Time: 9 p.m.
Cover:$20
White Cowbell Oklahoma http://www.whitecowbell.com/website/
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Legendary Canadian rock armada White Cowbell Oklahoma
return with their most ambitious album to date. Bolstered by a tight new
lineup, Buenas Nachas incorporates a breakneck mix of pulverizing
riff-rockers and progressive Tex-Mex rollers. Kosmische motorik musik à
la Ennio Morricone (via Jacksonville and San Antonio)? Some might say.
Critically-acclaimed earlier WCO releases Cencerro Blanco (2003) and
Casa Diablo (2006) drew heavy inspiration from southern/Texas/classic
rock traditions, while
Bombardero (2009) saw the band entering
Space-Prog territory. On Buenas Nachas the band travels further south
than ever before, crossing the Nuevo Laredo border without looking back.
Countless rock n roll thrills and lurid side-trips ensue. Spirit guide
recommended.
White Cowbell Oklahoma, featuring new blood
from several well-known Toronto bands, rage across Europe and North
America through 2012 and 2013. The band is already known for its
unprecedented live show -- which often features extended jams,
near-riots, plus unorthodox power tool usage . WCO allegedly have many
new aces up their sleeves. Bring protection.
Big John Bates http://www.bigjohnbates.ca/
Big John Bates - guitar / vocals
Brandy Bones - upright bass / vocals
Leanne Laboucher - cello
JT Massacre- percussion / vocals
*fall 2014 tour
Brother Chris-percussion
Considering
John’s career started as a founder and singer/songwriter for metal
legends Annihilator (Alison Hell, Never, Neverland), it’s safe to say no
one saw this dark train coming. Big John Bates has woven a new sound of
cello, bowed upright and guitars, inlaid with the dark melodies of his
and Brandy Bones’ vocals. Still relentless as a steam-powered locomotive
the band performs within a southern gothic landscape, drowned in atmosphere and resurrected in fire.
From day one in his punkabilly trinity back in 1999, Vancouver
guitarist Big John Bates has carved through rock’n’roll like steel
through a grinder, shooting sparks in every direction. He then devoted a
decade to creating a band that wrote and performed the twisted live
musical that became the first international touring burlesque show; a
knife-wielding, flamethrower of a troupe called the Voodoo Dolls who
crisscrossed every spider-webbed corner of North America and Europe. A
thousand shows later and since 2010 Big John Bates has hooked up with
some of the darkest ladies in the Americana world to spin out what could
be called a sonic vision of rogue taxidermy.
Their 2012 EP was
trumpeted as Rustic Punk and even Jello Biafra got on board and claimed
“Headless Fowl is extremely cool”. The band followed that with the
Battered Bones LP which earned them the moniker of Americana Noir. Even
Quentin Tarantino came out of the woodwork to listen when he was
scouting music for Django Unchained. And the legend is still growing as
Bates and Montana’s upright bass songstress Brandy Bones, percussionist
JT Massacre and cellist Leanne have been burning the midnight oil to
create their newest offering: From the Bestiary to the Leathering Room
mixed by David Cardswell (Teagan + Sara, New Pornographers).
Description
The Big John Bates Band
Impressum
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Southern Gothic (also known as Gothic Americana) is a genre of music
characterized by a fusion of alternative rock and classic country/folk.
Songs often examine poverty, criminal behavior, religious imagery,
death, ghosts, family, lost love, alcohol, murder, the devil, and
betrayal
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