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posted September 11, 2008, 5:35 pm | Log In To Post Comments | view comments (0)
Tags: 3, Coheed and Cambria, Weerd Science, Portugal. The Man, Rx Bandits, Sick Kids, Nostalgia in Stereo, Colors, Waiter: "You Vultures!", Reality Vs. The Optimist, tour, release

Tonight is the first Weerd Science show since September 22, 2007 at Chameleon Club!!! I wish I could make it out, but unfortunately gas prices are insane. Instead I'll just watch the Weerd Science in the studio videos on youtube and prepare myself for his sophomore release, "Sick Kids," due out sometime before the end of this year on EQUAL VISION RECORDS.

Speaking of EVR, they're making shit happen in these next few months! On September 16, 2008 they're releasing the new record from my favorite West Coast forward-moving musicians, Portugal. The Man. They've had my attention since the release of their debut full length, Waiter: "You Vultures!" in 2006. It ended up becoming my favorite album to be released that year. Since then they've steadily put out at least one release per year. These guys are what music is about! I've only had the chance to see them live once and their energy was through the roof! They pulled what seemed like everyone from their entourage on stage to play something. I haven't looked at the tambourine the same since! I tried to catch them on their recent tour with Rx Bandits, but tickets sold out. I hung outside The School of Rock East rockin' out to what I could make out through the walls 'til I got kick out. \m/ Seems as if they're coming back around my area on Halloween and November 1st. I will not miss them again!

The next day, September 17, I finally get to experience the brilliance of a The Mars Volta live show. I'm nearly pissing myself in anticipation! I've been waiting years for this!

If I could put together the ultimate tour, the bill would be be: 3 headlining with Kiss Kiss, Portugal. The Man and The Dear Hunter. All four acts blur genres and have similar philosophies, yet they couldn't sound any more different! They'd have to hand everyone a pair of clean underwear at the door because by the end of that show, it'd be required!

Back to EVR and continuing on the topic of forward-moving musicians, Travis Stever of Coheed and Cambria is putting out an album for his third "side" project, Davenport Cabinet on October 14th. Previously he released Children of the Deuce under the name Fire Deuce which was a satirical EP that brought together talents of 3, Coheed and Cambria and 3's TM on trumpet put out by CI Records in 2005 (and inspired by the two bands' tours together including one with Boys Night Out in 2003 and one with Underoath in 2004). His second release was an iTunes exclusive, the self titled LP, The English Panther in 2006. This album gave us a glimpse into the musical genius' mind. It's like folk, southern rock and a little bit of new-wave. Unfortunately I haven't been able to listen to it in like a year since I've been plagued with computer problems and was forced to validate 5 computers with my iTunes account. I've been hankering for a listen for so long!!! Well at least there's this Davenport Cabinet album coming out to fill my Travis Stever void. The cleverly titled, Nostalgia in Stereo, is a collection of 11 songs written and recorded at his upstate NY home during time off and was mixed by Mike Major (Sparta, At the Drive-In). There's an interesting story behind the title of the project that you can read at his myspace profile and EVR's artist profile.

My ultimate tour line-up is still a dream, but it seems as if I'm becoming blessed with portions of it. Kiss Kiss will be performing 2 shows with 3 this month and there's all sorts of rumors afloat (in my head) for separate shows with the other two. Until then, I'm gonna gear up for September 19th. 3 will be kicking off their fall tour of the US and Canada at their home venue, Bearsville Theater in Woodstock. They've got a 2 hour set (the usual for local performances) and word is they're debuting some new songs!!! I'm really hoping for a return of Race The Light! They haven't played that one since 2006! Local friends and rockin' musicians Frankie and His Fingers will be the special guests of the evening. I'm trying to make it out to Boston and Philly also. I'd love to see [KID:NAP:KIN], I've heard so many good things about their music and live performance. Also The Distraction fucking rocks. I'm definitely hitting up Albany. That's the second of 2 shows with Kiss Kiss . There's no way in hell I'm missing 2 of my favorite modern bands share a stage. I can't wait to hear their new material too! Reality vs. the Optimist carried me through 2007. It always leaves me fiendishly thirsting for more!

This will be 3's first tour since Progressive Nation 2008 with Dream Theater, Opeth & Between the Buried and Me. If you're a fan you definitely won't want to miss this run since they're HEADLINING! So instead of being forced to shorten and squeeze like 8 epic songs into one measly half hour, they will have 60 to 90 minutes to properly rock your face off so you can experience 3 live the way you were meant to! Make sure to support them too by buying a hat (they've got beanies for the winter and sick trucker hats directly from the 80's! Ask Max and he'll fill you in on the story), CD (they will have Paint by Number (with Josh Eppard), Half Life (let's get funky!), Summercamp Nightmare, Wake Pig, The End is Begun and Joey Eppard's solo album from 2002 Been to the Future and maybe even a few copies of Math's InsertYourNameHere), t-shirt, hoodie, sticker... anything so they can eat something afterward! The schedule is pretty damn intense and they do not have the luxury of a bus. Here's an updated list of 3's fall headlining tour dates (if you're looking for some new/local/fresh/grassroots prog check out the supporting bands -- at the bottom is a list of the myspace profiles of just about every artist I've mentioned):

Sep 19 - Bearsville Theater (w/ Frankie and His Fingers) - Woodstock, New York [ http://www.3concert.com ] all ages. 10PM, $18 / $20. "3" hometown tour kick-off show. lastfm:event=726559

Sep 20 - Cafe 939 @ Berklee (w/ The Distraction, Kid:Nap:Kin) - Boston, Massachusetts ticketmaster all ages. 7:30 PM, $17. Presented by Jonathan Schmidt. lastfm:event=702459 poster designed by Threedom Fighter and Boston resident, Moe Gagnon

Sep 21 - The Barbary (w/ Kiss Kiss, Marble Faun) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ticketweb all ages. 6:30 PM, $10, Presented by R5 Productions lastfm:event=722636 poster designed by Threedom Fighter, Drexel student & WKDU DJ, Ebonie Butler

Sep 25 - Valentines (w/ Kiss Kiss, Margan And The Red Lions, Ophelia) - Albany, New York ticketmaster Ages 16+. 6:30 PM, $10, Step Up Presents. lastfm:event=722876 poster designed by Threedom Fighter & musician, Dave Andersen

Sep 26 - Le Casbah - Quebec City, Quebec billetech all ages. 9:00 PM, $10, Presented by Get A Room Productions lastfm:event=726563 poster designed by Threedom Fighter and graphic designer, Jeremy Martin

Sep 27 - il Motore - Montreal, Quebec tickets all ages. 7:30 PM, $12, Presented by Blue Skies Turn Black lastfm:event=726564 poster designed by Threedom Fighter and graphic designer Yagil Kadosh

Sep 28 - The Mod Club (w/ Tub Ring, Alpha Galates) - Toronto, Ontario ticketmaster all ages. 8:00 PM, $20, Presented by Inertia Entertainment. lastfm:event=720901 poster designed by Threedom Fighter, original Coheed and Cambria Street Team member & graphic designer, Maggie DeSantis

Sep 29 - The Embassy (w/ Tub Ring) - London, Ontario ticketmaster all ages. 7:30 PM, $17.50, Presented by Inertia Entertainment. lastfm:event=726567 poster designed by Threedom Fighter & art student Liz Glitz

Oct 1 - Reggie’s Live (w/ Tub Ring) - Chicago, Illinois ticketweb all ages. 6:00 PM, $12, Presented by MP Productions. lastfm:event=728059 poster designed by Threedom Fighter and Illinois resident, Jeremy Martin

Oct 2 - 7th Street Entry (w/ Tub Ring) - Minneapolis, Minnesota first-avenue.com 18+ 8:00 PM, $10, Presented by First Avenue. lastfm:event=728061 poster #1 designed by Ben Proell, #2 by Ben Proell, #3 by Ben Proell, #4 by Ben Proell

Oct 3 - Ozzy’s (w/ Tub Ring) - Winnipeg, Manitoba ticketmaster.ca 18+ 8:00 PM, $15, Presented by Union Concerts. lastfm:event=728064 poster designed by Threedom Fighter, Megan Jeter

Oct 5 - The Starlite - Edmonton, Alberta ticketmaster.ca 18+ 8:00 PM, $16 (Ticketmaster, Blackbyrd, Listen and Megatunes), Presented by Union Concerts. lastfm:event=728065

Oct 6 - The Warehouse - Calgary, Alberta ticketmaster 18+ 8:00 PM, $16 (Ticketmaster, Megatunes, Sloth), Presented by Union Concerts lastfm:event=728066

Oct 8 - Biltmore Cabaret (w/ INVASIVES) - Vancouver, British Columbia ticketmaster.ca 19+ 8:00 PM, $15 (Ticketmaster and Scratch), Live Nation Canada, Inc. / Ian Low lastfm:event=728068 poster designed by Threedom Fighter & bootleger, Joe DeCicco

Oct 9 - King Cobra (w/ Middle Class Rut, Bison b.c.) - Seattle, Washington ticketswest.com All Ages. 7:00 PM, $10, Thrasher Presents lastfm:event=726570

Oct 10 - The Boulevard (w/ Final Plea, Middle Class Rut) - Spokane, Washington blvdconcerts all ages. 6:00, $8. *FP CD release show lastfm:event=760685

Oct 11 - Hawthorne Theater (w/ Middle Class Rut, The Days The Nights, The Jezebel Spirit) - Portland, Oregon ticketswest.com 7:30 PM, $10 (safeway, ticketswest), Thrasher Presents lastfm:event=726571 poster

Oct 13 - Blakes On Telegraph (w/ Middle Class Rut, Cityscape Horizon & Matter)- Berkeley, California ticketweb.com all ages. 7:00 PM - $10 - Presented by Kid Glove Entertainment lastfm:event=746377

Oct 14 - Troubadour (w/ Art of Chaos, Middle Class Rut, Le Meu Le Purr) - Los Angeles, California ticketmaster.com all ages. 7:30 PM, $12 lastfm:event=728070 poster designed by Threedom Fighter & graphic design student, Brandon Gray

Oct 15 - Club Karma (w/ Middle Class Rut, Bison b.c.) - Victorville, California ticketweb.com 6:00 PM, $10 (Kinari, Ticketweb), Presented by Makadent Coalition. lastfm:event=735002

Oct 16 - Beauty Bar (w/ Le Meu Le Purr) - Las Vegas, Nevada - Ages 21+ 9:30 PM - $5 - Pulsar Presents. lastfm:event=752695 poster designed by Threedom Fighter, graphic designer & musician, Anthony Masington

Fri, Oct 17 - Burt's Tiki Lounge (w/ Bison BC, Skychange, Passive) - Salt Lake City, Utah - Ages 21+ 8:00 PM - $10 (SmithsTix, KTix) - Presented by The Kollective lastfm:event=752929

Sat, Oct 18 - Club 156 (w/ Bison BC) - Boulder, Colorado - All Ages & Open to Public. 8:00 PM - $8 - Presented by University of Colorado lastfm:event=752636 Oct 19 - Jackpot Music Hall (w/ My Only Danger, Bison BC) - Lawrence, Kansas - Ages 18+ 8:00 PM - $8, Hunt Industries / Terry Taylor lastfm:event=752697 poster

Oct 21 - The Basement (w/ Bison BC) - Columbus, Ohio - All Ages 7:00 PM, $10, Promo West Productions / Steve Boyer lastfm:event=762355

Oct 22 - Rex Theater (Bison BC) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ticketmaster All Ages. 7:30 PM, $11, Presented by Elko Concerts. lastfm:event=762372

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* = multiple shows with 3

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