photo by Magda Wosinska After an injury forced EARLY MAN to cancel their April tour with Valient Thorr, the band is preparing to hit the road with CKY. Dates are as follows: 06/14/09 Sun @ The Station - Portland, ME * 06/15/09 Mon @ Les Saints - Montreal, Quebec * 06/17/09 Wed @ Opera House - Toronto, Ontario * 06/18/09 Thu @ Wax Nightclub - Kitchener, Ontario * 06/19/09 Fri @ Music Hall - London, Ontario * 06/21/09 Sun @ C2 - Thunder Bay, Ontario * 06/22/09 Mon @ Pyramid Cabaret - Winnipeg, Manitoba * 06/23/09 Tue @ The Exchange - Regina, SK * 06/24/09 Wed @ The Warehouse - Calgary, Alberta * 06/26/09 Thu @ The Starlite Room - Edmonton, Alberta * 06/28/09 Sat @ Richard's On Richards Cabaret - Vancouver, British Columbia * 06/29/09 Sun @ Neumos - Seattle, WA * 06/30/09 Mon @ Hawthorne Theater, Portland, OR * 07/02/09 Thu @ Phoenix Theater - Petaluma, CA * 07/03/09 Fri @ Roxy Theatre - West Hollywood, CA * * w/ CKY Meanwhile, Conte recently launched a brand new metal blog, a spinoff of his column at MetalSucks.net. The blog, like his column, is called 'Whiplash!' and features Conte along with other guest bloggers ranting and raving about everything from Rob Halford's new clothing line to Michael Angelo of Nitro to Darth Vader impersonators. The blog is here: http://www.whiplashwhiplashwhiplash.com/ EARLY MAN recently finished recording their long-awaited sophomore full-length with Jack Endino (High On Fire, Zeke, Valient Thorr, Nirvana). The album, entitled 'Death Potion,' is the followup to the band's critically-acclaimed 2005 debut Closing In (Matador) and will be released by THE END RECORDS in 2009.EARLY MAN is:Mike Conte (vocals, guitar)Adam Bennati (drums)Pete Macy (guitar)Tim Ramage (bass)EARLY MAN on the web: http://earlymanarmy.com http://www.myspace.com/earlyman