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Ponytail - Daytrotter acoustic, 2009 European tour dates & pics from the Bell House

photos by Jonny Leather

Ponytail

Ponytail is a 4-piece art rock band formed in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, on the label We Are Free. Their sound has been compared to Deerhoof as well as Ecstatic Sunshine, due to the band’s experimental guitar work and unique vocal stylings. The band has toured internationally, with bands such as Battles, Hella, Don Caballero, High Places and others. They have released two albums, Kamehameha, and Ice Cream Spiritual. They were named “Best Live Band” by Baltimore City Paper in September 2007 and “Best Band” in September 2008.[Wikipedia]

Nick Masi and I had to put together this feature for our Sirius-XMU show at the end of December (it ran in early January). They asked us to name “Best Live Band of 2008” among other things. It’s hard to pick stuff like that, but we finally agreed on Ponytail for that award too. I realize that some people think exactly the opposite.

Ponytail brought it to The Bell House in Brooklyn on Friday night (1/23). Download an ACOUSTIC session they did for Daytrotter (if you haven’t already). See more pictures from the Brooklyn show and all tour dates, below…

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These are Powers & Pattern is Movement opened the show.

Ponytail – 2009 Tour Dates
Feb 12 – 100 Club London
Feb 13 – Epic Centre Cherbourg
Feb 14 – Festival Super – Maroquinerie w/ Black Lips Paris
Feb 15 – Generiq Festival – Espace Multimédia Bourgogne
Feb 16 – Venue Directors Apartment Besançon
Feb 17 – Generiq Festival – Café Deep Dijon
Feb 19 – Centrifugeuse Pau
Feb 20 – Sidecar Barcelona
Feb 21 – Moby Dic Madrid
Feb 23 – Saint Ex Bordeaux
Feb 25 – Switzerland TBC TBC
Feb 26 – Switzerland TBC TBC
Feb 27 – FZW (The Final Curtain Days Festival) Dortmund
Feb 28 – West Germany Berlin
Mar 1 – Astrastube Hamburg
Mar 2 – Karlstorbahnhof w/Crystal Slits Heidelberg
Mar 3 – Paradiso Amsterdam
Mar 4 – Bat Cave Tilburg
Mar 5 – Ekko Utrecht
Mar 6 – AB Club Brussels
Mar 7 – Audio Brighton
Mar 8 – Start The Bus Bristol
Mar 9 – Tommy’s Bar Cardiff
Mar 10 – The Lexington London
May 29 – Primavera Sound Festival Barcelona