Bonfire Madigan is touring March 21 - 31 on the north eastern coast. I've been meaning to write about their EP and will soon (it is available online and at better record stores), but they are one of the best and most original live bands I've seen. So here is their email:

zee cello, voice, drums,
88 keys & dreams tour

featuring:

madigan shive - fire breathing + cello, guitar, baring soul
jonathan hughes - drums, capricorn, kerosene + anchor
tara barnes - mixing board, octopuss, oxygen + extinguisher

March

21 Philadelphia, PA @ the Fire, part of the Philly Ladyfest

22 NYC @ Tribeca Rock Club, 16 Warren Street, w/ (British punk
protest songwriter of the Adverts) TV Smith

23 Boston @ TT's the Bear w/ Thalia Zedek (Come) + Tiger Saw

24 NYC @ Manitobas, 99 Avenue B, w/ TV Smith

25 Richmond, VA @ Club 929, 929 West Grace St, w/ French Toast

26 Bryn Mawr, PA @ The Point, 880 Lancaster Ave

28 Brooklyn, NY @ the Right Bank, 409 Kent Ave, 2nd Floor w/
Synesthesia (Akiko from Semiautomatic) + more (it's Madigan's
Brooklyn Birthday Bash!! vegan chocolate cake?) all ages. L train to Bedford 29 Providence, RI @ the Bakery, 244 Oak St w/ What the Kids Wants, Sweetknife + more. doors 9pm

"glass vase cello case" by Madigan's earlier band Tattletale plays at the climax of But I'm A Cheerleader.

"Scraps" from Saddle the Bridge plays over the end credits Better Luck Tomorrow which opens in April.

Madigan is featured in the documentary Don't Need You on development of the riot grrl movement and D.I.Y. or die: how to survive as an independent artist (available on DVD online).