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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
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Member Since3/27/2005
Band Websitetheoldceremony.com
Band MembersDjango Haskins, Dan Hall, Matt Brandau, Mark Simonsen, Gabriele Pelli.

Alumni: Josh Starmer, James Wallace, Daniel Hart, Vamsi Tadepalli, Jil Christensen, Harmony Keaney, Will Caviness

InfluencesAstor Piazzolla, Thelonious Monk, Bowie, Tom Waits, Johhny Cash, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Randy Newman, Serge Gainesbourg, Mano Solo, Roy Orbison, Edith Piaf, George Gershwin, Beatles, Kinks, Danny Cohen, Big Star, Caetano Veloso, Burt Bacharach, Frank Loesser, Magnetic Fields, Frank Sinatra, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Neil Young, Miles Davis.
Sounds LikeDogs in heat. Hot air balloons. Estonian wedding songs. Young love under pressure. Revenge. Music.
Record LabelAlyosha Records/sonaBLAST records
Type of LabelIndie


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Jul 23 2009 4:00P
Floydfest Floyd, Virginia
Jul 25 2009 8:00P
NC Museum of Art w/ Annauls Raleigh, North Carolina

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The Old Ceremony is a band from Chapel Hill, NC, led by songwriter Django Haskins. They make lush, literate rock.





TOC's long-awaited new album, "Walk On Thin Air" is out NOW on Alyosha Records. Get it here!
















"these are grown-ass men playing these songs, working through life's problems with highball glasses in hand." - Pitchfork 3.27.09



The new website is up and running. Check it out!



TOC chosen as "Best Band in Orange County" by the Independent Weekly's Annual Reader's Poll 2008.


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Be sure to check out Matt Brandau's remixes of the TOC's first album. You can now order the "Remixed" disc at cdbaby.com/cd/theoldceremony

ORDER the "OUR ONE MISTAKE" CD NOW at theoldceremony.com
"OUR ONE MISTAKE" CD also available on iTunes.



"OUR ONE MISTAKE" CHOSEN FOR PASTE MAGAZINE'S
'TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2006'





TOC selected as one of the GREAT EIGHT BANDS OF THE TRIANGLE in the Raleigh News Observer



WALK ON THIN AIR video by Brett Ingram (www.brettingram.org).



PAPERS IN ORDER video by Sam Griffith.



shirts designed by sarah mclane




SXSW '08: Live at the Continental Club, Austin, TX.



"Til My Voice is Gone" live in Louisville, KY.



"Get to Love" live in Louisville, KY.



Older News

THE OLD CEREMONY's self-titeld debut CD IS AVAILABLE AT theoldceremony.com as well as on iTunes.


TOC has been selected as the BAND OF THE MONTH in the Independent Weekly.


And now, Mark Simonsen riding a mechanical bull:




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Davis Stillson





Jul 8 2009 2:20 AM

Django,

Congrats big time. Just heard your music in the background of the movie PUSH, "Sorry". That is so fantastic!
The irony of it all...





Jul 8 2009 2:43 AM

I would be happier than you can imagine if you guys came back to the Blacksburg/Floyd area at a time that isn't Floydfest, since I'm not sure I'll be able to go.
Tony


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Jun 21 2009 5:49 PM

one at the pour house on a feb. 15th--no stated year.  what got me was how striking the graphics were/are: it's of a girl in bed with a doll, done at a dutch angel; small print at the bottom reads: "tie a red ribbon around the neck..."  i'll make sure to check you guys out live next chance i get.  love your sound.
Gastronomo





Jun 15 2009 6:22 PM

Wow, a year since? Doesn't gravity pull south? Let's know when GA is on your mind(s)...wubba.
Cherokee





Jun 13 2009 10:29 PM

nick, nice choice, that is a strange & wonderfully weird tower!

...........it was this genius hand that pushed me up the hotel stairs
to say my last goodbye

the disappear is sublime
Those Darlins





May 30 2009 11:26 PM

Raleigh Weekend-in-Review





May 11 2009 6:47 PM

Thanks for the add! :)
Wicked Celtics


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May 7 2009 8:21 PM

don't blow my cover!! haha. Yeah, ATX true now. You're always welcome here in central Texas.
Zac Taylor





May 7 2009 1:39 PM

back in beantown soon i see-- sweetness. ill try to spread the good word. listen to my new tune if you have a sec.

zman
Sarah Tracey





May 5 2009 4:20 AM

I dreamed I got to open for my favorite band....

;-)

can't wait to celebrate the new album with you guys!!!
xo
S
Fein Violins/Fine Violins





Apr 28 2009 10:27 PM

Thanks to all of you in The Old Ceremony!
The music sounds great. Gotta love any band with a great violin and a guy named Django in it. All the best to you.
Andy Fein
Fein Violins
FineViolins.com
Lisa





Apr 27 2009 6:13 PM

There's no question that bacon tastes best when it's hand-fed to you by rockstars.
J. Atkinson





Apr 27 2009 12:23 AM

Thanks to you, I have now had "Papers in Order", "Radio Religion" and "Tender Age" running through my head for three whole days ... and I'm loving it! I can't wait till you play IOTA in June!

It's a shame that show is 21+ though ... I wanted to bring my music major brother to show him how cool you are!
cat.





Apr 25 2009 3:37 AM

so basically the combination of you all and the modern skirts....is better than most sex. that show was amazing! thanks.
-cat
Vinegar syndrome





Apr 23 2009 12:58 PM

thank you very much.
thank for add vinegar syndrome
Gary "Cadillacus" Lane





Apr 21 2009 7:48 PM

Hey guys, ya'll were great at the show on Saturday. I was really glad to hear you bring back American Romeo... it's one of my favorites from the first CD and I'm glad I finally got to see it live.

I really enjoyed the new remix CD that I got from you guys. I felt sorry for Dan though considering most of his parts were cut for a drum machine. That being said, it was pretty well done and a lot of the songs sounded really good though I don't think any of the remixes were better than the original product.

Take care... I hope to see you guys at the Cat's Cradle!

~Gary
Monique Ortiz





Apr 16 2009 1:39 PM

Thanks for the request! Looking forward to playing with you!

-Monique Ortiz
mgl





Apr 10 2009 2:56 PM

plate tectonics....perfect
Allison





Apr 4 2009 3:46 AM

hahah yes. i'd much rather it'd link back here than the label's page. who has the album up on last as "walk on this air" d'oh.
Jennifer Danger Party Nelson





Mar 24 2009 5:50 PM

You planing to come to Los Angeles any time soon?
Jennifer Danger Party Nelson





Mar 23 2009 9:04 PM

If it was possible to have sex with music, I'd fuck your songs so hard.
Uh!
Allison





Mar 23 2009 9:13 AM

is there a reason that walk on thin air is the only song off the record that i can put on my profile? cause i could go for some plate tectonics or someone that i used to know as my profile song.
:)
Indie Street





Mar 19 2009 2:24 PM

Just wanted to let you know that you were selected as a featured artist on Indie Street.
Check it out at http://www.indiestreetradio.com and tell all of your friends!
Blu





Mar 13 2009 10:20 PM

I am flippin' LOVING the new album!! It's in constant spin over here.
THANK YOU
The Once Was





Mar 13 2009 10:27 PM

as of right now early june looks open to us. We will work on putting something together at a nice venue. AS soon as we have more info we will let you all know.
talk to you all soon
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