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| Date |
City |
Venue |
Details |
| Sat 5/3/08 |
Chicago, IL |
The Original Mother's |
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| Mon 6/2/08 |
Cambridge, MA |
T.T. the Bears |
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| Tue 6/3/08 |
New York, NY |
Highline Ballroom |
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| Wed 6/4/08 |
Philadelphia, PA |
North Star Bar |
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| Thu 6/5/08 |
Washington, DC |
The Rock and Roll Hotel |
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| Fri 6/6/08 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Andy Warhol Museum |
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| Sat 6/7/08 |
St. Louis, MO |
Off Broadway |
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| Sat 6/28/08 |
Chicago, IL |
Belmont Arts and Music Fest |
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| Mon 6/30/08 |
Hobart, IN |
Hobart Jaycees Fest |
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| * Part of Twangfest |
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Last
Call Before the Fall...
Down from the hills in their fuel efficient mini-van with "The
Waco Brothers Invade Jesusland" scrawled on the side in
glitter and fire-red lipstick, the Brothers are ready to show
off the totems they've carved out of the corpses of punk and
country.
Times are tough and disasters both natural and unnatural threaten
to dismantle all we hold precious. There can be no more welcome
a sight to a beaten and misled populace than a band with nothing
left to lose careening through the streets, dousing us with
warm beer and sweat, guitars rumbling and tongues sharpened,
spraying a foul scent into the corrupt temple. The Waco Brothers'
seventh CD shows their usual subtlety at leaving genre after
genre in smoking ruins.
During the past decade in the blood-bucket roots underground,
The Wacos have been called everything from saviors to butchers
and 'Freedom and Weep' is a decidedly rockin' addition to their
formidable canon, a swaggering return to form that hits all
your g-spots and leaves you panting. Cuts about crafty little
Christians dismantling democracy, going for a drink, golfers
disguised as national leaders, appearing stupider than you really
are, watching your carbs the night before they strap you to
the gurney, election night jitters, and models throwing themselves
out of first floor Motel 6 windows show that the Brothers are
still able to meet the enemy head on with a good, hair-raising
boozy cackle.
The Waco Brothers legendary line-up includes an alumni of musicians,
originating from the most diverse of bands: Jon Langford (Mekons,
Pine Valley Cosmonauts) Deano (Wreck, Dollar Store), Steve Goulding
on Drums (Graham Parker & the Rumour, Mekons), Alan Doughty
on bass (Jesus Jones), Mark Durante on steel (Revolting Cocks,
KMFDM), and Tracy Dear on Mandolin. This is the lineup responsible
for years of leave-it-all-on-the-stage shows and legendary runs
during rapturous SXSW and CMJ events.
No, the years have not dimmed the Wacos zeal for looking into
the face of the grotesque cultural and social forces that are
forever trying to turn us into placid drones devoid of outrage.
Sure, you can dismiss these as songs shouted from the end of
the bar by some sozzled cranks. But beyond the pounding of the
drums, the shrieking of the steel and the knee-jerking hedonism,
outrage stumbles about, there is madness and rage, and the joke
is over and the laughter is hollow and tired. |
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Freedom
and Weep
Bloodshot
2004 |
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