heavytrash

Witch Hats - 2008 Tour Dates + Heavy Trash tonight (again)

by Black Bubblegum

Heavy Trash
Jon Spencer

Jon Spencer and his Heavy Trash project with Matt Verta-Ray (Madder Rose) played Glasslands on 8/8 with Aussies Witch Hats. Here’s how my esteemed colleague Bill Pearis described it:

If you’re not familiar with Heavy Trash, Spencer does the same to rockabilly as he did to the blues — he explodes it. Well not really, but he does have that certain intensity so this is more Hasil Adkins than Chuck Berry…

…Another surprise was Australian band Witch Hats who I also knew nothing about but ended up buying their record afterwards…… they laid down a thick layer of fuzzy, slightly gothy garage rock (think early-’80s Fall), powered by one of the best drummers I’ve seen in a long time

The pair play a show tonight (8/11) at Santos Party House with Make-Up/Weird War/Nation Of Ulysses honcho Ian Svenonius on the wheels of steel.

Witch Hats are currently in the midst of their first US tour, check out below for their full remaining schedule. RCRD LBL has two Witch Hats songs up for download.

Jon Spencer

WITCH HATS – 2008 TOUR DATES
11 Aug New York, NY @ Santos Party House*
14 Aug Philadelphia @ Millcreek Tavern**
15 Aug Baltimore @ Nerve Centre***
16 Aug DC @ Velvet Lounge^
17 Aug Chapel Hill @ The Cave^^
18 Aug Atlanta @ The Earl^^^
21 Aug Memphis @ Hi-Tone #
23 Aug San Antonio @ The Mix##
24 Aug Austin @ Beerland ###
29 Aug San Diego @ The Yard $
30 Aug LA @ Fuck Yeah Fest

* w Heavy Trash + DJs Ian Svenonius + Jonathan Toubin
** w/ Whales and Cops + Ugh God + Drums Like Machine Guns
*** w/ Hollywood, Vivian Girls, Crystal Slits, Sexually Retarded
^ w/ Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Birds
^^ w/ Americans In France
^^^ w/ Derek Lyn Plastic + Coffin Bound
# w/ The Barbaras + The Dranks
## w/ Boxcar Satan
### w/ Golden Boys
$ w/ The Sess