The Strange Boys

Equally informed by Son House as the Velvets, Austin, Texas’s contrarians The Strange Boys release their third album, Live Music on October 25 via Rough Trade (TO BE CLEAR “Live” is in the present-tense, as in living the music, THIS IS NOT A LIVE RECORDING). read more…

Equally informed by Son House as the Velvets, Austin, Texas’s contrarians The Strange Boys release their third album, Live Music on October 25 via Rough Trade (TO BE CLEAR “Live” is in the present-tense, as in living the music, THIS IS NOT A LIVE RECORDING).

Born in 2008, The Strange Boys have released two excellent albums, The Strange Boys and Girls Club (2009, the original sessions of which were equally botched and scrapped production attempts by the late Jay Reatard as well as the band) and 2010’s Be Brave.

Half (side A) of Live Music was recorded in April 2011 at the Austin home of producer/Spoon drummer Jim Eno. The second half (side B) was recorded in December 2010 at producer Mike McHugh’s Distillery, the same studio that Be Brave was recorded in.

“Authentically troubled blues for the modern age” — Geoff Travis

“it’s passionate, yawling guitar rock at its best” — Rolling Stone

“The Strange Boys hark back to the roots of American Music and make it their own.” — Austin Chronicle

Press

• US Press — Daniel Gill
• UK/EU Press — Ben Ayers

News

• The Strange Boys featured on NBC New York Nov 1, 2011
• The Strange Boys: Live Music album streaming on NME Oct 24, 2011
• The Strange Boys: Live Music Review on Spin Oct 24, 2011

Tour Dates

Date	Venue	Location	With	Tickets
Wed 3/14/2012	Cine El Rey	McAllen, Texas	of Montreal, Miniature Tigers, Class Actress, Slowdance, Heavy Cream, Sick/Sea, Wild Moccasins, Jungle Bodies, Vatican Beach
Sat 3/17/2012	Mohawk (Outside Stage)	Austin, Texas	Panache SXSW Showcase w/ White Fence, Mikal Cronin, Delicate Steve & more!
Sun 3/18/2012	Warehouse Live	Houston, Texas	The Black Belles
Mon 3/19/2012	Old No. 2	Laredo, Texas	The Black Belles
Fri 3/23/2012	The Echo	Los Angeles, California	Wounded Lion, White Mystery, Coathangers
Sat 3/24/2012	The Observatory	Santa Ana, California	White Fence, Off!, Wavves, King Tuff
Sun 3/25/2012	Parkside Lounge	San Francisco, California	Burger Boogaloo
Thu 5/3/2012	Mohawk	Austin, Texas
Fri 5/4/2012	Pearl Lounge	New Orleans, Louisiana
Sat 5/5/2012	Bottletree	Birmingham, Alabama	William Tyler
Sun 5/6/2012	The Earl	Atlanta, Georgia	William Tyler
Tue 5/8/2012	The End	Nashville, Tennessee	William Tyler
Wed 5/9/2012	The Bishop	Bloomington, Indiana	William Tyler
Thu 5/10/2012	Lincoln Hall	Chicago, Illinois	Ty Segall, White Fence
Fri 5/11/2012	Lager House	Detroit, Michigan	Ty Segall, White Fence
Sat 5/12/2012	Horseshoe Tavern	Toronto, Ontario	Ty Segall, White Fence
Sun 5/13/2012	IL Motore	Montreal, Quebec	Ty Segall, White Fence
Mon 5/14/2012	Space Gallery	Portland, Maine	Ty Segall, White Fence
Wed 5/16/2012	Webster Hall	New York, New York	Ty Segall, White Fence, The Men
Thu 5/17/2012	Great Scotts	Allston, Massachusetts	William Tyler
Sun 5/20/2012	DC9	Washington, DC	William Tyler
Tue 5/22/2012	The Pinhook	Durham, North Carolina	William Tyler
Wed 5/23/2012	The Lab (NC)	Ashevile, North Carolina	William Tyler
Thu 5/24/2012	Farm 255	Athens, Georgia	William Tyler
Fri 5/25/2012	Retrofit Records	Tallahassee, Florida	William Tyler
Sat 5/26/2012	Spanish Moon	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	William Tyler