Are you sick of going to rock shows where everything’s all kinds of loud? Are you tired of getting “slam-danced” out of your cozy spot in front of the stage by punk-ass motherfuckers who are too busy flailing, spilling sticky drinks, and dry-dumping to the beat of the bong water-bubbling bass that’s spilling out of the way-too-hot P.A. and punching you in the stomach until you're nauseous and dehydrated to notice that, well, you were kinda standing there first? Heck, are you sick and tired of “standing” at shows in the first place?
Don’t worry. Brooklyn’s Grizzly Bear and Baltimore’s Beach House got your back. That’s right, two of the haziest, wooziest, dreamiest, prettiest acts in indie rock are teaming up this summer and fall to offer the most relaxing tandem tour since Graham Russell teamed up with Russell Hitchcock.
Swirl and swoon as Grizzly Bear play unimposingly mid-tempoed hits off of their recent Vekatimiest (TMT Review). Fawn and fizz as Beach House breeze through a few nonchalant numbers from last year’s critically acclaimed Devotion (TMT Review). Meet a few people, take a few pills, and make up your OWN words to describe your physical reactions to their songs: maybe you’ll “swizz” with friends to the “swaultry thicktitude”... or perhaps you’d like to “schwobble” through the “croomy blue galauziness”? You know, it’s your own thing; do whatever! Uh, just don’t drive to the shows, maybe.
Oh, and be sure to check out Grizzly Bear on The Late Show With David Letterman this Thursday to see what you’re in for from the headliners. In the mean time, check out the bands’ individual dates for this summer and fall, and start planning your fall show-going excursions now. It’s not as easy as you’d think to find yourself a good horse-tranks dealer.
Grizzly Bear and Beach House:
08.30.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Waterfront - Jelly Pool Party
09.26.09 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater
09.27.09 - Chicago, IL - Metro
09.28.09 - Chicago, IL - Metro
09.30.09 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10.01.09 - Columbia, MO - Blue Note
10.05.09 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
10.06.09 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVA
10.07.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
10.08.09 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
10.20.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
10.21.09 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
Grizzly Bear:
07.19.09 - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
08.07.09 - Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic
08.09.09 - Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic
08.13.09 - Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08.14.09 - Goteborg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08.15.09 - Rees-Haldern, Germany - Haldern Pop
08.16.09 - St. Malo, France - La Route du Rock Festival
08.18.09 - London, England - Koko
08.20.09 - Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08.21.09 - Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Paradise
08.22.09 - Glanusk, Wales - Green Man Festival
10.03.09 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
10.14.09 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue Theatre
10.15.09 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
10.16.09 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
10.18.09 - San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Music Festival
11.01.09 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
11.02.09 - Glasgow, Scotland - ABC
11.04.09 - Manchester, England - Cathedral
11.05.09 - Leeds, England - Leeds Metropolitan University
11.06.09 - Bristol, England - Anson Rooms
11.08.09 - Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royal
11.09.09 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
11.10.09 - Hamburg, Germany - Grunspan
11.11.09 - Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
11.12.09 - Munich, Germany - Theaterfabrik
11.15.09 - Fribourg, Switzerland - Fri-Son
11.16.09 - Vienna, Austria - WuK
11.17.09 - Basel, Switzerland - Volkshaus
11.19.09 - Koln, Germany - Kulturkirche
11.21.09 - Paris, France - La Cigale
11.24.09 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Lille Vega
Beach House:
08.07.09 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
09.19.09 - Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
09.20.09 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
09.22.09 - Anacortes, WA - Dept. of Safety
09.23.09 - Bellingham, WA - The Nightlife
09.24.09 - Victoria, British Columbia - Rifflandia
