For your viewing (dis)pleasure …
This is what it looks like when you forgo showers in favor of long van rides and sweaty rock shows.
Back Home.
Alright, Ladies and Gentlemen. We have safely traversed the highways of the upper midwest. It was trying at times, but we made it home in one piece. I’m sure at least one of us is working on something close to a “tour diary” but that will have to wait for another day.
In the mean time, we did have one upstanding individual post a review of our last show of tour at The Gurley House in Akron, OH (sadly, the show at The Black Cherry in Toledo was canceled). The blog is called Broken Headphones and you can get to the article by following the link below.
http://www.brokenheadphones.com/?p=3968
Check it out.
Upcoming “Don’t Be Afraid to Move” Tour(s)/Shows
Over the course of the next two weekends Protected Left will embark on our first official “tour.” Split into two separate weekends, the tour will take us through a fair amount of the upper Midwest, and, depending which Horky your ask, into the east coast. Here are the dates.
DON’T BE AFRAID TO MOVE Tour - wknd. 1
Thursday August 18 @ The GTG House - Lansing, MI
w/: Die Laughing, Little American Champ, and The Need You Nows
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Friday August 19 @ The Vollrath Tavern - Indianapolis, IN
w/: Belligerant Bendajos, Giraffes Eating Lions, and The Slappies
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Saturday August 20 @ Pancho’s - Chicago, IL
w/: The Old Comiskeys + 1 T.B.A
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DON’T BE AFRAID TO MOVE Tour - wknd. 2 (mostly)
Tuesday August 23 @ The Trumbullplex - Detroit, MI
w/: Dead Ringer, Melissa and Paul, and The Respectably Ugly
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Thursday August 25 @ 222 Ormsby - Pittsburgh, PA
w/: Dead Ringer, Westborro Bastard Church, The Ghostwrite, and Melissa and Paul
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Friday August 26 @ The Gurley House - Akron, OH
w/: Worship This!, The Ohioans, + 1 T.B.A
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Saturday August 27 @ Black Cherry - Toledo, OH
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This Saturday we’ll be playing The Ant Hill in Kzoo. Joining us will be Frank And Earnest from Lansing, wrapping up their first tour (I think); Seized Up, Detroit’s finest pop punkers; and Ackley Kid, Kalamazoo’s own portable house destruction party. Luckily the show will be at their house.
Live Footage
CHUNKvideos was on hand at Wienerfest a couple weeks ago and they filmed a few songs from each band, including three of the goddamned handsomest motherfuckers playing music together today. You can find those videos on their YouTube page by following these two links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18h5qzDRhyA&NR=1 - “Yeah, dude, I get it.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSvD0brgrPA&NR=1 - Never Again/Dice & Cherries
Feel free to lavish us with your affections.
First review of “Songs of the doomed.”
Earlier this week I sent out our e.p to be reviewed. Here is a link to the first. Thankfully, it is positive.
http://musicshebloggedtoronto.blogspot.com/2011/06/protected-left-great-band-even-better.html
Post-show analysis.
Monday was a great time. Thanks to The Strutt and Shafto/ND for tossing us on to the show. Next up is WEINERFEST @ LOUIE’S in a few weeks. Until then, we shall continue to relax. Like Chad in his hot pants. Pictured below.
