Rose Melberg (of The Softies, Tiger Trap) is going on tour! She will be playing a few solo shows and some shows with her new band Imaginary Pants (Rose and Jon Richman). Seapony will be rocking along side for some of the dates so be sure to go and see this awesome tour on its way down the west coast starting tomorrow, February 5th! Check the dates below!

Rose Melberg & Seapony show *
Imaginary Pants show ^

Feb 5 – Portland @ Mississippi Studios *
Feb 6 – San Francisco @ Rickshaw Stop *
Feb 7 – San Jose @ Finca Mission ^
Feb 8 – San Diego @ Soda Bar *
Feb 9 – Los Angeles @ Los Globos *
Feb 10 – Santa Barbara @ Biko ^
Feb 11 – Davis @ Babeylon ^
Feb 13 – Eugene @ Wandering Goat ^
Feb 14 – Portland @ Record Room ^
Feb 15 – Seattle @ Heartland ^

OLYMPIA!

Bleating Hearts (with Rose Melberg, who we love) is playing tomorrow night at Northern!  w/ Never Ending Kicks & Hungry Cloud Darkening. Don’t miss it!

Doors @ 9. 5 bones. All ages!

Its an Anacortes/ Vancouver party!

http://www.olympiaallages.org/events/shows/bleating-hearts-rose-melberg-hungry-cloud-darkening-motorbikes-ever-ending-kicks

The Softies - “Hello Rain” from It’s Love [KLP043]

I got to interview Rose Melberg a couple of days ago—you know, the sweet-voiced songstress behind Tiger Trap, the Softies, and her own solo material [Homemade Ship (KLP211)].  I couldn’t be more stoked to the Softies reunion that’s going to be happening at this year’s Folklife Festival, too.  Find the interview on our weblog!

KLP119 - THE SOFTIES - Holiday In Rhode Island

The perfect record for a rainy spring afternoon in the Pacific Northwest!  Get a chance to see them perform again at this years Folklife Festival in Seattle, Wash. May 25-28!

This is the Softies’ song “You And Only You,” off of Holiday in Rhode Island, circa 2000.  One of my favorite tracks off of one of my favorite albums.  When I hear this song, for whatever reason, I always think of listening to it in the car leaving my high school at the end of many unsatisfying days during my senior year.  The Softies are a very autumnal band, good company for these colder evenings.