Friday, August 24, 2007

Gram Rabbit will be touring in September

Gram Rabbit, the Joshua Tree-based band dubbed ‘Hot and Weird’ by UK’s Dazed and Confused magazine, are back. On November 23, 2007, this happy cult of musicians is set to release their third effort, entitled RadioAngel and The RobotBeat on the Royal Order label.
Known for their desert/space/rock-tronica amalgamation of sounds, Gram Rabbit founders Jesika von Rabbit and Todd Rutherford along with new band members guitarist Ethan Allen and drummer Brian McLeod have confirmed a string of fall tour dates. Beginning September 3rd Gram Rabbit will headline a free, month-long Monday night residency at Los Angeles' influential Eastside club Spaceland and then hit the road for a series of West Coast and Southwest dates. Confirmed dates are as follows with more to be added shortly.

09/03/07 @ Spaceland, Los Angeles, Ca. (Monday residency free Presented by KCRW)09/08/07 @ Pappy & Harriet’s, Pioneertown, Ca. (Camper/Cracker Beethoven Campout)09/10/07 @ Spaceland, Los Angeles, Ca. (Monday residency free, Presented by KCRW)09/17/07 @ Spaceland, Los Angeles, Ca. (Monday residency free, Presented by KCRW)09/22/07 @ DNA Lounge, San Francisco, Ca.
09/24/07 @ Spaceland, Los Angeles, Ca (Monday residency free, Presented by KCRW)10/03/07 @ Hotel Congress, Tucson, Az.
10/04/07 @ Casablanca Lounge, Phoenix, Az.
10/06/07 @ Club Fred, Fresno, Ca.
10/07/07 @ The Casbah, San Diego, Ca. (Presented by KCRW)
10/25/07 @ Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa, Ca.
10/27/07 @ Pappy & Scarriet’s, Pioneertown, Ca. (Gram Rabbit’s Halloween Ball, Presented by KCRW)

RadioAngel and the RobotBeat was produced by Ethan Allen (The 88, Luscious Jackson, Patti Griffin) who joined the band after mixing was complete. Like previous efforts, RadioAngel is a beat-driven affair; however, this time around Gram Rabbit has a decidedly more funky, danceable sound which is keyboard heavy but doesn’t forgo the band's harder edge. Tracks "American Hookers", "The Rest of Us Sleep", "In My Book" and "Something Fuzzy" will call as loudly to the guitar rock lovers as to the dance club crowd.
Live, the band visual aesthetic has charged in addition to their beats. Sex kitten - erm bunny - Jesika von Rabbit is putting the finishing touches on the bands new look. Previously, Gram Rabbit has sported everything from rabbit ears, eerie Carnival masks, motorcycle helmets, and have performed with dancers in elaborate rabbit costumes.

ABOUT GRAM RABBIT
Gram Rabbit formed in 2004. They have been getting rave reviews, drawing in legions of fans including celebrities like Scarlet Johansson and John Cusack (who lited the band on his iTunes Celebrity Playlist) as well as playing major festivals since their debut release Music To Start A Cult To that same year. The Los Angeles Times, Daily Variety, Time Out London, Dazed and Confused, The Independent (London) and many others quickly took to the band's driving beats and spacey sound. The LA Weekly named them Best New Band in 2005. Their latest release RadioAngel and the RobotBeat will be released on November 23, 2007.

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