New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Toadies Official Website) - 2008 saw Dallas's own The Toadies reunite after a 7-year absence, play a US Tour that sold out in many major markets including New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta, Washington DC, Seattle, Minneapolis and of course all over
Texas including Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin. The tour was to support their newest record entitled No Deliverance that spawned a Top 40 single with the title track at Active Rock radio.
The band still gets over 600 spins a week at alternative and active rock radio with combined plays from their current record as well as the Platinum selling Rubberneck.
The record has also scanned over 30k copies to date since the release in August '08 and was the No 4 selling indie record week of release. The band tirelessly trekked across the country for nearly 5 months that included a headlining stint at Lollapalooza on the MySpace stage.
The Toadies also headlined their own festival at Possum Kingdom Lake called Dia De Los Toadies in front of over 5,000 fans. The band will play some select shows in their native state as well as Hawaii in January before heading over to the UK and
Europe to deliver their unique brand of
Texas style rock n' roll. They also plan on releasing a new single in January called "Song I Hate" as well as plan to get back into the studio for more new material.
'No Deliverance; its got riffs aplenty and surges with just as much energy, darkness and heaviness as their earlier stuff, and the title track is a monster.' - Goldmine
'Todd Lewis resurrects his Texas grindcore outfit to rock harder and spookier than ever. On No Deliverance, they deliver 10 sonic assaults on common decency and complacency, howling much like the fundamentalists hell hounds on their trail.' -Village Voice
'Who wants Toadies to change? Communists that's who.' -Alternative Press
'Fourteen years have passed since Vaden Todd Lewis first haunted radio waves with his Do you wanna die? mantra. Despite band breakups, label woes and plastic guitars, the Toadies still sound as toady as ever on their new album, No Deliverance.' -Pitch Weekly
Tour Dates:
12/27 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
12/28 - Beaumont, TX - Scout Bar
12/29 - San Antonio, TX - Scout Bar
12/30 - San Antonio, TX - Scout Bar
12/31 - Fort Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater - SOLD OUT
01/09 - Honolulu, HI - Pipeline
01/10 - Maui, HI - Hard Rock
Special Bonus! Toadies Top Ten's & New Years Resolutions!
Vaden Lewis
Eleven Hundred Springs - Country Jam
Dove Hunter - The Southern Unknown
David Byrne/Brian Eno - Everything What Happens Will Happen Today (great record)
Nada Surf - Lucky (good record)
Resolutions - If it looks like shit and it smells like shit...
Mark Reznicek
Mudcrutch
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
Willie Nelson - One Hell of a Ride
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
Eleven Hundred Springs - Country Jam
Dove Hunter - The Southern Unknown
Tejas Brothers
Foals - Antidotes
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Resolutions - I will visit everyone's Grandma more often. I will not accept any fruit baskets from Doni Blair. No more Jaeger bombs!
Doni Blair
1. Rise Against - Appeal To Reason: First off I love this band & second my brother is the guitarist,so there.
2. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings- 100 Days: My mom listened to a lot of soul when I was a kid & this record reminds me of the good shit from the 60's.
3. Robin Trower- Day Of The Eagle: My mom loved soul but my dad loved Trower,so there.
4. Racontuers-Consolers Of The Lonely: The talent in this band is unbelievable,probably what Zeppelin were like when they came out in '68.
5. Eleven Hundred Springs-Country Jam: Not only are they my good friends but a damn great band that constantly make great records.Plus Rez is on it....bam.
6. Trio Of Doom-Trio Of Doom: the band is John McLaughlin on guitar,Tony Williams on Drum & Jaco Pastorius on bass.I think I've said all that needs to be said.
7. MUSE- HAARP: This live record is what you would expect from Muse,ripping until the cows come home.
8. Night Marchers-See You In Magic: This is Speedo from Rocket From The Crypt's new band.As usual with everything he does,it rips.
9. Rocket From The Crypt-All System's Go Vol 3: The 3rd in a series of their unreleased music.They're the best.
10. Calexico-Carried To Dust: Calexico continually make great records.More people need to buy them!
Resolutions - Go vegetarian.It's hard to be gone on the road all of the time & eat a shitload of meat even though it's free! At least it's hard for me.
Clark Voegler
1. Dr Dog - Fate
2. Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood
3. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
4. Beirut - Flying Club Cup?
5. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
6. Scientist - Heavy Metal Dub
7. Cold War Kids - Robbers and Cowards
8. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
9. Fiery Furnaces - Remember
10. Beirut - Flying Club Cup
'No Deliverance, the Texas based alterna-rockers' first studio effort in seven years, is an absolute barn burner completely justifying the hype built up around a reunion tour that sizzled its way across the country this summer.' -Billboard
'The fact that these guys can reunite and crank out material that's just as relevant now as it was then is a solid testament to their craft.' -Spin
'Toadies reclaim their 'kingdom' with No Deliverance, a bold mix of post-grunge aggression and spicy Texas roadhouse flair.' -Rolling Stone
"The Toadies are back, and they've made their best record yet. No Deliverance is their classic sound with a wiser perspective, but more importantly, it's a batch of kickass rock n' roll tunes." -Artist Direct.
