we're playing a matinee show while PAX East is in town!
saturday, march 27 - boston, at cafe 939, 939 boylston street. (right across the street from PAX!) with vintage VJ/DJ delights, courtesy of videodrome! doors at 4 pm. $10, all ages! and it's a pretty small venue, so you might wanna think about getting advance tickets. (also, not an official PAX event, meaning, a. you don't need a PAX badge to get in, and b. you can't use a PAX badge to get in.)

a lil' tour with our awesome pals plushgun! more dates being added, so check back!
wednesday, april 7 - pittsburgh, at the rex theater, 1602 E Carson street. doors at 7:30. $12 in advance, $15 day of show. all ages!
friday, april 9 - philadelphia, at the north star bar, 2639 poplar street. also with canon logic and pants velour. doors at 9. $10 in advance, $13 day of show. 21+.
saturday, april 10 - NYC, at the mercury lounge, 217 E houston street. doors at 10:30. $10 in advance, $12 day of show. 21+.
sunday, april 11 - rochester, ny, at the club at water street, 204 n. water street. also with marlowe. doors at 7. $12 in advance, $15 day of show. 18+.
saturday, april 17 - providence, at club hell, 73 richmond street. doors at 7. $10 in advance, $12 day of show. all ages!

form activity motion EP we are hard at work on our new album, but until then, enjoy our latest EP! form activity motion features some great remixes by amazing friends of ours, as well as a new track, and the exciting brand-new video for frontload!

3/11/10
we got some cute new pins! little bitty 8-bit us! go have a look!

3/10/10
announcing lots of shows, including an afternoon-delight show while PAX East is happening. a lil' backstory: the PAX folks juggle their lineup and rotate out bands every few years, and it's our turn to sit this one out. but then we started hearing from folks who were sad since they're going to be in town, but won't get to see us. and then we figured, hey, we live in boston, let's do something about that. we had an opportunity to play at cafe 939, which is actually a venue we've been interested in for a while, and bonus, it's right across the street from PAX! we're doing an afternoon show, so as not to conflict with the official PAX concert, and it's happening right after the music panel on saturday. this'll be a fun time, i'm *pretty sure*!

also big exciting news, sean and i are featured in this month's issue of Boston Magazine, thanks to our wonderful pup, simon. he's even featured on the cover of the pets section! pick up a copy if you're in the Massachusetts area, or you can check out a PDF right here!

2/24/10
aw, boooooo: the blue hand chair featured on the back cover of freezepop forever was stolen from our porch! i left it out in the open, figuring that if anyone bothered to steal it, they kind of earned it. i mean, it's a pretty ballsy move to swipe a humongous blue hand-shaped chair from somebody's front porch. anyway, i guess somebody out there couldn't take the temptation anymore. hope they treat it with love...

also: new tour dates!!

2/9/10
the chinese theatre remix of "duct tape my heart" is included on electronic saviors: industrial music to cure cancer, a massive 4-disc compilation! released today on metropolis records, this 83-track collection is to benefit the foundation for cancer research and wellness. (of course you can always just download our track on itunes if you're not up for 83 new songs, but hey, it's for a good cause!)

we're definitely wayyy on the softer/poppier side than most of the other bands featured, but we were psyched to be included. here's an interview with promoter Jim Semonik, who put it all together. and here's more info about the compilation.

2/4/10
So we've had songs in video games before... but now i'm actually IN a video game! or my zombie alter-ego is, anyway. Go check out this nifty lil' iPhone game, Pocket Zombie! they just released their Zombie Girlfriend Charity Pack featuring me, IGN's Jessica Chobot, Destructoid's Chad Concelmo, and Game Informer's Meagan VanBurkleo. We all chose charities to donate to (mine is the Humane Society) because zombies sometimes get a bad rap, what with all that terrorizing and brain-eating.

1/4/10
Happy new year to you all, and what better way to kick things off than by posting a somewhat outdated tour diary, and some less-outdated photos? Have at it!

12/13/09
Oh man, our show on Friday night was SO MUCH FUN!! The whole lineup was pretty incredible, Plushgun somehow managed to rokk out despite having flown in from South Africa that very afternoon! And we debuted our new lineup, with Bananas and Christmas. Of course we ran into a few technical issues, seeing as we were also debuting a ton of new gear, but even that was not nearly as bad as it could have been. The encore was amazing, we had a surprise guest appearance by the Duke (video here)! (it was a surprise even to me!) and we ended things with a lovely rendition of "Do they know it's Christmas," (video here) featuring not only the Duke and Michael Diamonds, but Plushgun, Televandals, and the Appreciation Post! Talk about holiday cheer. Anyway, thanks to everyone who came out and gave our new members such a warm welcome. And great news, we've just confirmed another show! So, see you soon!

12/4/09
In time for your holiday shopping, we have restocked the lovely "Fp10" t-shirts and hoodies! Now featuring new colors as well! Also: we now offer gift certificates, how cool is that? Go hang out in our shop!

11/24/09
It's time for an exciting announcement: our new lineup! Well, as you may know, our live lineup has been rather "fluid" over the past several years. One thing we learned through all of this was that we preferred playing as a four-piece as opposed to just a three-piece. It makes for better energy onstage. And that's a good thing. Anyway, I am very pleased to introduce:
• Robert John "Bananas" Foster: OK, he's already a familiar face, he's played with us since 2004 and was already going to become an official member of the band even before the Duke retired. He'll be handling drum and keytar duties.
• Christmas Disco Marie Sagan: I am psyched not to be the only girl in the band anymore! Christmas will be synthing and vocoding, maybe even doing some backing vocals.
We've been busy rehearsing and we'll be making our debut at the Boston show in December, so try to be there if you can! We'll get their official bios up here soon, but until then, here are a couple of new photos.

11/2/09
We have the import version of Future Future Future Perfect back in stock!

10/19/09
Rock Band DLC news yet again: RB has just been released for iPhone/iTouch and "science genius girl" and "super-sprode" are available, totally free! Check out the iTunes store for that...

10/1/09
Hey, remember that guy who used to be in our band, the Duke of Pannekoeken? (That's a JOKE, people, come on!) Anyway, he is releasing a new Symbion Project album! I'm looking forward to this. Here is some info, straight from the horse's mouth:

"5 years in the making, Symbion Project has at long last completed a 4th studio album release, entitled misery in soliloquy. Self-released on kasson’s own Speed of Dark Music, this album returns to the downtempo flavors, esoteric beats, and lush synthesizers found on 2003’s Immortal Game but is enhanced with featured vocals by Kasson and Melissa Kaplan (UHP/Splashdown) and elaborate string arrangements. Misery in Soliloquy comes with both a stereo audio cd and a video dvd that contains the high-def stereo music and quad surround audio which delivers an incredible immersive listening experience. The packaging design was done by Stoltze Design, who also did Immortal Game’s packaging and all of the Splashdown releases. If you pre-order the album by Oct 6th you receive a copy of the cd/dvd album + the wound up by god or the devil cd + an 11x17” poster of the album art all for $15usd (+shipping). It’s a pretty amazing deal for a ton of music. Click on this link to place your order: http://www.symbionproject.com/misery_preorder.html

I hope you enjoy it as much I did making it! Also, come and join me on facebook."

9/30/09
So there's this "thing" called "twitter" and all those crazy kids seem be using it nowadays. I know, I know, it's kind of ridiculous it took us this long to get on there in the first place, but better late than never. Here we are: twitter.com/freezepopband

9/24/09
I posted the PAX tour diary, and it didn't even take me 6 months! Go me!

9/17/09
We have a very small amount of our PAX 2009 limited edition t-shirts left! Featuring a cute lil' QY-70 design, now's your last chance to get them while they're still around! Lookie here.

9/14/09
We are back from PAX, and once again, it was an unbelievable time! Our set on Saturday was huge, there were a few technical difficulties at the beginning, but once all that got sorted out, i stopped being nervous and started to have fun. Our Sunday show at El Corazon was soooo much fun, really great energy, and a perfect way to send off the Duke. Many, many thanks to everyone who came out to share that with us.

And now, some big news (which I guess is a week old at this point, but hey, I've been out of town): NEW ROCK BAND DLC TRACKS!! We're super-excited to finally announce a 3-pack of classic Freezepop songs! We took our favorite songs from past Harmonix videogames and have updated them so you can now play all 4 parts. Visit the Rock Band music store and you can now find "science genius girl," "get ready 2 rokk," and "less talk more rokk." Yayy!

8/17/09
Sean's other band*, Lifestyle, have posted their "lost" 2005 album, Adventure, on their website as a free download! It is amazing stuff, you should go have a listen at lifestyleland.com!

*also featuring the amazing talents of our very own Bananas Foster a.k.a. Seth Damascus-Kennedy, as well as Boothnavy and Ad Frank

8/11/09
I finally got photos from our anniversary shows up. We also have a small number of limited-edition posters from the show available! They're autographed/numbered prints, go check them out!

And long overdue, an update to our Freezepup gallery! If you have any pictures of your fuzzy friend wearing a Freezepup shirt, please send them to me! I live for stuff like that.

Other Freezepop news: writing! recording! planning! new "drums"! It may seem kinda quiet here, but we are hard at work on new stuff for you...

7/27/09
We had an incredible time at our shows on Saturday. The daytime set was cute and blippy, the nighttime set was a bit more rokking. It was an amazing thing to look out into the audience and see so many familiar faces! So many people traveled crazy distances to come to this show, and we were humbled by that. Just... thank you guys so much. And shout-outs to all the amazing other bands: Mystery Roar, The Seedy Seeds, Provocateur, The New Collsions, as well as DJ Michael V. It was an incredible day from start to finish, and we were feeling the love.

7/16/09
New shirts!! We just got a batch of tenth anniversary logo shirts in, and they look awesome! Super-shiny silver ink on black or teal, or "sangria" for the ladies. Aww yeah, you know you want to have a look...

7/11/09
I know it is RIDICULOUSLY overdue, but I finally posted the tour diaries for our midwest and florida/texas tours! Better late than never...

7/5/09
Sean's remix of Boy in Static's song "Starlet" is featured on the XLR8R website! We sure do love Boy in Static. Go have a listen!

6/25/09
Just a heads-up, our remix session at Indaba is ending soon! If you haven't checked it out yet, go do so! http://www.indabamusic.com/sessions/freezepop/86692

6/15/09
Two bits of news:

"Less Talk More Rokk" is featured in the brand-new Rock Band Unplugged PSP game! More details here...

We have a new lip balm flavor, just in time for summer! Minty mojito, yummm. You can get yours in our store, enjoy!

6/7/09
Hey gang. If you're like us you're probably reacting to the Duke’s news with shock, sadness and a little fear mixed in for good measure. Although we were not super-duper-surprised, and definitely understand his reasons for doing so, it is still jolting to hear that a very, very important third of your band is no longer on-board.

We were really just acquaintances when we started Freezepop, but over the years, through many trials and tribulations (and lots of small victories) we became quite a close unit, more like a little family. So it's always tough to lose a family member, especially the one who had the idea for Freezepop in the first place.

The Duke was more than just 'important' in the early days of the band, he basically was the band. Liz would sometimes send in three sentences about robots or science or whatever and then two days later, blammo, a song, fully programmed on the QY-70 in Freezepop's, and in particular The Duke's, own unique style. I (Sean) was constantly impressed at the creatively and breadth of the programming and production, especially on the second album, which is probably the best recorded example of what a $200 sequencer with a few sounds in it can do. You won't be disappointed with the new Symbion stuff either....

It has been tough explaining the great Catch-22 of The Duke's career to our fans on the road the last few years. His job at Harmonix was the reason that the majority of our fans had found out about us, but the demands of this job made it such that he no longer had the time to tour with us, and a very limited amount of time to devote to writing music. When you add in the stress of having to deal with the business side of a band, it can quickly turn into a second "job", and when you can't have the satisfying stuff of being in a band (meeting fans, playing shows, making records) it's completely understandable that Kasson would need to step away from Freezepop and just focus on Symbion Project.

There is some good news: The three of us have gotten through the last ten years with our sanity (more or less) and our good friendships intact. This is the most important thing. Everyone is still on great terms, and from our perspective at least, the door is always open should Kasson want to contribute anything in the future (remixes, guest appearances, whatever).

As for the future, well, we're very very excited about the album we've been working on, and we'll have a lot of exciting announcements about that soon. We're not really looking to totally reinvent the band, but there are obviously going to be some changes. Freezepop is very lucky in the sense that we can lose a major piece of our band and still have enough strengths to make an exciting new album that we're proud of. We will keep making music as long as we feel like we're making music that is still vital, and we hope you'll enjoy it too.

Kasson, of course, has our absolute best wishes going forward at Harmonix, in Symbion Project, and whatever else he decides to become part of. We're very proud of him in what he has already accomplished.

We'll have more news really soon. Hang in there with us this year, there is a lot of good stuff (and an excellent record) on the way...

6/4/09
Hello friends & freezepop fans around the world,

Almost exactly 10 years ago I cold-called Liz out of the blue to see if she might want to start a fun blippy synthpop band with me.

At that time, the idea of Freezepop and the music we would make were kind of a silly lark that I thought would be fun to make but probably wouldn’t really amount to much. Little did I know how untrue that would become in reality and that 10 years(!!) later the band would still be going strong and our successes continuing. Over the past 10 years we have played shows all over the world, met tons of amazing people, gotten into some wacky hijinks, oh yeah, and made some music along the way. I hope you have enjoyed listening to it, dancing to it live, and playing it in videogames as much as I have enjoyed making it. It’s with these incredibly fond memories rattling around in my brain that it pains me to bring you the news that I’m leaving Freezepop. But don’t fret as this is totally not the end of Freezepop, as Liz and Sean will continue to make amazing music and play fantastic shows for all you guys. They've already been working on a bunch of really exciting new songs that i think are gonna knock your soxxx offf. I'm even hoping to get my mittts on some of these hottt tracks for some remix action!

The details leading to my decision to leave aren’t terribly interesting or dramatic as it's been something that I’ve been thinking about for a year now. My responsibilities at Harmonix making games continue to increase which takes away from my time and energy to compose and go out on the road to play shows. My plan is devote the time I do have creating music for my side endeavor Symbion Project for which I’m releasing a 4th album in just a few months. I hope that you find my music interesting enough to follow me on whatever music adventures I decide to pursue. Your best bet for keeping in touch would be through the symbion facebook page and myspace page and I’ll still be getting freezepop email at duke@freezepop.net so please stay in touch!

For those of you who want to catch me one last time at a Freezepop show rocking the keytar/qy70, my last 2 shows will be our 10th anniversary show in Boston on July 25th and at PAX2009 on Sept. 5th in Seattle, although you never know when i might drop in for some danceparty action. In the spirit of brevity, let me just say what an honor it has been to make music for all of you over the past decade. To know that I’ve impacted your lives in even the most minute ways brings me immense satisfaction and delectation. Freezepop Forever yo!

::the duke of pannekoeken

5/31/09
my mom will be walking in the Boston Breast Cancer 3-Day walk, and we are doing a couple of things to raise money to sponsor her! for the month of june, 10% of our online sales will be donated. we also have some shirts on sale, so now would be a great time to place an order in our webstore. also, we are having a charity auction on ebay, for a one-of-a-kind freezepop poster! it's a huge poster from our secret show last week, and all of the proceeds will be donated, so go place your bid! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=200348439885

4/30/09
heads-up: we finally have Less Talk More Rokk shirts back in stock!

4/28/09
a few weeks back when we were in chicago, we did an interview at the legendary JBTV studios. check it out!

4/9/09
this is pretty exciting: we have a featured session on indaba music, an online music community, where you can remix “frontload”! it’s been a while since we’ve had a remix contest, so it was definitely time to do something like that again, and we’re psyched to have the indaba folks helping out. check it out and have fun! http://www.indabamusic.com/sessions/freezepop/86692

3/7/09
we have new clothing! science genius girl shirts or jackets, and our 10th anniversary logo hoodies!

also, a cool interview is up at gamecritics.com. be sure to read through to the end, he asked us a very thought-provoking question!

3/4/09
back from tour! it was nice to have a lil' break from boston winter. had a great time, super-tired now but it was so worth it. many thanks to everyone who came out to see us!

2/5/09
oo boy! we have new sticker and pin designs! cute!

2/3/09
if you've seen some of our recent tours, you may have had the good fortune of also catching our opening band, boy in static (aka alex chen and kenji ross (who bear a striking resemblance to, but totally are not, creme brulee the french ghost and michael diamonds)). anyway, they have a CD coming out soon, and i did backing vocals on a few songs, including "young san francisco," which you can download here:
http://www.boyinstatic.com/
or here:
http://www.myspace.com/boyinstatic
it's a lovely little pop tune that you might enjoy. go have a listen!

1/27/09
our form activity motion EP has finally come out on CD! now available in our store...

1/10/09
here's the link to the NPR feature, you can listen online: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99181573

1/9/09
We're going to be featured on NPR this weekend! The Duke and I did an interview this morning, and we'll be on All Things Considered Weekend Edition tomorrow, check the NPR website for your local broadcast schedule!

1/2/09
Happy new year everyone! And we're starting out the year with a treat, a new/old song for you, our cover of "Only You" by Yazoo. It's part of Buffetlibre's "Rewind" project, you can listen and download it here! We worked on it with Danny Gold, our pal/Polystar guy.

(Not to be confused with the cover of "Only You" that I did a few years ago with Gordon Merrick, which can be found here. Oh, and you should do yourself a favor and check out the original if you've never heard that one.)

Also, we have a new page on Facebook, go join up!

12/21/08
"Frontload" is going to be played on the season finale of "The Hills" tomorrow! We're pretty excited to finally make it onto MTV. If you wanna check it out, tune into MTV at 10 p.m. tomorrow night.

Also, new pix from our Middle East show added...

12/9/08
We are psyched to introduce a great new feature: Freezepop Premium Updates! Every day, we'll be posting fun stuff like behind-the-scenes videos, songs, photos, random musings, stuff from the archives, and who knows what all else. It's all exclusive content, and it's only $2.99 a month! It's a great way to help support what we're doing and it'll be marvelously entertaining/enlightening/etc. Check it out...

12/6/08
A cool lil' interview with us on YouTube...

11/30/08
HOLIDAY SHIPPING DEADLINE! Make sure you place your orders by noon on Monday, Dec 15 to insure delivery before Christmas. (For orders placed after that, we'll still try to ship them in time, of course!)

11/11/08
a new EP! a new video! oh my!!

11/3/08
tour diary posted, as well as pix from our CMJ show, and i even added some photos to our previous tour diary too!

10/21/08
we're back from tour, at least for a few days until we're headed back down to NYC. just enough time to catch our breath. anyway, it was awesome, i'm really glad we were able to hit a lot of cities we've never been to before, and of course, visit some old favorites. tour diary soon!

9/27/08
an announcement from Sean:
"Hey gang, I'm proud to announce my collaboration with Adobe on their new Photoshop Express site.
Our friends at The Barbarian Group (see "Less Talk More Rokk" video and Fancy Ultra Fresh interactive content) put this team together and we are really pleased with the results. I had a great time working with Adobe's team and Douglas McDermott, my good friend and the copy writer on this project for TBG.
Adobe came to us wanting different songs in different genres to use with the slideshows etc on the Photoshop Express site and we really had a good time dreaming up different bands and genres to poke a little fun at.
A nationwide campaign including posters with different lyrics from the songs has just been launched and you might see them around your town if you're eagle-eyed enough.
While stylistically very different from our work in Freezepop, we thought you guys might enjoy these fun tracks."
Check 'em out at the Photoshop Express Songs site.