Synth-Wave on tour in June

[moecurlythanu]

More guilty pleasure stuff.

FM-84 and The Midnight are both on tour in June. Both artists are highly influenced by the Synth-Pop/Synth-Wave of the early-mid 80s. For those who like such music, it should be a fun (and relatively cheap) night out.

https://fm84.bandcamp.com/

JUN 20
The Sinclair
Thursday, 9:00PM
Cambridge, MA

JUN 21
Elsewhere
w/ Jessie Frye
Friday, 7:00PM
Brooklyn, NY

JUN 25
Le Ministère
Tuesday, 8:00PM
Montréal, Canada

JUN 26
Mod Club Theatre
Wednesday, 7:00PM
Toronto, Canada

JUN 28
Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
w/ Jessie Frye
Friday, 8:00PM
Cleveland, OH

JUN 29
Lincoln Hall
w/ Jessie Frye
Saturday, 9:00PM
Chicago, IL


https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/

JUN 22, 2019
Firefly Music Festival
Dover, DE

JUN 23, 2019
Lucky Strike
Albany, NY

JUN 25, 2019
Town Ballroom
Buffalo, NY

JUN 26, 2019
Stage AE
Pittsburgh, PA

JUN 27, 2019
House of Blues
Cleveland, OH

JUN 30, 2019
Electric Forest Festival
Rothbury, MI
SOLD OUT

JUL 12, 2019
Forecastle Festival
Louisville, KY

JUL 17, 2019
Corner Hotel
Melbourne, Australia

JUL 18, 2019
Oxford Art Factory
Sydney, Australia
SOLD OUT

JUL 19, 2019
Splendour In The Grass
Byron Bay, Australia
SOLD OUT

AUG 29, 2019
Wonder Ballroom
Portland, OR
SOLD OUT

AUG 30, 2019
Commodore Ballroom
Vancouver, BC

AUG 30, 2019 - SEP 1, 2019
Bumbershoot Festival
Seattle, WA

SEP 5, 2019
Culture Room
Fort Lauderdale, FL

SEP 6, 2019
The Orpheum
Tampa, FL

SEP 7, 2019
The Beacham Theatre
Orlando, FL

SEP 9, 2019
Georgia Theatre
Athens, GA

SEP 10, 2019
The National
Richmond, VA

SEP 12, 2019
The Bluebird
Bloomington, IN

SEP 13, 2019
Civic Music Hall
Toledo, OH

SEP 14, 2019
The Danforth Music Hall
Toronto, ON

SEP 15, 2019
Metro
Chicago, IL

SEP 16, 2019
First Avenue
Minneapolis, MN

SEP 18, 2019
The Ready Room
St. Louis, MO

SEP 19, 2019
The Waiting Room
Omaha, NE

SEP 20, 2019
Tower Theatre
Oklahoma City, OK
SOLD OUT

SEP 22, 2019
Lowbrow Palace
El Paso, TX

SEP 26, 2019
Fremont Theatre
San Luis Obispo, CA

SEP 27, 2019
The Novo
Los Angeles, CA
SOLD OUT

SEP 28, 2019
JBL Soundstage at Hard Rock Hotel
Las Vegas, NV

I wasn't aware about a buzz around The Midnight, but it appears more than a few shows are already sold out.

[battema]

I saw The Midnight earlier this year in Baltimore and loved it to death. Already have tickets to see them in Richmond

Would love to catch FM-84 but nothing is that close to me.

Also on tour, and might be worth considering if you like these guys, is Timecop1983: http://timecop1983.com/tour-dates/

[moecurlythanu]

^ Nowhere even remotely close to me on that one, but I will check the artist out, thanks.

[battema]

If you like The Midnight, the last Timecop1983 full length 'Night Drive' is an easy suggestion. The Midnight's singer even guests on the opening track.

[battema]

So....meant to check back in:

Timecop1983 was...a bit meh for me. Too much like a DJ act (as opposed to Midnight who perform more like an actual band with singer/guitar/sax/keys/synth drums), especially with all the vocals done with backing tracks. But one of the openers, a Philly local act called Korine, was really great especially for fans of a more new wave kind of sound.

Seeing Street Cleaner later this fall for the first time; I'm expecting something that will again be closer to a DJ performance but since the music is instrumental...it won't bug me too much.

Drab Majesty is out on the road right now and they're super fun live, again with a slight leaning toward new wave. If you get a chance, see them.

[battema]

The Midnight is tonight (the band, not the time of day) in Richmond. Very excited...

[battema]

...so, The Midnight is flat-out amazing live. This show was actually even better than the last one; they've fleshed out the band to include a 2nd female guitarist/singer and a new sax/keys dude. The addition of the female singer also means they can do tunes like "Jason." They did a solid set covering most of Days of Thunder plus solid helpings from Kids + Endless Summer, a track from Nocturnal, and two new tunes from an album they'll hopefully have finished in 2020.

For my money, these guys and Carpenter Brut are the best live synthwave acts around ATM (Com Truise and Dance with the Dead tied as close 2nds tho). If you like what they do and they are coming close, see them.