We’re in the middle of our Summer Sunburn Tour! We just played 7 shows in California and now we’re off to play a handful in Oregon. We’ll be giving 21 performances total, visiting 6 states. You can stay current by reading our Band Tour Blogs!

Band Tour Blogs:
Van Jackson-Weaver (Bassist): DITour2011.WordPress.com
Joshua Owings (Lead guitarist) SlickPickings.Tumblr.com/
Chris Nishimoto (Drummer): DrumBum510.Tumblr.com

We just had an AMAZING time playing at Cafe Mekka in Nevada City. From the beginning of our set everyone was up out of their seats, dancing and singing along. You spoil us Nevada City!! We’re so grateful for all the awesome new people we’re meeting on the road, and all the wonderful friends who’ve been coming out to hear and support our music.
Check out the tour blogs above for all the insider details on our misadventures!

-Dear Indugu

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Quote of the Moment:
“Woe to the downpressor. They’ll eat the bread of sorrow.
Woe to the downpressor. They’ll eat the bread of a sad tomorrow”
-Bob Marley

We’re extremely excited to announce our longest and furthest tour yet – The Dear Indugu Summer Sunburn Tour!! If you live in one of these cities, mark that calendar and come catch the show!

Since it’ll only be our first or second time playing in most of these towns, if you have friends here, send them a link to our music and tell them to come see us!

Join the Summer Sunburn Tour FaceBook event here.

Flier by Nathan Abercrombie.

-Dear Indugu

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Quote of the Moment:
“You think I give a shit if you’re a socialist? If you’re a capatalyst? We’ve all got to exist on this planet with nowhere to run. Millions of brainwashed must open their minds. We are one”
-Nofx

Thanks everyone who came out to the Japan relief benefit concert at the Starry Plough in Berkeley! It was our new bassist’s first show with us and together we gave him a warm welcome. Most importantly, we raised over a grand for a good cause! Big thanks to the Bayonettes girls (Facebook.com/Bayonettes) for putting the show together :)

Sorry to misinform anyone who read we were going to  be playing at the Laurel Summer Solstice Music Festival – we did not. There was a miscommunication of sorts. Again, sorry!

However, we are very much looking forward to our summer tour in August! We’ll be playing a string of shows in California, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Washington. To find out which cities we’ll visit and other details, check out the Shows Page!

-Dear Indugu

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Quote of the Moment:
“Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive. Try not to confuse it with what you do to survive”
-Jackson Browne

Famous Berkeley Pub, the Starry Plough, is hosting a benefit concert for the Japan Multicultural Relief Fund! It is a 2pm-6pm event on Sunday June 12th and features several up and coming talented young groups. We’ll be headlining at 5pm but come early for all the great bands!

Quote of the moment:
“It’s the ones with the sorest throats…who have done the most singing”
-Bright Eyes

First off, we’re in the middle of our spring tour and we wanna say thanks to the folks coming to our shows and supporting us, not to mention the one’s housing us! You rock immensely and we’re forever grateful :)

From the road we’re posting a brand new live video from our recent performance at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill. Click Here to Check Out the Video. We owe a big thanks to Shiny Red Button and they’re wonderful production team for filming and putting it together, as well as to everyone who came out that night! Your cheers will be forever immortalized on film…

-Dear Indugu

Hey Everyone,

We’re excited to announce we’re touring to Southern California and back! We’re hitting San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno, and finally back home to Berkeley. If you live in one of these towns come check out the show!

…Due to some cancellations, our Fresno show is no longer at Tokyo Garden. Instead we’re playing at Audie’s Olympic and it’s looking like it’s going to be a fun night!

*Flier by Nathan Abercrombie

Thanks to our photographer friend, Amanda Peterson, we have photos from our recent concert at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill! Check out the Photos page to see for yourself…

We’re also in the middle of a live music video from the same performance, so feel free to check back shortly for that. :)

-Jesse

This Saturday March 26th, we’re playing at Archway School’s first annual Walk-a-Thon and Carnival. The school is meaningful to us because it is where Josh and I met and learned guitar! This band would most likely not exist were it not for Archway. So we’re happy to revisit our routes and ROCK for the very environment that taught us to do so:)

We’ll be playing in the middle of the street next to Archway’s Oakland Campus in the afternoon. There’ll be facepainting, a bounce house, and a micro-brewery beer garden!

-Jesse

PS. Thanks everyone who came out to our intimate acoustic/percussion show at Farley’s East. That was a fun night and a good St. Patrick’s Day!

First off, thanks to all the folks who came out to Bottom of the Hill! Like I said, we’ve seen many of our favorite bands play here so playing to a full Bottom of the Hill was like a crazy dream come true :). Check back for photos of the concert…

(Were you at the show? Comment on our performance or the night as a whole in the forum!)

So that was our full band thing – now it’s time for an intimate duo performance! This Saint Patrick’s Day, Thursday the 17th, we’re giving a free acoustic show at Farley’s East in Oakland. I’ll be playing solo as well as accompanied by our drummer Chris Nishimoto with percussion and vocal harmony. Come join us!

-Jesse

The site is finally up!! Crazy huge thanks to Nathan Abercrombie – our brilliant web designer and my younger brother. Check out all the cool features, such as videos, photos, a music player, and the first ever Dear Indugu forum! Psst, do a little exploring on the homepage and you just may find some sneaky surprises…

Aside from the new website, we’re extremely excited to announce we’ll be performing at San Francisco’s renowned concert venue, Bottom of the Hill! Josh and I have been going to shows here since we were in high school and have seen some of our favorite bands play on this stage. You can imagine how crazy pee-our-pants stoked we are to be hitting this same stage in our near future! The show is Thursday March 3rd and judging by the other bands playing and the awesome atmosphere Bottom of the Hill creates, you can bet it’ll be a good one! Check our ‘Shows’ page for more info.
- Jesse