Live 88 Lounge Ottawa, ON, Canada

Piano's Residency New York, NY, USA

Piano's Residency New York, NY, USA

Hillside Festival Guelph, ON, Canada

The Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON, Canada

Piano's Residency New York, NY, USA

The Monolith Music Festival Morrison, CO, USA

Hi there peopi!

We are knee deep in tour and let me tell you, it's a cracker! Brisbane was one of the most intense and excitable crowd we've ever had the pleasure of playing to. And we weren't alone in those thoughts....

Cooltastic hello to y'all!

We begin intensive practice tomorrow in preparation for our 'Biggest And Longest Adventure Ever Tour', so as you can imagine, we're all very nervous. Not about the tour, about the preparation for tour. Preparing must be thorough and scary! That way you know no matter what happens on tour, no matter what gets thrown your way (be it dagger, dog or human), or how little sleep you get, that you will not once have a poop in your pants. It is important that your pants (and you only get one lucky pair to wear the whole time) remain unsoiled and unspoiled. Which is a hard thing to do especially when you get told you've got your first SELL OUT! Yes, Brisbane is sooooold oooooout & other cities aren't far off so don't wait too long to get tix :)

Hi brothers and sisters! This is The Grates comin' at yo from The States!

Wee wee pooh pooh, we we, play ROVE! On April 5th and would love love love it if you wanted to come down & help warm the place up with us. Controversial! Rove is no longer filmed at night OMG so this would be a day thing, after church though of course, so it would all begin around 3pm. Go to the Rove website for more info and tickets  http://www.rovedaily.com.au/get-tickets-april-may-2009.htm  We haven't completely decided how we are going to tackle this performance yet but if you have any attire in the theme of Aw Yeah at home feel free to dress up :)

h00dy d00dy,

START: *This is Patience typing* When I was young one of my friends (boyfriends) made a truly intelligent crack about my birthday which is May 4th. He said MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU. Pretty good, right? I have shared this knowledge with you for several reasons.

1) 4 is a really friendly number.

2) May is the best month of the year.

3) May is the month which we, The Grates, will be doing our final tour for this album! I know!!! What a coincidence, two awesome things at once, like pooping and eating at the same time! But there will be nothing shitty about our tour, as we'll be taking one of the finest, young bands Australia has out on the road with us. Tighten your butt holes... I'm about to make you shit...

and many more local supports.

. The dates of the tour are awesome!