Patti Smith to Play Webster Hall on NYE + More
Rock legend herself, Patti Smith, will be doing her thing at Webster Hall to ring in 2014, as was announced yesterday through Smith's team. The shows take place on December 29 & 30 and coincide with a slew of New York dates that she has piled up over the past few months. The rundown: Plays Inside Llewyn Davis celebration with Jack White also on September 29 (sold out), as well as a tribute to Hildegard of Bingen at The Met on Friday (9/20) (Sold Out). Smith has been hitting the road as of late, playing a national tour last spring, and she doesn't seem set on stopping anytime soon. The full tour dates are below.
Patti Smith -- 2013 Tour Dates
Sep 20 NYC Metropolitan Museum
Sep 29 NYC Town Hall ('Inside Llewyn Davis' celebration)
Dec 29 NYC Webster Hall
Dec 30 NYC Webster Hall
Feb 8 Offenbach Capitol
Feb 11 Hamburg Kampnagel
Feb 12 Berlin Apostel-Paulus-Kirche
[Album] Modern Life is War: "Fever Hunting"
Modern Life is War's 2005 album, Witness, is one of my favorite hardcore albums of the past decade. Unfortunately, I got into the band just as they announced their breakup in 2008 and never got a chance to see them. Luckily, the quartet reformed in 2012 and have been keeping busy to ensure the reunion wouldn't result in a one-off, shortlived revival. The fruits of their labor can be seen in their first album since the breakup, Fever Hunting, due to be released on September 3rd on Deathwish, Inc. They'll also be touring parts of the Midwest and East Coast in support of the album.
You can stream Fever Hunting over at Pitchfork's site. The band's fall tour dates can be found below.
August 9 Philadelphia, PA @ This Is Hardcore Festival
October 4 Des Moines, IA @ Wooly's w/ Coliseum, Touche Amore, Omens
October 5 Arlington Heights, IL @ KOC w/ Kill Your Idols, Holy Fever, Boiling Over & Spine (early show)
October 5 Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge w/ Kill Your Idols, Harm's Way (late show)
October 11 Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Night Birds, Wet Witch, Nervous Impulse
October 12 New York, NY @ Studio at Webster Hall w/ Night Birds, Deathcycle, Wet Witch
October 13 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs w/ Night Birds, Wet Witch, Hammer & The Nails