Diesel: U:Music Global Tour Continues Through 2009
New Album Out Spring 2010
The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! have had a banner year. They signed to Luaka Bop and released their first recordings ever (as part of the 3” of Music series), garnering enthusiastic reviews. They began playing regularly around the east coast, sparking riotous dance ragers everywhere they went. Any young collective would be pretty gratified by these developments even before their sundae had its topping; the cherry on this dessert came courtesy of the trendsetters at Diesel. Every year they assemble an international panel of music hotshots to choose two bands (from thousands of entries) to join their Diesel: U: Music Global Tour. You guessed it: the experts selected The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! for the annual extravaganza. TPDR shared the stage with Kanye West and The Roots in New York and join Peaches for an upcoming show; previous winners include Diplo, the Fiery Furnaces and the Cool Kids.
The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt have a new run of U.S. dates in between their globetrotting obligations with two shows in New York City during CMJ and a plethora of others to choose from. In Baltimore, they open for Junior Boys, in Washington DC they’ll perform in support of Captured by Robots. Meanwhile, in their non-existent spare time they put finishing touches on their full length debut, due out in spring 2010 on Luaka Bop.
For the uninitiated, The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! is a never ending romp of a dance party; looped pianos and saxes race on top of crappy synths and ill beats and something like twenty vocal takes (like seriously rivaling Broken Social Scene-status) are mixed in there somewhere. What makes The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! so special are severely catchy, dance-y pop songs that actually have lyrical content. These are songs about friends, romance and everything else that rules in life, presented in a comic, yet somehow deathly serious, way.
Live, The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! become a whole new beast altogether. Neil is relentless, running through crowds, scaling things, doing acrobatics, all this while wearing a giant Ultimate Protection Suit, consisting of 100 stuffed animals sewn to a jumpsuit, turning him into some kind of childhood head of the bed gone wrong. His instrument: lights. While singing and dancing, Neil is hard at work orchestrating an elaborate light show. Old lamps, giant inflatable storks and cats turn on and off. Strobes, disco balls and every other kitschy item any college student has ever had in their dorm are flashing: think Daft Punk with a $16 budget. Meanwhile, the Grrrrl Police, an elite force of enthusiastic singers and dancers (the same blessed souls who lend their voices to The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! recordings) parade around dressed as giant pizzas, Christmas trees, houses and every other thing that might make humans feel warm. Together, Neil, the Grrrrl Police and the audience create something rare and spectacular: a really genuinely fun concert. There is no such thing as not singing, there is no such thing as not dancing, and those things exist in a world where there is such a thing as "cool" and "not cool." This is the Terror Pigeon's world: there is only "awesome."
Hear them here: http://www.myspace.com/theterrorpigeondancerevolt
The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! U.S. Tour
Wed 10/14 Soundlab Buffalo NY
Thu 10/15 Sneaky Dees Toronto ON
Fri 10/16 Foufounes Electriques Montreal QC
Thu 10/22 Pianos New York NY CMJ Showcase
Sat 10/24 Santos Partyhouse New York NY CMJ Showcase Windish Agency
Tue 10/27 Firehouse 13 Providence RI
Wed 10/28 Distant Castle Worcester MA
Thu 10/29 Danger Danger House Philadelphia PA w/ The Shakes
Fri 10/30 Sonar Baltimore MD w/ Junior Boys
Sat 10/31 Rock and Roll Hotel Washington DC w/ Captured By Robots
Diesel: U:Music Global Tour
Fri 9/11 Oslo Norway
Sat 9/19 Paris France
Sat 9/26 Madrid Spain
Thu 10/1 London England
Tue 10/6 Beijing China
November '09 Miami FL
Thu 11/26 Sydney Australia
December '09 Vienna Austria
No comments:
Post a Comment