Not long after Hand Habits had finished their set, the night’s second opener, Palehound, had taken the stage, and by then it seemed the entire room was full. People listened respectfully (causing Duffy to wonder aloud if their attention was due to the headliner’s warning of death to those who acted rudely), swaying back and forth to sounds evoking a bittersweet waltz that I found so enthralling. Duffy’s music, composed of reverb-laden guitar, minimal loops, and a powerful voice that rivals the guitar without overtaking it, slowly drew the audience in. “You’re here early,” they said, before launching into a half-hour solo set on a borrowed guitar. As the hour went on, more began to filter into the room, and as Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy took the stage at 8pm, about half of the room was filled. Zauner’s star has been steadily rising, and now Japanese Breakfast have found themselves headlining Brooklyn Steel (where they opened for shoegaze legends Slowdive in 2017), a sprawling behemoth of a venue complete with candy vendors in bathrooms, multiple bars, and a stand selling some sort of artisan French fries.īy the door’s opening at 7pm, a large group of concertgoers had already accumulated, the most dedicated of the bunch taking their positions near the stage and refusing to budge. Japanese Breakfast’s Psychopomp (2016) and Soft Sounds from Another Planet (my personal favorite album of 2017) have proven her to be one of the finest and most illustrious songwriters in the realm of dream-pop and indie-rock. Louis, MO The PageantĪpril 5th, 2022 – Cincinnati, OH ICON Music CenterĪpril 6th, 2022 – Chicago, IL Riviera TheatreĪpril 8th, 2022 – St.Home > Gig Review: Japanese Breakfast at Brooklyn Steel Gig Review: Japanese Breakfast at Brooklyn Steelĭespite the sub-freezing temperature, none feared the trek to Brooklyn Steel, a relatively new, 1,800 capacity music venue in East Williamsburg, where Japanese Breakfast-the current musical project of Michelle Zauner, formerly of Little Big League-was headlining the first of two back-to-back sold out shows on 1/17. March 31st, 2022 – Miami Beach, FL The FillmoreĪpril 1st, 2022 – Orlando, FL Hard Rock LiveĪpril 2nd, 2022 – Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola RoxyĪpril 4th, 2022 – St. March 29th, 2022 – New Orleans, LA The Fillmore March 28th, 2022 – Houston, TX House of Blues March 27th, 2022 – San Antonio, TX The Aztec Theatre November 20th, 2021 – Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theater November 18th, 2021 – Montreal, QC MTELUS November 16th, 2021 – Washington, DC The Anthem November 15th, 2021 – Boston, MA House of Blues November 13th, 2021 – Albany, NY Palace Theater November 12th, 2021 – Syracuse, NY Crouse Hinds Theater November 11th, 2021 – Pittsburgh, PA Stage A&E November 9th, 2021 – Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel November 8th, 2021 – Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel November 7th, 2021 – Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore The Flaming Lips 2021-2022 Tour DatesĪugust 20th, 2021 – Ogden, UT Ogden AmphitheatreĪugust 21st, 2021 – Las Vegas, NV Psycho Las Vegas Pressed on double silver vinyl, the special edition of The Soft Bulletin Companion is limited to 16,000 copies worldwide and will be available exclusively at independent record stores. The original Soft Bulletin Companion was released as a CD alongside The Soft Bulletin more than 20 years ago and contains unreleased material, outtakes, early mixes, B-sides, international bonus tracks, and stereo versions of songs from the Flaming Lips’ previous album Zaireeka. and Ireland from May through July 2022, ending at the Galway International Arts Festival.Īdditionally, the Flaming Lips have announced that they’ll release The Soft Bulletin Companion, a special vinyl reissue of their companion album to 1999’s The Soft Bulletin, on June 12th, 2021, as part of Record Store Day. Finally, the band will play a handful of shows in the U.K. The Flaming Lips will then tour the Northeast United States and Quebec in November, followed by a more expansive North American tour in the spring of 2022. The band will begin their trek on August 20th at the Ogden Amphitheatre in Ogden, Utah, followed by an August 21st show at Psycho Las Vegas. The Flaming Lips have announced their return to live music with a world tour, kicking off during the summer of 2021 and running for nearly a year into the summer of 2022. Hands.” The Soft Bulletin Companion is available to pre-order and pre-save on streaming services. The new release will also include an additional track, an early mix of “1000 ft. UPDATE (7/13): After doing an exclusive vinyl reissue of The Soft Bulletin Companion for Record Store Day, the Flaming Lips will make the 1999 rarity widely available for the first time on CD, digital and vinyl on June 16th.
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