the foreign press

2010-01-06T05:50:00.001-08:00

we are
hostages of history

2009-05-03T19:37:00.000-07:00

the shaking keeps me steady

West Main Development Showcase

2640 Space

Baltimore Maryland

May 22, 2009

$10

2009-04-15T14:40:00.000-07:00

the shaking keeps me steady

Plums

The Foreign Press

200 Mexicans

May 1, 2009
Big Bear Cafe (1st and R, nw, wdc)
8pm
Free/byob

2009-01-09T13:50:00.001-08:00

2008-11-11T08:31:00.000-08:00

it's human to sin

2008-09-08T08:50:00.000-07:00

every sentence is an accusation

The Foreign Press, with dame satan and The Childe Ballads

September 20, 2008 Velvet Lounge 9:30pm

2008-05-19T12:06:00.001-07:00

the automobile is a wheelchair

* Tuscaloosa featured in Washington City Paper's One Track Mind column.

2008-01-13T10:37:00.000-08:00

a cactus holding still

2007-10-20T08:42:00.000-07:00

midnight's your morning
beauty your greed

The Foreign Press plays with Christy and Emily, and Koshari, Wednesday October 24, 2007 at 9pm.

2007-08-26T19:46:00.000-07:00

Secondary painters
stars in their own light

* The Foreign Press played August 25, 2007 with The Caribbean at Lamont Park (corner of Lamont and Mt. Pleasant Street NW).

2007-04-19T08:35:00.000-07:00

everything changed nothing

Three Upcoming Shows:

* Velvet Lounge (wdc) -- May 9, 2007. with Ohcees (San Francisco)

* The Red and The Black (wdc) -- May 17, 2007. With Hammer No More The Fingers (North Carolina), Mas Y Mas (D.C.) and Barkitechture (D.C.)

* DC9 (wdc) -- June 27, 2007. With Hammer No More the Fingers (North Carolina)

2007-02-27T08:29:00.000-08:00

How Much Life Remains

* Baltimore-based West Main Development has released our first EP, Cramped Leisure. Check the West Main Development page for ordering information, the ep is also be available via itunes in the U.S. and U.K.

2007-01-01T07:48:00.000-08:00

jokes are for the living, the dead know everything

The Dust Congress Presents an Evening of Music and Film:

The Foreign Press and Let's French, and Chris Walker (of Kittyhawk). January 13, 2006 @DCAC (Adams Morgan, wdc). Show is free, doors @ 9pm. Hope to see you there!

-- related The Foreign Press' Tuscaloosa included in WaPo Going Out Gurus' January Mixtape!

The Foreign Press are also playing The Red and The Black Bar Sunday January 7, 2006 with Sweater Weather and Mikal Evans. $7.

2006-09-15T09:46:00.000-07:00

have you ever wanted more?

NEWS:

* We will be playing October 1, 2006 at Warehouse Nextdoor (wdc) @ 9:00, opening for Pup Tent(dc) and Ex Models (Brooklyn). Hope to see you there.

[also, stereogab has pictures of The Foreign Press here].

2006-06-29T08:24:00.000-07:00

there is lightning at the edge of the water

(photo by dronepop)

Upcoming Show:

Saturday June 8, 2006, 4pm, outside at Lamont Park, Mt. Pleasant, Wasington, D.C. Lamont Park is on the corner of Lamont and Mt. Pleasant Street, across from Marx Cafe.

and

The Foreign Press at myspace

2006-05-01T09:39:00.000-07:00

waking's so ugly sleep is so pure

Upcoming gigs:

* Thursday June 8, 2006 @ the black cat, washington, dc, supporting the caribbean. $7, doors @ 9pm.

* Saturday July 8, 2006 @ Lamont Park, Mt. Pleasant, DC (afternoon show starts around 4pm). Free.

2006-02-20T08:33:00.000-08:00

and you're a lot like a German painter, with your drama

flyer by stereogab

March 4, 2006 @ DCAC (Adams Morgan, DC), four bands, no bucks.

Playing are:

The Fake Accents
The Caribbean
The Foreign Press
Plums

2006-01-30T16:58:00.000-08:00

the snowplows move from the hospital corners

Thanks to everyone who came out to our first show. Special thanks to Seahorse Staircase, Portions Toll and Plums for playing with us.

Here is a short review of the show.

and there are pictures here and here.

* leave the city. our version of improv, recorded in arlington, virginia October 2005.

2005-12-01T16:21:00.000-08:00

under the radar people are falling down

* In late November, The Foreign Press made our radio debut when Tuscaloosa (mp3 below) was played during morning drivetime on the Alphabet by Ashley show on the Vanderbilt University radio station. Thanks much to Ashley for giving us some airtime.

2005-09-07T13:27:00.000-07:00

remember last call false scenarios

Rough Cuts: Recorded live at the 'first time with drums' sessions.

* dutch flowers (singel 387).

* tuscaloosa.

2005-05-05T18:34:00.000-07:00

The Amsterdam Sessions

the foreign press traveled to amsterdam in early 2005. there, we added these to the time-track:

* mecca, an ode to the great city.

* 230 volts. we make noise.

2005-05-03T20:47:00.000-07:00

the foreign press, wdc.

we like the tiny hours between the evening and the day, mountains, alleys, california, bourbon, aston villa, chess, old buildings, jane birkin, amsterdam, new castle brown ale, most things welsh, and new jersey.

we don't like george bush et al., high fructose corn syrup, morning, the current state of journalism, dc slices (except Vace), war, SUVs....