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Gallery-ready painted-looking comp-u-arts!
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Have you always wanted to design a shirt for MC Frontalot, but never known how to bring this dream to life? Well, there’s a contest to do that very thing for the Zero Day album/tour, and you’d better get on it because the whole thing’s done by Wednesday the 3rd (the whole contest thing, not the whole album/tour thing).

Speaking of things, there’s this SXSW thing going down in Texas in a couple of weeks, and Front’s three shows are announced as follows: first, Mar 13 is the io9 party at PureVolume which is free with any kind of festival credential. And maybe without? Try your jedi mind tricks at the door. Next up, Mar 15 is a public show at Flamingo Cantina with Megaran and Terp2it. And finally, Mar 17 is the official showcase at Karma Lounge with STD, ytc, terp, Ran, K-Flay, Jesse Dangerously, and more.

Before any of those things happen, the New Haven (CT) show at Cafe Nine is on Mar 11th, with Brandon Patton.

In other news, pay to get ytc’s fool head shaved down here, Front would do the same but… well.

Our MC recouperates in sunshiney Cali with Ma Front and Doggy Fresh. He’ll be back east soon enough, for the New Haven show on March 11th, followed by three (count ‘em, three!) Austin shows during SXSW, and then the thrillsplosion that is likely to accompany PAX East. Stay abreast on the mail list, won’t you?

MC Frontalot, Bl4k Lotus, Vic20, and The Categorical Imperative board their late night aero-conveyances to attend the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival. This fest guaranteed to be a big old mess o’ fun, so do what must be done in order to attend. Front performs at Cat’s Cradle on Saturday night and is also expected to be guest-hosting an event on Friday evening. You might keep an eye on the twitter feed for details on that one.

Dear San Francisco, we are writing to tell you that MC Frontalot rocks the heck out of your Cafe Du Nord on Monday night. There’s a show at Stanford on Tuesday night, too, but you are only allowed to go to that if you are some kind of Stanford person (a student? a prof? someone who is wearing a university hat?). Then on the 20th it’s North Carolina. No tuition required.

Did you see Jhonen Vasquez’s masterful album cover for Zero Day? There is a picture of it on internet now.

Hey, just so that you don’t freak out or anything while waiting eight long weeks for that new Frontalot album, here’s a song from that album for you to enjoy immediately: Your Friend Wil, hosted over at SPIN.com. Here are two awesome things about this song: 1) it is a theme song for Mr. Wil Wheaton, whose credo remains ‘don’t be a dick,’ and 2) the man singing at chorus time is Mike Doughty, who is among MC Frontalot’s very favoritest song-singing people in the whole world. So, yeah. The excitements! Join in them.

Also! Skip that stupid Superbowl nonsense and come see Front and band rock Pianos in NYC on Sunday evening. And then Monday evening, Boston is rocked. Okay!

Alright, folks! The new album is called Zero Day. It is "in the can" (can of audio tape? film stock?) and comes out in early April. Stand by for secret clues about how awesome it is.

Front, The CI, Gm7, and Blak Lotus journey to central MA to play the Meat For Tea shindig with old pals The Mathematicians on Saturday night. Attend. Next weekend it’s the Frontalot plus Brandon Patton Non-Superbowl-Related Celebration at Pianos. They will provide some kind of sporting contest to entertain you. Perhaps fisticuffs. Then on Mon the 8th you are expected in Allston (which is like Boston but with an "All" sound at the beginning) at Harper’s Ferry for some more Patton on Frontalot action. Tickets here.

Front is on the huntdown after a new booking agent! Use all of your think-power to recommend a good lead. A little more on that is here.

Weirdly at odds with this report of agentlessness, we bring you another new performance date: Feb 20th at the NC Comedy Arts Festival.That one’s going to be an extra big, extra wonderful show, so get your tickets locked down right the heck now. Not on the calendar yet, but happening: South By Southwest! Probably Mar 17th. Stay tuned.

Front wishes a grand and happy new year to each of you! The new album will be mastered in 25 days, then unleashed on the public at PAX East. Plan accordingly.

Here’s a very nice new music video of Front and Lars rapping about video games, from Lars’s latest full album, which you should already have. The clip was shot late one night at Nerdapalooza, and it has almost every nerdcore person in the known universe in it somewhere, bobbing, nodding, or looking bored. Take a look. You will not look bored while watching, promise.

Getting down to the wire on the new album! It will be all done soon. The guest stars are wonderful and plentiful and secret (for now). The beats are incomparably fresh. The disc shape will be traditional round.

Frontalot performances occur in Northampton, Boston, New York City, and San Francisco, all between January 30th and February 15. Such globetrotting! See gig calendar for details.