Swans, Why? announce tours with Boston stops
Noise-rock gods Swans will be releasing a gargantuan double CD/triple LP album entitled The Seer on August 28th. In support of it they will be touring Europe and the US from August through December, with a stop at Boston’s Paradise Rock Club on October 11th. Swans played the Royale on their last Boston visit, and while the show was still stellar, the nightclub atmosphere and early curfew were slightly off-putting. A Paradise show will likely be a better experience. Just be prepared for volume levels which will physically assault you, especially in a room that size.
Yoni Wolf’s indie rock/hip-hop project Why? also announced a tour today, in support of new EP Sod in the Seed and a forthcoming, untitled as of yet new album. They’ll hit the Middle East Downstairs on September 12th. Don’t forget that that Wednesday also happens to be the second of two nights for The Jesus and Mary Chain at the Paradise, just so you can keep your potential show conflicts straight. Why?’s last record (2009’s Eskimo Snow) didn’t do a whole lot for me, but Alopecia remains a 2000s highlight. Surely there’s potential in new material that’s been gestating for three years now.
Check out full tour itineraries for both bands after the break. Swans:
08/03 – Berlin, DE @ Berghain
08/05 – Katowice, PL @ OFF! Festival
08/09 – Sibenik, CR @ Terraneo Festival
08/09-11 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West
08/11 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
09/06 – Vancouver, BC @ Venue
09/07 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
09/08 – Portland, OR @ Hawthrone Theater
09/09 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Grand Ballroom
09/10 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Grand Ballroom
09/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Music Box
09/12 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
09/14 – Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
09/15 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
09/16 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
09/18 – Oklahoma City, OK @ ACM Performance Lab
09/19 – Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club
09/20 – Lincoln, NE @ Burbon Theatre
09/21 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fineline Music Cafe
09/22 – Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall
09/24 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater
10/10 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
10/11 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
10/12 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat Mainsatge
10/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
10/14 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre
10/16 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
10/17 – West Palm Beach, FL @ TBA
10/18 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder
10/19 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
10/23 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
10/24 – Chicago, IL @ Cabaret Metro
10/25 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
10/26 – Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe
11/01 – Reykjavik, IC @ Airways
11/15 – London, UK @ Koko
11/16 – Glasgow, UK @ The Arches
11/17 – Manchster, UK @ Sound Control
11/19 – Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo
11/20 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
11/21 – Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat
11/22 – Hamburg, DE @ Kampnagel
11/23 – Copenhagen, DK @ Det Kgl. Danske Konservatories
11/24 – Prague, CZ @ Lucenra Music Bar
11/28 – Vienna, AT @ Arena Big Hall
11/30 – Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv
12/02 – Kortrijk, BE @ De Kreun
12/03 – Bern, CH @ Reitschule Gross Halle
12/04 – Lausanne, CH @ Les Docks
Why?:
08/24 – Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
08/25 – Norman, OK @ Opolis
08/26 – Santa Fe, NM @ SOL @ Santa Fe Brewing
08/27 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
08/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
08/30 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
08/31 – Arcata, CA @ Arcata Playhouse
09/01 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
09/02 – Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot Festival
09/03 – Boise, ID @ Reef
09/04 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In the Venue
09/05 – Englewood, CO @ The Gothic
09/06 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
09/07 – Lawrence, KS @ The Granada
09/08 – Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
09/09 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
09/10 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
09/11 – Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt
09/12 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
09/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
09/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
09/15 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
09/16 – Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
09/17 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
09/18 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
10/05 – Düsseldorf, DE @ New Fall Festival
10/06 – Evreux, FR @ L’Abordage
10/07 – Paris, FR @ Maroquinerie
10/08 – Brighton, UK @ Old Market
10/09 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
10/10 – Manchester, UK @ Central Methodist Church
10/11 – Bristol, UK @ Fleece
10/12 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3
10/13 – Oxford, UK @ The Bullingdon
10/15 – Berlin, DE @ Volksbühne