|
IMAAD WASIF ANNOUNCES US TOUR SUPPORTING DEAD MEADOW!!! PREMIERS MP3 OF "OUR SKULLS" ON BROOKLYN VEG
MP3: "OUR SKULLS" (BROOKLYN VEGAN PREMIER)
VIDEO: "Redeemer" (Dir. by Jess Holzworth) NSFW!
VIDEO: "Fangs" (Dir. by Adam Harding)
IMAAD WASIF
Feb-26 Santa Cruz, CA The Crepe Place
Feb-27 San Francisco, CA Noise Pop w/ International Noise Conspiracy
Mar-18 Austin, TX - TEE PEE RECORDS SXSW Showcase @ Habana Calle 6
Mar-26 Brookdale, CA Historic Brookdale Lodge *
Mar-27 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall *
Mar-31 Eugene, OR Wow Hall *
Apr-01 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge *
Apr-02 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret *
Apr-03 Seattle, WA Studio Seven *
Apr-05 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge *
Apr-07 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge *
Apr-08 Lawrence, KS Riot Room *
Apr-09 Omaha, NE Slowdown *
Apr-10 Sioux Falls, SD Nutty's Lounge *
Apr-12 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock *
Apr-13 Chicago, IL The Empty Bottle *
Apr-14 Madison, WI Annex *
Apr-15 Detroit, MI Magic Stick *
Apr-16 Cleveland, OH The Grog Shop *
Apr-17 Athens, OH The Union *
Apr-19 Columbus, OH The Basement *
Apr-21 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place *
Apr-22 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace *
Apr-23 Montreal, QB Club Lambi *
Apr-25 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom *
* w/ Dead Meadow
In another life, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Imaad Wasif might
have been a poet or a priest. He draws inspiration from beyond the veil,
seeking connections and cosmic patters in the hopes of expressing the
simplest but most profound message to his listeners: We are not alone.
The urgency of that communication, and his need to convey it, give both
his delicate guitar ballads and his fervent rock songs a ferocity and
focus that resonates with every note.
Wasif goes far beyond the here and now in his music, but he is very much
of this time. He is a rock musician who came of age in the Coachella
Valley of the 1990s. Early on he played live and in the studio with Lou
Barlow's Folk Implosion. In 2006, Kill Rock Stars released Wasif's
self-titled solo debut, an acoustic psych gem. Around the same time, he
was enlisted as a touring guitarist and opening act for Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Sophomore album Strange Hexes revealed Wasif's varied influences. The
album was recorded with his band Two Part Beast (Bobb Bruno and Adam
Garcia) and self-released in March 2008. That album was the first to
hint at the distinctive sound Wasif has ultimately crafted for himself; a
blast of post-modern psychedelic rock that is at once potent and
refined. The album will be re-released by Tee Pee Records in 2010.
Having gained a reputation for his intense live shows while opening for
RTX, The Raconteurs, Neko Case, Arthur Lee's Love and Sebadoh, Wasif has
plans for an extensive tour in the fall of 2009. He can also be found
playing guitar on "Little Shadow" from the YYY's latest album, It's
Blitz! and Lou Barlow's forthcoming solo album, Goodnight Unknown. His
collaboration with Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bradford Cox of
Deerhunter, and "Little" Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs and Dead
Weather on the score for the Spike Jonze-directed film adaptation of
Where The Wild Things Are hits theaters in October.
The theme of love in its many guises, both as redemption and call to
arms, is one that Wasif returns to again and again in his songs. Its
mythical quality becomes a springboard from which he explores the
mysteries of life and the universe on his third album, The Voidist.
Recorded with Two Part Beast, plus guests Dale Crover (Melvins) and Greg
Burns (Red Sparowes), by Chad Bamford (Weezer) with additional
recordings by Mathias Schneeberger (The Obsessed, Gutter Twins), the
release is due from Tee Pee Records in October 2009.
|
