The SO SO GLOS are four brothers who play the punk rock and roll that they believe in. Originally from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, they now live at the Market Hotel in Bushwick- a space they founded that is both their home and community. Brews, smokes and music blasting, the J train crushing along the tracks outside, non-stop. That is their music: aggressive, urgent, and immediate- political and poetic because it has to be.
But these Brooklyn kids aren’t just touting the same old punk. Graced with electro MPC breaks, surf sounds, gang vox, and a little tambo it sounds fresh. Still though, after the rubble settles and the smoke clears, its unmistakenly punk rock in its spirit.
They started the infamous Market Hotel venue with promoter Todd P because they felt, with the DIY scene getting stronger; Brooklyn needed a larger all ages DIY venue. They were right- The Hotel has gone to host some of the best bands of now (No Age, The Black Lips, Dan Deacon) and some of the most legendary NYC parties in recent memory.
Never content to play hometown heroes The SO SO GLOS self-released their S/T full length in 2007 and supported it with DIY touring at house parties and punk clubs all around the US. In August The SO SO GLOS recorded "TOURISM / TERRORISM" at Staten Islands SOR studios with Adam Reich producing and mixing done by Spidey (Ghostface Killah).
At 27 minutes long, the record is somewhere between an EP and an album. It was made a shortplayer "for the trigger happy iPod generation" half-jokes 21 year old lead singer Alex Levine with a grin. These guys are for real. The SO SO GLOS will begin a new tour in October, with dates lasting until everyone f@cking gets it.
US Dates
11/6 Josephine w/ The Raggedy Anns Seattle, Washington
11/7 Holy Mountain w/ The Raggedy Anns Seattle, Washington
11/8 The Coop (PC-PDX!) w/ The Taxpayers, Francis Brady Portland, Oregon
11/9 Wedgwood w/ The Rotaways, The Mean Jeans Portland, Oregon
11/10 Arcata, California
11/11 TBA Baybay, California
11/12 TBA Baybay, California
11/13 Pitzer College w/ Pizza! Los Angeles, California
11/14 TBA Los Angeles, California
11/15 TBA Los Angeles, California
Nov 16 2008 8:00P TBA Los Angeles, California
11/17 Crane’s Hollywood Tavern w/ The Lieutenants, Ned Casual Los Angeles, California
11/18 PPOP! Boutique San Diego, California
11/19 TBA Phoenix, Arizona
11/21 TBA Austin, Texas
11/22 TBA New Orleans, Louisiana
11/24 Greencup Books w/ p.s. eliot, Spells Birmingham, Alabama
11/25 Drunken Unicorn w/ Pink Police Atlanta, Georgia
11/26 TBA Asheville, North Carolina
11/28 TBA Baltimore, Maryland
11/28 Silent Barn w/ Radiates, Lidia Stone, more Ridgewood, New York
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2 comments:
why would you just straight up reprint a press release on your blog? that's pretty lame.
Good question! The reason I reprint press releases is because my blog is linked to the newspaper group I write for and there isn't enough room in the paper to include all the items I receive.
I started this blog as a way for my readers to learn about many of the things they may have otherwise missed. And due to the amount of items I now receive, I don't have time to rewrite everything. I do, however, write a lot of other stories.
Mickie
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