Deerhunter, Nine Inch Nails, Microcastle, tour dates et. al.
August 8th, 2008 by Chad Radford in Music newsWhen Deerhunter opens for Nine Inch Nails next Wednesday at The Arena at Gwinnett, it will be the group’s first show in Atlanta (or at least near Atlanta) with their new guitar player, Whitney Petty.
This will also be Atlanta’s first opportunity to get a substantial listen to the songs from the group’s forthcoming third release, Microcastle, which is set to hit the streets on CD and LP via Kranky in North America and 4AD for the rest of the world on October 28th.
The record release party for Microcastle will be held at The Variety Playhouse on Halloween night. Jay Reatard, Pylon and Times New Viking will open the show.
But if you can’t wait until Halloween and you don’t mind spending $30 on gas to get all the way out to Gwinett, and then spending another $39.50-$59.50 for a ticket, the Nine Inch Nails show on Wednesday looks to be pretty amazing.
By all reports the Lights in the Sky tour is one of Trent’s most insane stage shows yet; one that’s packed with visuals that surpass his 1993-’94 tour behind The Downward Spiral, which sounds too good to be true.
For a glimpse of what’s in store, take look…
Microcastle was recorded over the course of a week at Rare Book Studios in Brooklyn, New York with Nicolas Verhes. The album was recorded as a four-piece consisting of Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Joshua Fauver, and Moses Archuleta. The song “Saved by Old Times” features a vocal collage by Cole Alexander of the Black Lips. The album also features two songs with lead vocals by guitarist Lockett Pundt, titled “Agoraphobia,” and “Neither of Us, Uncertainly.”
DEERHUNTER TOUR DATES
10/31/2008 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta^
11/01/2008 Orange Peel, Asheville
11/02/2008 Cats Cradle, Carrboro
11/03/2008 Ottobar, Baltimore
11/04/2008 Black Cat, Washington*
11/05/2008 First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia*
11/06/2008 Terrace F. Club, Princeton*
11/07/2008 Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn*
11/08/2008 Bowery Ballroom, New York%
11/10/2008 Paradise, Boston%
11/11/2008 Theatre Plaza, Montreal ^^
11/12/2008 Lees Palace, Toronto^^
11/13/2008 Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac**
11/14/2008 Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights**
11/15/2008 Metro, Chicago**
11/16/2008 High Noon Saloon, Madison**
11/17/2008 Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis**
11/20/2008 Richards On Richards, Vancouver !
11/21/2008 Neumos, Seattle !
11/24/2008 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco !
11/25/2008 El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles !
11/28/2008 Casbah, San Diego
11/29/2008 Modified Arts, Phoenix
12/01/2008 Palladium Loft, Dallas
12/02/2008 Emos Alternative Lounge Outside, Austin
12/03/2008 Warehouse Live, Houston
12/04/2008 Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge
12/05/2008 One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans
12/06/2008 Bottletree, Birmingham
TIMES NEW VIKING OPENING ALL DATES
^With Pylon
*With Knyfe Hyts
%With Vivian Girls
^^With Neighborhood Council
**With Disappears
! With BARR
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