ARMS is TG, Matty, Tlacael, and Dave. Our new album, Summer Skills, is out now.Tumblr (3.0; @armsongs)http://www.armsarms.com/<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/17629084911/tumblr_lzeqwlfPoX1qbcq7w&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><img align="middle" height="290" src="http://www.inkbox.org/graph-space/Graphspace-spacetime.jpg" width="350"/></p> <p>Happy V-Day everybody. Here’s a cover of Matthew Dear’s “Slowdance.” (@ghostly)</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/17629084911http://www.armsarms.com/post/17629084911Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:05:00 -0500xsarmscoverssummer skillsmatthew dearghostlyslowdance<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz4qyyzryX1qbcq7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Check this in-credible poster for our 2.28 Mercury Lounge show by <a href="http://gerrymak.blogspot.com/" target="_self">Gerry Mak</a>. Can’t tell you how excited we are for this show — <a href="http://westernvinyl.com/artists/glassghost.html" target="_self">Glass Ghost</a> is a national treasure, and we’re planning on playing a new song or two. The info is as follows:</p> <p><strong>ARMS w/ Glass Ghost</strong><br/><strong> Tuesday, February 28th (9:30pm)</strong><br/><strong> Mercury Lounge</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004832B38EBFEB?brand=mercurylounge" target="_self">TICKETS</a> // <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/149084938541651/" target="_self">RSVP</a></p> <p>SEE YOU THERE. </p> <p>- TG & ARMS</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/17318261003http://www.armsarms.com/post/17318261003Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:30:00 -0500armssummer skillsshowsmercury loungeglass ghost<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/18076843" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>In honor of all those holidays that are happening now, here’s a video of TG & Matty playing our favorite Jewish folk song. Happy Everything! All ARMS’ love to you and yours.</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/14769879867http://www.armsarms.com/post/14769879867Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:02:00 -0500<a href="http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/content/best-songs-2011.htm">Vote for us at @Daytrotter's Best Songs of 2011 Poll!</a>: <p>Daytrotter is a national treasure. It’s true.</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/14510813317http://www.armsarms.com/post/14510813317Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:07:00 -0500xs<a href="http://www.rawkblog.net/2011/12/best-of-2011-favorite-albums-of-the-year/3/">We are honored and humbled to be Rawkblog's #2 album of the year, right behind Destroyer's "Kaputt". </a>: <p>If that’s as close as we ever get to Dan Bejar, we’ll still die happy.</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/14329827698http://www.armsarms.com/post/14329827698Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:19:00 -0500xs<p>Welcome to our new website - which is, coincidentally, a Tumblr blog as well. It is extremely (extremely) “web 2.0-friendly” which means you can do all of the usual Tumblr stuff but also read our bio, contact us, listen to our music, and a bunch of other things I can’t think of right now. Enjoy!</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/14225853150http://www.armsarms.com/post/14225853150Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:20:00 -0500xs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvp072xtm41qbcq7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New friends. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/13737409672http://www.armsarms.com/post/13737409672Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:47:00 -0500xs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvnncbbf3c1qbcq7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Things to do in Milwaukee when you’re bored. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/13704530760http://www.armsarms.com/post/13704530760Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:12:00 -0500xs<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvn86n9M541qbcq7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is what tour is like. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/13690348274http://www.armsarms.com/post/13690348274Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:44:00 -0500xs<p>If you’d like to see all of the lyrics to our new album <em>Summer Skills</em>, have a look at our new <a href="http://www.armsarms.com/summerskillslyrics" target="_self">LYRICS section</a>…</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/13473891902http://www.armsarms.com/post/13473891902Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:52:00 -0500armslyricssummer+skillsxs<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/12543928904/tumblr_ludjs4su4b1qbcq7w&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://soundcloud.com/arms-5/heat-hot-water#utm_campaign=autoshare&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Farms-5%2Fheat-hot-water&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_source=soundcloud&utm_term=20111109" target="_blank">Here’s the last free track off Summer Skills, “Heat & Hot Water”…</a> | ARMS</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/12543928904http://www.armsarms.com/post/12543928904Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:45:40 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltqvl1VfxV1qbcq7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_self" href="http://rebeccasw.com/">Rebecca Wiener</a> made this eye-poppy poster for our <a target="_self" href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126059887498730">album-release show</a> on 11/11/11. We sure do like it.</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/12005154368http://www.armsarms.com/post/12005154368Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:55:00 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/11554713685/tumblr_lt6t9jXyuM1qbcq7w&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://soundcloud.com/arms-5/glass-harmonica#utm_campaign=autoshare&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Farms-5%2Fglass-harmonica&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_source=soundcloud&utm_term=20111017" target="_blank">Here’s another one from SUMMER SKILLS, “Glass Harmonica”. Enjoy.</a> | ARMS</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/11554713685http://www.armsarms.com/post/11554713685Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:53:43 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt6rillGr41qbcq7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’re playing CMJ this week, which will be loads and loads of fun. Phyllis Ma (<a href="http://www.phyllisma.org" target="_blank">www.phyllisma.org</a>) made this beautiful/instructional poster about it!</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/11552887905http://www.armsarms.com/post/11552887905Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:15:00 -0400xs<a href="http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=7022">NYLON has the premiere of "Glass Harmonica", the second single off SUMMER SKILLS. Get to it.</a>http://www.armsarms.com/post/11379551592http://www.armsarms.com/post/11379551592Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:58:50 -0400<a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2011/09/song-premiere-arms---fleeced.html">PASTE has the premiere of the first single from our new album. It's called "Fleeced". Get on it.</a>http://www.armsarms.com/post/10479602999http://www.armsarms.com/post/10479602999Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:20:49 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/29328378" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>We covered Sun Kil Moon’s “Carry Me Ohio” for the <a target="_self" href="http://voiceproject.org/">Voice Project</a>, an incredible initiative that uses music to raise awareness of women’s struggles in Uganda. I cannot tell you how much this song means to me, and it was a stone-cold pleasure to cover it for the Voice Project. Spread this link around, it’s important.</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/10479581188http://www.armsarms.com/post/10479581188Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:19:30 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/26602406?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Our new album, <em>Summer Skills</em>, is coming very soon. Please enjoy this trailer — the first of three we’ll be releasing in advance of the album — featuring the new song “Fleeced”. Share it! Reblog it! Send it to your friends and pets! <em>Summer Skills</em> is on its way…</p>http://www.armsarms.com/post/7842173033http://www.armsarms.com/post/7842173033Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:56:00 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_locewd6VVP1qj944so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’re playing Mercury Lounge a week from Wednesday with North Highlands and Hospitality, two of our (literal) favorite bands in town. Audrey Bagley made this gorgeous poster for the show. Thanks a million, Miz Scribblz.</p> <p><a href="http://audreyscribblz.tumblr.com/post/7627843426" target="_blank">audreyscribblz</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>ARMS @ the Mercury Lounge.</p> <p>I made this poster for their upcoming show with North Highlands and Hospitality</p> <p><span> </span></p> <p>You should go! They are all so so good</p> <p>get yer tickets here» <a href="http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/47753" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/47753" target="_blank">http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/47753</a></a></p> <p><3</p> <p>Audrey</p> </blockquote>http://www.armsarms.com/post/7748524406http://www.armsarms.com/post/7748524406Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:27:53 -0400<a href="http://friendroulette.bandcamp.com">Let's listen to Tlacael's other band Friend Roulette one more time, shall we?</a>http://www.armsarms.com/post/4370450854http://www.armsarms.com/post/4370450854Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:10:48 -0400