May the lord have mercy on our souls! Why would people ever settle in Phoenix? Why did the people that were here stay here? It seams insane to me. It's going to be 116 degrees tomorrow! Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse's album is finally release! The Apocalypse is upon us!
MIA's albums is also out today. I will have not listened to it. P4K says it sucks and we are supposed to follow them blindly right? School of Seven Bells Disconnect From Desire is pretty good so I would go with that one if I were you.
Apparently the boycott of Arizona doesn't include Tucson, or Flagstaff for that matter.
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti are going on a pretty huge tour that takes them all over the U.S. from July up through Oct. They are even going to come to our dirty racist state... twice! Just both times will be in Tucson, Aug 5th at Plush and again on Sept 12 at Club Congress. WTF Ariel Pink?
Dr. Dog also just announced another tour, and the closest they are coming to Phoenix is Flagstaff. In November no less! Who the hell want's to go to Flagstaff in November over Phoenix?
So either Phoenix has become the sole embodiment of SB1070 and our smaller cities get a pass for being "progressive college towns" or something else more (or even less) sinister is going on.
If only someone that had any idea of what is going on would leave a comment letting us know.
Here is a list of other bands only playing in Tucson... I left some others OFF the list because they just played here in the last few month IE Tallest Man on Earth & David Bazan:
Tokyo Police Club The Walkmenthey were playing here the whole time, my bad.
Spoon
School of Seven Bells
Matt Costa
Of Montreal
While some people might tend to be be more optimistic and say "Sure THOSE bands aren't coming but there are a whole bunch of other ones that ARE!", to those people I say "We are the 4th or 5th biggest city in the country, if a band can play in Flagstaff or Tucson they can make there way here too. Nobody would play Bakersfield and not play L.A. right?"
I also understand that there are sometimes venue scheduling conflicts and it might not have anything to do with the bands not wanting to play here. But that doesn't piss me off any less :-(
I never know if you have already watched the video since its ABOVE what I am now writing, but I am going to assume you didn't for reasons that will make sense shortly.
TAKE DRAMAMINE BEFORE WATCHING THIS VIDEO!!!
That's all...sorry for making such a big deal out of the whole thing, but you know what? Here is a bonus remix of "Face to Face on High Places" that you can even download.
And guess what even MORE else? School of Seven Bells is going to be playing right here in Phoenix this Sunday at the Rhythm Room. If you don't live in Phoenix here is a list of the other places you can check them out:
05.22 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club* 05.25 Seattle, WA @ Sasquatch Festival* 05.26 Portland, OR @ Holocene* 05.28 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill* 05.29 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour* 05.30 Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar* 05.31 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room* 06.02 Austin, TX @ Mohawk* 06.03 Denton, TX @ Hailey's* 06.04 Little Rock, AR @ Sticky Fingerz* 06.05 Nashville, TN @ Exit In* 06.06 Columbus, OH @ Circus* 06.12 New York City, NY @ Bowery Ballroom 08.07 Tokyo, JP @ Summer Sonic Festival 08.08 Mashima, JP @ Summer Sonic Festival 10.02 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits 10.04 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Sup fools? How are your proverbial wangs hangin? Low I hope. Sorry I have no idea what any of that means and it definitely has nothing at all to do with the spirit of this post. I think you should just forget I said any of that and look at the dates just announced for the School Of Seven Bells and Black Moth Super Rainbow tour starting 4/20 in Chicago and stopping by Phoenix 5/31
School of Seven Bells US Tour Dates: 5/20 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge* 5/21 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon* 5/22 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club* 5/25 Seattle, WA @ Sasquatch Festival* 5/26 Portland, OR @ Holocene* 5/28 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill* 5/29 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour* 5/30 Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar* 5/31 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room* 6/02 Austin, TX @ Mohawk* 6/03 Denton, TX @ Hailey's* 6/04 Little Rock, AR @ Sticky Fingerz* 6/05 Nashville, TN @ Exit In* 6/06 Columbus, OH @ Circus* 6/12 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom * w/Black Moth Super Rainbow
