Lightning Bolt new album out, playing Bushwick, other dates

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Lightning Bolt @ Broadway Backyard in August (more by Leia Jospe)

"Fearsome in his trademark hand-made Mexican wrestler mask, Chippendale must have gashed his hand open at one point, and during the set, the yellow electric tape he'd used to affix the skin to his palm was destroyed a couple songs in. His voice sinister through a warped mouthpiece, he asked into crowd for a "professional" glove. No glove forthcoming, Chippendale nevertheless continued to play, blistered palms be damned. After the set, audience members chanting "LIGHT-NING-BOLT!" were treated to a two-song encore." [BushwickBK]

Last time Lightning Bolt was in town they played at Broadway Backyard with Talk Normal (who are opening for Sonic Youth at one of their upcoming NYC shows on November 24th) (tickets are on sale).

Lightning Bolt will be back on October 30th, and this time they're playing right down the street at another Bushwick space, Above the Auto Parts Store (600 Bushwick Ave @ Jefferson St). TV Ghost, who played WFMU Fest and couple other NYC shows last week), opens.

Lightning Bolt's new record Earthly Delights is out on Load Records on Tuesday (October 13th).

"Can Lightning Bolt even make a bad album? Well, I suppose if they, I dunno, started sporting J Crew, ripped off Paul Simon's whiteboy Afrobeat, and wrote a concept album about how rad their dad's Cape Cod estate is, sure, that would be relatively gnarly." [The Decibel Tolls]

Vampire Weekend's new album is out in January

All tour dates below...

Lightning Bolt - 2009 Tour Dates
10/29 FIREHOUSE 13 w/TINSEL TEETH providence, Rhode Island
10/30 Above the Auto Parts Store Brooklyn, New York
11/05 Tokyo Shibyua ~ O-Nest
11/06 Nagoya ~ Club Rock'n'Roll
11/07 Kyoto ~ Urbanguild
11/08 Yamaguchi Houfu ~ Indo-Yo
11/09 Fukuoka ~ The Voodoolounge
11/10 Ooita ~ Athall
11/11 Okayama ~ Pepper Land
11/12 Osaka ~ Shangrila
11/13 Tokyo Shibuya ~ O-Nest
11/14 Enoshima ~ Oppa-La
11/15 Tokyo Shindaita ~ Fever
11/16 Tokyo Kouenji ~ UFO Club
11/20 Melbourne Victoria: Thornbury Theatre w/ Beaches
11/21 Sydney New South Wales: Manning Bar w/ Naked on the Vague
11/22 Brisbane Queensland: Hi Fi w/ Slug Guts & Abject Leader
11/24 Auckland New Zealand: Transmission Room
11/25 Wellington New Zealand: San Francisco Bath House
11/26 Hobart Tasmania: Mona / Venue TBC
11/27 Adelaide South Australia: Fowlers Live w/ Robotsaurus
11/28 Melbourne Victoria: Trades Hall / Static Age Festival
ATP. Details soon.

Tags: Above the Auto Parts Store, Lightning Bolt, TV Ghost, Vampire Weekend

posted at 11:12 AM on October 12, 2009 in music | tour dates | Comments (14)

Comments (14)

Wow, that's a hard day. Lightning Bolt, Future of the Left and High on Fire/Mastodon/Converge are all playing at the same time.

Posted by panopticon | October 12, 2009 11:56 AM

Go to Converge/Mastodon on Thursday instead. Problem solved.

Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 12:11 PM

Pinback is supposed to play the same day WTF.. im glad i didnt buy my ticket

Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 12:49 PM

Hey i know it will be cold the 30th, is there a place where i can store my bookbag because i will leave sweaty.

Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 12:52 PM

weak

Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 12:54 PM

What's the Vampire Weekend album note doing in this post? They are about as far from Lightning Bolt as possible.

Haven't seen live Lightning Bolt in a few years. One of the best live shows around. Have to check them out. I read they play on stage now instead of setting up on the floor.

Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 1:07 PM

Blue Cheer was louder than hell long before Lightning Bolt.

R.I.P. Dickie Peterson

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=128573

Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 1:15 PM

Has anyone been to this venue before?

Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 1:52 PM

wooooooooooo! and a happy halloween to you too Mr. Chippendale

Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 1:57 PM

i think this video took place in the same venue, 2007: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okoc913fxx8

colossus is the jam

Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2009 1:59 PM