Have you ever been to Barrington? Tons of times, right?

Have you ever seen Hay Perro? Once for like five minutes, right?

Well now, at long last, you can combine those two activities. Next Saturday (April 19) we are playing at the Penny Road Pub in Barrington, at the Underground stage. It’s at 545 Penny Road, Barrington, IL.

Joining us are The Wreckage, Urban Squirrel Deluxe, and Matthew Schafer Band. We play last.

They have a lobster claw game machine, people! Like those things at movie theaters filled with stuffed puppies, except here it’s live fucking lobsters that you can eat if you win.

We’re playing out first out-of-state show on April 4 at the Way Out Club in St. Louis. The show starts at 10:00. Also on the bill are Red Card Royale and The Saw is Family.

That’s really all we know. If you’re in the 314 (or even 636) area code, consider joining us.

In November, the Illinois Entertainer ran a positive review of “A Stepper’s Affair.” Since the page didn’t show up in Ben’s weekly Google searches for “‘hay perro’ ‘a stepper’s affair,’” we only found out now.

Their kind words have forever been archived here. If there’s ever an Hay Perro press kit, the final sentence will likely be quoted.

On Saturday, February 16, we’re traveling 85 miles west to play at Kryptonite Bar in Rockford.

Joining us for this rock extravaganza in Cheap Trick’s hometown will be the Venom Lords and First Round Failure. We sincerely hope that Dan from the Venom Lords will take off his shirt for the second consecutive show.

All relevant information can be found on the venue’s web site which is conveniently linked above.

We will be playing on the floor of Cal’s Bar on Friday, February 22. Also on the bill are the Getouts and Yarn. The show will start around 9:00 and we’ll play second.

Cal’s is located at 400 S. Wells in the South Loop. For those of you who prefer relative directions and know where the Harold Washington Library Center is, Cal’s is five blocks west of that.

There are three new songs in the recordings section. Much to the ire of the audiophiles among you, they are encoded at a mere 160 kbps.

If you prefer to listen to them in even lower fidelity while looking at pictures of our friends and/or advertisements for upcoming shows on FOX, they are also on our MySpace page.

We will be playing at Ronny’s Bar/Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, January 18. This show marks our sweet, sweet reunion with the Venom Lords.

Ronny’s is located at 2101 N California Ave. According to the always-reliable MP Shows web page, the show starts and 9:00 and we play third.