"the eve began with sam from soft's tales of japan, rain flooded shows and their classy denial of prostitutes in a back room with movie star lights on dimmers....to the reason we were all there...the levy boys evolved into a vintage never heard love of words, simple in the most moving way, matthew playing the fuck out of the guitar almost unconciously, david with sick precision calling back to greats with sweat in tow, and james b with a stoic steady amount, there is so much to come...this is the tip on all of our tongues, very lucky to hear in a small space, rare lovely... much love as matthew would say to you all, brit parks"

So we play the Crashinin party at Galapagos in williamsburg friday night, its free so theres no excuse not to come. heres the info you'll need to get what you need.


LEVY
friday 28 july 06
11:30pm sharp!
Galapagos
70 North Sixth St (btwn wythe and kent)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
NO COVER.
yes, NO COVER
its free
so come.

(Au Revoir Simone)

the august 4th show at the mercury lounge has just filled out to a nice warm bill of friends and good times, we are very pleased and excited to be playing with Au Revoir Simone again, im a fan i must admit.

8:30pm Au Revoir Simone
9:30pm LEVY
10:30pm Demander
11:30pm Baby Dayliner

see you on the 28th in williamsburg, good times ahead.

plus, the next LEVY record is very close to being heard, within the next week or so, new songs, new songs, new great songs.

love,
matthew

last night was fantastic, i had sweat in my eye lashes and so many of you came out to sweat with us in the basement that is cakeshop, soft played my fav song, hot club, the fiend were fined 40 dollars by the cakeshop for tearing down the lights during their set (you needed to be there, if you werent) and all in all it was just, fantastic. rosanne took some amazing photos, as per usual, even if she thinks them a bit dark, i like them i do. see those here

x
matthew

yes, finally, you to can have your very own LEVY shirt...

super-soft 100% ringspun cotton made in the USA, this shirt is side seamed for a tailored finish. $15 including shipping to the US and $18 including shipping outside the US.

LEVY T, shipping within the US

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LEVY T, shipping outside the US

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so as you know while we were in Toronto we did an interview at 89.5 Ciut FM, it was a good time, it was a funny time. you can now listen to the antics of this band here

(Soft & LEVY in boston, matthew, james B, Sam, Vincent, Dino, Chris & John)

Tomorrow night, Cakeshop in NYC, FYI theres a lineup change, and our lovers the fiend are now going on after Soft, so you can be very drunk for their set and smile the entire time. see you tomorrow. also, just announced, we are playing the mercury lounge on august 4th....

9pm LEVY
10pm SOFT
11pm MY BEST FIEND

just looked up and noticed, three years ago today, we played our first show at the luna lounge, July 7th 2003. its also been three years since our good friend Aaron Wilkinson past, heres to you Aaron. you can see very old photos from that show right here







Aaron Wilkinson 1977-2003 xo

dear everyone, matthew here. two shows to announce, well ive already mentioned one of them already, but im going to do it again, just do it again.

Tuesday July 11th - Cakeshop
8pm My Best Fiend (www.myspace.com/mybestfiend)
9pm LEVY
10pm SOFT (thebandsoft.com)

i love both these bands, as boys and as bands, i do love them both, so come early, come at 8, come see the fiend, you'll thank me. then stay after our set and get your eyes pealed in that sweet citrus kind of way, and watch SOFT, thats what i'll be doing, so we can do it together.

then,

Friday July 28th
Kanine Records/Crashin' in presents:
LEVY @ Galapagos
10:30PM
70 N6th Williamsburg Brooklyn, 11211

it'll be quite a packed party, we probably wont play untill 11ish, but come early so you get in yes!
more news soon, as it comes, to me.

love,
matthewd