It’s a banner day here on God Bless Weirdmerica. New Panda Bear. New Deerhoof. New Mark McGuire. AND brand new up and coming artists as well, like Elisa Amborgio. It’s definitely a good one today, and you’ll want to stay tuned for the whole weird hour. Plus, don’t forget to check out BTR on all our social media sites, especially tumblr, where we have a ton of cool new content for you to check out all day long!
So Percussion
11/14 – The Turku Philharmonic – Turku, Finland
11/21 – The Percussive Arts Society International Convention – Indianapolis, IN
11/29 – Dr. Anton Philipszaal – The Hague, Netherlands
11/30 – De Doelen – Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sam Amidon
11/14 – Whelans – Dublin, Ireland
11/16 – London Jazz Festival – London, UK
11/17 – Paradiso Noord – Amsterdam, Netherlands
11/18 – AB – Brussels, Belgium
11/19 – Kleiner Donner – Hamburg, Germany
11/20 – Monarch – Berlin, Germany
11/21 – Franz Mehlhose – Efurt, Germany
11/22 – Sparte 4 – Saarbrucken, Germany
1/23 – Studio 672 – Cologne, Germany
11/24 – El Lokal – Zurich, Switzerland
11/25 – Basel at Parterre – Basel, Switzerland
11/26 – Antiqua – Barcelona, Spain
11/27 – La Lata de Bombillas – Zarazoga, Spain
11/28 – Garoa Kultur Lab – San Sebastian, Spain
11/30 – Badaboum – Paris, France
12/7 – The Hideout – Chicago, IL
12/8 – The Ark – Ann Arbor, MI
12/10 – The Drake Hotel – Toronto, ON Canada
Son Lux
11/20 – Le Guess Who? – Utrecht, Netherlands
11/23 – Nochtspeicher – Hamburg, Germany
11/24 – SchwuZ – Berlin, Germany
11/25 – Gebaude 9 – Cologne, Germany
11/26 – Le Grand Mix – Tourcoing, France
11/27 – La Cartonnerie – Remis, France
11/28 – Diver Lieux Dijon – Dijon, France
11/29 – PLUS Festival – Munich, Germany
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