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Blues Control going on tour (dates & live session video)

by Andrew Sacher

Blues Control at MHOW in 2012 (more by Greg Cristman)
Blues Control

Psych rockers Blues Control released their newest album, Valley Tangents, via Drag City in 2012, and they’re about to kick off a tour in support of it which begins with two NYC shows this month and continues across the US and Canada through March. The NYC shows happen on Friday (1/18) at Cozy Royale (434 Humboldt St) with Sightings and 1-800-BAND and January 26 at Shea Stadium with Home Blitz, Illegals, Trepanning, and DJ GDFX. Both shows are all ages, the Cozy Royale show is $8 at the door, and the Shea Stadium show is $10. After the tour ends, they’ll play the Deerhunted-curated ATP in the UK (which just expanded its lineup).

The band recently recorded a live Drag City Limits session video for Valley Tangents single, “Iron PIgs,” which was filmed on the other side of a doorway from the room they’re in and is blurred even more by the dark room and spastic light show. It fits their sound well. You can watch that video and check out a list of all dates below.

Blues Control – “Iron Pigs” Drag City Limits session

Blues Control — 2013 Tour Dates
Fri. Jan. 18 – Brooklyn, NY @ Cozy Royale w/ Sightings and 1-800-BAND
Sat. Jan. 26 – Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium w/ Home Blitz
Fri. Feb. 1 – Stage College, PA @ Schlow Centre Region Library
Sat. Feb. 2 – Ithaca, NY @ House Show
Mon. Feb. 4 – Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar w/ Raw Thug
Wed. Feb. 6 – Oxford, MS @ Lamar Lounge
Thu. Feb. 7 – Shreveport, LA @ Fatty Arbuckles
Fri. Feb. 8 – Houston, TX @ Mango’s
Sat. Feb. 9 – Austin, TX @ Holy Mountain
Mon. Feb. 11 – Marfa, TX @ Lost Horse Saloon
Tue. Feb. 12 – Albuquerque, NM @ Small Engine Gallery
Wed. Feb. 13 – Santa Fe, NM @ Radical Abacus
Thu. Feb. 14 – Tucson, AZ @ Topaz
Fri. Feb. 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom w/ OM, Sir Richard Bishop
Sat. Feb. 16 – San Diego, CA @ The Void
Tue. Feb. 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Human Resources w/ Lamps, Jaws, The Urxed
Thu. Feb. 21 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Biko House
Fri. Feb. 22 – Los Angeles, CA @ Eagle Rock Center for the Arts w/ Rangda
Sat. Feb. 23 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel at Preservation Hall West w/ Rangda
Mon. Feb. 25 – Davis, CA @ The Chillanova House
Tue. Feb. 26 – Arcata, CA @ MexNowW w/ R. Stevie Moore
Thu. Feb. 28 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Fri. Mar. 1 – Vancouver, BC @ Electric Owl
Sat. Mar. 2 – Seattle, WA @ Comet Tavern
Sun. Mar. 3 – Olympia, WA @ Northern
Tue. Mar. 5 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux w/ Psychic Ills
Wed. Mar. 6 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge w/ Psychic Ills
Thu. Mar. 7 – Denver, CO @ Hi Dive w/ Psychic Ills
Fri. Mar. 8 – Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Music Hall w/ Psychic Ills
Sat. Mar. 9 – St. Louis, MO @ 2720 Cherokee
Sun. Mar. 10 – Madison, WI @ Good Style Shop
Tue. Mar. 12 – Chicago, IL @ Permanent Records
Wed. Mar. 13 – Kalamazoo, MI @ The 411 Club
Thu. Mar. 14 – Toledo, OH @ Mickey Finn’s
Fri. Mar. 15 – Bloomington, IH @ The Ream
Sat. Mar. 16 – Columbus, OH @ Double Happiness w/ Tommy Jay
Sat. Apr. 27 – Detroit, MI @ Detroit Center For Contemporary Photography
Fri. Jun. 21-23 – Camber Sands, UK @ ATP curated by Deerhunter (Blues Control w/ Laraaji)