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Improvements Thanks To Fan Feedback

Wesley Verhoeve — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:33:04 +0000

Hey guys,

Just a quick note in response to all the twitter action lately! First of all thanks for helping us hit 30k fans on facebook, and 10k on twitter. Very exciting. Second of all, thanks for all the interest in my beard… haha. I was amazed at the hundreds of responses to my casual tweet about shaving. The overwhelming cry of “DON’T SHAVE!!!” has saved my beard… For now… There were also a few people requesting an online store for our international fans. We are so pleased and overwhelmed to find our fan base expanding so quickly, and are trying our best to keep up.

While it’s not realistic to set up multiple stores all over the world right now, we do ship all of our products internationally for really cheap (I’m told it’s usually about 2$ more than local shipping), and we now have a currency converter up on the store pages to make it easier to figure out your order.

We appreciate your feedback, so feel free to use our Twitter and Facebook Fan pages as sort of online comment boxes. We can’t always do what you ask, but the more we know, the more we can try!
All the best,
- Mike

Wakey!Wakey! European Tour Dates

Wesley Verhoeve — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:32:13 +0000

We’re excited to announce that Wakey!Wakey! is turning right back around for more European dates, including a full band run with James Blunt in the UK, in addition to some headlining shows in Paris and London. Casey Shea will be opening in London, also full band.

Winter Tour
Headlining Shows:
01.20 The Relentless Garage, London (with Casey Shea)
01.23 La Maroquinerie, Paris
01.28 Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, NY
02.05 Brighton Music Hall, Boston

Supporting James Blunt:
02.17 The Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
02.18 City Hall, Newcastle
02.19 City Hall, Sheffield
02.21 Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
02.22 Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
02.23 Apollo, Manchester
02.24 St. Davids, Cardiff
02.26 Colston Hall, Bristol
02.27 Hammersmith Apollo, London
02.28 Hammersmith Apollo, London
03.01 Corn Exchange, Cambridge
03.03 Pavillions, Plymouth
03.04 Guildhall, Portsmouth

Wakey!Wakey! – Dance So Good/Great Lake Love

Wesley Verhoeve — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:24:27 +0000

While the boys and girls of Wakey!Wakey! are on the road for the Dance So Good Tour, we want to share with you the new “Dance So Good/Great Lake Love” single, going up on iTunes in a week or so! This is a full band version of Dance So Good, which was on the “Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said The Last Time I Saw You…” album in a solo rendition. It’s great to hear it with all the additional instruments and just like it’s performed live on tour. “Great Lake Love” is the first new song the band has recorded since the album, and we love it. Hope you do to!

Buy it on iTunes

Free Wakey!Wakey!/Jenny Owen Youngs Download

Wesley Verhoeve — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:15:35 +0000

We are super excited to share two brand new recordings by Wakey!Wakey! and Jenny Owen Youngs! Jenny covered the W!W! song “Dance So Good”, and Mike covered Jenny’s “Led To The Sea”, especially to promote their Dance So Good Tour together. Download it for free below, spread it to all your friends, and come see them on tour! All the tour dates are below!

Wakey!Wakey! November Tour
(all dates except Toronto w/ Jenny Owen Youngs)

11/2 – Toronto, ON. @ The Horseshoe Tavern.
11/4 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
11/5 – Madison, WI @ The University of Wisconsin
11/6 – Iowa City, IA @ The Blue Moose
11/7 – Minneapolis, MN @ The 7th St. Entry
11/8 – Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar
11/9 – Columbia, MO @ Mojo’s
11/11 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement
11/12 – Columbus, OH @ the Basement
11/13 – Pittsburgh, PA @ the Brillobox
11/19 – Hamden, CT @ The Space
11/20 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s

CMJ Family Records Friday + New Office!

Wesley Verhoeve — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:16:01 +0000

This year’s CMJ Festival is creeping up on us again and we have a special announcement to make! We hope you join us all for a special Family Records Friday when Casey Shea, Pearl and the Beard and Lacrymosa play the Living Room Family Records Daytime Showcase (1pm-6pm) and Wakey!Wakey! will perform at Bowery Ballroom in the evening as part of the Highroad Booking Showcase. Additional showcase announcements, a beautiful poster image and ticket links soon! We hope you can join us!

Completely unrelated: check out this short video tour of day 1 in the new Family Records office that we posted on our tumblr yesterday.

Day One In The New Family Records Office from Family Records on Vimeo.

Wakey!Wakey! November Tour Dates + Live Acoustic Video

Wesley Verhoeve — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:24:56 +0000

Just one day ago Mike arrived safely back in Brooklyn after having a blast with all of you guys for two weeks of a solo tour, and here we are announcing a new FULL BAND tour coming up! Our friend Jenny Owen Youngs will be coming with us and she will knock your socks off! Speaking of the solo tour, check the bottom of this post for a beautiful multi-camera shot video of Mike’s perfomance of “Almost Everything…” at Jammin Java in Vienna (VA) just a few days ago, courtesy of our friends at Sum Of Change Productions.

We’re still working on a tour poster and a tour name (suggestions welcome!!), but here are the dates already! Our dearest Nicole is working on getting these up on the tour page with ticket buy links later today. Who’s coming?! Oh did we mention we’re coming to Canada for the first time?!

Wakey!Wakey! November Tour
(all dates except Toronto w/ Jenny Owen Youngs)

11/2 – Toronto, ON. @ The Horseshoe Tavern.
11/4 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
11/5 – Madison, WI @ The University of Wisconsin
11/6 – Iowa City, IA @ The Blue Moose
11/7 – Minneapolis, MN @ The 7th St. Entry
11/8 – Kansas City @ The Record Bar
11/9 – Columbia, MO @ Mojo’s
11/11 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement
11/12 – Columbus, OH @ the Basement
11/13 – Pittsburgh, PA @ the Brillobox
11/19 – Hamden, CT @ The Space
11/20 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s

Almost Everything (Solo Acoustic @ Jammin Java 09/13/2010)

Wakey!Wakey! #1 On SoundScan Heatseeker Chart

Wesley Verhoeve — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:20:28 +0000

We’re proud to announce that our 34th Family Records release, Wakey!Wakey!’s “Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said The Last Time I Saw You…” hit #1 on Soundscan’s Heatseeker’s chart, making it the best-selling new artist in the US of A. We’re proud, ecstatic and most of all grateful for everyone’s help and involvement in making this happen. Tour Dates and a free MP3 from last week’s Bowery Ballroom below!

Wakey!Wakey! Tour Dates

05.20 Bowery Ballroom, NYC (NY) *+
06.02 DC9, Washington (DC) *
06.03 The Soapbox, Wilmington (NC) *
06.04 Local 506, Chapel Hill (NC) ^
06.05 Vinyl, Atlanta (GA) *
06.07 West Columbia, SC at New Brookland Tavern
06.08 The Southern, Charlottesville (VA) *
06.15 House of Blues (Cambridge Room), Cleveland (OH)*
06.16 Schubas, Chicago (IL) *
06.17 Off Broadway, St. Louis (MO) *
06.18 The Mad Hatter, Cincinnati (OH) *
06.19 iLounge, Pontiac (MI) *
06.24 North Star, Philadelphia (PA) *
07.12 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studio
07.13 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
07.14 – San Francisco, CA @ Hotel Utah
07.15 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bootleg Theatre

* w/ The Spring Standards
+ w/ Rosi Golan
^ w/ Harper Blynn

Wakey!Wakey! Tour Dates!

Wesley Verhoeve — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:56:48 +0000

We’re excited to announce that our friends at High Road Touring have put together a great June tour for Wakey!Wakey! and we’re bringing them to a bunch of town along the East Coast and some in the Midwest. Keep your eyes peeled for more dates, including California in July.

Wakey!Wakey! will continue their popular livestreams with performances on Facebook for another three weeks, now at 9.30PM EST right after One Tree Hill. This week we’ll have Matt Singer and James Lafferty as our special guests so come to to us! Upcoming guests include Jenny Owen Youngs and Rosi Golan. Come talk to us!

Wakey!Wakey! Tour Dates
05/20 Bowery Ballroom, NYC (NY) *+
6/02 DC9, Washington (DC) *
06/03 The Soapbox, Wilmington (NC) *
06/04 Local 506, Chapel Hill (NC) ^
06/05 Vinyl, Atlanta (GA) *
06/08 The Southern, Charlottesville (VA) *
06/15 House of Blues (Cambridge Room), Cleveland (OH)*
06/16 Schubas, Chicago (IL) *
06/17 Off Broadway, St. Louis (MO) *
06/18 The Mad Hatter, Cincinnati (OH) *
06/19 iLounge, Pontiac (MI) *
06/24 North Star, Philadelphia (PA) *

* w/ The Spring Standards
+ w/ Rosi Golan
^ w/ Harper Blynn

New Video: Wakey!Wakey! – Car Crash

Wesley Verhoeve — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:11:23 +0000

This weekend our friends from Super Alright and ourselves had 48 hours to come up an entire music video, and we did it! We had some really special actors join us, including a familiar face for you One Tree Hill fans, an amazing crew, a great producer, and we’ll debuting the result of all of these people’s efforts later tonight. Until then, check out some photos taken on the set to get an idea.

Actors: Erin Fritch, James Lafferty, Ivan Sandomire, Aubrey Dollar, and Andrew and Carissa Gallo.
Produced By Super!Alright!
DP: Peter Simonite

Wakey!Wakey! @ Bowery Ballroom May 20th

Wesley Verhoeve — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:01:59 +0000

The amazing Carolyn Wachnicki designed all the Wakey!Wakey! artwork and packaging, and adjusted the poster to highlight our upcoming Bowery Ballroom show in NYC with our friends the Spring Standards and Rosi Golan. Tickets and info here.