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Let It Goddam Be ∞ Video ∞  US Tour Dates 2020

Let It Goddam Be (EP) is available now!

Peace Don't Stand A Chance official music video

: US Tour Dates :

1/8 Charlottesville @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar 

1/9  Atlanta @ 529 

1/10 Charlotte @ Tommy’s Pub

1/11 Birmingham @ Sofar Sounds

1/12 Birmingham @ The Nick

1/13 New Orleans @ The Howlin’ Wolf Den

1/15 Houston @ Axelrad

1/16 San Antonio @ The Mix

1/17 El Paso @ RCBG - Thunderbird

1/18 Phoenix @ Lost Leaf

1/19 Mesa @ The Nile Underground

1/20 Santa Monica @ TRiP

1/22 LA @ Hushe Clubbe - Hyperion Tavern

1/23 San Diego @ MÉTL

1/24 LA @ Hotel Café

1/25 TBA

1/26 Oakland @ Uptown

1/28 Provo @ Free Radio Provo

1/29 Denver @ Lion’s Lair

1/30 Boulder @ Laughing Goat Café

1/31 KC @ MiniBar

2/1 St. Louis @ Schlafly Tap Room

2/2 Bloomington @ Blockhouse

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“Let It Goddam Be” Tour Dates - Europe 2018

Dates confirmed so far...

24 Oct - Anderlect @ Rumsteek  

25 Oct - Amsterdam @ Dokhuis

26 Oct - Brussels @ Balades Sonores

27 Oct - Berlin @ Madame Claude

30 Oct - Leipzig @ Torsten Haupt

31 Oct - Leipzig @ Erythrosin

1 Nov - Hanover @ Feinkost Lampe

2 Nov - Brussels @ Casa Del Pollo

3 Nov - Antwerp @ private house show

6 Nov - České Budějovice @ Camel Club

7 Nov - Pardubice @ RC Ponorka w/ Už Jsme Doma

8 Nov - Olomouc @ Submarine w/ Už Jsme Doma

9 Nov - Vienna @ Café Gagarin

10 Nov - Bratislava @ Satori Stage

11 Nov - Prague @ The (A)void Ship 

12 Nov - Ljubljana @ Prulček

13 Nov - Vienna @ Fluc

14 Nov - Budapest @ Klub Vittula

15 Nov - Brno @ Stará Pekárna

16 Nov - Tübingen @ house show

17 Nov - Basel @ Reneé

19 Nov - Ottersburg @ AZO

20 Nov - Luxembourg @ Konrad Kafé

21 Nov - Bordeaux @ Le Fiacre

23 Nov - Cours, Midi-Pyrenees @ Le Mill’Tone

24 Nov - Mont De Marsan@ Librairie Caractères

25 Nov - Toulouse @ Les Pavillions Sauvages

28 Nov - Madrid @ Fun House Bar

29 Nov - Coimbra @ Salão Brazil

30 Nov - Braga @ FNAC

1 Dec - Villa Real @ Club de Vila Real

3 Dec - Tomar @ Café Paraiso

5 Dec - Leiria @ Atlas Hostel

6 Dec - Aveiro @ Avenida Café

7 Dec - Oliveira de Azeméis @ Vadia Brew Pub

8 Dec - Torres Vedras @ The Bang

9 Dec - Madrid @ Wurlitzer 

11 Dec - Grenoble @ Le Square

12 Dec - Bern @ Barfuss

13 Dec - Bern @ Donnsti Bar

15 Dec - Tours @ Oxford Pub

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... our first tour in Europe ...

27 October - Bordeaux @ el Chico 28 October - Mont De Marsan @ Librairie Caractères 31 October - Tomar @ Café Paraíso 1 November - Lisbon @ Tokyo Lisboa 2 November - Torres Novas @ Trampolim Tapas Bar 3 November - Braga @ SÉ LA VIE 4 November - Braga @ Fnac Braga 5 November - Madrid @ Tabacalera Madrid 10 November - Angoulême @ Bock n' Roll 13 November - Lyon @ Le Sirius 14 November - Bern @ Piazzo 15 November - Tübingen @ The Coolest House Show Ever!! 16 November - Bern @ Zar Bar 17 November - Cologne @ Boogaloo 18 November - Ottersberg @ AZO 19 November - Basel @ Renee Bar 22 November - Paris @ Le Motel 23 November - Paris @ Toloache 25 November - London @ Blasé 26 November - London @ Blasé

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Keith Rankin plays with sound, tickling it out until it spills. "Soft Channel 003," from Soft Channel, his latest effort as Giant Claw, fidgets with the ludic ecstasy—fizzing and sprawling across circuits and MIDI—by which Rankin has for years made his name. But just as the album cover for this newest offering depicts a misrecognition, a crisis in identification, "Soft Channel 003" gnaws at uncanny sonic territory. Over the course of the track, Rankin fiddles with familiarity and unfamiliarity, spontaneously splicing and unexpectedly dissasembling spurts and motifs. One standout interstice is the MIDI choir Rankin employs: unstable, it titillates, inhabiting a vocal register that always feels androgynous, located somewhere in between the head voice and the chest voice, the alto and the tenor. Despite its uncanniness, the voices frequently spasm into something quite delicate, quite precious: a fleeting melody that hints at something grander, something that would complete the punchline that all Rankin's sounds seem to riddle toward. Now effortlessly incorporated into his repertoire, code-switching across aesthetic sensibilities becomes a focal point as Rankin grates the sublime and the beautiful, cartoon slide whistles and shards of Satie's "Gymnopédie No. 1," together over his gurgling potpourri. A master impressionist, Rankin finds facsimile and structure too straightforward, too easy. Through this playful self-denial, the culinary asceticism, Rankin teases out something addictingly temporary, something effervescently evanescent, like the fizz before the swig. Soft Channel is out September 8 on Orange Milk.

Very happy to share a new Giant Claw track today that vocalist Tamar Kamin contributed to - Soft Cannel - 003 -  embrace the wave! 

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Live Music at @spiritpgh Wed. April 26 - The Van Allen Belt, It It, Lung, Good Sport, Clare Brown

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We have a spring show coming up on 3/23! @feminaxmusic @andre_costello @HowlersPGH

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∞ winter tour dates ∞

1/5 Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe 1/6 Cleveland, OH @ The Happy Dog at The Euclid Tavern 1/7 Wyandotte, MI @ The Rockery 1/8 Chicago, IL @ Sofar Sounds 1/9 Muncie, IN @ Be Here Now 1/10 St. Louis, MO @ Sofar Sounds 1/11 Columbia, MO @ Cafe Berlin 1/12 Kansas City, MO @ Davey’s Uptown 1/13 Denver, CO @ Syntax Physic Opera 1/14 Colorado Springs, CO @ Stir 1/15 Oklahoma City, OK @ The Paramount Theatre 1/16 San Antonio, TX @ The Limelight 1/17 Dallas, TX @ Crown & Harp 1/18 Austin, TX @ Cheer Up Charlie’s 1/19 Houston, TX @ Notsuoh 1/20 Beaumont, TX @ The LogOn Cafe 1/21 Mobile, AL @ The Blind Mule 1/22 Ft Walton Beach, FL @ The Green Door 1/23 Orlando, FL @ Spacebar 1/24 Jacksonville, FL @ Rain Dogs 1/25 Atlanta, GA @ Rowdy Dowdy 1/26 Savannah, GA @ El Rocko Lounge 1/27 Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor 1/28 Baltimore, MD @ Wholy Undergrownd 1/29 New York, NY @ Pine Box Rock Shop

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The Afternoon Walk Of Shame music video release will take place on Thursday, December 1st at 9:30 pm. The video will be screening in 4K at The Manor Theatre in Squirrel Hill. Pittsburgh PA. The show will include live music and our catalog of visuals produced by Nonstop Everything. Mrs. Paintbrush will also be performing as Fat Witch. Tickets are available in advance at the website: http://www.manorpgh.com/

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Lady Fest 2016 is coming up! We’re playing at Spirit on July 16th, check out the line up: https://www.facebook.com/events/1098239310242259/

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Get It Right, by Various Artists

10 track album

We just released a compilation which includes a new track “If We Can’t Get It Right Right Now” - the album available to steam or download on Bandcamp. All proceeds from downloads will benefit the Bernie Sanders campaign.

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NPR Tiny Desk Contest submission video 

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The Van Allen Belt - One On The Board

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The Van Allen Belt tour dates coming up in October!

10/1 - Bloomington, IL @ 212 N. Roosevelt Ave. 10/2 - Bloomington, IN @ The Back Door 10/3 - Kansas City, MO @ recordBar 10/9 - Cincinnati, OH @ Drinkery Otr 10/10 - Steubenville, OH @ The Harmonium Project 10/11 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit 10/12 - Columbus, OH @ Rhumba Cafe 10/13 - St. Louis, MO @ Foam 10/14 - Fayetteville, AR @ Backspace 10/15 - Tulsa, OK @ Soundpony Bar 10/16 - San Antonio, TX @ Limelight 10/17 - Houston, TX @ The Summit 10/18 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Lost Leaf 10/20 - Oakland, CA @ Studio Grand 10/22 - Reno, NV @ The Loving Cup 10/23 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Garage On Beck 10/24 - Fort Collins, CO @ Downtown Artery 10/25 - Colorado Springs, CO @ The Eggplant Manor 10/26 - Albuquerque, NM @ Burt's Tiki Lounge 10/27 - Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios 10/28 - Austin, TX @ Cheer Up Charlie’s 10/29 - Beaumont, TX @ The Logon Cafe 10/30 - Huntsville, AL @ Humphrey's Bar & Grill 10/31 - Birmingham, AL The Upsidedown Plaza

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Celebrating the Battle of Duquesne this July 9th