Sam Means

We’re playing @radiocitymusichall in NYC on Friday October 9th to celebrate 20 years of Dog Problems. Things you should know: *We’ll be playing the album in full + a mix of new and old favorites *It’s our first ever show at Radio City *This is one night only *Tickets will start at $29.99 (plus fees) We’ll also be joined by the @thegetupkids , along with an acoustic set from @phantomplanet for this special night. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Wednesday May 20th at 12PM ET, but you can get early access this Friday at 12PM ET with code: DOGPROBLEMS You can sign up for a reminder by joining our text / email list on our website and we’ll let you know when tickets are on sale. Poster designed by: @joseberriolesmes

2026 marks the 20th anniversary of Dog Problems, and we’re celebrating with a special show at @radiocitymusichall in New York City on Friday October 9th. We’ll be playing the album in full, along with a mix of new songs and old favorites, and pulling out all the stops for our first-ever show at Radio City. We also want to make sure the night is affordable for everyone, so tickets start at $29.99 (plus fees 👎). Joining us are @thegetupkids , plus a special acoustic set from @phantomplanet . Tickets go on sale to the general public on Wednesday May 20th at 12PM ET, but you can get early access this Friday at 12PM ET with code: DOGPROBLEMS Life gets busy so sign up for a reminder by joining our text / email list and we’ll take care of the rest. Poster designed by: @joseberriolesmes Poster printed by: @hamsterlabs Video by: @vega35mm

“I fully back the bootleg, by the way” - @sammeans Every t-shirt tells a story, and Perry Shall is on a hunt to find them all. Catch the most recent episode of T-Time, where he and videographer Bob Sweene⁩y catch up with @sammeans of @theformat at Franklin Music Hall, in Philadelphia, PA. Sam shares his pro-bootleg stance, and displays decades’ old @actualbenfolds and @weezer shirts, his favorite @joycemanorofficial tee, and more. Now playing at publicrecord.online

Every t-shirt tells a story, and @perryshall is on a hunt to find them all. This week on @t_time_shirtshow , he and videographer Bob Sweeney catch up with @sammeans of @theformat at Franklin Music Hall, in Philadelphia, PA. Sam shares his pro-bootleg stance, and displays decades’ old @actualbenfolds Five and @weezer shirts, his favorite @joycemanorofficial tee, and more. Watch now at publicrecord.online.

We’ll be heading out on tour this Fall and bringing along very special guest @thegetupkids . We’ll be hitting some states we didn’t get to hit on the Spring leg of the Boycott Heaven tour (including Florida). Presale begins tomorrow Wednesday April 8 at 12pm local time, and tickets are on sale Friday April 10 at 12pm local time. The presale code will be sent out to our text & newsletter subscribers so make sure you are signed up! See you on the road.

My favorite video so far. Beautiful work @pukapla @slow.burntv @kateheim @arthurgaribay and friends ✨

Join us at Saturdays In The Park to hear music and learn about local organizations doing important work in your community. Make buttons, connect with other fans, and enjoy acoustic performances from us and some of our musical friends. Saturdays In The Park events are free, all ages, and will run during the afternoon. Stay up to date on the events here on Instagram, or head to theformat.com/saturdaysinthepark

Everything happening in this country (and beyond) is heartbreaking, and as an attempt to help those taking direct action against this insanely large group of Billionaire Pedophile Demons and their low iq subservient boot licking henchmen, we’ve decided to release the final song we’d written and recorded a year ago for Boycott Heaven, that for whatever reason didn’t end up on the final cut of the album. Unfortunately, this song about how awfully this ever declining shithole treats its immigrants (both legally and “illegally”), has lyrically aged as you probably would have figured (nothings changed). Inspired by all the action and organizing so many people are taking and doing, we’ve decided to put together an “acoustic” version and have rushed to release it on @bandcamp …on Bandcamp Friday…so that ALL (as in 100%) of the proceeds of this song will go to the following organizations, who we can’t thank enough for the work they do in the face of such overwhelming evil: Immigrant Rapid Response (@womensfndnmn ) Immigrant Defense Network (@immigrantdefensenetwork ) Advocates For Immigrants Rights (@airlegaltn ) Latino Memphis (@latinomemphis ) If you can’t or don’t want to donate for this song, we kindly encourage you to donate whatever or however you can elsewhere. A very special shoutout to our amazing producer Brendan O’Brien, and our engineer Kyle Stevens for taking immediate time out of their busy schedules to help us put this version of the song together in an extremely short amount of time. Oh and lastly- please excuse my horrible Spanish!!!- there’s a reason I’m a musician…and that’s because I failed Spanish in high school and therefore didn’t have enough credits to get into a university….Just one more reason to be grateful to all our brothers and sisters from Latin America. Honestly, and especially as Phoenicians, we could never imagine our lives without your profound influence on us as artists, and most importantly as human beings. I consider this song to be a very humble tribute to that fact. So anyways, without further ado, “The Bar Is Set So Low”, please enjoy. <3, The Format

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Grab the newest record from @theformat “Boycott Heaven” on Hello Merch! Order today and receive a free custom vinyl sleeve 👀 *while supplies last