By Alex HudsonIf it feels like a while since you heard from name-changing experimentalists Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, that's about to change. The long-running experimental rock unit will be hitting the road in early 2012 for a winter tour of North America.
The outing finds the Montreal-based group kicking things off in late January and playing shows until mid-February. The trip begins January 27 in Toronto, and also includes Canadian gigs in Calgary and Vancouver. Beyond that, Silver Mt. Zion will play a number of U.S. shows.
Does this tour mean that Silver Mt. Zion have a new album planned? We hope so. By the time this tour is done, 2010's Kollaps Tradixionales will be more than two years old. Given the group's steady output over the past decade-plus, we should be due for a new LP soon.
UPDATE: A pair of new Canadian dates in Ottawa and Montreal have been added to the trip.
Tour dates:
1/27 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace 1/28 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall 1/29 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Centre 1/31 Calgary, AB - The Republik 2/2 Vancouver, BC - The Rickshaw Theatre 2/3 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile 2/4 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios 2/6 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall 2/7 Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room 2/8 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour 2/9 San Diego, CA - Casbah 2/10 Tucson, AZ Club Congress 2/12 Dallas, TX - Sons of Hermann Hall 2/13 Austin, TX - The Mohawk 2/14 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks 2/15 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree 2/16 Cincinnati, OH - MOTR Pub 2/17 Buffalo, NY - Soundlab 2/18 Ottawa, ON - First Baptist Church 2/19 Montreal, QC - La Tulipe
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-11-17 13:22:50They're from Montreal and will not be playing in Montreal? Makes no sense to me...
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-11-17 15:13:07they played montreal in the 2-3 months ago, you douchebag.
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-11-17 15:33:17Calgary has a slew of great, intimate venues for their type of music. Republik is a club. Shame on their booking agent for choosing such a terrible place to represent their beautiful music.
Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-11-19 05:27:09Same goes for Vancouver. I'd have expected them to play at the Vogue Theatre of Orpheum Theatre, but no... it had to be a scummy "mostly" metal and punk venue like the Rickshaw.
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Posted by Nameless Poseur On 2011-11-17 13:22:50They're from Montreal and will not be playing in Montreal? Makes no sense to me...
