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News:

Mid-south U.S. tour in May! Dates below!

Physical CD's finally available for mail order! New 11-song CD, "Nineteen Something Nine," as well as the new 4-song EP "In Memphis 2" are both now easily purchase-able on our LISTEN/BUY page. Both are also up on our Bandcamp page, for streaming or download/purchase in ultra-high quality audio formats (plus bonus material!)

If that weren't enough, we're compiling our best dozen songs from the past 12 years for a super-deluxe LP vinyl-only retrospective release sometime in 2012. Stay tuned for more details...

Videos! We've created and posted a few Weisstronauts videos on Youtube. At last count, we're up to ten. This particular one was "featured" on the Youtube homepage and has racked up 80,000 viewings! More coming soon... Enjoy!

Upcoming shows -- Spring tour of the mid-south!

Thursday April 26, 2012
Moe's Lounge (downstairs at Radio)
Somerville MA
Our Boston-area tour warm-up/kickoff! Sharing the stage with the great Doom Buggies!

Friday May 4, 2012
The Cave
Chapel Hill NC
Opening night of the annual Instro Summit, the country's largest instrumental rock festival! We go on around 10pm, flanked by such instro luminaries as Killer Filler (hosts and founders of the festival), The Mystery Men, Aqualads, and many others...

Saturday May 5, 2012 -- 3-7pm -- FREE
Giant Food Store
Arlington VA
Yes, it sounds a bit odd, but we'll be playing 3 one-hour sets in the "Sit Down Cafe" section of this store.  Classic semi-oddball Weisstronauts gig!  Stop by, catch some tunes, say hello, buy a CD or T-shirt and get some grocery shopping done, all in one trip!  Super-family friendly!  Then, later that evening...

Saturday May 5, 2012
Telegraph Station
Alexandria VA
Excited to be sharing the stage with our pals Jelly Roll Mortals (they play first). Check venue website for set times and other details.

Sunday May 6, 2012
Washington DC
Private afternoon party. Email if you're in the area and would like an invitation...

Tuesday May 8, 2012
recording session, Ardent Studios
Memphis TN

Wednesday May 9, 2012
The Blue Monkey
Memphis TN
Our actual Memphis debut!  We go on around 10pm.

Thursday May 10, 2012
Family Wash
Nashville TN
We LOVE playing "the wash" -- great sound, vibe, food, peeps...  And we're delighted to be sharing the evening with our friend Alex McCollough's very groovy instro combo, Auto Parts. (The multi-talented Alex mastered our last EP "In Memphis 2.")

Friday May 11, 2012
Jessee's Coffee Bar
Carrboro NC
With our partners-in-instrumental crime, Killer Filler!

Recent Press/Quotes:

The good folks at Foam Totem understand what we're all about!

"Then there’s the Weisstronauts, who toss major surf rock influences into a blender with everything else they’ve ever even sort of liked and pull out songs built on combinations that look insane on paper but absolutely kill once you hear them."
- Richard Bouchard, Boston Band Crush 9/15/2010

"Wish I could play with you guys more often than once in a lifetime. Definitely the most fun I've ever had in a band."
- Doug Yule (ex-Velvet Underground) following the 2006 tour

"You guys were the best thing EVER!"
- Mitch Easter, artist (Let’s Active, Sneakers) & producer (REM, Velvet Crush, Game Theory, Pavement) following a 2008 show at the Rock ‘n’ Bowl in New Orleans

"You guys are better than Maiden"
- Paul Logus, producer/engineer (P. Diddy, Pantera, Mary J. Blige, Notorious BIG, the Barnies) stopping by the Rodeo Bar in NYC after an Iron Maiden concert

"You guys were totally way better than Maiden"
- Paul’s friend Sean (no, not Combs) in agreement

"If there’s such a thing as a forward-thinking surf band, Boston’s The Weisstronauts are it. Avoiding the purism that makes so many instrumental retro-fetishists seem redundant, The Weisstronauts combine vintage surf and Nashville chicken-pickin’ with cartoon zaniness and spaghetti Western intrigue. They often recall NRBQ’s offbeat musical humor as much as Link Wray’s reverb-drenched Tarantino fodder."
- Jack Silverman, Nashville Scene

"Please do not disregard my mind-blowing experience caused by your music...The fact that the Weisstronauts didn't exist 25 years ago should be considered an embarrassment to all musicians."
- Brendan Curtis, co-owner/chef, Plough & Stars

The wonderfully-monikered Mojo Flucke recently interviewed Pete for Popdose. They chatted about the new album, the creative process, garage rock, monkeys with fezes, etc. Check it out HERE.

There's a sweet review of Instrotainment! on Epinions HERE.

New England Music Scrapbook News interviewed Pete Weiss about the Weisstronauts and Verdant Studio. Interview is HERE, about a third down the page.

Pete Weiss was interviewed by C.C. DiGuardia in Northeast Performer magazine and by John Clarkson in the U.K. webzine Pennyblackmusic.