Tour Dates
Protomartyr Announce US Tour Dates with The Breeders’ Kelley Deal
Last year, Protomartyr was one of countless bands whose tour was cut short due to the pandemic. Now, they’re finally ready to get back on the road. Better yet, on their upcoming US tour they’ll be joined by none other than Kelley Deal of The Breeders on guitar. The 13-date trek will see Protomartyr performing live in the Midwest and East Coast. They kick things off on November 8th in Chicago with a two-night set at the Empty Bottle before they drive to Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and a few other cities. Protomartyr and Kelley Deal will then conclude the tour on November 21st in Pittsburgh at Club Cafe. View the full list of tour dates below. Expect to hear plenty of songs from Protomartyr’s invigorating 2020 album Ultimate Success Today, likely bolste...
Khruangbin Announce 2021-2022 North American Tour Dates
Houston-based psychedelic funk trio Khruangbin have mapped out an extensive North American tour stretching from late July through next spring. The 39-date outing, which mixes headlining shows alongside festival appearances, comes in support of the group’s 2020 album, Mordechai. Among the notable dates found on the tour’s itinerary are four shows at Stubb’s in Austin, three nights each at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and The Eastern in Atlanta, and two gigs at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO. The tour concludes in early March 2022 with a pair of dates at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. Check out the tour’s full schedule below, and grab tickets through Ticketmaster starting Friday, July 16th. For shows that are already sold out, hit up Stubhub. Advertisement Related Video Khr...
100 gecs Announce 2021 North American Tour Dates
100 gecs are riding their stupid horse to a city near you. Two years after their debut album, 1000 gecs, took over the internet, the experimental duo of Dylan Brady and Laura Les is finally embarking on a long-awaited North American tour in 2021. The aptly-titled “10,000 gecs Tour” commences in Oakland this October, with its finale going down at New York City’s Terminal 5 in December. 100 gecs made fans out of seemingly everyone in 2019 with their crunchy hyperpop instrumentals and irreverent lyrics. They performed a handful of sold-out shows and announced a lengthy run of dates just before the world shut down in 2020, meaning this tour has been a very long time in the making. Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 16th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. See their schedule below. Adv...
Eels Announce Spring 2022 Tour Dates
Eels have detailed a 2022 spring tour in support of their latest album, Earth to Dora, which dropped in October 2020. The European and US trek will take place from March through May. After kicking off the tour on March 11th in Belfast, the veteran indie rockers will travail across Europe while making stops in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, and more. The US leg starts on May 8th in San Diego and includes cities like Chicago, New York City, and Boston. “We’ve got a lot of pent-up energy from all the time spent cooped-up and unable to rock,” said Eels mastermind Mark Oliver Everett about the tour. “It’s going to be an extra-special treat this time. We always have the greatest time playing live, but this is gonna get crazy. Attendees will want to keep their cameras rolling, becau...
Sparks Announce First North American Tour in Five Years
Sparks have scheduled their first full-scale North American tour in five years. The 17-date outing kicks off in early February with a pair of previously announced dates at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Starting in March, the duo of Ron and Russell Mael will play shows across the US and Canada, including stops in San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville, New York City, and Boston, before wrapping up on April 2nd in Toronto. Tickets for Sparks’ upcoming tour go on sale to the general public starting Friday, July 16th at 10:00 a.m. local time (a fan club pre-sale takes place three days earlier on Tuesday, July 13th). Advertisement The art-pop icons are amid something of a resurgence. Aside from their upcoming tour, they’re the focus of a new documentary directed by Edgar Wrig...
The Residents Announce 50th Anniversary Tour
Legendary art-rockers The Residents are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their first performance in 1971 with the new North American “Dog Stab!” tour. The avant-garde ensemble will play tracks from The Third Reich ‘n’ Roll (1976), Duck Stab (1978), and their latest double-disc release, METAL, MEAT & BONE (2020). The tour kicks off in August along the west coast before snaking its way through the Midwest and arriving in New England by the end of the month. The Residents will head south along the east coast and cut through the southwest, closing the square they’ve made around the continent with a pair of shows in their old stomping grounds of San Francisco and Santa Cruz. Check out the full list of dates below. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster or on the second...
Margo Price Announces New EP Live From the Other Side, Performs “Hey Child” on Colbert: Watch
Margo Price has announced Live From the Other Side, a new audiovisual EP due out July 16th via Loma Vista Recordings. To preview the project, the country singer filmed a Late Show with Stephen Colbert performance featuring a new version of “Hey Child” with Adia Victoria, Allison Russell, Kam Franklin, and Kyshona Armstrong. Live From the Other Side will contain a cover of The Beatles’ “Help” (also featuring Victoria, Russell, Franklin, and Armstrong), a solo arrangement of “That’s How Rumors Get Started,” and “Hey Child.” In a statement, Price reflected on the year since she released the excellent That’s How Rumors Get Started and shared how Tina Turner influenced her new project. “I hope it kept you warm during those cold, lonely nights,” she said about Rumors. “Some things changed f...
Strand of Oaks Announce New Album In Heaven, Share “Galacticana”: Stream
New music from Strand of Oaks is on the way. In Heaven, the upcoming album from Tim Showalter’s folk rock project, is out October 1st. As a preview, Showalter has shared the album’s breezy first single, “Galacticana,” as well as a slew of US tour dates for fall 2021. In Heaven marks the first Strand of Oaks album since Showalter’s recent relocation to Austin, Texas. It features collaborations with James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins as well as members of My Morning Jacket. The record is billed as a reflection on his road to sobriety, as well as a meditation on love and loss. “Galacticana” is a sweeping, twangy ballad that calls to mind hazy mid-summer gatherings. “I believe that ecstasy happens when we all get together,” Showalter sings, “Standing right in front of me feeding off the energy...
Laura Jane Grace Announces Gig at Four Seasons Total Landscaping
Laura Jane Grace is playing a gig at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. Yes, that Four Seasons Total Landscaping. The Against Me! vocalist will perform songs from her 2020 album, Stay Alive, at the Philadelphia landscaping center where Rudy Giuliani infamously hosted a press conference last November. This much cooler event is going down on Saturday, August 21st, and it’s open to all ages. Grace will be joined by Brendan Kelly of Chicago punk band The Lawrence Arms. “This will be the first and last time Brendan and I will play in front of a landscaping company and we promise it will be better than that MAGA shit show,” Grace said in a press release. Kelly added: “It’s not often you get to touch history, but that’s what Laura and I will be doing in this most hallowed of political and mulching g...
Real Estate Announce Fall 2021 US Tour
Real Estate have announced a 2021 fall tour of the US. Taking place throughout the month of November, the trek comes in support of their recent Half a Human EP and — by the nature of 2020’s lack of tours — last year’s The Main Thing LP. The tour is bookended by shows in Upstate New York, launching November 3rd in Buffalo and concluding the 19th at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock. In between, Real Estate will stop in Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Louisville, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Madison, and other cities. “We’re back on tour and more excited to be playing LIVE than ever before!” the band said in a statement. “This stands to be one of the most joyful, memorable tours we’ll ever go on and you’re not going to want to miss it. We have so many songs to share with you, new and...
King Woman Share Video for New Song “Psychic Wound”: Stream
King Woman have shared the music video for new song “Psychic Wound”, taken from their upcoming sophomore album, Celestial Blues, out July 30th. The new single the second album cut we’ve heard from singer Kris Esfandiari and company, following “Morning Star”. The songs have seen the atmospheric doom act shift toward even more expansive sonic territories. Ethereal vocals are backed by sludgy post-metal soundscapes, and the striking video emphasizes the macabre forewarning depicted in the lyrics. “‘Psychic Wound’ is about paying the price for eating forbidden fruit,” Esfandiari explained in a press release. “When desire turns into obsession, it can keep you longer than you intended to stay and nearly destroy your sanity.” Related Video King Woman will support the release of Celestial Blues wi...
Tkay Maidza Announces 2021 North American Tour Dates
Tkay Maidza hasn’t toured North America since 2017, and so her new announcement has got the continent all “Shook”. The Australian-Zimbabwean rapper has unveiled a 16-date trek taking place in the fall of 2021. Maidza will kick things off in Los Angeles on September 11th, and combined with a September 16th stop in Brooklyn, this represents the tour aperitif. The main course takes place in October and November, with festival appearances including Austin City Limits, Day N Vegas, and All Things Go Festival. On 11 of the 16 dates she’ll be supported by Emotional Oranges, and you can check out the full itinerary below. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster or on the secondary market here. Maidza is gearing up for the release of Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3, which is due out July 9...
