy and Malkuth ) presented by Todd P and Show No Mercy
Sun. Nov. 1st- New York, NY- Wordless Music- Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, between Thompson & Sullivan, NYC, $12/$14
Mon. Nov. 2nd- Harrisburg, PA- Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 North Third St.- $7- doors at 6:30, show at 7PM
Tues. Nov. 3rd- Pittsburgh, PA- Garfield Art Works, 4931 Penn Ave., 8pm doors, $8
Weds. Nov. 4th- Cincinnati, OH- Art Damage Lodge, 4120 Hamilton Ave., $7
Thurs. Nov. 5th- Louisville, KY- Skull Alley, 1017 E. Broadway, $8, doors at 8pm
PRIMAVERA CLUB FESTIVAL SPAIN
barcelona december 11…….
madrid, december 12…………….