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New Zealand trio Salad Boys releasing jangly 'Metalmania' via Trouble in Mind, touring North America (dates, streams)

by Bill Pearis

Salad Boys

If “New Zealand music” conjures something in your mind that is not Lorde (or Split Enz/Crowded House), it’s probably the bands of Flying Nun Records like The Clean, The Verlaines and The Bats whose shamboic, jangly guitar pop has influenced the indie rock since the ’80s. That continues with Christchurch, NZ’s Salad Boys who have been around for about three years, mixing electric and acoustic guitars for an instantly likeable sound. Their self-titled mini-LP came out in 2013 and they’re set to release their first full-length, titled Metalmania, via Trouble in Mind on September 18. You can stream “Dream Date” from it (and the whole of that mini-LP) below. If you like this kind of stuff, Salad Boys do it very well. Recommended.

Salad Boys will be on tour this fall, including a stop at Brooklyn’s Palisades on October 1. No word on advance tickets or who else is playing just yet but all dates are listed below…


Salad Boys METALMANIA

SALAD BOYS – METALMANIA TRACKLISTING:
1. Here’s No Use
2. Dream Date
3. Daytime Television
4. Better Pick Ups
5. My Decay
6. No Taste Bomber
7. Bow to your Sensation
8. I’m a Mountain
9. Hit Her and Run
10. First Eight

SALAD BOYS – 2015 Tour Dates
9.23.15 – Chicago, IL – The Owl
9.24.15 – Nashville, TN – TBA
9.26.15 – Memphis, TN – Goner Fest
9.27.15 – Cincinnati, OH – Midpoint Music Festival
9.28.15 – Columbus, OH – Double Happiness
9.29.15 – Detroit, MI – UFO Factory
10.1.15 – Brooklyn, NY – Palisades
10.2.15 – Boston, MA – TBA
10.4.15 – Philadelphia, PA – Lava Space
10.6.15 – Asheville, NC – Tiger Mountain
10.7.15 – Atlanta, GA – TBA
10.8.15 – Jacksonville, FL – Rain Dogs
10.9.15 – New Orleans, LA – TBA
10.10.15 – Austin, TX – Beerland – W/ Neil Michael Hagerty
10.12.15 – Tempe, AZ – Time Out Lounge
10.13.15 – Los Angeles, CA – All Star Lanes
10.14.15 – San Francisco, CA – TBA
10.16.15 – Seattle, WA – Highline
10.17.15 – Portland, OR – Bunk Bar
10.19.15 – Salt Lake City, UT – Diabolical Records
10.20.15 – Denver, CO – Rhinoceropolis
10.22.15 – Minneapolis, MN – Hexagon
10.23.15 – Milwaukee, WI – Lucky Cat