Isi/Pelican/Tombs Tour

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Pelican and Tombs have been revealed as the opening acts for the bulk of Isis’ recently announced North American headlining run which kicks off next month. Pelican will join the bill on May 19th. Dates include:
May 15th San Diego, CA - Casbah
May 16th Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
May 17th Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
May 19th Austin, TX - Emo’s
May 20th Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
May 21st Houston, TX - Meridian - Red Room
May 22nd Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
May 23rd Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree
May 25th Orlando, FL - The Social
May 26th Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
May 27th Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbit’s
May 28th Atlanta, GA - The Earl
May 29th Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
May 30th Washington, DC - Black Cat
May 31st Baltimore, MD - Sonar
June 02nd New York, NY - The Filmore at Irving Plaza
June 03rd Philadelphia, PA - TLA
June 04th Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
June 05th Boston, MA - Paradise
June 06th Montreal, QC - The National
June 07th Toronto, ON - Phoenix Theatre
June 09th Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
June 10th Cincinnati, OH - 20th Century Theatre
June 11th Detroit, MI - Small’s
June 12th Chicago, IL - The Bottom Lounge
June 15th Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
June 16th Salt Lake City, UT - Club Sound
June 18th Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
June 19th Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
June 20th Seattle, WA - Neumo’s
June 22nd San Jose, CA - The Blank Club
June 23rd San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
June 24th Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
Isis will release their new album “Wavering Radiant” on May 05th via Ipecac. It will be preceded by a vinyl release on April 21st.

Anyone going to make any of these shows? I’m going to the Birmingham show. I just can’t believe that Pelican and Isis are touring together. The only thing better would be both of them opening for Jesu.

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I saw Pelican open for Red Sparowes a few years ago, and i’ve seen Isis twice, once with Jesu opening. :wink:

I’ll go catch the show in Detriot more than likely.

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Wow, Pelican and Isis. That’s badass. I hope I can do the Houston show.

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It’s nice to see Jack Rabbits turn into a happening. It’s a dive, but a decent one - they have candy machines that dispense earplugs!!! I might check it out in NYC depending on schedule…who knows…

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This sounds cool. I’ve seen Pelican live and they were good. Not much energy, but their music is the hypnotic instrumental type. More the kind of shit I’d like in the background than live, but paired with Isis and with a shorter set list (they were headlining when I saw them and I was coming down off of shitty weed) it would work.

As far as Isis, I like the stuff off of their amazing Oceanic: The Remixes album over most of their original material. Makes me wish they would incorporate more electronics into their sound and put more effects on the singers voice or whatever the cookie monster screaming constantly is one thing holding them back IMO.

To the one asking about these bands, they are Stoner Metal bands. Pelican is instrumental and Isis has a screaming vocalist and occasionally utilizes female singing vocals (not sure about live). They are hypnotic and use heavy distorted guitars. Isis has a great drummer who uses lots of toms but minimally (not like Danny Carrey) and the effect is an intense slow buildup.

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I got my tickets for this the other day. I’m way excited. I even found Tombs’ album at Hot Topic and got it, and it’s also really good.