My birthday was this week, and because of that, I decided to throw out all the rules of journalism for the remainder of this news story. Silly? Yes. But it’s my birthday week, and I can do what I want, damnit! So, here is a story about a band called Grand Archives all in one sentence and with limited punctuation:

Grand Archives are from Seattle and feature Mat Brooke, a former guitarist from Band of Horses — they are on tour this summer and you should go see them play live because their debut self-titled album just came out on Sub Pop and it’s really awesome and has cool songs like “A Crime Window” which is fast and “Sleepdriving” which is not so fast and I’m sure they would be a fun live band although I have not seen them live I am contemplating going to their show at the Empty Bottle in June.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have birthday cake to finish:

05.01.08 - Lincoln, NE - University of Nebraska 05.24.08 - George, WA - Sasquatch! Festival 05.29.08 - Boise, ID - Neurolux/Crazy 05.31.08 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive 06.03.08 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity 06.04.08 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle 06.05.08 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop 06.06.08 - Toronto, ON - El Mocambo Club 06.07.08 - Montreal - Petit Campus 06.08.08 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground 06.09.08 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall 06.11.08 - Allston, MA - Great Scott 06.12.08 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s 06.13.08 - New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom 06.15.08 - Washington, D.C. - Rock and Roll Hotel 06.17.08 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 06.18.08 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl 06.19.08 - Nashville, TN - Exit/In 06.20.08 - Little Rock, AR - Sticky Fingerz 06.21.08 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s BBQ 06.22.08 - Dallas, TX - Cavern 06.25.08 - Tucson, AZ - Plush 06.26.08 - San Diego, CA - Casbah 06.27.08 - Los Angeles, CA - Echo 06.28.08 - San Francisco, CA - Slims