Runaway Horses

This is the horse edition of When Animals Attack! (this is the 10th article on animals-bands. Bandimals.).



So, what is it about horses and duos? Below are three duos with ‘horse’ in their name.



HORSE FEATHERS

myspace.com/horsefeathersmusic



If there’s anything to be learned from the IFC’s “Portlandia”, it’s that Porland, Oregon, is full of music and hipsters. Horse Feathers was originally a duo (Justin Ringle and Nathan Crockett) from that magical land, and this time, they’re joined by eleven additional instrumentalists! When they play live, I hope they pick a big stage. To be honest, I don’t think they’ll be bringing the 11 extra players on their massive tour (see below). What I can tell you is that they’ll be playing with Brown Bird, which we previously mentioned.



Horse Feathers’ fourth album, Cynic’s New Year will be out next week, April 17th, via Kill Rock Stars Records. KRS is holding a contest for these guys, staring last Tuesday, you can post on their Facebook page your most cynical New Year’s Resolution and you might win a signed test pressing of Horse Feathers’ new album.



They are starting their tour:

04/13 – Eugene, OR @ Sam Bonds 04/14 – Salem, OR @ Grand Theater 04/15 – Spokane, WA @ Red Room 04/17 – Pullman, WA @ Tower Theater 04/18 – Bellingham, WA @ Shakedown 04/19 – Vancouver, BC, CANADA @ Biltmore 04/20 – Seattle, WA @ The Barboza 04/21 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater 04/24 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street 04/25 – Madison, WI @ High Noon 04/26 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall 04/27 – Ann Arbor, MI @ THE ARK 04/28 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Founders 04/29 – Toronto, ON, CANADA @ Horseshoe 05/01 – Ottawa, ON, CANADA @ Cafe Dekcuf 05/02 – Montreal, QC, CANADA @ Il Motor 05/03 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground 05/04 – Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse 05/05 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall 05/06 – Providence, RI @ The Met Cafe 05/07 – New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine

05/09 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom 05/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s 05/11 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat 05/15 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 05/16 – Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle 05/17 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl 05/18 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement 05/19 – Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlie’s 05/20 – Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Fest 05/22 – North Manchester, IN @ The Firehouse 05/23 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop 05/24 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird 05/26 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater 05/27 – Albuquerque, NM @ Low Spirits 05/28 – Phoenix, AX @ The Crescent Ballroom 05/30 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah 05/31 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echo 06/01 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place 06/02 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent 06/03 – Chico, CA @ Origami Lounge

I BREAK HORSES

ibreakhorses.se

I Break Horses is a Swedish duo, Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck. The Guardian described their music as “heady, sumptuously textured soundscapes”, and Pitchfork said they “immerse themselves in homemade shoegaze, the kind that’s made by computers for computers.”



If I get a chance, I will try and listen to them before Amy & Emily’s Shoegaze podcast, which will go into recording this pot-day, April 20th.



According to the all-knowing Wikipedia, the band is so new (with Hearts just released last August) that this will be their “first ever tour”…. And how awesome will that be playing to a ton of sold-out shows with M83?

04/22 San Francisco, CA – Fillmore * 04/23 San Francisco, CA – Fillmore * 04/25 Portland, OR – Roseland * 04/26 Seattle, WA – Neptune * 04/27 Vancouver, BC – Vogue * 04/29 Salt Lake City, UT – In the Venue * 04/30 Denver, CO – Ogden * 05/01 Lawrence, KS – Granada * 05/02 St Louis, MO – Pageant * 05/04 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre * 05/05 Detroit, MI – Majestic * 05/06 Toronto, ON – Sound Academy * 05/07 Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom * 05/09 Boston, MA – House Of Blues * 05/10 New York, NY – Terminal 5 *

05/11 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer * 05/12 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club * 05/14 Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theater * 05/15 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works * 05/17 Houston, TX – House of Blues * 05/18 Austin, TX – Stubb’s * 05/19 Dallas, TX – Granada * 05/21 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent (Headline Show) 05/22 San Diego, CA – Casbah (Headline Show) 05/23 Los Angeles, CA – Echo (Headline Show) 05/24 San Francisco, CA – Popscene (Headline) 05/26 Sasquatch Festival, WA -Seattle 05/29 Chicago, IL-Lincoln Hall (Headline Show) 05/30 New York, NY- Mercury Lounge (Headline) * = w/ M83

AN HORSE

anhorse.com

Remember how much I liked seeing An Horse live? I can tell they were really great friends, seeing them on stage, and reading their biography, it just confirms it for me. Apparently, the two (Kate Cooper and Damon Cox) have known each other so well that playing and writing music comes so easily for them.



Drummer Cox puts it best, about their second album, Walls: “We’d worked in the record store together for a couple of years and talked every day — even on days off — mostly about music and film, which we continue to do every day now. After listening to music all day together at work for two years, we had a really clear idea of what we liked and disliked musically.”



Since they’ve just wrapped up their tour with Nada Surf, the band is back in their home country, Australia, for some shows:

BONUS: Not a horse band, but Man Without Country will be going on tour with I Break Horses, this summer. The show is in support of their debut album, Foe, out this June 5th via Lost Balloon/Cooperative Music.



To bring it all back in the circle of life, the Welsh duo (Tomas Greenhalf and Ryan James) have been remixing songs by Active Child and M83!



Their tour dates with I Break Horses:

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