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Jungle played NYC and SXSW, announce North American tour dates, including Bowery Ballroom (tickets on sale)

by Bill Pearis

Jungle @ SXSW 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
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UK dance act Jungle were just over playing their first-ever U.S. dates, which included two in NYC one in LA and a slew at SXSW, where they were one of the more talked-about acts at the fest. A duo in the studio, Jungle played as a five-piece here and enigmatic main men T and J kept some of the anonymity going via large microphone windscreens which obscured their faces onstage. It seems a bit silly as no one at the Knitting Factory show seemed to care, they were too busy dancing — the live band is tight and groovy and people (at the show I saw) were super into it. While too many of their songs sound exactly like the terrific single “The Heat” to me, I seemed to be the only one bothered by this. They are a lot of fun live.

Jungle are coming back for a proper (if short) North American tour in June, which includes a NYC stop at Bowery Ballroom on 6/18. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

All tour dates are listed below…

Jungle – 2014 Tour Dates
Fri, Jun 6 – El Rey Theater – Los Angeles, CA
Sat, Jun 7 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
Mon, Jun 9 – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
Tue, Jun 10 – Neumos – Seattle, WA
Fri, Jun 13 – Fine Line Music Cafe – Minneapolis, MN
Sat, Jun 14 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
Sun, Jun 15 – Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON
Tue, Jun 17 – The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA
Wed, Jun 18 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
Thu, Jun 19 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA