What the world needs now are Downtown Boys. And Sub Pop agrees.
The politically-charged Providence punk band, fresh off performing at an anti-Trump rally on Inauguration Day, has signed to the iconic record label for a “universe-wide” deal. Which is good, because the universe needs a talking to.
Here’s word from Sub Pop, which accurately described this as “real news”:
“Sub Pop has signed the politically charged Downtown Boys to a universe-wide record deal! The Providence, RI-based band is currently at work on their label debut, which will be released later this year. While we wait for details on the new album, the band will play a series of U.S. tour dates beginning March 6 in Baltimore at Ottobar and ending March 24 in Brooklyn at Baby’s All Right.
Highlights for the tour include a series of shows at SXSW March 14-17. These dates are bookended by two stand-alone performances: February 3 in Washington, DC at the Black Cat and a sold-out April 20 show at Philadelphia’s First Unitarian Church.”
Downtown Boys are said to be working on the follow-up to 2015 debut album Full Communism with Greg Norman and Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto. “And,” their bio reads, “they join the countless people filling streets and airports around the country to loudly proclaim #NoBan, #NoRegistry, #FuckWhiteSupremacy.”
Catch Downtown Boys in your town. Tour dates below.
DOWNTOWN BOYS LIVE
February 03 – Washington, DC – The Freedom Fair @ Black Cat*
March 06 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar**
March 07 – Raleigh, NC – Duke Coffeehouse**
March 08 – Nashville, TN – Third Man Records**
March 09 – New Orleans, LA – Siberia**
March 10 – Houston, TX – Walter’s**
March 11 – McAllen, TX – Yerberia Cultura**
March 13 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger**
March 14-17 – Austin, TX – SXSW
March 18 – Dallas, TX – Not So Fun Weekend @ Club Dada #
March 19 – Hot Springs, AR – Valley of Vapors**
March 20 – Chattanooga, TN – JJ’s Bohemia**
March 21 – Asheville, NC – The Mothlight**
March 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Everybody Hits**
March 24 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right**
April 20 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church [SOLD OUT]^
* w/ Two Inch Astronaut, Loi Loi, and Kosi & Free Thyme
** w/ Sneaks
# w/ Chastity Belt, Weaves, and Flasher
^ w/ Paint It Black, Praise, Gouge Away, and Soul Glo