Y’all know our favorite singer from Queens? Of course you do. Juan Wauters (one of the dudes in The Beets, duh) is the man of the hour and he will be breaking hearts and crushing souls this month opening for The Crystal Stilts and slaying at NXNE. Check the dates below. Sadly, no Boston dates, though he is playing in New Salem, MA!
Tour Dates:
06/14 – Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel^
06/15 – Baltimore, MD – OttoBar^
06/16 – Pittsburgh, PA – Cattivo^
06/17 – Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s^
06/18 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle^
06/19 – Toronto, ON – NXNE @ The Garrison
06/20 – Toronto, ON – NXNE @ The Smiling Buddha
06/21 – Toronto, ON – NXNE @The Smiling Buddha
06/22 – Hudson, NY – The Half Moon
07/06 – Oakland, CA – Burger Boogaloo
07/07 – Santa Rosa, CA – Arlene Francis Center
07/08 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall *
07/09 – Los Angeles, CA – Los Globos
07/10 – Costa Mesa, CA – The Wayfarer
07/12 – New York, NY – 4Knots Festival 08/02 – New Salem, MA – 1794 Meetinghouse
This is straight up rock ‘n’ roll. A rock ‘n’ roller’s wet dream. Both bands are my favorite as you know if you frequent this site. These guys toured together twice in 2005 and I would have given my left nut to have caught one of those shows. Ahh well, now it’s our time. Can we expect some Almighty Defenders action too? We’ll just have to wait and see… I can’t wait!
Tour Dates:
09-10 New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s
09-11 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
09-12 Austin, TX – Ghost Town
09-13 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
09-15 St. Louis, MO – Ready Room
09-16 Iowa City, IA – Blue Moose Tap House
09-17 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
09-18 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
09-19 Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium
09-21 Columbus, OH – The A&R Music Bar
09-23 Cincinnati, OH – The Southgate House Revival
09-24 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
09-25 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Concert Theatre
09-26 Montreal, Quebec – Club Soda
09-27 Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall 09-28 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
09-30 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
10-01 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
10-02 Washington, DC – Black Cat
10-03 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
10-04 Atlanta, GA – The Goat Farm
Holy fuck… Black Lips and The King Khan & BBQ Show are joining forces this fall for a big ass tour. Only a few dates have been announced and one of them is being held at the Port City Music Hall in Portland, Maine on Saturday, September 27! We’ll post the full tour dates as soon as we hear them. Mark Sultan had this to say on his facebook page: “so… as you may have seen already, my band ‘THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW’ will be touring with our longtime pals/brothers BLACK LIPS this coming fall in North America. it is your introduction to our new band name, too. and after these dates, we’ll be hitting the west coast with some extra special guests in tow! psyched! i’ll announce all of the dates in the next few days.”
Black Lips – Cole and Jared
The King Khan & BBQ Show
“This is some 2005 shiz, 9 yrs later. Dats Waz up.” – Glen
Tour Dates:
06/13 Somerville, MA @ Cuisine en Locale*
06/14 Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio*
06/15 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s Alright
06/16 Burlington, VT @ Monkey House^
06/17 Montreal, QC @ TRH Bar^
06/18 Toronto, ON @ Geary Lane^
06/19 Toronto, ON @ Adelaide Hall^
06/20 Toronto, ON @ Kapisanan Arts & Culture Center^
06/21 Chicago, IL @ Situations^
06/22 Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
06/23 Nashville, TN @ The Stone Fox
06/24 Pittsburgh, PA @ Howlers Coyote Cafe #
06/25 Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
06/26 Baltimore, MD @ The Metro Gallery ^
06/27 Boston, MA @ Great Scott #
* With Doomsday Student & Microwaves
^ With Horse Lords
# With Lovely Little Girls
Bands: Couches, Sneeze, Gymshorts, Durt Dog the Band Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 Venue: Wilder Zangcraft (Lowell, MA)
Durt Dog the Band – Ahh back in Lowell, my old stomping grounds. It’s nice to be back here and with Durt Dog the Band, a Lowell based trio (at least tonight) fronted by Brian Donovan. Brian’s got his durt dog on, he’s durt doggin’ it like it’s nobody else’s business. He’s a folk hero.
I’ve been a Durt Dog fan for a year now, but I’ve never actually had the pleasure until tonight. The set’s sloppy and garagey and that’s alright with me. Guitar feedback, mumbly vocals, and Brian’s ubiquitous grin. I feel it.
“Ashes” and “Things I Do Care About” are just a couple of personal favorites and they play them on this holy evening. The songs come to life more in a live setting and the band sounds thicker, muddier, like a garage punk version of Pavement. Either that or I’ve lost my mind.
Before the final song, Brian quips “We still have to kill your dog,” blasting into a rocker that buries us all. Keep Durt Doggin it until the day you die. http://durtdogtheband.bandcamp.com/
Gymshorts – I promised you in my last post that there would be a butt fuck load of Gymshorts coverage on here and I am a man of my word. For Durt Dog , the crowd is still building up, though let’s face it if you have even five people it feels crowded at the Wilder Zangcraft. Toss a gazillion bodies in the place and it’s stuffed. That’s part of the fun! And for the Gymshorts the bodies are a plenty. More importantly, people are washing down their first forties, cracking open their second, starting to possess a one eyed sailor squint. Hey, Gymshorts are the perfect soundtrack to twisted, drunken youth debauchery. College kids start moshing and hurling each other to and fro.
The shorts shred through a series of gut busting numbers that we KLYAMERS have grown to love in the past few months. I too want to get high and get stoned! I wish every day could be daylight savings, and you bet your fucking ass my favorite republic is banana! Let me tell you about it. That’s how my parents talk. Not the banana thing, but they begin every sentence with “And let me tell you about…” instead of just telling me about whatever topic. “And let me tell you about pre-ejaculatory fluids leading to pregnancy.” I imagine I’ve lost everyone at this point. I lost myself around banana. I am not a journalist, I don’t trust journalists. Music journalism sucks.
Sneeze – First and last time I saw these dudes was here at the Wilder Zangcraft nearly two years ago. They aren’t exactly what I’m into, but I don’t hate them either. Of all the bands, they are definitely the heaviest and during the set the crowd is rowdier than ever. It’s hard to stay in one spot. One girl even plummets straight to the floor. SHE’S OKAY, THOUGH! I especially dig the Deftones White Pony tattoo on the drummer’s leg. Nice undies by the way. http://sneezeus.bandcamp.com/
Couches – This band is on tour from California. They are a long, long way from home. Let’s make it feel like home for them. Still some moshing, but it’s a bit more mellow man. Couches definitely have that laid back, West Coast vibe to them. I spoke to one of the Couches after the show and he said I talk really fast. Couches always tell me I talk too fast. http://couchessf.bandcamp.com/
Heavens to Betsy! The boys in blue had nothing else better to do and this little festivity had to come to a close. No New Highway Hymnal :( .
Behold a new music video AND EP from Boston’s greatest surf rockers Beware The Dangers Of A Ghost Scorpion! You can pick up the Caught Dead 7″(Scorpi-O-Tone Records!) at its release show tomorrow night at Store 54 in Allston.
DAYEMMMM! The Burger Boogaloo (July 5-6 in Oakland,CA) features an epic line-up this year: Ronnie Spector, Milk ‘N’ Cookies, Nobunny, Shannon & The Clams, Juan Wauters, Thee Oh Sees, White Fang, The Muffs, OFF!, The Reigning Sound, Personal & The Pizza, Pookie & The Poodlez, Summer Twins, La Sera, and more!
Bored Out is an incredible little blog, tumblr, err what have you. If you eat up the slime we rep on this site then you’ll faint when you see this shit. BO is run by a dude named Ryan Leach and includes concert photos, reviews, and best of all in depth interviews with the likes of Mark Sultan, Eric Friedl, Greg Cartwright, Jeffrey Novak, and even one with Jay Reatard from 2006. Speaking of Jay, Ryan recently published a Lost Sounds oral history, which I can’t recommend enough for fans and non fans alike. It does a terrific job of illustrating how bands like The Reatards and Lost Sounds were much more than mere stepping stones to Jay’s solo career. Well done Ryan.
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