YAKUZA confirms more touring plans; posts additional song online

Chicago's YAKUZA has confirmed more dates on the band's upcoming tour down
to South By Southwest, featuring a showcase alongside Serj Tankian, and up
the West Coast into Canada, culminating in a hometown show in April
supporting Disfear. Additionally, the band has posted the track "Congestive
Art Failure," which joins the previously posted new tracks "Egocide" and
Praying For Asteroids" on the band's MySpace page
( http://www.myspace.com/yakuza ").



YAKUZA continues to support the critically-acclaimed 'Transmutations,' which
saw a summer 2007 release through Prosthetic Records. The follow-up to
'Samsara,' 'Transmutations' was recorded with producer and
multi-instrumentalist Sanford Parker (Rwake, Pelican, Minsk) in Chicago and
has spawned a video for the track "Black Market Liver" which was directed by
Sara Jean and is available online here
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptPLaObjGO8 ).

YAKUZA on tour
3/09 St. Louis, MO - APOP Records (in store performance, all ages)
3/09 St. Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl
3/10 Memphis, TN - Black Lodge Video
3/11 Fayetteville, AR - Old Post Office (with Deadbird)
3/13 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa (SXSW with Serj Tankian)
3/14 Austin, TX - Mugshots (SXSW day show)
3/15 Austin, TX - SXSW TBA
3/16 San Antonio, TX - The Crossing (post-SXSW BBQ and bands)
3/17 El Paso, TX - KOAQ St. Patrick's Fest
3/18 Tempe, AZ - Clubhouse
3/19 Glendale, CA - The Scene Bar
3/20 Los Angeles, CA - The Key Club
3/21 San Diego, CA - Chasers
3/22 Long Beach, CA - Skate Bar
3/24 San Francisco, CA - Elbo Room
3/25 Portland, OR - Rotture
3/27 Vancouver, BC - The Cobalt (with Anonymous)
3/28 Kamloops, BC - Chili's Bar And Grill
3/29 Calgary, Alberta - The Underground
3/30 Edmonton, AB - New City Compound
3/31 Saskatoon, SK - Le Relais
4/02 Winnipeg, Manitoba - The Royal Albert
4/04 Chicago, IL - The Hideout (with Rabid Rabbit, Kommandant)
4/08 Davis, IL - ILDM Clubhouse
4/22 Chicago, IL - Subterranean (with Disfear, The Revitalized Sweet Cobra)

(with Behold.The Arctopus)
5/13 London, ONT - Call The Office
5/15 St. Catherines, ON - L3
5/16 Hamilton, ONT - Absinthe
5/17 Windsor, ONT - Coach And Horses