New Zealand band The Naked and Famous have about 20 dates left on their current North American tour calendar. This Saturday, March 31st, the group will play 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, and The Silver Tongue wants to send you and a friend to check it out.
About the band:
Everyone knows that the very best music can meddle with your mind, plunging you into the opposite extremes of both happiness and sadness all at once, in intense three minute bursts. It can transport you temporarily to a realm where anything is possible and nothing is out of reach. The latest key holders to that illusive turf are New Zealand’s The Naked And Famous (TNAF).
These five young Aucklanders have at their disposal a seemingly effortless ability to capture the giddy fun and relentless hooks one has come to expect from the very best electro-pop, while at the same time striving for something grander, more brooding and atmospheric. It’s this special proposition that has landed the band triumphant success on their native soil (their single ‘Young Blood’ debuted at number one in the NZ chart, as did the album Passive Me, Aggressive You on its recent release, both on the group’s own Somewhat Damaged label), and has meant that containing their sounds to their homeland has been something of an impossibility.
Remaining Tour Dates:
Mar 30 – Grand Central – Miami, FL
Mar 31 – 40 Watt Club – Athens, GA
Apr 1 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
Apr 2 – The National – Richmond, VA
Apr 4 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY
Apr 5 – Sound Academy – Toronto, ON, Canada
Apr 6 – Crofoot Ballroom – Pontiac, MI
Apr 7 – The LC Pavilion – Columbus, OH
Apr 9 – The Vogue – Indianapolis, IN
Apr 10 – Mercy Lounge – Nashville, TN
Apr 12 – Gargoyle Club – St. Louis, MO
Apr 13 – Turner Hall Ballroom – Milwaukee, WI
Apr 14 – Majestic Theatre – Madison, WI
Apr 15 – Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL
Apr 17 – Midland by AMC – Kansas City, MO
Apr 18 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
Apr 19 – The Depot – Salt Lake City, UT
Apr 21 – Warfield Theatre – San Francisco, CA
Apr 23 – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR
Apr 24 – Showbox SoDo – Seattle, WA
Apr 25 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC, Canada
Apr 26 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC, Canada
To win tickets to the 40 Watt show, email your legal name to janey[at] thesilvertongueonline.com with ‘TNAF Tix’ as the subject. Winner will be selected from a random drawing at noon on Friday, 3/30/12.
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