The Budos Band released their third album this week and start their west coast and Midwest tour dates.Produced by Bosco Mann and TNT at Daptone Records House of Soul Studios in Bushwick, Brooklyn, the bands third full-length studio effort was conceived during weekly, beer-fueled Staten Island writing sessions as well as more than 150 live gigs over the last two years and recorded during a 48 hour period in January 2010.
Playing high profile gigs this summer such as Celebrate Brooklyn! in Prospect Park with Sharon Jones and the Dapkings, Millennium Park in Chicago, and a slew of festival dates, the band will continue performing through the fall including two free shows in Los Angeles, Outside Lands in San Francisco, Bumbershoot in Seattle and a bevy of intimate club shows.
Wed Aug 11 San Diego, CA The Casbah
Thu Aug 12 Los Angeles, CA Levitt Pavilion
Fri Aug 13 Pasadena, CA Levitt Pavilion
Sat Aug 14 San Luis Obispo, CA Downtown Brew
Sun Aug 15 San Francisco, CA Outside Lands @ Golden Gate Park
Tue Aug 17 Tempe/Phoenix, AZ Sail In
Thu Aug 19 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Brew Co
Sat Aug 21 Austin, TX Mohawk
Sun Aug 22 Dallas, TX Granada
Tue Aug 24 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory
Wed Aug 25 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
Fri Aug 27 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
Sat Aug 28 Boulder, CO Fox Theater
Sun Aug 29 Durango, CO Abbey Theater
Tue Aug 31 Salt Lake City, UT State Room
Wed Sept 1 Boise, ID The Grove Plaza
Thu Sept 2 Eugene, OR W.O.W. Hall
Fri Sept 3 Portland, OR Dantes
Sat Sept 4 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot
Sat Oct. 2 Montreal, QC POP Montreal
Sat Oct. 30 Honolulu, HI Hallowbaloo Music & Arts