6/27/14 
Sweet pic from our show with Calvin Johnson at the Olympia library! Props to our library system for hosting cool after-hours all-ages events like this. How awesome is YOUR library?
4/12/14 
We recently unearthed this video of us playing ‘Weekends Away’ at Chop Suey in Seattle in 2005. The show was a CD release for our second EP, and we played second after Tullycraft (a mistake we made only once…an impossible act to follow!). The fabulous Salteens drove down from Vancouver, B.C. to headline. Love seeing the familiar faces in the crowd again from those early days.
We recently unearthed this video of us playing ‘Weekends Away’ at Chop Suey in Seattle in 2005. The show was a CD release for our second EP, and we played second after Tullycraft (a mistake we made only once…an impossible act to follow!). The fabulous Salteens drove down from Vancouver, B.C. to headline. Love seeing the familiar faces in the crowd again from those early days.
It also reminded me of the awesome poster that Cori from Tullycraft designed for that show. Still one of my favorites…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSk7FIrhiVs
11/13/13 Hey! Our new album ‘Our Hearts Beat Out Loud’ is out November 19 on Matinee Recordings! You can pick it up from the Matinee shop on CD or 12″ vinyl.
7/15/13 Our new single ‘Long Drag’ is available now from Matinee Recordings complete with fetching sleeve art by Tae Won Yu. Visit the Matinee shop for details.
5/25/13 New York here we come!
12/6/12 We’re currently recording a new album at K Records’ fabled Dub Narcotic Studio in Ol
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ympia!3/22/11 We’re headed to the UK for the first time this summer for Indietracks and a handful of other shows! Check out our shows page for more info.
12/6/10 We donated a signed copy of our Jimmy Had a Polaroid 7″ single to the Music Beats Mines charity auction to help raise money for clearing landmines and other important humanitarian work. Wouldn’t that be a perfect holiday gift for that indiepop fan in your life? It’s all for a good cause, and every dollar counts. Bidding is open till December 13.
12/6/10 The new Matinee Holiday Soiree EP features our song “It Must Be Christmas” along with original holiday songs from Northern Portrait, Bubblegum Lemonade, Strawberry Whiplash, and Champagne Riot. Ho, ho, ho!
6/5/10 CD release show Saturday, June 12, with Aqueduct and Skeletons with Flesh on Them! Check out our shows page for more info.
4/7/10 We have a couple great early shows coming up with Eux Autres and The Special Places! Hope to see you.
3/7/10 Did we forget to mention we’re playing a show this Saturday? We’re helping celebrate the opening of our friend Chris’ new record shop in Ballard. We’ll be playing a handful of new songs (plus a few oldies) around 7pm, and D. Crane from BOAT will be doing a solo set as well. Drop by and say hi!
12/31/09 Happy New Year! We’re looking forward to a return in 2010 with a new full-length due in the spring, and our first shows in nearly two years in the works as well. We’re back, baby!
12/31/09 The new Matinee Grand Prix compilation includes our first new song in over two years, “I Keep to Myself.” The song won’t be on our upcoming album, and most of the other tracks on the comp are exclusive as well. You can check out our contribution on our MySpace page.
12/10/09 Tired of holiday music yet? Here’s a free mp3 of our version of that old chestnut A Marshmallow World.
8/30/09 Tip o’ the cap to our friends The Lucksmiths who played their final show last night. We’ll miss you.
8/21/09 *tap* *tap* Is this thing on? Hey, we’re headed into the studio next month to begin recording our second LP. Really! We’ll be working with producer/engineer Martin Feveyear this time, and we’ve even convinced our former comrade Kevin to sit in on drums. Has it really been two years since our last release?
7/10/09 Hey everyone, in between potty training and diaper disasters, we’ve been making good progress on the new set of songs. We should be ready to do a bunch of recording late summer or early fall. We’ll keep you posted!
4/14/09 We’re sad to report that Kevin has decided to leave the band. He’s a busy man these days with a young family, burgeoning writing career, and other musical pursuits, so something had to give. It’s quite possible you’ll still hear Kevin on future MAPC recordings, but officially he’s calling it a day. We’ll miss his rock steady beats and aviator cool, but the rest of us plan to carry on and still hope to release some new material later this year.
12/21/08 It’s that time of year again, so we’ve dusted off our cover the holiday classic “A Marshmallow World.” You can download a free mp3 here. We’ve also begun working on material for a new release sometime next year, so we’ll keep you posted. Happy holidays from MAPC!
10/5/08 Congrats to Kevin who received a starred review in Booklist for his new novel, Carlos is Gonna Get It. Nice one! Books…babies…it’s no wonder we haven’t released a new record lately. In the meantime, you can check out unreleased acoustic versions of “Love, Again” and “Do You Keep A Diary” on MySpace.
9/20/08 Welcome to the world Lily Anne! James became a proud papa for the second time earlier this week.
5/30/08 We’re honored to be part of this year’s Noise for the Needy benefit on June 13. Check out our shows page for more info and come on down to support a worthy cause and see a great show. Did someone say “secret headliner?” Shhh…
4/29/08 Hey, check it out, our very own Kevin Emerson is soon to be a published author! The first of his young adult vampire series is being released this summer by Scholastic. How cool is that? High five, Kevin!
2/15/08 KEXP recently archived our live in-studio performance from November that featured acoustic versions of Darling Please Come Home, Do You Keep a Diary, White and Grey, and more. Special thanks to our friend Brian Kinsella for sitting in with us on keyboards and melodica!
1/8/08 Happy 2008!
11/30/07 Sadly our December 4th show with Voxtrot and Tullycraft will be the last for our violinist Saundrah. Though she may still pop up on future recordings, she will no longer be playing live with the band. Anyone who’s seen us knows that Saundrah added a touch of class to our otherwise shambling performances, so you might want to catch her last show if you can! Doors at 8pm, show at 9pm. We play first. (Pssst! Hey kids, it’s all-ages!)
11/30/07 It’s that time of year again, so let us help put you in the mood with our version of the holiday classic “A Marshmallow World.” The world is your snowball…
11/12/07 We’ll be live on KEXP 90.3 FM (Seattle) on Tuesday, November 13 at 1pm PST . Listen to streaming audio on KEXP, or watch a special live video feed on the Research Channel!
10/18/07 Happy 10th anniversary to Matinee Recordings! To help celebrate we’ve contributed a new song called “A Little Romance” to the Matinee Hit Parade compilation, out October 29th. The compilation contains 13 exclusive tracks from your favorite Matinee artists on a custom cd that looks just like a tiny 45 rpm record. A must!
10/15/07 Here are a couple videos on YouTube from our show in Santa Barbara. Thanks to April and Charlie for posting them!
9/3/07 Our new EP won’t officially be released until this fall, but you can catch a sneek peek of the title track on Matinee’s website now! We’ve also updated the shows page with more details about our upcoming gigs with the Lucksmiths. Advance copies of the EP will be available at all the shows. Woohoo!
6/22/07 We’re gearing up for a few fun in the sun live dates this summer. See the shows page for more details.
4/19/07 The MAPC family has been growing exponentially as of late. Please welcome Jules and Emmett, Charles and his wife Lisa’s brand new baby boys!…
2/21/07 For those who have been waiting, the new LP is now available on iTunes! Our apologies for the delay. Happy downloading…
2/14/07 Who has not sat on a bench and watched a common Crow reveal more cranial capacity than many people you know? To our amazement, we discovered a video of this precocious creature crafting a tool to solve a rather hefty problem. Not sure what this has to do with Valentine’s Day but it’s fascinating nonetheless…Learn more about crows in this fab book!
1/25/07 Our last show until summertime will be at Town Hall on February 17 as part of their Saturday Family Concerts series. Please note this is a special show for kids, so we will not be playing MAPC songs. Instead we’ve put together a “variety show” of sorts, with all the fun and games and music we could pack into one hour, including appearances by our pals Central Services. Also, as this is a concert series designed for families, adults must be accompanied by a kid under 12 to get in the door. Surely you know a kid who enjoys music and fun?
12/24/06 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! All the best to you and yours and thanks again for all your support this past year.
12/21/06 Wow, Popmatters gave high honors to our LP in their year end review. Thanks Popmatters!
12/5/06 Meet our new Band Manager! Welcome to this big wonderful world Violet (James and Christa’s new baby daughter!).
11/29/06 Happy Holidays Everyone!! We’re bringing back ‘A Marshmallow World‘ for your listening enjoyment!
11/29/06 A few of us will be singing our hearts out at Three Imaginary Girls’ “A Very Merry Imaginary Karaoke Bash” at the Crocodile Cafe on December 8. Sub Pop and Barsuk Records will be hosting a swanky pre-party at 8pm with live music, and the karaoke fun begins at 9:30. Not to be missed!
10/23/06 Thank you to everyone who came out to our recent record release and east coast tour shows. We’ve been having a grand ol’ time!
Also, someone posted a couple clips on YouTube from the Ballard Sonic Boom record store performance.
10/16/06 Our self titled Debut LP is out now!
Listen to a few tracks courtesy of our friends at Matinee Recordings! Click here to purchase.
Listen to a few tracks courtesy of our friends at Matinee Recordings! Click here to purchase.
8/31/06 Quick update – the new album is complete and being sent to the pressing plant this week! Also, a few more rock and roll apperances have been added to our calendar. Check our shows page for more info!
8/9/06 
7/19/06 Apologies to anyone who was planning to come see us at this year’s Capitol Hill Block Party. We unfortunately had to cancel our appearance. We’re on summer break right now, but we’ll be back at it this fall!
6/8/06 We recently recorded a version of Beat Happening’s ‘Angel Gone’ for a 7″ split vinyl out now on a Spanish record label called tragadiscos. The 7″ also feaures tracks by the Acid House Kings, Sambassadeur, and Loveninjas. There were only 400 hand numbered copies pressed so act fast! Check out the tragadiscos website for more details!
5/11/06 If you’re looking for another way to grab our EPs, hop on over to K Records. They now have a few copies available for purchase.
2/14/06 Have a look at the first ever mapc video Ethan’s brother and friends created for us! It was shot at our movie ending romance record release show last July.
1/4/06 We’re taking a little time off from our heavy touring schedule to record a few new songs. Wishing you all a peaceful New Year!
12/22/05 It’s Polling Season!
Here are a few of our favorite year-end polls from a few of our favorite folks. Here’s your chance to show off your impeccable taste!
Here are a few of our favorite year-end polls from a few of our favorite folks. Here’s your chance to show off your impeccable taste!
Three Imaginary Girls Favorite Northwest Albums
(vote through December 25)
TweeNet Poll
(vote through Dec. 31)
KEXP Top 90.3
(vote through December 27)
11/10/05 Hi everyone! We’re tucked into warm basements working on a whole new batch of songs for our upcoming LP. We might try a couple of them out at our upcoming shows. Take care and stay dry!
10/10/05 If you’re in Seattle we recommend scooting down to the Sunset this Thursday for 70s Soft Rock Nite. Several hard working members of MAPC will be performing.
10/10/05 Hope you like our new website! Thanks Janice for letting us use the niffty airplane design and to David Lu for giving us this nice drawing.
10/7/05 You can now purchase MAPC t-shirts online from the Matinée website! The tees are available in two styles, one for the gents and one for the ladies, and feature a super-cute design by our pal Janice at Copacetic. Have a look.
10/6/05 You can see a few pictures of the 10/1/05 KEXP benefit show and listen to the our set in the KEXP streaming archive.
9/2/05 Our hearts go out to all those who have suffered during Hurricane Katrina. Here are some options for donating to the relief effort. Times like this make us all aware of other neglected emergencies around the world. A friend from Peace Corps is putting on a Benefit Concert for Niger Sunday 9/18 at the Rendezvous here in Seattle. Niger is a country in West Africa suffering from a persistent drought and very destructive plaques of locusts. 1/3 of the nation’s 2.5 million people are at risk of starvation. You can learn more about this largely unreported crisis here.
8/24/05 MAPC is proud to introduce Kevin and his wife Annie’s brand new girl, Willow Emerson! A healthy 7 pound, 6 ouncer (that’s a keeper!) born August 22, 2005, at 8:21pm. Mom, dad, and baby are all doing great! Expect some guest “cooing” on the next record…
8/11/05 Have a look at our new gig transportation. Thanks Matinee Recordings!
7/28/05 MAPC contributed 2 songs – including one previously unreleased track – to a local compilation cd called “Strength in Numbers”. It features songs from eight great northwest bands. Copies are available from The Jeunes website. Check it out!
7/26/05 We just added a cover of the Razorcuts’ ‘A is for Alphabet’ to our listen page. It’s from our live appearance on a Berkeley college radio station during our recent visit to San Francisco for PopFest 2005. Enjoy everyone, and thanks to Gregory Webster!
7/18/05 Our new 4-song EP titled “Movie Ending Romance” was officially released today! You can order online through Matinee’s website, or it should be trickling in to all your favorite local record shops soon. Thanks to WOXY who has been spinning the record since last week — so go have a listen! Or request it from your favorite indie-friendly station. Hope you enjoy!
7/11/05 James and Ethan recently did an interview with the Posies for Three Imaginary Girls celebrating their spectacular new album.
7/5/05 Radio Popfest! KALX 90.7FM Berkeley (also streaming at http://kalx.berkeley.edu) will be featuring Popfest bands on Saturday July 9 from 12pm to 3pm (PST). MAPC and Baskervilles will be be doing live sets, and there will also be interviews with My Favorite and Voxtrot! We plan to play songs from our new EP and perhaps some unreleased material as well. Hope you can tune in!
6/22/05 We’re looking forward to our journey to California to play at the upcoming San Francisco Popfest. It should be lots of fun and loads of other great bands will be on hand to entertain you!
6/3/05 Hey, there’s a sneak peak of our forthcoming EP “Movie Ending Romance” on the Matinee website. The official release date for the EP will be July 18th, but those of you attending the popfest in San Francisco will be able to buy copies at the show before anyone else!
5/6/05 Can you keep a secret? We just found out we’re going to play Bumbershoot this year! We’re dead excited as this is something many of us have secretly dreamed of doing since we were wee little ones.
5/5/05 Special thanks to all who came out to our recent string of shows. We had a great time hanging out and playing with the Lucksmiths! All the best to them on the remaining bits of their US tour.
4/27/05 We just added a new show! We’re playing on Friday 5/20 at the Pete Greenberg Benefit Show at the Crocodile. Pete has been really active in the Seattle music community for a long time and needs some help paying a large medical bill. Pete was the first person to go out on the limb and book us at the Crocodile last December. There will be a cool complete re-creation of the Who’s Tommy as well. How an you miss that? Please come support Pete.
4/12/05 Looking for something new and exciting?! Ok, would you settle for something new? We just added a newsletter subscription widget to our website. Go on, have a look. If you are already subscribed, fear not, you’re all set to receive future newsletters!
4/6/05 math and physics club is honored to have been nominated for “best new artist” in the 2005 Seattle Weekly Music Awards. There are lots of cool categories with loads of great bands.
3/29/05 Hey! We’re going to play at the Sasquatch Music Festival!!
3/26/05 Don’t miss our free, all-ages, in-store performance at the Ballard Sonic Boom Records on Saturday, April 9 at 5:00pm! Even if you already have the EP, please come down and say hello. Remember the record store scene in Spinal Tap? “Do me a favor. Just kick my ass, okay?” Needless to say, we hope to see you there.
3/24/05 Napoleon: “Tina! come get some ham!”
3/16/05 Thanks to everyone who came out to our record-release show at Chop Suey recently. We felt so supported and energized by the great audience. Hooray for all-ages shows! And thanks to The Pale Pacific and Racetrack for treating us all to fantastic sets (and for being super nice people too). Also many thanks to all of you who have gone out and bought our new EP. We’re very flattered that it’s selling so well, and we have you to thank for it!
We had great fun doing a live, in-studio session with John Richards at KEXP recently. If you missed it, you can listen in the streaming archive. That will be our last live appearance for a while as we’ve decided to retreat to the basement to get ready for our next record. Also, we’ve finalized plans to join the Lucksmiths in LA and San Francisco in addition to the Seattle show! So anyone in those parts who can make it, please do come say hello. See you all soon…
2/26/05 Hey kids, it’s finally here! You can pick up your copy of the Weekends Away EP online from Matinee Recordings (or at any of the other fine online vendors listed on the Matinee order page). In the Seattle area, Sonic Boom Records has a few copies at each location, so if you hurry you may be able to snatch up on of those. You can do us a favor by requesting your local record store to stock the EP. Thanks!
2/8/05 David, “Smell The Glove” is almost here. You can pre-order copies of our very first EP on the Matinee Recordings now! The official release date is February 28, but if you pre-order through Matinee, you *might* just get it sooner. Thanks to everyone for your continued kind words and well wishes. We hope to see you at the Crocodile later this month, or at our record release party at Chop Suey on March 5. We’ll be sure have some swag to peddle by then too – buttons, stickers, t-shirts, and of course, copies of the cd!
1/27/05 Come help us celebrate!! MAPC is doing an ALL AGES!!! record release show on 3/5 at Chop Suey. We’ll have the EP available along with a few extra special goodies. We’re also lucky enough to be sharing the bill with a couple of really really great bands – The Pale and Racetrack.
1/19/05 MAPC just booked additional outings to the Crocodile Cafe and The Clipper in Olympia. Check the shows and releases section for all the info!
1/15/05 Matinee Recordings has posted an MAPC artist page. Why not have a quick look? Also, its looking like our EP will be ready for release by the end of February. Dead exciting stuff!
1/13/05 We’d like to say a special thanks to a few really cool people: Mark and Debbie are from Evolve Networks and have been kind enough to host our wee little website. Cynthia Whitney-Ward is the photographer who took many of pictures on the site.
1/5/05 MAPC just booked a new show with Cantona. Check the coordinates. Hope to see you there!
1/4/05 Dana from Three Imaginary Girls did a great article on the Top 9 Under the Radar Releases for 2004 in Music for America this week. LOTS of great bands are highlighted. Somehow mapc shows up on the list. Best guess – it must have been a typo.
1/3/05 We’re all very sad about the tsunami tragedy that hit Asia recently. USAID has put together a nice site that details many of the aid organizations responding to this disaster. Please do have a look.
12/28/04 We had a great time at the Crocodile show last night. Thanks to all of you who came out!
12/20/04 Word on the street is that you can download an mp3 of Weekends Away (an older demo cut) at the Three Imaginary Girls site right now. So what are you waiting for?! Wishing all of you the best of holidays!
12/20/04 Our first ever non-job related interview is now available. The omnipresent Liz from Three Imaginary Girls did the honors. Thanks Liz, it was good fun!
12/1/04 We just heard “sixteen and pretty” played on KEXP! First time ever for us so thank you John in the Morning!
11/19/04 Math and Physics Club has joined Matinee Recordings! We’re hoping to get an EP released in early 2005. Needless to say, we’re all beside ourselves! We’ll keep you posted on developments in our shows and releases section.
11/4/04 We’re happy to announce we’ve finished recording our new demo which includes 4 songs featuring all the new members of mapc! Have a listen.
11/2/04 Is it suddently fall or what?! James has just returned from a month in South Africa during which time MAPC has been finishing the mixing for our contribution to a small local compilation cd to to come out soon. It’s called “Strength in Numbers” and will feature songs from eight northwest bands, including The Jeunes, Black Nite Crash, and Infomatik. We’ll keep you posted! Now that the band is all back together, look for us to begin playing more shows as well.
10/26/04 Learning the news that John Peel passed away has saddened us all. We put together a small tribute page to this legendary DJ. John Peel, you will be greatly missed.
8/17/04 Our first show at the Hideaway went really well. It was cool meeting Sweetness, Augustus Sweetheart and Via Ventura – Check out a few pictures from the show courtesy of Mike at Photophonic.
8/14/04 We put on a classic Pacific Northwest outdoor house party last weekend. MAPC played a few songs as well as several friends, including our very own Kevin Emerson. We had a mini-reunion with several old friends from Bellingham and discoverd Sean Berry’s little label called Double Crown Records is doing very well. Do have a look.
7/20/04 We just added a few new tunes! Have a listen here. We are also very proud to announce the birth of two beautiful new MAPC members – Kevin and Saundrah.
7/18/04 The band went down to Neumos to see Camera Obscura on Saturday evening (they totally rocked!). It was a major treat to finally see the opening band Tullycraft as well. We realized the lead singer used to be in Crayon. Seeing Camera Obscura made us want a horn player all the more!! If someone out there is interested, do let us know.
6/30/04 We are looking for a couple more players to round out our sound. If you’re interested, take a look here.
6/27/04 We did an open mic at the Rainbow Room on Sunday evening. It was great to hear a few of our songs with Kevin’s excellent drums. Sound at the Rainbow is actually really cool.