Free All Ages NYC In-store

WHAT: MOSCOT Music “Saturday Sessions” – a series of free, up close, live acoustic performances by hand-picked artists is proud to present HA HA TONKA. MOSCOT heralds and celebrates originality in fashion and music by bringing both together. Guests are invited to enjoy the band in a relaxed, intimate setting and visit the MOSCOT shop upstairs.

WHERE: The MOSCOT Gallery and Music Space, 118 Orchard Street, NYC, NY 10002 (NE corner of Orchard and Delancey Streets).

WHEN: Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 3 P.M.

WHY: Attendees will be given a free performance by Ha Ha Tonka and receive 20% off purchases of MOSCOT branded glasses day of show with copy of email blast.

A portion of music purchased from performers will benefit The MOSCOT Mobileyes Foundation, which enables free quality medical eyecare and prescription eyewear to those who would not otherwise have access to such care. For more information visit moscotmobileyes.org.

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NPR Mountain Stage Broadcast!

Starting on November 18, you can catch the broadcast of Ha Ha Tonka’s performance on NPR’s Mountain Stage, recorded this October in Athens, OH. Check here for your local NPR station’s date and time.

The following week their set will be posted at NPR.org/mountainstage and archived for continued access.

Photo: Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage

First Tour Dates of 2012

We are excited to announce our first tour dates of 2012. We will be direct support for Tea Leaf Green. We will be hitting a lot of new markets as well as the ski slopes. Hope to see you on top of a mountain or in a city near you!

January 11 @ three20south in Breckenridge, CO
January 12 @ Belly Up in Aspen, CO
January 13 @ Agave in Avon, CO
January 14 @ Bluebird Theater in Denver, CO
January 15 @ Hodi’s Half Note in Ft. Collins, CO
January 18 @ The Mill in Iowa City, IA
January 19 @ High Noon Saloon in Madison, WI
January 20 @ Lincoln Hall in Chicago, IL
January 21 @ 20th Century Theater in Cincinnati, OH
February 3 @ Uncle Slayton’s in Louisville, KY – Headline Show
February 4 @ Casa Cantina in Athens, OH – Headline Show
February 7 @ Fete Lounge in Providence, RI – Headline Show
February 8 @ BAR in New Haven, CT – Headline Show
February 9 @ Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA
February 10 @ The Bowery Ballroom in NYC, NY
February 11 @ Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, NY
February 12 @ The Haunt in Ithaca, NY
February 15 @ The State Theatre in State College, PA
February 16 @ Mr. Small’s Theater in Millvale, PA
February 17 @ World Café Live in Philadelphia, PA
February 18 @ 9:30 Club in Washington, DC
February 19 @ The Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville, VA

Ha Ha Tonka Live Performance NPR’s Mountain Stage

We will be performing on October 9 at the Temleton-Blackburn Auditorium in Athens, OH for a live taping of NPR’s Mountain Stage. We will be joining several other really amazing bands including The Jayhawks, Hot Tuna, Karan Casey & John Doyle, Southeast Engine and Todd Burge. Click the link below for tickets. NPR air date to be announced. Stay tuned!

October 9 – Mountain Stage Radio Taping @ Templeton-Blackburn Auditorium in Athens, OH

“Made Example of” Music Video Submissions

If you could change anything… anything at all about yourself, your life, the world as a whole… WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?

This is what Ha Ha Tonka wants to know for their next music video. HHT are asking their fans to submit video footage, which illustrates what they would like to change about yourself or the world. The band will then take the footage submitted and use it to create a music video for their new single “Made Example of” off of their record Death of a Decade.

Want to quite smoking? Want to show your significant other that you love him/her more often? Want to end world hunger? Want a new job? WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?

Once you decide what you would like to change then write it down in 5 words or less on a piece of paper, on your arm, make a banner, have a plane spell it out with sky writing… it is up to you. Be creative! Not only would we like for you to write it down but we also want to see what steps you are taking to make this change a reality.

So grab your video camera, webcam, cell phone, flip cam, etc and start shooting. Once you have your video (try to keep it around 15 seconds or under) use http://ge.tt to upload your video content and then email the link to the file to frank.hill@fhmgmt.com with CHANGE SUBMISSION in the subject of your email. Submission deadline is October 16th.

You can submit more than one video but we will pick our favorite to use. Please send the highest quality footage you can. Remember… this is for the band’s new music video. Please refrain from speaking to the camera as well since the audio will be stripped and footage synced to the band’s new single.

Note: By submitting footage you are allowing Ha Ha Tonka and representatives to use your video footage, as a whole or part, and your likeness in their new music video and marketing campaign. Ha Ha Tonka and representatives are not obligated to use footage submitted.

Austin City Limits Music Fest Wrap-up

Ha Ha Tonka kicked off Friday morning with a 9am performance at the Four Seasons in Austin for KUT and their Seton Shivers Cancer Center Benefit. After a couple breakfast burritos the boys treated a lawn full of KUT listeners to a set of 5 songs. FOX 7 even aired a portion of our performance on the midday news. Other performers that morning included Charles Bradley, North Mississippi Allstars and Hayes Carll.

After the benefit we all headed over to the ACL Festival grounds to load in. We all hung with Charley, Mark and the rest of the BMI crew before the boys hit the stage at 12:45pm. The boys kicked off the set with “St Nick…” to around 1500+ people. By the 3rd song there were 5000+ music fans watching the stage. One of the highlights of the show was that during the band’s a capella version of “Hangman” a dark cloud quickly moved in, the wind picked up and for the first time in over 3 months rain started to pour down over the crowd. By the end of the following song, “Pendergast Machine,” the rain had stopped and was just enough to cool everyone down. Brett mentions “This rain is a gift from Missouri. We brought this with us” and the crowd went nuts. I heard several times “Did you hear that Ha Ha Tonka made it rain?”

Paste Magazine offers FREE Ha Ha Tonka track and announces tour dates

Paste Magazine is offering “Made Example Of” from our new record Death of a Decade for FREE. They also announced around 50 tour dates that we have coming up in Fall/Winter.

Get the FREE track HERE

Accept and Share the Tour Facebook Event HERE

Find all tour dates HERE

Now enjoy our tour kickoff video and see ya at a show near you…

Brian on 93XRT in Chicago – Eclectic Company

Yes… you heard right. Our very own Brian Roberts is going to be an Eclectic Company guest DJ on 93XRT Chicago’s Finest Rock Station on Tuesday, August 9 @ 10pm. Make sure that you tune in at 93.1FM in the Chicago area or online at http://wxrt.radio.com/ to hear an interview and over an hour of music chosen personally by Mr. Roberts.

Ha Ha Tonka Confirmed for NPR Mountain Stage Radio Show

And if you can’t wait to hear Ha Ha Tonka’s Mountain Stage set broadcast across the land on NPR, come on down to the Templeton-Blackburn Auditorium in Athens, OH to catch the taping live and in person. Tickets available now!

Ha Ha Tonka Confirmed for ACL Festival

That’s right! We will be taking part in the incredible Austin City Limits Festival on Friday, September 16. Hope you all can make the trek down there with us. We promise it is going to be a killer time.