Shows and Events

  • New Album available for Pre-Sale; Back from Europe for late July / early August USA shows

    Me and the Cicadas are back from Europe, where I was locked out of posting on this website cuz of technical difficulties.  Alex, Wendy, Scott and I had a great tour with some pony-riding and other vacation hijinks mixed in between the shows.  Thanks to the many folks who helped make it happen. Our new…

  • Posters for European Tour; Pre-sale on deck @ Pledge Music

    You can download and posters for the first leg of our summer tour here: eurotour poster smaller Eurotour poster large straight up The poster mentions a pre-sale store that will be up within the next week or so via Pledge Music.  You can purchase the new album and other extras there.  If you wanted to…

  • Affiche > Quiche

    Really looking forward to being part of this festival in southern France hosted by Arbouse Recordings, who will be releasing our new CD in September.  I especially like the dramatic tension evoked by the proximity of the wood-cut phallus to a node of barbed wire. The title, Au-delà du spectacle, has to do with the…

  • Summer Shows

    Our summer itinerary has now been pretty much finalized.  You can find it on the Shows and Events page of this site as well, but you’ll see it below this message as well.  There will be two different lineups.  The midwest/south shows will be with Justin and Rob as pictured above.  The European shows and…

  • Stream track from upcoming album

    Brooklyn Vegan premiered the track Stock Up All the Prisons from our forthcoming album yesterday.  You can check it out here. You can also go to my until recently private Soundcloud page and check it out there. I’m working on a video for this track with RUMUR, who did the videos for Spare Parts last…

  • Taxman Tour Dates April 2017

    (photo by Lindsey Metvier) April 15th…brings to mind visions of scrambling to file tax returns for many, and visions of dodging them in the Cayman Islands for the few.  For the Cicadas, it will, this year, bring to mind scrambling down various eastern interstates.  We are announcing 7 shows running from April 8th to April…

  • Mixing complete! Going to Georgia…with a Heart Like a Starfish.

    Just a quick word to share the news that Scott Solter and I have finished mixing our new record and it is now headed for mastering.  I will of course share details about its release as they become available.  I’d like to thank Scott for all the hard work he put into producing this project…

  • Outdone

    I’ve produced some things in music I’m quite proud of.  But nothing that can touch this awesome quilt my mom just made for a mouse.  Easily the best thing my family has ever created! Here’s a little clip of Masoch from our set at Pinhook in Durham last Saturday night…thanks to Mom for the creative…

  • NC Shows and Thank You Midwest

      We had a lot of fun playing in Columbus Ohio, Chicago Illinois, and Bloomington Indiana last week.  Thanks to The Owl, The Big Room Bar, and Landlocked Music for hosting us.   If you are local to or visiting NC, there are some intermittent local shows coming up:  first a solo acoustic show at…

  • Band that Rocked the Cradle

    You can see video of 7 songs from the debut set of the live line up of John Davis & The Cicadas here.  This show took place on August 3rd 2015 at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC.  Our next show at the moment is booked for October 24th at Union Hall in Brooklyn, NYC.  I…