La Dispute touring w/ Envy, covered Toadies (who announced their 2015 festival & a new album)
photo: La Dispute in London in May (more by Rachel Juarez-Carr)
La Dispute already offered up a cover of Nirvana’s “Polly” earlier this year, and they continue to show off their grunge love with a new cover of Toadies‘ “Possum Kingdom” from their underrated 1994 debut, Rubberneck. The band recorded the cover for A.V. Club Undercover, and you can watch the video of them performing it, below.
La Dispute also announced a West Coast tour with screamo vets Envy, whose new album Athiest’s Cornea came out last week on Temporary Residence. Those are Envy’s only US dates announced at the moment, but hopefully while the Japanese band is here they’ll play the East Coast too before leaving. All dates are listed, with an Rdio stream of the new Envy album, below.
Toadies also recently announced their new album, Heretics, which is due September 18 via Kirtland Records. It features acoustic re-workings of old songs (including “Possum Kingdom”), two new songs, and a cover of Blondie’s “Heart of Glass.” Tracklist and a short preview of the album, below.
The band also announced their annual Dia De Los Toadies festival for September 11 & 12 on the banks of the Trinity River at Panther Island Pavilion in the band’s hometown of Fort Worth, TX. This year’s lineup features a reunion of Toadies singer Vaden Todd Lewis’ other band Burden Brothers with Reverend Horton Heat drummer Taz Bentley (who have been on hiatus since 2006), fellow ’90s rockers Local H, Denton singer/songwriter Sarah Jaffe and more. Full lineup and ticket info at the festival’s website.
All Toadies dates are listed, with the La Dispute and Envy stuff, below…
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La Dispute — 2015 Tour Dates
11/02 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door*
11/04 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall*
11/06 – Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/07 – Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/08 – Dallas, TX @ The Door^
11/10 – Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theatre^
11/11 – Santa Anna, CA @ The Observatory^
11/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre^
11/14 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom^
11/16 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom^
11/17 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theater^
11/19 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil @ Teatro Odisseia
11/20 – Belo Horizonte, Brazil @ A Autentica
11/21 – Sao Paolo, Brazil @ Clash Club
11/22 – Curitiba, Brazil @ John Bull
11/24 – Porto Allegre, Brazil @ Anexo B
* = w/ Pity Sex
^ = w/ Envy
Toadies — 2015 Tour Dates
7/9/15 Arlington Heights, IL HOME Bar (Chicago)
7/10/15 Woodhaven, MI Uncle Sam Jam – Civic Center Park
7/11/15 Ft Wayne, IN Three Rivers Festival @ Headwaters Park
7/12/15 Cleveland, OH Agora Theater
7/15/15 Lubbock, TX Lonestar Amphitheater
7/16/15 Cedar Park, TX Cedar Park Center
7/17/15 Houston, TX Bayou Music Center
7/18/15 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheater
7/19/15 San Antonio, TX Aztec Theater
7/21/15 Springfield, MO Gillioz Theatre
7/22/15 Nashville, TN Exit/In
7/23/15 St Louis, MO The Bootleg
7/24/15 Kansas City, MO KRBZ’s Annual Radio Show Beach
7/25/15 Pocola, OK Choctaw Event Center
7/28/15 Bismark, ND Bismark Event Center
7/29/15 Bemidji, MN Sanford Center
7/30/15 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights
7/31/15 Dubuque, IA Dubuque County Fair
8/1/15 Denver, CO Denver County Fair
8/4/15 Garden City, ID Revolution Center
8/5/15 Portland, OR Hawthorne
8/7/15 Reno, NV Cargo at Whitney Peak Hotel
8/8/15 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl
8/9/15 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
8/13/15 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia Live
8/14/15 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
8/15/15 Fresno, CA Blackbeard’s Family Entertainment
8/16/15 Riverside, CA Riverside Municipal Auditorium
9/11 & 12 Ft. Worth, TX Dia De Los Toadies – Panther Island Pavilion w/ Burden Brothers, Local H, Sarah Jaffe, Holy Moly, Buck Pets, Sealion, Son of Stan, Gollay, and Western Plaza