Despite what my headline might insinuate, I'm talking about a tour. Of rock ‘n’ roll musicians. Across The United States. Crocodiles is a little band made up of big colorful glasses and rock ‘n’ roll intentions that's releasing its first album, Summer of Hate, April 28 on Fat Possum.
And Holy Fuck? Well, you may recall that the Tories up north of the border cited them as the reason for cutting the $4.7 million PromAct program. (The PromAct gave artists grants to go abroad and promote Canadian culture.) Indeed, the Canadian Man made an example of Holy Fuck, pointing at them and saying that the money was going to support "fringe art groups that, in many cases, would be at best, unrepresentative, and at worst, offensive." Do I smell a scapegoat? Holy fuck, they only received $3000 to go on a short tour of the UK! What is that, like 0.06% of the program? And they're hardly fringe. They were nominated for last year's Polaris Prize and a Juno Award, too, which in Canadian terms, means they're practically at the same stature as David Lee Roth is here in The States.
Solo Croc tourdates:
04.14.09 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club*
04.15.09 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar*
04.17.09 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel*
04.18.09 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse*
04.20.09 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live*
04.21.09 - Austin, TX - Stubb's*
04.22.09 - Dallas, TX - Granada*
04.24.09 - Tuscon, AZ - Rialto Theater *
04.25.09 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove*
04.26.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater*
04.27.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater*
04.29.09 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore*
04.30.09 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore*
05.01.09 - Portland, OR - Roseland*
05.02.09 - Seattle, WA - Showbox*
05.05.09 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre*
05.07.09 - Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar w/ Old Blood
05.11.09 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah w/ Spectrum
* The Faint & Ladytron
The Holy Fuckin' Cussin' anti-Canadian tourdates with The Crocodiles are as follows:
05.21.09 - Boston, MA - Middle East
05.22.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
05.23.09 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
05.24.09 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
05.25.09 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
05.27.09 - Washington, DC - Rock And Roll Hotel
05.28.09 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
05.29.09 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
05.30.09 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
05.31.09 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
06.03.09 - Bellingham, WA - Nightlight Lounge
06.04.09 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir
06.05.09 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
06.06.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
06.07.09 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
06.08.09 - Tucson, AZ - Plush
06.10.09 - Dallas, TX - Lounge on Elm
06.11.09 - Austin, TX - Mohawk
06.12.09 - Houston, TX - Walter's
06.13.09 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
06.14.09 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
06.15.09 - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
