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During their 2009 fall tour ASDIG spent a few days in New Orleans (their new favorite city) shooting the music video for “So bloody, so tight” from the forthcoming Nitetime Rainbows EP. Special thanks to Bob, Josh and Z.

An amazing cast of characters came together for the making of the video and we’d like to thank them all here:
directed by Bob Weisz
produced by Josh Penn
cinematography by Jake Springfield
art direction by Z Behl
art dept: Tommy Nocera, Adnelly Marichal, Meg Turner, Maia Raber, Lila Babb, Stephen Kwok
assistant camera: Casey Coleman and Martin Hartzold
production assistants: Jessica Doyle, John R. Williams, and Sonali Fernando
catering by Jin Huang and Ray Tintori
fried chicken provided by Lila Babb and Charlotte Wan Dean
senior vice president of photographic evidence: Ethan Moses
animal control: Eliza Zeitlin
special thanks: Ariel Schulman, Hush Piggy, and LL Cool J

Production Company: Court 13 Omnimedia

And here are some behind the scene photos:

A Sunny Day in Glasgow
Nitetime Rainbows EP

Release dates:
February 23, 2010 on iTunes
March 2, 2010 on limited edition clear vinyl 12″

Side A
1. Nitetime rainbows
2. Daytime rainbows
3. So bloody, so tight
4. Piano lessons

Side B
1. Nitetime rainbows (The Buddy System Remix)
2. Nitetime rainbows (Acid wash edit by Benoît Pioulard)
3. Nitetime rainbows (Ezekiel Honig Remix)

Tour dates:
February 26, 2010 - New York City, NY - Mercury Lounge
February 27, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox
March 01, 2010 - Columbus, OH - Cafe Bourbon
March 02, 2010 - Champaign, IL - Mike N’ Molly’s
March 03, 2010 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
March 04, 2010 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
March 05, 2010 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
March 08, 2010 - Vancouver, BC - The Media Club
March 09, 2010 - Seattle, WA - The Vera Project
March 10, 2010 - Portland, OR - Holocene
March 11, 2010 - San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern
March 12, 2010 - Davis, CA - Technocultural Studies (TCS) Building @ UC Davis
March 13, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA - The Mint
March 14, 2010 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
March 15, 2010 - Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture Gallery
March 17 - March 21, 2010 Austin, TX SXSW
March 23, 2010 - New Orleans, LA - AllWays Lounge
March 24, 2010 - Oxford, MS - Proud Larry’s w/ Japandroids
March 25, 2010 - Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree w/ Japandroids
March 26, 2010 - Nashville, TN - The End w/ Japandroids
March 27, 2010 - Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor w/ Japandroids
March 28, 2010 - Washington, DC - DC9
March 29, 2010 - Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House
March 31, 2010 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
April 01, 2010 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
April 02, 2010 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison
April 03, 2010 - Montreal, QC - The Green Room

April 8, 2010 - London, England - Windmill Brixton
April 9, 2010 - Amiens, France - Faites Danser Les Garçons @ La Lune Des Pirates
April 10, 2010 - Paris, France - Faites Danser Les Garcons #1 @ Fleche d’Or
April 12, 2010 - Liege, Belgium - L’Escalier
April 15, 2010 - Goteborg, Sweden - Jazzhuset
April 17, 2010 - Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
April 19, 2010 - Oslo, Norway - Mono Cafe
April 20, 2010 - Bergen, Norway - Landmark
April 21, 2010 - Kristiansand, Norway - Trash Pop @ Charlies
April 24, 2010 - Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
April 27, 2010 - Luxemboug, Luxembourg - Dqliq
April 29, 2010 - Dijon, France - Kill Your Pop Festival
April 30, 2010 - Lyon, France - Le Sonic
May 1, 2010 - Rorschach, Switzerland - Mariaberg
May 3, 2010 - Prague, Czech Republic - Meet Factory
May 4, 2010 - Budapest, Hungary - Durer-Kert
May 5, 2010 - Zilina, Slovakia - Stanica
May 6, 2010 - Kosice, Slovakia - Tabacka Kulturfabrik
May 12, 2010 - Brussels, Belgium - Les Nuits Botanique Festival
May 14, 2010 - Manchester, England - Islington Mill
May 15, 2010 - Glasgow, Scotland - Nice N Sleazys
May 18, 2010 - Dublin, Ireland – Whelans
May 20, 2010 - London, England - Luminair
May 24, 2010 - Montpellier, France - Secret Place (TAF)
May 25, 2010 - Bordeaux, France - Le Saint Ex
May tba, 2010 - Barcelona, Spain - Primavera

We have a handful of t-shirts for sale from ASDIG’s 2009 fall tour. The shirts are Alternative Apparel Eco-Heather Crew (Eco-Grey) and the printing was done by VG Kids. This will be the softest shirt you will ever own!

During ASDIG’s fall tour University of Minnesota radio station Radio K was kind enough to invite ASDIG back for their second in-studio performance. And those live recordings of Failure, Passionate introverts (Dinosaurs), Shy, & Close chorus are available for all to enjoy right here.

below are a couple live videos of a sunny day in glasgow to get your year off to a good start. thanks to ray concepcion/pitchfork & zack rosen/the new gay.