tUnE-yArDs on tour, played Le Poisson Rouge (night 1 pics)

photos by Sarahana

“w h o k i l l points in a thousand directions and gallops off toward them all at full tilt. It brings in African vocalisations, and moments of wild animal violence, and street riots, and intimate loved-up louchery. It co-opts sampling to create orchestral arrangements out of a single voice and polymorphic rhythms that seem off-kilter but then, with the addition of real drums and bass (the latter courtesy of new co-writing partner Nate Brenner), create complex, beguiling and intense rhythms. It is astonishing.

Rhythm section aside, so much of this is down to the one-woman volcano of ideas that is Garbus, the tUnE-yArDs conceptualist who once said her raison d’etre was to “get people’s attention or die”. She drew designs on her face, she made songs, she toured. Safe to say, she now has attention…” [MusicOMH]

Tune-Yards played the first of two sold out shows at Manhattan club Le Poisson Rouge last night (9/19) with The Suite Unraveling. She does it again tonight (9/20) with Prussia.

Pictures from last night and more tour dates below…

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The Suite Unraveling

Tune-Yards

Tune-Yards — 2011 Tour DAtes
9/20/11 New York, NY – LPR – http://lepoissonrouge.com
9/21/11 Boston, MA – Paradise – http://www.thedise.com/rockclub/index.html
9/23/11 Montreal, QC – Ukranian Federation (Pop Montreal)
9/26/11 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace – http://www.leespalace.com/coming.php3
9/27/11 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom – http://www.beachlandballroom.com/index.asp
9/28/11 Bloomington, IN – Rhino’s – http://www.rhinosyouthcenter.org/club/
9/30/11 Nashville, TN – Exit/In -http://www.exitin.com/tickets/
10/1/11 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree Cafe%uFFFD -http://www.thebottletree.com/eventlist.html
10/2/11 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks – http://www.oneeyedjacks.net/
10/4/11 Atlanta, GA – The Basement – http://www.tightbros.net/tightbros.html
10/5/11 Carborro, NC – Cats Cradle – http://www.catscradle.com/tickets.html
10/7/11 Baltimore, MD – The Ottobar – http://www.theottobar.com/
10/8/11 Washington, DC – Black Cat – EARLY SHOW http://www.blackcatdc.com/shows/tune-yards.html
10/8/11 Washington, DC – Black Cat – LATE SHOW (SOLD OUT) http://www.blackcatdc.com/shows/tune-yards.html
10/9/11 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11/2/11 Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda – http://themusicboxevents.com/
11/3/11 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
11/5/11 Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/7/11 Lawrence, KS – Jackpot Saloon%uFFFD – http://www.jackpotmusichall.com/
11/8/11 St Louis, MO – Off Broadway Nightclub – http://www.ticketweb.com/snl/Search.action?query=off+broadway
11/9/11 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall – SOLD OUT http://www.lincolnhallchicago.com/Page/Shows?Month=November&Year=2011
11/10/11 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall – SOLD OUT http://www.lincolnhallchicago.com/Page/Shows?Month=November&Year=2011
11/11/11 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall – http://pabsttheater.org/show/tuneyards
11/12/11 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue – http://first-avenue.com/calendar
11/14/11 Winnipeg – WECC – http://www.wecc.ca/
11/16/11 Calgary – Republik – http://www.therepublik.ca/events
11/18/11 Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore Cabaret – http://www.biltmorecabaret.com/schedule.html
11/19/11 Victoria, BC – Sugar Nightclub – http://www.atomiqueproductions.com/concerts.php
11/20/11 Seattle, WA – Neptune – http://stgpresents.org/neptune/
11/21/11 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom – http://wonderballroom.com/pages/calendar.php
11/23/11 San Francisco, CA – Regency Center