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Thanks to spiketop for getting in touch with the above Sanctify clip from the weekend's Blake Babies shows.

Also, the Girl In A Box clip is taken from Thalia M's thalianation Instagram account, where there are more clips of Lament, Severed Lips and Nirvana, also embedded in an account of the shows at Vanyaland.

The most important news to emerge from the shows is John P Strohm confirming that both sets at Q Division Studios were recorded. YERRRSSSSS!

Video from yesterday's Blake Babies reunion shows in Somerville, MA.

There's more on the Blake Babies Facebook page.

The Earwig demos from 1988 were released on Friday (July 8) as a download for those of use who placed PledgeMusic orders. The quality is outstanding in every sense.

There's a couple of photosets on Flickr from the Juliana Hatfield Three show at Cuisine en Locale in Somerville last month:

Brad Kelly

Johnny Anguish / Daykamp Music

A roundup of links for the final leg of March 2015 dates on the Juliana Hatfield Three Become What You Are tour:

Leslie Kaholi has a great Flickr photoset of the Belly Up Tavern show at Solana Beach, CA on March 18.

On March 20, the band played a late night SXSW showcase at Buffalo Billiards in Austin, TX. There's a brief review by Cindy Royal (who took the above video) at On That Note. Among the crowd that night was a certain Blake Baby:

The Atlanta, GA gig at Terminal West on March 22 is reviewed by Chris Martin at Examiner.com:

Todd Philips and Dean Fisher set the pace keeping things steady as Hatfield flexed her vocal muscles and showed off her underappreciated guitar skills. 21 years later the Juliana Hatfield Three stills packs a punch. The band’s big rock sound hasn’t aged and Sunday night they sounded like a band that had been together for years.

There's some nice photos (including support band - fellow 90s veterans Magnapop) by John McNicholas on Flickr.

The Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte, NC show on March 23 has some YouTube video including This Is The Sound. Jeff Hahne's review (with photos) for Creative Loafing, Charlotte suggests this was a small attendance and low key performance, perhaps not helped by excessive, intrusive mobile phone / flash use - the scourge of many gigs these days:

Two-thirds of the way through Juliana Hatfield Three's hour-long set at the Neighborhood Theatre on Monday night, I noticed a man standing in front of the stage holding up his cellphone, taking video of the 47-year-old singer. Nothing new nowadays, right? Without missing a beat, Hatfield turned inward toward her bandmates. A moment later, she moved back on the dimly lit stage, a few steps toward the drums. As the song ended, Hatfield moved back to her original spot and told the crowd, "I'm always in the same place on this tour and wanted a different view." To me, it looked like she didn't want a cellphone distracting her. .. but perhaps a one-minute change of scenery was needed.

A few songs into the band's brief encore, though, a woman in front of the stage was taking pictures with her phone. As the flash went off multiple times, Hatfield once again grabbed her mic stand and moved back on the stage. It wasn't long after that the show ended.

Taking a few cellphone momentos of a show is understandable. Sharing them is often great for those of us not there. There's a line that you shouldn't cross though, particularly by doing things like failing to disable camera flash; you're not considering other people's enjoyment or, most importantly, the artist you're there to support. Weird that some people don't get that. Anyway...

Update There's some non flash, non cellphone pics by Kevin McGee for Shutter 16 at Flickr.

The final March date was the Cat's Cradle show at Carrboro, NC on March 24. There's bits on YouTube uploaded by TheSublminalPandaBear including Supermodel and My Sister (below) which began with some Juliana improv during Dean's amp issues.

There's now a little break before a handful of shows back on America's East Coast in mid April, 2015. The tour dates are here.

Laura Morgan with a great review of last week's LA show at lyriquediscorde:

I felt both excitement and a sudden sadness when the last song began. That said, sing-screaming along to the line “I’ve got no idols” felt so cathartic. That surge in the crowd hit again, the bouncing and spinning, everyone singing it together, with Juliana. It was powerful, the combining of voices, the variety of people, from different walks and ways, coming together for the music. We may all have no idols per se, except for maybe the music, and for many of us there that night, Juliana’s Three.

The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles welcomed the Juliana Hatfield Three tour on Monday.

There's a couple of JH3 photos (in a set focusing on the support act Miranda Lee Richards) by BentleyBT at Flickr.

Trent at Pink Is The New Blog has a short review of what is described as the best show ever, so there's that.

Update - There's another great review at lyriquediscorde, also preserved in our March 21 post.

It seems like this was a really good one.

The set list is changing a little bit between shows. At LA it was:

• Become What You Are (album in full)
• What A Life
• Everybody Loves Me But You
• I'm Shy
• If I Could
• Wood
• Fleur De Lys
• Nirvana (final encore)

Thanks to Spike U. Topian for the set info, report of a "full enthusiastic high energy crowd", and a few videos on a YouTube playlist featuring Supermodel, Mabel, A Dame With A Rod, Addicted, and I Got No Idols.

There are various cuts on YouTube from other people if you search.

The Juliana Hatfield Three tour landed at The Chapel in San Francisco on Sunday.

There's a review and a great set of photos by Greg Chow at Three Match Breeze.

The Juliana Hatfield Three tour hit St Paul, MN on Monday.

The Current has a review with a nice photoset.

Also, Vu reviewing at We Heart Music:

Later on in the show, Hatfield wanted to get a bunch of 90s bands together, The Lemonheads, Letter to Cleo, Marcy's Playground, etc., in a music festival called "It Came From the 90s". In her mind, she's got it all sorted out, including the poster artwork and so on.

Chris Kwan, who posted the above set list photo to Instagram, also has a few YouTube things including Push Pin and Dumb Fun.

The Juliana Hatfield Three played the Black Cat in Washington D.C. on Wednesday night.

There's a brief review and a good set of photos by Matt Condon at Chunky Glasses. Update: Matt's full set is at Flickr.

In addition to the above video feature by BrewersArcade with some highlights of the show, YouTube is also home to other cuts including Spin The Bottle, Nirvana and the Minor Threat cover I Don't Want To Hear It.

The Juliana Hatfield Three played two nights at Philadelphia's Boot and Saddle over March 2 & 3.

There's a good set of photos and review by Chris Sikich at CityPaper. Update: The full set is at Flickr.

There's another brief review at philly.com and for some YouTube stuff there's Supermodel, My Sister and This Is The Sound from night 1 and What A Life (different from the view above) from night 2.

Thanks to Carsten for the video of What A Life above. For more of Carsten's photos head to Flickr.

The Juliana Hatfield Three's show at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC last Sunday was reviewed at Brooklyn Vegan, where you'll find an extensive set of photos by Greg Cristman (who will make them available for purchase on his site from March 15). Update Higher res versions are now up on Flickr.

Carsten Pedersen also has some photos over on Flickr, Update: as does Dave W.

There's several YouTube things too including Nirvana (embedded above) and, from various uploaders,A Dame With A Rod, If I Could, My Sister, Everybody Loves Me But You, Mabel, President Garfield, Little Pieces and Supermodel.

Search out Facebook, Instagram and Twitter stuff out there too if you can't get enough.

The second date of the Juliana Hatfield Three US tour was a hometown show for Juliana last night at The Sinclair in Cambridge, MA.

Another great set of photos here by David Young.

A little look at the merch in this tweet from Eric Liwanag:

There are a few videos on YouTube including Little Pieces(embedded below) as uploaded by Mike O'Malley, who also has Addicted, For The Birds and My Sister. Other uploaders have different views of My Sister, My Sister, and Addicted.