photo by Magda WosinskaEARLY MAN are currently preparing to hit the road with Red Fang and others on their way down to Austin, TX for the 2009 SXSW music festival. Dates are as follows: 3/2/09 Mon @ Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ *# 3/3/09 Tue @ Khyber Philadelphia, PA 3/4/09 Wed @ Studio at Webster Hall New York, NY 3/5/09 Thu @ DC9 Washington, DC 3/6/09 Fri @ Ravari Room Columbus, OH *$ 3/7/09 Sat @ Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH 3/8/09 Sun @ Nara Sushi Richmond, VA 3/9/09 Mon @ Milestone Club Charlotte, NC 3/10/09 Tue @ Stella Blue Asheville, NC 3/11/09 Wed @ The Pour House Releigh, NC 3/12/09 Thu @ Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, GA 3/13/09 Fri @ Backbooth Orlando, FL 3/14/09 Sat @ Crowbar Tampa, FL 3/16/09 Mon @ Cave 9 Birmingham, AL 3/18/09 Wed @ Rubber Gloves Denton, TX 3/19/09 Thu @ SXSW - The Ale House Austin, TX (The End Records SXSW Showcase) 3/24/09 Tue @ Plush Tuscon, AZ 3/27/09 Fri @ The Casbah San Diego, CA *% * w/ Red Fang % w/ Earthless # w/ Goes Cube $ w/ Skeletonwitch Bandleader Mike Conte will be ranting, raving, answering questions, and keeping the public up-to-date on his and EARLY MAN's debauchery in a regular column at METALSUCKS.NET. "With this column," explains Conte, "I plan to give [readers] weekly updates and a behind the scenes look into everything that is going on in the world of Early Man, whether it be drinking, touring, recording, drinking, shredding, drinking, etc., if it’s happening I’ll be writing about it. What I won’t be doing with this column is writing 9 page essays about the 'current state of the metal scene' or 'my take on the new Metallica record' or any other boring crap like that. Don’t you get enough of that horseshit already? WHO FUCKING CARES!" Conte's latest blog entry is available in full at the following location: http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/02/26/early-mans-mike-conte-posts-new-rehearsal-footage-heads-out-on-tour/ EARLY MAN recently finished recording their long-awaited sophomore full-length with Jack Endino (High On Fire, Zeke, Valient Thorr, Nirvana). The still-untitled album-- the followup to the band's critically-acclaimed 2005 debut Closing In (Matador)-- 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