In The Den
Today I talk about, read interview excerpts with and play music from White Lung and Rustie
Deep Fantasy art
White Lung
live:
11/2: Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands
11/3: Shacklewell Arms – London, UK
11/4: Green Door Store – Brighton, UK
11/5: Soup Kitchen – Manchester, UK
11/6: Stereo – Glasgow, UK
11/7: DaDa – St Petersberg, Russia
11/9: Teatr – Moscow, Russia
11/10: Revolver – Oslo, Norway
11/12: Lilla Hotellbaren – Stockholm, Sweden
11/13: Loppen – Copenhagen, Denmark
11/14: Vera – Groningen, Netherlands
11/15: West Germany – Berlin, Germany
11/16: Stadtwekstatt – Linz, Austria
11/17: Le Romandie – Lausanne, Switzerland
11/18: De Kreun, Autumn Falls Festival – Courtrai, Belgium
11/19: Barfly – London, UK
11/20: Point Ephemere – Paris, France
11/21: Tivoli, Guess Who Festival – Utrecht, Netherlands
12/3: Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
12/4: Chop Suey – Seattle, WA
12/5: Electric Owl – Vancouver BC
12/6: Lucky Bar – Victoria BC
Green Language art
Rustie
live:
Sep 18 at Oval Space in London, UK
Sep 20 at Hotel Forum in Krakow, Poland
Oct 25 at Store Street Shelter in Manchester, UK
Nov 5 at Club To Club Festival in Turin, Italy
LYFE art
Glass Ghost
live:
no shows listed
Where Will We Go Pt. 1 art
Nick Hakim
live:
Aug 27 at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn, NY
Sep 13 at Big Next Festival in Ghent, Belgium
Sep 16 at The Islington in London, UK
Sep 18 at ESPACE B in Paris, France
Sep 19 at Paradiso North in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sep 20 at Reeperbhan Festival in Hamburg, Germany
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