Oh how time flies. It seems like just last week I was attending the Data Destruction Tour, thrilling to the live Game Boy-generated sounds of Nullsleep, Bit Shifter, Covox and Bud Melvin. Well, Bit Shifter and Nullsleep are at it again - they're cozying on up for an international tour this time around, a tour so enthralling it can only be described as the International Chiptune Resistance.

Starting May 2006, they'll be roaming this fair sphere, playing in random music halls and sleeping on stranger's beds. So you'd better be there to applaud their music. And if you aren't, you should bribe them to have Greyhound drop them off in their town. They are accepting donations. I believe for every $60 you donate you get a free tote bag. Or maybe just a warm feeling in a metaphorical tote bag.

If you absolutely, positively cannot go, well you can still join in on some of the loveliness. Bit Shifter has a new EP out called Information Chase, and it's totally free. I highly recommend you at least check out Hexadecimal Genome, as it's a fantastically executed track and well worth your time. It's the least you can do!