In The Den
Today I talk about, read interview excerpts with and play music from Spoon, Antibalas and TunaBunny (with a special assist from Becca the BTR Intern!)
They Want My Soul art
Spoon
live:
08-08 Los Angeles, CA – The Fairbanks Lawn of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery
08-10 San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands
08-17 Portland, OR – Musicfest NW
08-30 Montreal, Quebec – Parc Jean Drapeau
08-30-31 Philadelphia, PA – Made In America Festival
09-02 Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
09-05 Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Music Festival
09-06 Norfolk, VA – Norva
09-07 Boston, MA – Boston Calling Music Festival
09-10 New York, NY – Central Park Summer Stage
09-11 Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead
09-12 Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room
09-13 Hamilton, Ontario – Supercrawl Festival
09-14 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Theatre
09-16 Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
09-17 Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre
09-18 Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre
09-19 Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre
09-20 St. Louis, MO – Pageant
09-21 Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
09-23 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
10-03-05 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Music Festival
10-10-12 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Music Festival
11-01 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
11-02 Hamburg, Germany – Uebel & Gefarlich
11-03 Basel, Switzerland – Kaserne Reithalle
11-04 Cologne, Denmark – Luxor
11-05 Gent, Belgium – Vooruit
11-06 Paris, France – La Trabendo
11-07 London, England – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Kingdom Technology art
TunaBunny
live:
no shows listed
really bad Tattletale art (I don’t think the final version is out yet)
Antibalas
live:
Aug 17 at Verizon Center in Washington, DC
Aug 19 at Xfinity Center in Mansfield, MA
Aug 20 at Darling’s Waterfront Pavillion in Bangor, ME
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