Athens' own Kite To The Moon will be supporting several upcoming Perpetual Groove dates throughout the Southeast. "Chewing up the periodic table of rock music to make world-record spitball," might just be the best way to describe this eclectic group of rabble rousers. Get in early and catch this fantastically weird and fun act at the following shows: September 8th - Newby's - Memphis, TN, September 9th - The Lyric Theatre - Oxford, MS, October 13th - The Fat Frogg - Elon, NC, October 14th - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC, and October 15th at The Greenfield Amphitheater in Wilmington, NC. Head on over to their official site to get a listen and be sure to check out their awesome video for Tigerz! on the video section of their page.

Brock Butler will be appearing on the next installment of Jam Cruise, the sea-going music festival that is due to leave port on January 4th, 2011. Next year's cruise departs from Ft. Lauderdale, FL and heads to Roatan, Honduras and Costa Maya, Mexico. In addition to Brock's solo work, the cruise will also feature Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman, The Rhythm Devils, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Galactic, The Greyboy Allstars, God Street Wine, ALO, and many, many other bands. For complete information, visit jamcruise.com.

It wasn't that long ago that Perpetual Groove partnered up with an incredible group of musicians out of Ohio to swap some gigs between the Midwest and the Southeast. That band was called Guest, although they were often referred to as "Bizarro-PGroove" by the members of Perpetual Groove. The sentiment was shared with our friends up North who called Perpetual Groove "Bizarro-Guest." Cut to a couple of years later, and the relationship has only grown with the inclusion of Guest's keyboardist, John Hruby, in the full time line-up of Perpetual Groove. In the time since John has joined the band, the two groups have come together for a few collaborations, most notably at Amberland when John re-joined Guest for a special Friday set. We are happy to announce that once again the "bizarro-bands" will be coming together for another night of incredible music and collaboration on September 4th in Cincinnati, OH at Play by Play. This is truly a unique performance, and we encourage you to get your tickets early as the show will likely sell out.

For this fall, we’ve decided to let the you, the fans, choose our next T-Shirt design! We’ve selected six initial offerings for you to vote on, so please take minute to cast your vote. Feel free to share your comments with us! The color of the graphic and the T-shirt are subject to change, but the design will remain intact. The winning design will be reproduced and made available at this fall’s upcoming concert dates. Voting will close on August 27th! To vote, head over to Talking In Place, Perpetual Groove's official online community forum. You must be registered and logged-in to vote, so sign up if you do not already have an account. Please keep in mind that while the actual design will not change, the colors of the shirt and logo are subject to change. So leave a comment if you a color scheme you'd like to see!

Perpetual Groove has teased their theme for Halloween for the upcoming performance on October 30th at The Jefferson Theatre in Charlottesville, NC - "Diamonds Are Forever....." in addition to announcing another round of tour dates to help close out the 2010 touring season. For updates to the tour calendar, please visit the Tour tab here on the .com!