If the members of psych-folk hippie-jammers Akron/Family were ever to, say, accidentally witness some sort of horrible crime against humanity or something, the FBI’s Witness Protection Program could probably do a lot worse than sending those boys on a tour like this one. Trucker facial hair? Check. Flannel? Panchos? Check, check. And I assume at least one of them probably has an ironically confederate belt buckle on hand. If it weren’t for their knack for a little noise here and there, these guys could probably just settle into a decent gig playing Credence Clearwater-themed weddings for a living (and you know that those exist), never to be heard from again.
Heck, even a cursory toggle through this year’s Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free LP (TMT Review) would probably have many a ranch hand (okay, maybe “many an experimental ranch hand”) pledging to eat his ten-gallon hat if the crazy diamonds on that record were shining their crazy light out of that icky old New York City instead of the Black Mountain foothills where Rocky Raccoon was born. Hey, five or six years from now, if you walk into a roadhouse outside of Houston and there’s a house band playing who happens to be covering Animal Collective and CCR in equal measure, you might wanna give Akron/Family’s record label a call.
New dates!
02.17.10 - Greensboro, NC - Artiska Cafe
02.18.10 - Athens, GA - 40 - Watt Club
02.19.10 - Orlando, FL - Back Booth
02.20.10 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
02.21.10 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
02.23.10 - Houston, TX - Walter’s on Washington
02.24.10 - Austin, TX - The Parish
02.25.10 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
02.26.10 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone
02.27.10 - Nashville, TN - Exit/In
02.28.10 - Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light
03.03.10 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
