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R.Ring Setlist

Scary (The Kelley Deal 6000 song)
Trixie Delicious (The Kelley Deal 6000 song)
Chambers
Fallout & Fire
Cutter
Hundred Dollar Heat
Steam
Ghosts (Shellac cover)
Salt
Singing Tower
R U Mine
Loud Underneath
See

Tour Dates

5/04 – Fargo, ND – The Aquarium
5/05 – Billings, MT – Pub Station
5/06 – Spokane, WA – The Bartlett
5/07 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
5/10 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
5/11 – San Francisco, CA – Elbo Room
5/12 – Los Angeles, CA – Satellite
5/14 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
5/15 – Denver, CO – Hi Dive
5/16 – Omaha, NE – O'leavers
5/17 – Lawrence, KS – Replay Lounge
5/18 – Columbia, MO – Cafe Berlin
5/19 – Louisville, KY – The New Vintage

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R. Ring

Kelley Deal (The Breeders) & Mike Montgomery (Ampline) are R. Ring. We wrote about them in 2012 and I honestly had not heard from the duo for a long time.
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I would imagine that seeing an R.Ring show is very much like hanging out with a few friends at a concert practice session… Very intimate, and if things didn't go quite as planned, it is okay, everyone is having a good time. That was what we got at the 7th Street Entry show in Minneapolis last night, May 3rd.

Wowsville

Opening up the show were two local bands Daisy Chains and Wowsville, the latter featuring ex-members of Prissy Clerks. Both bands had an indie summer sound and played for thirty minutes or less.

R. Ring is a duo of Kelley Deal and Mike Montgomery, but for this particular show, they were joined by Joe on drums. Joe is going to travel with the two, at least up to San Francisco.

Setlist

With only a handful of published songs, I didn't think the band would play more than 30 minutes. To make up for the lack of songs, they started their set with two The Kelley Deal 6000 songs ("Scary" and "Trixie Delicious") and played every songs they've written… plus throwing in a Shellac cover ("Ghosts"). According to Deal, the KD6k songs were both written in St Paul (Minneapolis' twin city).

Deal did most of the vocals, with some exceptions. Montgomery took over singing for "Steam" and the cover song "Ghost".

You can tell that some of R. Ring's songs had that Breeders-feel to their songs. A good example was how unconventional that keytar-thing used on "R U Mine" and the distorted vocals on "Cutter".

The other thing about the band you should also know is that they like to handmake their merchandise. Whether it is making/designing their own T-Shirts or drawing all the artwork or hand knitting "cozy covers" over their CD… it's certainly unique and cool. All the merch had stories behind them, if you have time, you should ask Kelley Deal to tell you the history behind all their merchandises.

R. Ring are currently on tour. Look for R. Ring's upcoming split 7" with Protomartyr this June.