Toad the Wet Sprocket reunite (sort of)

I'm a little late to this party, but Toad the Wet Sprocket got back together for a brief run last week, and they'll play a few more shows in August together.

Since disbanding in 1998, Toad has played a few very sporadic reunion shows and released a live album (which was recorded in 1992). Lead singer Glen Phillips has fallen in with the Largo crowd in Los Angeles (including producer extraordinaire Jon Brion and Aimee Mann), and released four albums, the most recent of which is the EP Secrets of the New Explorers.

Toad the Wet Sprocket shows:
August 23 - The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA
August 29 - The Canyon Club, Agoura Hills, CA
August 30 - The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA

I've always liked Toad; they were one of the first '90s bands to be clearly influenced by REM (the Gin Blossoms, Hootie, etc. were a few years later), and when they made their big rock move with 1994's Dulcinea, it didn't sound forced. I tried to go see them at the House of Blues in 1998, on what ended up being their last tour, but tickets sold out about a half-hour before I showed up. Sigh.
Here's "Fall Down."