JULY 29, 2010: FINAL SHOW NEWS / OWEN'S BLOG.

Tomorrow night, July 30 2010, THE ELMS will perform their final show together at Indianapolis rock club Radio Radio for a sold-out audience of fans, friends, and family. The event will mark the end of an incredible decade-long career, and is sure to go down in history as one of THE ELMS' most memorable moments. Congratulations to all of you who obtained tickets to the show! Plans are underway for the entire evening to be filmed and released at a date to be announced later.

On Sunday, August 1, we will issue a full report of THE ELMS' final show here at TheElms.net, including details regarding the evening's setlist, photos and video, thoughts from the band, and more! Don't forget to come back and get the scoop!

Also, Owen has posted a few of his thoughts on the eve of this important show via his blog, which you can read HERE.
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JULY 28, 2010: "...AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME."

The Indianapolis Star has issued a fantastic review of THE ELMS' recently released digital box set, "Stoppin' On A Dime: Live & Rare 2000-2010." The article specifically cites the track "Majesty" as "...evidence that the band are quitting at the top of their game." Read the entire review HERE.

Get your copy of the new digital box set HERE.
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JULY 27, 2010: "STRUT" ON ROCK BAND!

THE ELMS' song "Strut" has now been made available for play on the Rock Band video game! The track appears on the band's 2009 album The Great American Midrange, and was a live staple for THE ELMS as they toured in 2009-2010.

Go HERE to download for XBOX 360, and rock with THE ELMS!
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JUNE 1, 2010: THE ELMS; c.2000-2010.

Dearest friends and family:

It is with equal parts gratitude and humility with which I write you today to say that this July, after ten extraordinary years of life lived closely together, the members of The Elms will very amicably part ways and end our tenure as a rock and roll band. There are no salacious discrepancies between band members to report to you, and no dramatic elements to run through the rumor mill! Simply stated, the time has come to move on.

As a band, our personal affections for one another are at an all-time high. I have respect beyond the capability of words for Christopher, Thomas, and Nathan -- and I'll maintain forever that there is not a better, tighter, smarter, and more intuitive musical unit than they are, both together and individually. For a full decade of my life, I got to be in my favorite band, and it was cracklin' the whole time. And the fact that our final and favorite album, "The Great American Midrange," was our highest-charting ever? Well, an outstanding note to end on.

I can say to you with assurance that our band rarely compromised what we felt were our purest commodities; for better or worse, everything we did musically or otherwise came straight from the guts, and we ultimately answered to our own honest ideals about our songs and identity. The heart of our commitment to you was to be authentic, and to always do the best that we could do. Every creative offering we gave you was meticulously cared for, and we're so proud of the music on our four albums. Thank you for following where we walked.

Today, we're enthusiastically releasing a fantastic digital box set called "STOPPIN' ON A DIME: LIVE & RARE 2000-2010." We've worked hard on this compilation, which contains 40 tracks chosen from countless hours that the boys and I spent recording and performing together over the last decade - including songs that many of you have been asking about for a long, long time. We've also created a particularly special retrospective digi-book that we'd love for you to flip through and see a few great moments in the life of this band, presented through the eyes of some wonderfully talented photographers. You know, memory lane and all that...

Lastly, we will conclude our performance career together with a very intimate final show at Radio Radio in Indianapolis on Friday July 30, 2010. Near or far, I hope you'll make the trip to come see us play together one last time. The evening will be a proper celebration of the music and camaraderie of The Elms, which certainly includes you as much as it includes us. That night, we'll play our songs for as long as you'll let us, then hang around and tell stories 'til they kick us out. Tickets are quite limited, so please get yours quickly.

Here's my new TUMBLR/TWITTER. Thom's HERE. Nathan's HERE. Chris's is... well, I'll let you know when Chris decides to get on the Internet! Follow closely, as our creative contributions to the world certainly won't end here. We will truly be interested in communicating with you, our friends, long into the future.

We're eternally grateful to all of you who discovered The Elms and our music; then so warmly carried us, loved us, supported us, and become our extended family through the years - you have brought us true joy on innumerable occasions. I thank God Almighty that we've gotten a chance to meet you all.

I hope that you'll still let The Elms' music keep you company from time to time. It has been my life's great honor to share ten life-changing, world-traveling, destiny-pursuing years with my brother, my best friends, and with you.

With deep respect, and love.
Owen M. Thomas



THE "STOPPIN' ON A DIME" RETROSPECTIVE DIGI-BOOK is a visual glimpse through THE ELMS' decade as a band: over 200 photos chronicling nearly 1000 shows performed, half a million miles logged in North America and Europe, four critically-acclaimed albums, stages shared with everyone from Neil Young to Buddy Guy, and a load of amazing memorable moments along the way...

The 58-page book features never-before-seen photos including label-licensed shots, fan-submitted pictures, and photos of the boys on tour, in studio, and at home. Also, you'll be able to read a song-by-song synopsis by Owen Thomas for each of the previously unreleased songs in the box set and get detailed information on all the live and rare recordings in the collection. All THE ELMS' lyrics, including songs contained in the new box set, are here.

Please make sure that your volume is on, as soundtrack accompanies the digi-book. Or, if you wish to look through the book using your own THE ELMS playlist, do so! To turn pages, simply grab the corner. Take your time while viewing, all images are high-quality. Click on any image to view in highest resolution.

CLICK HERE TO LAUNCH THE RETROSPECTIVE DIGI-BOOK NOW!



THE ELMS have scheduled a short run of special concert dates in their home state of Indiana for summer 2010, culminating with the band's final performance on July 30, 2010 in Indianapolis. THE ELMS' remaining shows are as follows:

FRIDAY JULY 30, 2010: INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
IN THEIR FINAL PERFORMANCE: THE ELMS.
Radio Radio. 1119 E. Prospect Street.
9pm. $12 general admission. 21+.
Micah Tawlks supports.
Ticket includes limited edition commemorative event poster.
THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT.



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ALL MERCHANDISE NOW ON SALE AND IN ITS FINAL EDITION.
Once items are sold out, no more will be printed! All tee-shirts and additional apparel priced below $10, plus CDs and deluxe CD/digital album packages, live concert serigraph posters and prints, and more. Quantities limited.

**STORE UPDATE 6.11.10:
-Limited edition "BACK TO INDIANA" tee-shirts are now SOLD OUT.
-Very few copies remain of the "Truth, Soul, Rock & Roll" CD.
These original label-issued CDs are now out-of-print and rare.

ENTER THE ELMS' OFFICIAL ONLINE STORE HERE.






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Download THE ELMS' studio albums on iTunes:
THE BIG SURPRISE (EMI 2001)
TRUTH, SOUL, ROCK & ROLL (EMI 2002)
THE CHESS HOTEL (UNIVERSAL SOUTH 2006)
THE GREAT AMERICAN MIDRANGE (TRUST 2009)