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Sasquatch Music Festival

Silversun Pickups will be playing at the Sasquatch Music Festival at the Gorge Ampitheatre in George, Washington on May 25-28, 2012. The exact day of performance will be announced soon.

To view the lineup, click here.

For ticket options and camping information, please click here.

Presale begins Wednesday February 8th at 10am PST, with the general onsale on Saturday February 11th at 10am PST. Click here for details.

Posted by on Feb 03, 2012

Chimes of Freedom: In Stores Today!

Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International is in stores today! Silversun Pickups contributed "Not Dark Yet" to the 76-song collection. For more details and a full track list, please click here.

Also, watch this interview of the band, discussing their participation on Chimes of Freedom.

Posted by on Jan 24, 2012

Now Available: Seasick EP (Vinyl & Digital)

Just a reminder that our Seasick EP featuring 3 unreleased songs (“Seasick,” “Broken Bottles,” & “Ribbons & Detours”) from the Swoon recording sessions is now available at iTunes, AmazonMP3, Rdio, Spotify and all digital service providers.

***A limited number of the 10" vinyl Seasick EP are now available: click here to purchase.

Posted by on Dec 15, 2011

Girl On Guy with Aisha Tyler

Christopher and Nikki stopped by Girl On Guy with Aisha Tyler to discuss indie rock, star wars heartbreak, self-startership, staying committed to vinyl, tour bus hygiene, death trap road trips, and getting to the greek. plus self-inflicted wounds is a four-human pile-up, and we all learn a valuable lesson about robot sex.

Click below to listen to the interview!

 

Posted by on Dec 13, 2011

New Show: Edgefest 2012 in Toronto

Hello everyone, we're still in the studio recording our third album but we wanted to let you know that we've announced our first 2012 show!

It’s never too early to plan a road trip: Saturday, July 14 meet us in Toronto for Edgefest 2012, also featuring Billy Talent, Death from Above 1979, The Sheepdogs, Young the Giant and more. Pre-sale starts Wednesday at an early bird price. 

Follow Edgefest on Facebook for more information.

For tickets, click here.

Posted by Silversun Pickups on Dec 12, 2011

Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International

In support of Global Human Rights Day, please visit Amnesty International to listen to and pre-order "Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International" featuring 70+ songs, including Silversun Pickup's version of "Not Dark Yet."

Posted by on Dec 10, 2011

Alternative Press: Most Anticipated 2012

Alternative Press named the new SSPU album one of "2012's most anticipated."

SILVERSUN PICKUPS
EXPECT IT: Spring (Dangerbird)

"Never a band to shy away from mystery, Silversun Pickups will be taking their sound to darker places on their third full-length, which they’re about halfway finished recording. “It sounds spooky. We're all a bit afraid of it,” says vocalist/guitarist Brian Aubert. “Every time I do a take Nikki [Monninger, bassist] hides under the couch. It's like slowly putting together your own murder. We even have injuries. Hopefully we'll come out this with at least half of our limbs. No joke. Danger...”

Posted by on Nov 28, 2011

Silversun Pickups Seasick 10" Vinyl Release Coming November 25th

hello to all you wonderful people out there. hope you had an amazing halloween yesterday and happy dia de los muertos. currently we're back in the studio working on our third full-length record. as we speak - brian is recording guitars, joe is gear-porning on the moog website, nikki is reading the new yorker and i am writing this message. thank you for being patient with us while we play instruments and turn knobs and tap feet. we will be finished soon, i promise. in the meantime, we will be releasing a 10-inch vinyl for record store day's "back to black friday" on november 25th. it's called seasick and it will include 3 unreleased songs. we hope you will enjoy...~x

click here for more info on record store day.

Posted by on Nov 01, 2011

Back To School Special

From now until September 6th, buy any two Silversun Pickups T-shirts and get the 3rd one free!

Posted by Silversun Pickups on Aug 11, 2011

Help Japaneeds & win a skype chat with SSPU

We're in the midst of constructing/deconstructing/reconstructing songs for our 3rd album.  In the meantime, we would like to invite you to check out Japaneeds for your chance to win a skype chat with us + an autrographed drumhead. ~x

Posted by on Apr 13, 2011