tigers jaw

We played our very first show at Cafe Metropolis on June 14th, 2006. We were young and annoying and pretty much begged for them to throw us on a show as an opener. Cafe Metropolis had always been the most reputable local venue for punk shows and we wanted to play there so badly. I think Adam even used the ex-KosMos card. Well anyway, it worked. We played with The Felix Culpa, The Holy Fire, and I believe Amateurs and Professionals (stay six).

Since then we have played many shows there and they always seemed to get better and better. It went from seeing only our friends in the crowd, to seeing mostly friends in the crowd, to seeing a surprising amount of people many of which we didn’t even know on a personal level in the crowd there to support us. This means the world to us, to feel a sense of belonging.

Any time we needed a show, or owed a band a show favor, or had a show lineup we wanted to make happen, Matt from metro was always more than willing to help us out.

At the end of this month, Cafe Metropolis will be closing its doors for good. We are deeply saddened to see it go, as we often referred to it (and test pattern .. RIP) as our “home” venues.

However, we will be playing one more show here before it closes. Fittingly it will be with some of our closest friends in the world (and somewhat non-fittingly, but almost fittingly, and kind of funny, the singer of the Slackers). The info for this show is as follows:

Friday, September 17th
TIGERS JAW
VIC RUGGERIO (from the Slackers)
KITE PARTY
STRAND OF OAKS
THESE ELK FOREVER
THREE MAN CANNON
Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm
$10 at the door - All ages

please come support a venue that has supported us! Cafe Metropolis is one of the last great local venues. let’s see it off together!

i’d like to extend a special thank you to Matt Zavacky for helping us out with booking there over the years, Donald for being hilarious and doing sound, Kevin for never failing to create interesting conversation and for letting me in to other shows for free, and everyone else associated with metro, such as Johnny Beefstew and Eric Davis.

-Ben, Tigers Jaw

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threemancannonnon:

to everyone who made DIT fest an awesome experience. Really, it was great to see amazing people and be a part of something so cool. 

We had previously announced a show on October 9th in Northfield New Jersey, but unfortunately spoke too soon. We will be unable to play this show, but here are some reasons why everyone should go to this show:

-balance and composure is playing. they have the coolest instrumental parts, best vocalist around, and awesome songs that take full advantage of dynamics.

-daylight is playing. cool people, awesome blend of heavy and catchy music, and put on a great live show.

-true things is a band that i don’t know a whole lot about, but we got to hang out with james corbi on tour a lot and he is a great guy and this is true things’ record release so support them!

in other news, “two worlds” is currently being mastered. release date, artwork, and accompanying info will be announced very soon. the italian festival was cool, but pat and i went to buona pizza anyway, and not the green ridge one, the real buona pizza. we practiced the other day. brianna is showing no spider-esque properties. and finally, three man cannon rules. that is all.

-ben, tigers jaw

just a few things going on with us:

-Some new shows posted www.myspace.com/tigersjaw

-more new shows will be posted in the near future

-look for new album news very soon. i.e. “two worlds” art and tracklisting, preorder info, other media, etc.

-big winter announcement to be made soon-ish

-d.i.t. fest sept. 10-11 in Kent Ohio is going to rule. go see bands like american war, defiance,ohio, three man cannon, the sidekicks, delay, annabel, and many many more. for more info visit ditfest.blogspot.com or myspace.com/ditfest

-new tshirt design(s) for the fall

-school ruins everything

-Cafe Metropolis, a venue who has been very supportive of Tigers Jaw ever since we were a three piece in the infant stages of the band, is officially closing at the end of September. Please Please Please support them in their final month of shows! cafemetropolis.com

Title Fight will be playing there on Sept 11th

Here is the information for our last metro show:

Friday, September 17th
TIGERS JAW
VIC RUGGERIO (from the Slackers)
KITE PARTY
STRAND OF OAKS
THESE ELK FOREVER
THREE MAN CANNON
Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm
$10 at the door - All ages