Aug 9 – V Festival – Baltimore, Maryland
Aug 10 – The Pines – Northampton, Massachusetts
Sep 19 – Agganis –  Boston, Massachusetts
Sep 20 – Massey Hall – Toronto, Ontario
Sep 21 – Byham Theatre – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sep 22 – Palace Theatre – Columbus, Ohio
Sep 24 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, Tennessee
Sep 27 – Austin City Limits Music Festival – Austin, Texas
Sep 29 – Palladium Ballroom – Dallas, Texas
Sep 30 – Popejoy Hall – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Oct 2 – The Rialto – Tucson, Arizona
Oct 3 – Open Air Theatre - San Diego, California
Oct 4 – The Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, California
You don’t know Chad. I do. Chad’s going to be very excited to learn that two of his favorite bands – Headlights and Mates of States – are going to be doing some shows together. He’s not going to be happy that there isn’t a date in Ohio. He may be happy that there is a date in Newport, Kentucky, just a short 120 miles or so from his front door. He’s not going to be happy that it’s on a Tuesday night.
5/03 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater#
5/16 Evanston, IL Louis Hall
5/22 Chicago, IL Schubas*
5/23 Chillicothe, IL Summercamp Music Festival^
5/23 Pontiac, MI The Pike Room*
5/24 Toronto, ON Drake Hotel*
5/25 Montreal, QC Le Divan Orange*
5/26 New Haven, CT TBA
5/27 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music*
5/28 Cambridge, MA Middle East Upstairs*
5/29 Brooklyn, NY Union Hall*
5/30 New York City, NY Mercury Lounge*
5/31 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar*
6/01 Washington, DC Black Cat (backstage)*
6/06 Urbana, IL The Canopy Club
6/08 St. Louis, MO Bluebird%
6/09 Lawrence, KS TBA
6/10 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown%
6/11 Dallas, TX Granada%
6/12 Houston, TX Warehouse%
6/13 Austin, TX Emo’s%
6/14 Little Rock, AR Rev Room%
6/15 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone%
6/16 Nashville, TN The End
6/17 Newport, KY Southgate House%
6/18 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls%
6/24 St Paul, MN Turf Club
6/26 Billings, MT Alley Katz
6/27 Missoula, MT Badlander
6/28 Calgary, AB Sled Island Festival &
7/01 Winnepeg, MB Royal Albert Arms
7/02 Fargo, ND Aquarium
7/03 Madison, WI TBA
7/04 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club
7/05 Chicago, IL TBA
# w/ Maritime
^ w/ The Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, New Pornographers
* w/ The Submarines
% w/ Mates of State
& w/ Of Montreal, The Dodos, Mogwai and more
Q-Tip has a new CD coming out in July, The Renaissance, and will be hitting the road with a live band and EPMD’s DJ Scratch for the Rock the Bells tour. The coolest thing about the tour has to be the A Tribe Called Questreunion – featuring Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad -Â that will take place each night following Q-Tip’s solo set.
Sat, July 19 / Chicago, IL / First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sun, July 20 / Toronto, ON, Canada / Molson Amphitheatre
Sat, July 26 / Boston, MA / Tweeter Center
Sun, July 27 / New York, NY / Jones Beach Amphitheatre
Sat, Aug 2 / Miami, FL / Cruzan Amphitheatre
Sun, Aug 3 / Philadelphia, PA / Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat, Aug 9 / Denver, CO / Coors Amphitheatre
Sat, Aug 16 / San Francisco, CA / Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sat, Aug 23 / Los Angeles, CA / Glen Helen Amphitheatre
Sat, Aug 30 / Vancouver, BC, Canada / venue TBD
Featuring Kenn Jankowski (formerly of Golden Republic), The Republic Tigers have secured the opening slot on Nada Surf’s upcoming spring tour. As Sea Wolf can attest, playing shows with Nada Surf can do nothing but help The Republic Tigers awareness amongst the blog nation.
Republic Tigers with Nada Surf
June 1 – The Social (Orlando, Florida)
June 2 – Studio A (Miami, Florida)
June 3 – State Theatre (St. Petersburg, Florida)
June 5 – Mercy Lounge (Nashville, Tennessee)
June 7 – Bluebird (St. Louis, Missouri)
June 9 – The Music Mill (Indianapolis, Indiana)
June 10 – The Basement (Columbus, Ohio)
June 11 – Beachland Ballroom (Cleveland, Ohio)
Wow! I was expecting a concert video, a compilation of live clips spliced together from the band’s reunion tour with new singer Travis Warren. That would have been fine by me but, wow, this is much more than I expected. I’m a die-hard Melonhead and this video gave me goosebumps, particularly the short scene where Shannon Hoon’s mom, Nel, is seen giving Travis a hug (she’s the one wearing the Peace, Love & Shannon Hoon t-shirt). I was actually there when Mrs.Hoon showed up to see the band for the first time since Shannon passed away and it was a HEAVY situation.
