UME'S "CAPTIVE" VIDEO AIRS ON "120 MINUTES" TOUR WITH CURSIVE KICKS OFF NEXT WEEK MORE DATES ADDED

When Ume's incendiary video for lead single "Captive" premiered it was shown onmtvU 24 times in 24 hours. It has now moved up the ranks and today made its debut on MTV2's "120 Minutes." The clip features the band performing in a burning 

abandoned house along with some scorching guitar heroics by frontwoman Lauren Larson. Check it out at over at MTV Hive where it's in great company sandwiched between videos for The Shins and Santigold. Or watch below:

Ume - Captive - Official Music Video

The Austin-based trio will be heading out on tour with indie rock dynamos Cursive next week (new dates have been added). The tour will begin in Denver on February 12 and hit Los Angeles on February 24 before ending in Omaha on March 3.

Before leaving for tour Ume will headline a hometown show at The Parish in Austinon February 10 for the Oh Snap! Blackout Party. Just before the band were to play a headlining set at the Oh Snap! benefit show last Friday night the power on 6th Street went out leaving hundreds of fans in the dark. This show will make up for that and feature several bands that weren't able to play due to the outage. 

PRESS QUOTES:

"Ume are your new favorite band, and you don't even know it. The Austin, Texas based group is a post-punk mix of Dirty-era Sonic Youth and early Breeders, fronted by the totally rockin' singer and guitarist Lauren Larson." 

- Alternative Press

"Distortion-heavy jams (and the whole marriage thing) invite comparisons to Sonic Youth, but Ume do more headbanging and wailing."

- Rolling Stone 

"This band is ready to break out in a whole new way...A little like fuzzy shoegaze, raw garage rock and irresistible pop all rolled into one fiery package."
- NylonMagazine.com    

"Ume frontwoman Lauren Larson is the perfect new lead singer, chief guitarist and rock & roll model for the many thousands of us still stuck on Kim Gordon...This is a band that breaks both hearts and hearing aids." 
-RiverfrontTimes.com (St. Louis, MO)   

"Bandleader, guitar virtuosa, and straight up bombshell Lauren Larson runs around stage like a firecracker ready to explode at any given moment, pouring all of what she is into the performance."

-BrooklynVegan.com

UME ON TOUR WITH CURSIVE

February 10 - Austin, TX @ The Parish - Oh Snap! Blackout Party

February 12 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge

February 14 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge

February 15 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux

February 16 - Pullman, WA @ The Bell Tower

February 17 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos

February 18 - Vancouver, BC @ The Media Club

February 19 - Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar

February 20 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall 

February 22 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall

February 24 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour

February 25 - Pomona @ The Glasshouse

February 26 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah

February 27 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom

February 28 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad

March 1 - Wichita, KS @ Abode

March 2 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar

March 3 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown

*Without Cursive

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