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“With unspeakable chemistry and an instinctual bond that borders on telepathic, the band has taken its wildly cacophonous and setlist-free live show to must-see status, turning music venues populated by arm-folding spectators into anarchic riot scenes.”
– Pitchfork
With a riot-sparking, battering-ram live set that recalls something between the early days of punk rock and unadulterated chaos, San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees are ready to conquer the Far East under the auspices of Scorched, a boutique Asia-based booking agency working out of the Split Works offices. What started out as singer, songwriter and guitarist John Dwyer’s side project for his experimental instrumental arrangements with a name that changed every week has morphed into a complete band, where Dwyer and fellow bandmates Brigid Dawson (keyboards, tambourine), Petey Dammit (bass), Mike Shoun (drums) and Lars Finberg (also drums) play a ferocious incarnation of heavy psychedelic garage pop that can veer towards either ambitious experimentation or perfectly crafted pop confections.
Equally well-known for their prodigious output, Thee Oh Sees took a relative break in 2012, releasing only one album, September’s Putrifiers II. Tireless tourers, Thee Oh Sees spent the summer festival- and continent-hopping with dates at Primavera Sound in Spain, Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival, Outside Lands in San Francisco and All Tomorrow’s Parties in New York. Maddeningly prolific and musically restless, the past 3 years have seen the band release albums that run the gamut from 2010’s raucous Warm Slime to 2011’s schizophrenic EPs Castlemania and Carrion Crawler/The Dream to this year’s Putrifiers II, which is being hailed as “their best [album] yet” (the Guardian), “a more complete, elaborate picture of this band’s many capabilities and strengths” (Pitchfork), and full of a “paradoxically coherent choppiness” (Consequence of Sound).
In Dwyer’s own words, “You have to leave a mark somehow.” With the experience of 15 LPs, 8 EPs, 11 7” records and 5 appearances at All Tomorrow’s Parties under their belt, Thee Oh Sees are ready to careen headfirst into touring Asia for the first time. We have no doubt that they will leave their mark long before they leave here.
THEE OH SEES CHINA TOUR DATES
【Beijing】
Date: Thursday, February 21st, 2013
Door Time: 21:00
Venue: MAO Livehouse
Address: No.111 Gulou Dong Dajie, Dongcheng District
Support: The Planets
Price: 60RMB (Student) / 80RMB (Doors)
【Shanghai】
Date: Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Door Time: 21:00
Venue: 390 Live
Address: 390 Panyu Rd.,near Fahuazheng Rd., Changning District
Support: Pairs & S.V.R.O.
Price: 60RMB (Student) / 80RMB (Doors)
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2013《觉》音乐+艺术：
先知先觉预热演出：旧金山迷幻车库乐队Thee Oh Sees中国巡演
由John Dwyer领衔的旧金山迷幻车库乐队Thee Oh Sees成立于1997年，至今已经发行了超过10张专辑。乐队多产且保质，不断地创作、录制和巡演，并且乐此不疲，几乎每一次合作和每一张专辑都见证了乐队登峰造极的最佳状态。他们的现场也是充满能量，不断用实验、躁动、迷幻的车库朋克乐刺激观众的耳膜。“Thee Oh Sees 能够理解巨大混乱中的内在价值”，Pitchfork曾这么形容过他们的音乐。
2012年Thee Oh Sees发行了充满70、80年代复古风味的新专辑《Putrifiers II》，并在乐评界得到了一致的好评，其中单曲“Lupine Dominus”被包括Pitchfork在内的多个知名媒体评选为年度最佳单曲之一。
成军15年，Thee Oh Sees依然充满不安定，充满个性，饱含激情，熟练频繁地在流行和实验之间切换，在轰鸣声中存储迷幻之美，在复古中注入新的理念。你很难归类他们的声音，你也很难拒绝他们带来的摇滚狂欢。
旧金山迷幻车库乐队Thee Oh Sees中国巡演
【北京】
日期：2013年2月21日，周四
时间：21:00
场地：MAO Livehouse
地址：北京东城区鼓楼东大街111号
嘉宾：The Planets
票价：60元（学生）/ 80元（现场）
【上海】
日期：2013年2月22日，周五
时间：21:00
场地：390 Live
地址：长宁区番禺路390号，近法华镇路
嘉宾：Pairs和花搅乐队
票价：60元（学生）/ 80元（现场）
乐队官网：http://www.theeohsees.com
Scorched亚洲代理机构：http://www.scorched.asia
Split Works官网：https://spli-t.com
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