Always Forever Eternal Tour

Here comes the road. Well the road has never really stopped coming. After our North American tour we've been deep in the heart of Italy playing a bunch of shows that will continue all summer. This week we also head out to Spain and France. It will be a pleasure to play in Madrid, Vigo, Bordeaux and in Clermont-Ferrand. This last show is at the impressive Europavox festival. You want to know when and where we will be in a city close to you? Just look over on the left side. Bye cats.

SXSW 2011 meltdown times 5

If anyone is packing sleeping bags for Austin and SXSW in a few days, one thing is sure, you will find us there.

We have a show in San Antonio on the 15th of March and then five during SXSW in Austin. Come say hi. This is all before our tour with British Sea Power. Check out all those dates on the left.


- 17.03.11 SXSW BirdDog Promo @ The Aquarium, 6pm, w/ Eternal Summers, Yellow Ostrich, MillionYoung etc. Info: http://birddogproductions.blogspot.com/

- 18.03.11 Music For Listeners showcase @ Red House Pizzeria, 6pm, w/ Bombay Bicycle Club, Franke & the Hearstrings etc. Info: http://www.musicforlisteners.com/mflatredhouse_day01.html

- 18.03.11 WNYU Sxsw House Show @ Demi-Dog House, w/ La Big Vic, Twerps, Prince Rama etc. Info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155612664492000#!/event.php?eid=155612664492000

- 19.03.11 SXSW Ground Control Touring Showcase @ Lustre Pearl, 8pm w/ Deer Tick, Dawes, Holy Sons etc.

- 20.03.11 SXSW Lefse day party @ Cheer Up Charlie's, 3pm w/ Woodsmen, Sore Eros, Jenny O, Sunglasses etc.

Sonoinlista, night out in Milan!

Back from New York, back from Philly, so much stuff to tell but I guess we'll leave it out for sometime soon.
In the meanwhile this thursday November 11th we will be in Milan invited by the Pronti Al Peggio crew for an exclusive night with well, well, well... us! That's right, we are a serious band and well it'll be neat to see what will be happening around us when we play a bunch of covers on a stage that will look like a 60's tv set, black and white and dancing ballerinas.

All the info is over here, be down or be square.

CMJCMJ/NYCNYC/ShowsShowsShows

Yeah, so it's gonna be 2 weeks in NYC for CMJ, recording at Rear House and a surprise thing up in Philadelphia!

Here are the details, as much as possible on the shows we will be playing. Come down!

- Wed Oct 2oth (we play at 7.45pm) - Lefse Records & I Guess I'm Floating Official Showcase @ The Delancey (168 Delancey st., Manhattan)) 6:00PM – 3:00AM w/ Coyote Eyes, Dominant Legs, Bikini, Sunglasses, Wise Blood, Tape Deck Mountain, Young Prisms, Candy Claws, Houses, How To Dress Well. [More INFO]

- Thurs Oct 21st (we play at 9pm) - Hype Machine/Dub Frequency CMJ Party @ Backstage NYC w/ Kisses, Blackbird Blackbird and more

- Thurs Oct 21st (we play at midnight) - Official CMJ Show @ The Trash Bar (256 Grand St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) [More INFO]

- Fri Oct 22nd (we play at 1 pm) - Pop Tarts Suck Toasted party @ Cake Shop (152 Ludlow St., Manhattan)w/ Shrag, Funeral Party, True Womanhood, Pepper Rabbit, We Are Trees, Rooftop Vigilantes, Your Youth, Yellow Ostrich

- Fri Oct 22nd (we play at 8pm) @ Piano's (158 Ludlow St., Manhattan) w/ The Whisperians

- Fric Oct 22nd (from 8pm - 12) @ The Charleston (174 bedford ave, Brooklyn) w/ Chris Leo, L'altra, The Calorifer Is Very Hot!, Sisters, My Teenage Stride

lovelovelove
xxxooooo

This is gonna be damn good.

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New York, Austin, SXSW, welcome us back, yay!

Ladies and gentleman,

we will keep this a quick as possibile this time. The A Classic Education gang is busy packing and getting ready for their third trip to United States!

The excitement is driving us mad!

We will be stopping off in New York for a few shows before heading out to Austin for SXSW.

Here are the details:

New York shows

Mar 13th @ Piano's - The Music Slut presents... (w/ Casiokids, Spleen United, Banjo Or Freakout)
Mar 14th @ Bruar Falls - Brooklyn (w/ Darren Hanlon + Electricians)
Mar 15th @ Cameo Gallery - Kanine Records Pre-SXSW show - Brooklyn (w/ Million Young, Starring, Golden Ages, Butterfly Explosion)

Sxsw Austin shows

Mar 17th @ Music For Listeners showcase - (The Redhouse Pizzeria 1917 Manor RD, 5pm w/ Jenny Owen Youngs, Standard Fare + others)
Mar 18th @ Friends Bar (11 pm), official show (w/ The Laurel Collective, Kissaway Trail, Surf City + others)

- You can read a bit more about us over at Brooklyn Vegan: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/03/a_classic_educa_1.html

- And just to put the pressure on SPIN named us one of the bands to watch at the festival: http://www.spin.com/gallery/spins-50-must-hear-bands-sxsw?page=40
And they just also put a download compilation up.

- Our CMJ tour diary is also finally up: http://sweepingthenation.blogspot.com/2010/03/italian-men-in-new-york.html

- And yes our single What My Life Could Have Been/Toi is still a free download at http://www.holidayrecords.net/ce.html
Get it.

- One last thing, our good pal Francesco out this fan video together for What My Life Could Have Been: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiQqVkpqOfs

See you soonish, can't wait to meet up with friends from across the ocean!
ace
xxoo

Roma and Firenze

One thing we are excited about is playing in Florence and Rome for the first time. We've waited a long time for this, come and say hi this weekend!

Florence show is at a club called ExFila.
Rome is going to be at a beautiful festival organized by the Frigopop blog. Small interview with us here and all the necessary info over at their website.

See ya in the middle of the fountain.

No London this time!

Damn flu has caught up with a couple of us so we won't be able to play our London shows on thursday and friday night. Never missed a show before but these things happen I guess....
Back soon though...and actually might have a bunch of news tomorrow.
cheers
ace

Coming to New York for CMJ!

Hey prancers,

a quick little update on our shows coming up in New York for CMJ.

We are all really excited about these and have managed to nicely cram 5 shows in 5 days. Perfect!

- Tuesday OCT 20th Official CMJ show @ Local 269 (269 E Houston St - 9 PM)

- Wednesday OCT 21st @ Bruar Falls (245 Grand St Williamsburg - noon-5 pm) - day show with Palomar, My Teenage Stride TBC

- Thursday OCT 22nd @ Brooklyn Vegan Day Show @ Piano's (158 Ludlow St - noon-6pm) w/ Surfer Blood, Surf City, Lovvers + others TBA

- Friday Oct 23rd @ Upstairs Lounge at Piano's (158 Ludlow St - 7pm)

- Saturday Oct 24th @ Silent Barn (9-15 Wyckoff Ave, Queens - 7 pm)- A Pop Jew presented show with an amazing line up! Pete & The Pirates, Jacques Detergent, My Teenage Stride, Slang Chickens.

so hopefully see you on one of the stops, we are going to be trying out quite a few new songs, including some stuff recorded in London two weeks ago. Here is a lo-fi vid of a new tune we played in London a few days ago:

By the way if you missed our cover of the Phil Spector penned Spanish Harlem, go get it here: http://www.mbvmusic.com/2009/09/29/mp3-a-classic-education-spanish-harlem/16081

see you out and about

xxxoo

ace

Spanish Harlem première & London show!

Hey fierce ones!

it has been quite some time but we've been really busy writing and recording. We are really happy today to be able to debut on MBV's blog our cover of Spanish Harlem. It's a song we've been wanting to do forever and we finally got to it. Our rendition is actually a cover of the Phil Spector version (he wrote the tune with Jerry Leiber)...but hey we still love the Aretha and Ben E. King versions!

You can DOWNLOAD HERE or listen right below!

A Classic Education - Spanish Harlem (Phil Spector cover) by aclassiceducation

We are doing a quick trip up to London this weekend to play at the ever fun White Light evening at The Lexington. It'll be great to play with My Sad Captains and Hot Silk Pockets. We are then gonna spend the following days in a studio recording a possible single! Yes!

Info for the show: Friday October 2nd White Light @ The Lexington w/ A Classic Education, Hot Silk Pockets and My Sad Captains. 8pm-4pm 5pounds. More info: here.

More news coming as we will be doing a bunch of shows at CMJ in New York...keep an eye out for those...

Cheers,

xxoo

ace

p.s. for fun we did this real lo-fi vid of the tune

Hey readers,

just a really brief note!
We will be up in London this Sunday 14th June for a one off show.
We are playing at the Old Blue Last and it's a Don't Go Home With Your Hard On night put together by the nice people at Tough Love Records.
The night is completely FREE and starts at 8pm.

We are playing with the great Sunny Day Sets Fire and The Empty Set...then it is Tough Love DJs, 8:30pm-12:30am. Remember it's a Free entry!



Come down and say hi and you can check out our new 7" Best Regards b/w Rest that came out last month on Bailiwick Records.

The 7" has been starting to gather quite a bit of nice press, here are some examples:

- The Torture Garden
- Sounds Xp
- I Guess I'm Floating
- Kitten Painting

You can purchase the 7" from Bailiwick, Rough Trade or Norman Records.

Have a good one and see you soon!
ace
xxxoooo

7" finally out + weekend in London dudes!

Ladies and gentleman,

we are pleased to announce that our first 7" single (Best Regards b/w Rest) is out! The nice folks over at Bailiwick Records have released it. You can order it directly from them or our website and it comes with the mp3 download! If you wanna hear the tunes you can go to our myspace or over to I Guess I'm Floating. They did a nice little preview of the single!

To celebrate we have decided to come up and play a few shows in London.

The first event is on Saturday May 9th and it's an official release party at nice new venue Jamboree! We have invited a few friends and bands to play...should be such a fun night.
My Sad Captains, Gossamer Albatross and our producer Jeremy Warmsley will all be doing sets. Then we can all get on the dancefloor as Fanfarlo and the Bailiwick dudes will be djing.

- A Classic Education, Jeremy Warmsley, My Sad Captains, Gossamer Albatross
Fanfarlo + Bailiwick djs
Club ccVii @ Jamboree, Cable Street Studios, 566 Cable Street E1W 3HB
BUS: 15, 50, 135, 550 | DLR: Limehouse
Saturday 9th May | 8pm - 11pm | £3

Our second show is on Sunday May 10th at the lovely old Windmill in Brixton. It's a great BBQ day line-up that the people from SoundsXP.com are organizing. I know tickets are going fast and the bill is spectacular...so hurry up!

- SoundsXP.com presents
Bishop Allen, David Cronenberg’s Wife, Fireworks Night, A Classic Education, Foxes!, The Woe Betides
10th May @ The Windmill, Brixton, Blenheim Gardens
FREE BBQ from 5pm! Tickets here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/47407

Hope to see you at the shows!
If you want more info about the 7" coming out you can get in touch with us or with Bailiwick Records: bailiwickrecordingco@googlemail.com

thanks and cheers!
ace
xxoo

A quick one in London

Hey everyone,

just a really brief message! We've had the time of our lives in New York and over at SXSW...we will have full reports on that coming soon although we've been already posting some links down below.

We're just about to leave for London again for a quick two days-two shows! Intense!

Here is the deal:

Tuesday April 7th - we're playing the Guided Missile meets Offset @ Buffalo Bar. It all starts around 8pm, we should be on around 10 I believe. Other bands playing Eight Legs, Me My Head and The Shutes.

Wednesday April 8th - wow...what can I say, the show is at The Luminaire and we are opening for good pals My Sad Captains and the legend Steve West from Pavement with his new band Marble Valley. Should be a really fun night! Show starts at 8pm. Tickets here.

So hold on tight, come down and say hi and we will have more news soon about the 7" release!
xxoo