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Daniel Higgs playing solo shows & in the Skull Defekts, Thank You touring w/ a new LP, Soft Circle+Lichens = Zanzo

DOWNLOAD: The Skull Defekts – “Fragrant Nimbus” (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Thank You “1-2-3 Bad” (MP3)

Daniel Higgs
Daniel Higgs

Glasslands will host a headlining set from Zanzo (aka Hisham Baroocha of Soft Circle with Rob Lowe of Lichens) and additional performances from Thank You and Daniel A.I.U. Higgs TONIGHT (1/25). Entry will cost you a paltry $7, and the show starts at 8:30.

The show will double as a record release party for Thank You, as their new LP Golden Worry is out today via Thrill Jockey. Download “1-2-3 Bad” above and check out a video for “Birth Reunion” below. In early Feb, Thank You will hit the road in support of the LP, tagging Death By Audio on February 12th as part of that jaunt. Double Dagger is also part of the show, and will play NYU with Fucked Up the day before. Full Thank You tour sked is below.

Tonight at Glasslands is one of two NYC shows scheduled for Lungfish member Daniel A.I.U. Higgs in the near future He’ll also play Issue Project Room on 2/26 with Heresy of the Free Spirit (“Jozef Van Wissem and Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalists Che Chen (violin, bowed rewap, bass recorder, percussion and tape machine) and Robbie Lee”). Tickets are on sale.

In addition to both of the previously mentioned shows, Daniel Higgs has announced that he has joined on as a member of Skull Defekts. Higgs will appear on the band’s forthcoming LP Peer Amid due via Thrill Jockey on 2/15. Check out the first track “Fragrant Nimbus” available for download above/streaming below. The band will follow up the release of the LP with US dates in late March and April with Zomes, including April 3rd at Littlefield in Brooklyn.

That Skull Defekts song stream, the Thank You video, and all tour dates are below.


The Skull Defekts – Fragrant Nimbus

Thank You – Birth Reunion

SKULL DEFEKTS – 2011 TOUR DATES
03/27 – Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club #
03/28 – Madison, WI @ TBA #
03/29 – Iowa City, IA @ Mission Creek Festival #
03/30 – St. Louis, MO @ Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center #
03/31 – Chicago, IL @ The Hideout %
04/01 – Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st Street Pub #
04/02 – Buffalo, NY @ Soundlab %
04/03 – Brooklyn, NY @ Littlefield #
04/04 – Boston, MA @ TBA #
04/05 – Providence, RI @ Machine With Magnets #
04/06 – Scranton, PA @ Embassy Vinyl #
04/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ Danger Danger Gallery #
04/08 – Baltimore, MD @ The Golden West #
04/09 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Nightlight #
04/10 – Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light #
04/11 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl #
04/12 – Asheville, NC @ Harvest Records #
# w/ Zomes
% w/Zomes, Mountains


THANK YOU – 2011 TOUR DATES
01.25.11 – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands &
02.10.11 – Easthampton, MA – Flywheel
02.11.11 – Troy, NY – 51 3rd Street
02.12.11 – Brooklyn, NY Death By Audio *
02.13.11 – Philadelphia, PA – Younglove’s ^
02.16.11 – Charlottesville, VA – Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
02.17.11 – Chapel Hill, NC – Nightlight
02.18.11 – Raleigh, NC – Berkley Cafe
02.19.11 – Charlotte, NC – The Milestone
02.20.11 – Charleston, SC – TBA
02.21.11 – Knoxville, TN – The Pilot Light
02.22.11 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
02.23.11 – Ann Arbor, MI – TBA
02.24.11 – Toronto, ON – Teranga
02.25.11 – London, ON – TBA
02.26.11 – Providence, RI – The Soft Approach
& Daniel Higgs, Soft Circle
* D0uble Dagger
^ Dustin Wong