New York (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - DEAD CONFEDERATE CO-HEADLINE TOUR WITH MEAT PUPPETS IN SEPTEMBER...TOUR WITH A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS IN OCTOBER. WORKING ON LIVE RELEASE.
TOUR DATES
Sep 7 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot @ The Seattle
Sept 16 - Marquee Theater, Tempe, AZ ^
Sept 17 - Belly Up Tavern - Solana Beach, CA ^
Sept 18 - Aquarium Drunkard presents @ El Rey Theater - Los Angeles, CA ^
Sept 19 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA ^
Sept 20 - Hopmonk Tavern - Sebastopol, CA^
Sept 22 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR^
Sept 23 - Chop Suey - Seattle, WA ^
Sept 24 - Grizzly Rose - Boise, ID ^
Sept 25 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT ^
Sept 26 - Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO ^
Oct 26 - Double Door - Chicago, IL *
Oct 27 - The Mod Club Toronto - Ontario *
Oct 28 - Il Motore - Montreal, Quebec *
Oct 29 - Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, MA *
Oct 30 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY *
*festival date
^ co-headline with Meat Puppets
* with A Place to Bury Strangers
NEWS
Dead Confederate is currently compiling live material from shows recorded in 2008/2009 for digital and possible limited edition vinyl release that will include rarely performed covers as well as the band's original material. Look for more on this soon...
DEAD CONFEDERATE
Hailing from Athens, Georgia, Dead Confederates music is best described as intense, lumbering, southern, psychedelic grizzly rock. They burst onto the scene with their self titled EP soon followed by an opening spot for R.E.M. at SXSW in early 2008. Later that year, they released their debut full length album, WRECKING BALL, to innumerable raves from tastemakers and press alike. Rolling Stone selected Dead Confederate as a Band to Watch and they made their U.S. television debut on NBCs Late Night With Conan OBrien with their first single The Rat.
Dead Confederate toured the U.S. this past March with fellow Georgians, The Whigs and in April with legendary rockers Dinosaur Jr. The band also stopped in Austin, TX for a number of SXSW shows. They have spent the last few months touring with various bands such as Drive By Truckers, Manchester Orchestra, Yeasayer, the Black Angels, Deerhunter and Black Lips among others and also played U.S. festivals such as Bonnaroo and Sasquatch. WRECKING BALL, was produced by Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Trail of Dead) and was released on TAO/Razor and Tie Entertainment.
a raw howling take that recalls the darkest moments of nineties grunge. Rolling Stone
"atmosphericsorrowful, searing and Southern virtually in all the right ways." Spin Magazine
"the seductive blend of country-fried guitar tones and steel-mimicking wailsMorris lacerates his vocal cords that glues it all together so powerfully." Pitchfork
"Wrecking Ball sounds like Bleach-era Nirvana covering My Morning Jacket...Dead Confederate's alt-country/grunge hybrid doesn't just feel like a compelling debut, it feels like a compelling new genre." The Onion
"Dead Confederates wall of sound feels cinematic and atmospheric, loud and beautiful." NPR
"A hairy American Radiohead." The UK Telegraph
