New bassist?
New tunes?!
New band name!

Awesome!

not to be confused with the 70's proto-metal hard rockers featuring the future Marky Ramone, whose two albums I got as a newly reissued two-fer on Record Store Day:





After the Thurston/Kim split leaving a bad taste in my mouth, and my interests generally drifting away from free-form avant improv lately, Lee's band is the post-SY stuff I'm most interested i these days.

OTW = Off The Wall
Burned = Crosby cover
Rev(olution) Blues = Neil Young cover

The rest of the acronyms were new songs. I can't say whether I liked them better than "Times & Tides" songs as the new songs are still kind of being developed. He told the full names of most of the new songs they played before they played them but I can't remember what they were exactly.

Thankfully the length of the set was perfectly justified for the band. The last time I had seen them was at Webster Hall in May of last year. Their set was way too short. And that was mostly because they were the opening band but still Lee should not have to fucking open for anyone.

Though I really wish they had played "Genetic" too.

Here are some pictures from the actual show:

UPCOMING DATES (all Lee Ranaldo Band unless noted – Lee with Steve Shelley, Alan Licht & Tim Luntzel):

May 25 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups

May 26 Bloomington, IN – The Bishop

May 27 Chicago, IL – Downtown Sound @ Millennium Park, w Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – FREE

June 6 Montreal, Quebec. LR solo acoustic w Steve Shelley. Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival at La Sala Rossa.

June 7 Petersborough, NH. “That Thing In The Spring” LR solo acoustic w Steve Shelley. Also Brotzmann/McPhee duo, Flaherty/Corsano duo.

June 14 Amsterdam, NL. Holland Festival. Lee will premiere a new half-hour work, “Hurricane Transcriptions,” for the Berlin string ensemble Kaleidoskop under the direction of Andre de Ridder. He will be playing and sings with the ensemble. INFO.

June 15 Hasselt, Belgium - Kunstencentrumbelgie

June 16 Zurich, Switzerland - TAKTLOS Festival at Rote Fabrik

June 18 Faenza, Italy - Strade Blu Festival at Teatro Masini

June 22 Valeggio sul Mincio, Italy - Castello Scaligero

July 26-28 Guelph, Ontario Canada – Hillside Festival

June 20: Lee Ranaldo y los Dust @ Carroponte, Milano (Sesto San Giovanni), Italy.

UK?

don't know about any uk plans.

:(.

anyone else read that bit? cuz it sounds awesome!

hopefully some US west coast dates eventually...

how weird is that. I have the chance to see Kim, Lee (+Steve of course) and Thurston, all apart but in the same week. Is Hasselt a band night? I'm tempted to see Lee twice then (and skip T & K), Amsterdam indeed looks wonderful

Here's more info on the Amsterdam performance: http://www.hollandfestival.nl/en/pro...lyn-to-berlin/

Hasselt is a band night, according to the site of Kunstencentrum Belgie (in dutch): http://www.kunstencentrumbelgie.com/...analdoband.htm
According to the site, CLM will also play in Hasselt later this year.

The timing is kinda weird indeed. I'll go see Thurston at Trix and Lee & Steve a few days later in Hasselt. Really looking forward to that week already.

slightly ot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMrM85qbrbg

OK, just got my ticket for the Holland Festival. I'm very curious what it will be like. I hope audio taping is allowed, and I won't get kicked out if I bring my gear in. Lee, if you're reading this, do you perhaps know? The houserules of the venue say that written permission is required. But perhaps they just state that but don't really apply to it

It seems too difficult to come play gigs in Northern Europe. I would really like to see this band playing live.

Lee is playing his free show today. But it's supposed to storm fro 5pm and on....and it starts at 6.30.....hmmmm LEE ARE YOU STILL PLAYING?

Aaah, Stu, I thought you were going to say he's playing in London.

He is!


European dates – on sale at different times, please watch this space:

Sun 10-Nov-2013 NL GRONINGEN – VERA
Mon 11-Nov-2013 DE HAMBURG – KAMPNAGEL
Tue 12-Nov-2013 DE BERLIN – TBC
Wed 13-Nov-2013 DE COLOGNE – GEBAUDE 9
Thu 14-Nov-2013 FR METZ – acoustic show at le musée de la cour d’or
Fri 15-Nov-2013 FR METZ – CAVEAU DES TRINITAIRES – MUSIQUE VOLANTE FESTIVAL
Sun 17-Nov-2013 CH LAUSANNE – LE ROMANDIE
Mon 18-Nov-2013 FR FEYZIN – Epicerie Moderne
Wed 20-Nov-2013 FR VILLENEUVE D’ASQ – FESTIVAL TOUR DE CHAUFFE AT LA FERME D’EN HAUT
Thu 21-Nov-2013 UK LONDON – THE GARAGE
Fri 22-Nov-2013 UK CAMBER SANDS – ATP FESTIVAL at Camber Sands
Sat 23-Nov-2013 FR PARIS – Boulogne Billancourt BB MIX FESTIVAL
Mon 25-Nov-2013 FR POITIERS – CONFORT MODERNE
Tue 26-Nov-2013 FR TOURS – TEMPS MACHINE

All US dates on sale this Friday, July 26.

Oct 8 — Hudson, NY — Club Helsinki

Oct 9 — Buffalo, NY — Tralf Music Hall

Oct 11 — Toronto, ON — Horseshoe Tavern

Oct 12 — Detroit, MI — Trinosophes

Oct 13 — Chicago, IL — The Empty Bottle

Oct 14 — Madison, WI — High Noon Saloon

Oct 15 — Minneapolis, MN — Triple Rock

Oct 17 — Iowa City, IA — Gabe’s

Oct 18 — Omaha, NE — The Waiting Room*

Oct 19 — Lawrence, KC — The Bottleneck*

Oct 20 — St. Louis, MO — The Firebird*

Oct 22 — Nashville, TN — Exit/Inn

Oct 23 — Asheville, NC — The Grey Eagle

Oct 25 — New York, NY — The Bell House

Dec 6 — Portland, OR — Doug Fir Lounge

Dec 7 — Vancouver, BC — Biltmore Cabaret

Dec 8 — Seattle, WA — Barboza

Dec 11 — San Francisco, CA — The Chapel

Dec 13 — Los Angeles, CA — The Echo

* = with Built To Spill

At long last, the Dust meet the North West.

Nice....I love the Empty Bottle.