Bent Knee touring activity, June 2016

[NogbadTheBad]

It is a.bit of a weird connection personally I don't see it at all

[progeezer]

Another WTF for the SGM/BN comparison (& yes, I've seen them both).

[smcfee]

I also feel that Bent Knee completely fails to be a replacement for the Talking Heads.

[chalkpie]

Anyone looking for the new SGM in Bent Knee is certain to be disappointed. Not even sure why you think that there is a line to be drawn between them.

I don't. Not even a little bit.

It is a.bit of a weird connection personally I don't see it at all

That's why I asked the question in the first place. I thought I was was missing something obvious?

[Steve F.]

I also feel that Bent Knee completely fails to be a replacement for the Talking Heads.

Rotters!

[Haruspex Carnage]

Perhaps i just meant vocally and when they hit those heavier strides...it just strikes me as being something i've heard done better and wish i were listening to that instead...in general this is another band i don't get the praise for i suppose...oh well, carry on.

[JKL2000]

Are any of them really related to Stuckey's?

[Baribrotzer]

Are any of them really related to Stuckey's?

They don't even know what Stuckey's is. I asked them. Then I had to explain what it was, and what kind of food it sold, and how you can still see a few of those distinctive flat buildings with the green reverse-gambrel roof that used to sell various pecan munchies - repurposed to sell something else, of course - and how identifiable those buildings are. I think Stuckey's itself might still be around, but mostly in the South.

Apparently their headquarters is or was in Silver Spring, MD - which might partially explain why Steve came up with that particular witticism.

[Steve F.]

Are any of them really related to Stuckey's?

All of them!

[Phlakaton]

Perhaps i just meant vocally and when they hit those heavier strides...it just strikes me as being something i've heard done better and wish i were listening to that instead...in general this is another band i don't get the praise for i suppose...oh well, carry on.

I kinda feel the same way. No doubt there is quality and well recorded stuff going on but it just doesnt resonate with me and where I am right now. I guess this will live in backburner land until I change.

[chalkpie]

All of them!

Is Cuneiform the new Alphabet Business Concern?

[Steve F.]

Is Cuneiform the new Alphabet Business Concern?

we were first, matey!

[ske]

I'll be at their show in Milano in some weeks. Looking forward to it actually!

[chalkpie]

we were first, matey!

Oh yeah...

[zombywoof]

Say So has surpassed Shiny Eyed Babies and has officially become one of my favorite albums ever. It's just so perfect.

[SteveSly]

Say So has surpassed Shiny Eyed Babies and has officially become one of my favorite albums ever. It's just so perfect.

I think I actually like "Babies" a bit better, but they are both great albums for sure.

[jazz2896]

Say So is the first album I've heard by them, and I will definitely check out the rest of their stuff when I have the funds to do so. I would have killed to see them in KC, but this country apparently has a thing against those under 21.

[Steve F.]

some more dates in here, including more European shows (there will be a total of five Euro shows - no more will be added)

July 14 - Electric Haze - 26 Millbury St - Worcester, MA 01610 - 8PM

July 23- Amityville Music Hall - 198 Broadway - Amityville, NY 11701 - 6PM (with Thank You Scientist)

July 28 - Burg Herzberg Festival - Breitenbach am Herzberg - Germany - 4PM

July 29 - Ballonfabrik Augsburg Fabrik Unique - Austrage 27 - Augsburg, Germany 86153 - 8PM

July 30 - La Casa di Alex Etxea - via Moncalieri 5 - 20162, Milan - Italy

August 2nd - Exil - Hardstrasse 245 - Zürich, Switzerland 8005 - 8PM

August 4 - Eurocentrum - Jiraskova 9 - Jablonec Nad Nisou 46601 - Czech Republic

August 17 - BAR - 254 Crown Street - New Haven, CT 06511 - 9PM

August 24 - C’Mon Everybody - 325 Franklin Ave - Brooklyn, NY 11238 - 7PM

August 26 - Great Scott - 1222 Commonwealth Ave - Boston, MA 02134 - 10PM

August 28 - The Metro Gallery - 1700 North Charles St - Baltimore, MD - with Outcalls, Time Columns, Vinny Vegas

[Man In The Mountain]

They are also coming to CHICAGO, Sept 11 at The Emporium in Wicker Park.

Which sort of looks like an odd venue... video arcade, bar, and music.

[Baribrotzer]

Which sort of looks like an odd venue... video arcade, bar, and music.

They seem to play a lot of odd venues. Which is, I guess, par for the course for a mostly indie band whose music doesn't fit into any easy box, touring in an old minivan and doing their own booking.

[Steve F.]

They are also coming to CHICAGO, Sept 11 at The Emporium in Wicker Park.

Which sort of looks like an odd venue... video arcade, bar, and music.

I can only report what I am told to report.

[Steve F.]

They seem to play a lot of odd venues. Which is, I guess, par for the course for a mostly indie band whose music doesn't fit into any easy box, touring in an old minivan and doing their own booking with the help of their inherited fortune from candied pecans and other sundries.

Fixed it for you.

[Baribrotzer]

Don't forget those little tiny pecan pies. They were great - when I was a kid and our family went on vacation, we'd always stop at Stuckey's to get a box of them for desserts. And no, unlike some people I could name, I am not making up one word of that. We really did drive out to Colorado every year for vacation, and we really did buy little tiny pecan pies at Stuckey's.

[NogbadTheBad]

Will try to get out to see them in Boston on 8/26

[Steve F.]

Don't forget those little tiny pecan pies. They were great - when I was a kid and our family went on vacation, we'd always stop at Stuckey's to get a box of them for desserts. And no, unlike some people I could name, I am not making up one word of that. We really did drive out to Colorado every year for vacation, and we really did buy little tiny pecan pies at Stuckey's.

Those are the 'sundries'.

Already mentioned. NEVER forgotten.