Thomas Truax Tour's Triumphantly -tahdaaaah!!!

[Monpot]

Who's Thomas Truax? You mean you don't know? OK, he's this madman, I think he was a part of that New York anti-folk scene and all that. He plays bonkers little ditties about vampires and full moons and growing up in an orphanage somewhere called Wowtown.

He also uses a variety of home-made instruments as well as his guitar. The Hornicator is some kind of bastardised tuba which he uses percusively, and does that tape-looping effect (like Final Fantasy does) to build up layers and all that. Then he has Sister Spinster, which is a mechanical drum-machine made out of a rotating bicycle wheel. You really have to go and see him!

Not neccesarily a final schedule, more detailed info will be sent out
soon):
22/09 Southhampton Joiners w/Flipron
23/09 Sheffield,1917 Club at DnR Drive, w/ Misty's Big Adventure
24/09 Manchester, Picadilly Gardens Hotel
27/09 Hull, Adelphi
29/09 Bath, Porter Cellar Bar
30/09 Portsmouth, Frog on the Front
01/10 Northampton
03/10 London, Waterrats
05/10 Stockport
06/10 Manchester (TBC)
08/10 Edinburgh, Baby Tiger
09/10 Aberdeen, The Tunnels
10/10 Inverness, Market Bar
12/10 Glasgow , Bar Brel
13/10 Newcastle, Cumberland Arms
14/10 Lancaster, Feedback
16/10 Leicester, The Firefly, Millstone Lane, Leicester
www.barfirefly.co.uk
17/10 Cambridge (TBC)
18/10 Oxford, Cellar Bar
19/10 BBC Radio 1 live session
20/10 Coventry (TBC)
21/10 London, Betsey Trotwood
22/10 Canterbury, Orange Street Music Club (formerly Local Hero)

If he emails out more dates then I'll do an update. If he's playing anywhere near you I beg you to go and see him.

[prettyvacant]

That sounds absolutely brilliant. I will ACTUALLY go to this.

*sticks 8th of october in diary*

[Monpot]

Well done, have an exalt. But be warned, if you don't go I'll smite yer ass!

[wishpig]

i'm SO going to this.

except not in edinburgh because it smells there.

[prettyvacant]

yes, it does.







of strawberries and flowers and vanilla and yummy things. mmmm, edinburgh

(i totally will, because by that time i shall be in Edinburgh, and it will not be any effort )

[Monpot]

Just to remind you all, here's the final tour dates.

08/10 Edinburgh, Baby Tiger at Caledonian Backpackers Hostel
09/10 Aberdeen, The Tunnels, Carnegie's Brae Phone [phone]
10/10 Inverness, Market Bar, 32 Church Street, Inverness IV1 1EH
12/10 Glasgow , Bar Brel, 39 Ashton Lane G12 8SJ 141 342 4966
13/10 Newcastle, Cumberland Arms www.pranceydog.co.uk
14/10 Lancaster, Feedback at Korners Bar
15/10 Leeds, NEWLY ADDED! Joseph's Well (part of all day/night event,
Truax on at 7:30-ish)
16/10 Leicester, The Firefly, Millstone Lane, Leicester
www.barfirefly.co.uk all day show, truax on at 10pm
18/10 Oxford, Cellar Bar Frewin Court 0X1 3HZ with David Cronenberg's
Wife and Filthy Pedro

19/10 BBC Radio 1 live session
20/10 Coventry, Tin Angel Medieval Spon Street Coventry CV1 3AX
21/10 London, Betsey Trotwood, THOMAS TRUAX + SHEPHERDS PI + MARCEL'S
PERMANENT WAVE Door Price £5 full price, £4 concs 56 ferringdon Rd,
EC1R 7:30pm
22/10 Canterbury, Orange Street Music Club (formerly Local Hero)