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Welcome to the web site for Silkworm (1987-????).
R. I. P.
MICHAEL JERMAN DAHLQUIST
22 DEC 1965 - 14 JULY 2005
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06-28-2026
Well, we announced this LONG AGO on Instagram and BlueSky and we're not on Facebook or whatever else sooooooo...here's your official AUGUST TOUR 2026 update on the source of RECORD:
TUE 18 AUG 2026 - LODGE ROOM (L.A.) *ALL AGES* w/NINA NASTASIA
WED 19 AUG 2026 - Bottom of the Hill (SF) - 21+ with NINA NASTASIA
FRI 21 AUG 2026 - Tractor Tavern (Seattle) - 21+ with NINA NASTASIA
SAT 22 AUG 2026 - Mississippi Studios (Portland OR) - 21+ with NINA NASTASIA
SUN 23 AUG 2026 - Rickshaw Theater (Vancouver BC) - 19+ with NINA NASTASIA
TUE 25 AUG 2026 - Zootown Arts (Missoula) *ALL AGES* with SASHA BELL BAND
WED 26 AUG 2026 - Urban Lounge (Salt Lake City) - 21+ with MOLOTOV DRESS
FRI 28 AUG 2026 - Hi-Dive (Denver) - 21+ with STEVE VON TILL, GOTOBEDS et al at Ghost Canyon Fest - 21+
SEA and PDX venues are half or more sold as of a couple weeks ago, I think. It would be wonderful to see you at any of these events. It's entirely likely this is our one return trip out West--it's a haul in terms of logistics and expense--but we gotta make a lap and see how it goes. V much looking fwd to it!
Just a little heads up that you won't see elsewhere: there's a certain as-yet-not-reissued record that we should have in hand for these shows. I can't guarantee it, but it's more than possible.
xoxo SKWM
01-18-2026
What a wonderful, rich surprise 2025 was.
Here's some equally invigorating activity on tap for MAY 2026:
WED 6 MAY 2026 - Fitzgerald's (Berwyn IL) with THE MOST DISTANT OBJECT (members of Dianogah and C-Clamp)
THU 7 MAY 2026 - Spacebar (Columbus OH) with THE KYLE SOWASHES - 18+
FRI 8 MAY 2026 - Spirit Hall (Pittsburgh) with THE GOTOBEDS
...and...the following shows all with the mighty COME:
SAT 9 MAY 2026 - Johnny Brenda's (Philly)
SUN 10 MAY 2026 - Pearl Street Warehouse (WDC) ALL AGES
MON 11 MAY 2026 - Elsewhere (Brooklyn) 16+
TUE 12 MAY 2026 - Crystal Ballroom (Somerville MA) ALL AGES
Philly almost sold out. A few of the others on their way. We would love to see you at any point in this escapade. No idea how long it will last, but it's been truly marvelous so far.
xoxo SKWM
10-03-2025
We had a delightful week last week, and we would like to thank everyone who showed up or even thought about doing so.
Everything exceeded our lofty expectations.
SO...
THU 13 NOV 2025 - Portal (Louisville KY) with MINIBEAST and THE GOLDEN WHIP
FRI 14 NOV 2025 - Garden Club at Wild Heaven (Atlanta) with THOUSANDAIRE
SAT 15 NOV 2025 - Jam Room Music Festival in Finlay Park - FREE (Columbia SC)
(check out some of these past lineups)
Hope very much to see you there.
xoxo SKWM
07-15-2025
People. The Return of the SKWM Quartet (feat. Joel RL Phelps as himself) is upon us, come end of September:
23 SEPT 2025 - Chop Shop (Chicago) with OUT! -- TIX NOW HERE
24 SEPT 2025 - Sleeping Village (Chicago) with Gotobeds SOLD OUT
25 SEPT 2025 - Sleeping Village (Chicago) with Dianogah SOLD OUT
26 SEPT 2025 - Loose Cobra (Tolono IL) with Dianogah
27 SEPT 2025 - Gonerfest (Memphis)
The Chop Shop and Sleeping Village shows are on the DICE APP.
Chop Shop, still some tix, and the SV ones do have waitlists...who knows?
Loose Cobra at the moment is a $20 suggested donation at the door.
Gonerfest is 11PM SKWM on Saturday. It also fuckin' rules, and tix are available at the link wherever it says Gonerfest in this post.
"Will there be more shows?" Who knows? I would say it is feasible.
Supply and demand wasn't something we paid much attention to in the Old Days, but now, we kinda will.
If we're wanted somewhere and someone there can help us get this Spruce Goose off the tarmac, well, hit our booking guy up here.
We are having a grand time practicing six hours a day when we can get together, and I expect things to rock accordingly.
A good place to find the most timely of updates is our page on the Comedy Minus One website (or our Bandcamp).
Finally and most importantly, I want to mark the 20th anniversary of our beautiful brother Michael Dahlquist's death.
We never thought we would be revisiting ANY of this stuff, but another death (our beloved brother Steve Albini's) got us all in the same place.
The rest is history, I suppose.
Everything we may do from here on out is attached to them and possible because of them.
We miss them every day and are grateful for their love and company, as we are yours.
Eternally,
Tim
11-02-2015
So so so...a little birdie told me you can buy a copy of the last Silkworm LP, It'll Be Cool, right now on vinyl for the first time by clicking on back where I said "a little birdie told me." Is it out yet? Not technically. But for you it is. Click on that thing.
IN ADDITION: for the remainder of 2015...Ein Heit's THE LIGHTNING AND THE SUN and the Crust Brothers' MARQUEE MARK CDs are on sale for $5 each.
How do you buy them? This website is like twenty years old, man. You gotta go here and click on the picture of the record, and you'll go to PayPal. If that's weird or you don't PayPal, email me and we'll figure it out. I know, it's old school, but you're not paying postage so whatever.
What else...oh, the Libertine reissue? Out of print. Sold 'em all! Sorry! Lifestyle and In the West reissues are in the works...maybe more to come....
Eternally yours,
Tim
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