Posted in Whathaveyou on October 27th, 2025 by JJ Koczan
Not content to let this most wretched of years end without giving it one last kick in the ass — and all the more admirable for that — North Carolinian sludge institution Weedeater will be back on the road in December, touring around a sold-out Chicago date that also includes High on Fire and the well-managed return of Acid Bath and a date alongside Eyehategod, keeping company with next-gen NC sludgers Bronco, born out of Toke, and The Goddamn Gallows. My big question is whether they’ll play the reignited Emissions From the Monolith next year, but I suppose we’ve got time before finding out.
Oh, and Weedeater‘s still-most-recent LP, Goliathan (review here), turned 10 this year. Happy birthday and such. Strange to think of 2015 as “simpler times,” but yeah.
The PR wire has the latest:
Weedeater Announce Final Tour Dates for 2025
Cape Fear Legends Ending Year on Headlining Run + Dates with Acid Bath, High on Fire and Eyehategod
Fresh off grinding the ol’ dusty trail with Melvins, Napalm Death and Baroness, Weedeater are sending 2025 up in smokes with a December headline tour. The Cape Fear Legends will sling their heavy and colorful strand of weed metal all the way from Belgium to Pennsylvania Dutch Country and the American Midwest before heading back down south. Joining the band for this fresh stash of dates are Rust Belt psychobilly cowpunks The Goddamn Gallows and doomy fellow Cape Fear natives Bronco.
Along the way, Weedeater will join the recently reunited Acid Bath and Grammy winners High on Fire for a sold-out show at Chicago’s Salt Shed, followed by a night in South Carolina with the mighty Eyehategod.
Weedeater December 2025 Tour Dates with The Goddamn Gallows and Bronco
December 6 – Eeklo, Belgium @ Empire of Groove* December 9 – Harrisburg, PA @ Capitol City Music Hall December 10 – Toledo, OH @ Frankies December 11 – Columbus, OH – Skully’s December 12 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed w/ Acid Bath + High on Fire [SOLD OUT] December 13 – Murfreesboro, TN @ Hop Springs December 14 – Little Rock, AR @ Whitewater December 16 – Austin, TX @ Lost Well December 17 – New Orleans, LA @ Southport Music Hall December 18 – Panama City Beach, FL @ Moseys December 19 – Piedmont, SC @ Tribbles w/ Eyehategod December 20 – Raleigh, NC @ Chapel of Bones *only Weedeater
Weedeater’s full discography is available now on Season of Mist
Good first day yesterday. Good second day today. I’ve been doing Quarterly Reviews for over a decade now, and I’ve kind of learned over time the kind of thing I should be writing about. It might be a record that has a ton of hype or one that has none, and it might be any number of styles — I also like to sneak some stuff in here that doesn’t ‘fit’ once in a while — but in my mind the standard is, “is this something I’ll want to have heard and/or written about later?”
For all the terrors of our age, the glut of good music coming out means there’s more than ever I want to write about, and in a weird way, I look forward to Quarterly Reviews as a way for me to dig in and get caught up a bit. I’ve already been blindsided this QR and it’s the second day. I call that a win.
Quarterly Review #11-20:
Kal-El, Astral Voyager Vol. 1
There are few acts the world over who so succintly summarize so much of the appeal of modern heavy rock. Norway’s Kal-El offer big riffs, big hooks, big melodies, songwriting, and still manage heavy-mellow vibes thanks to an ongoing cosmic thematic that brings desert rock methods to more ethereal places. Is “Cloud Walker” the best song they’ve yet written? It’s on the list for sure, but don’t discount nine-minute opener/longest track (immediate points) “Astral Voyager” or the hey-that’s-a-Star-Trek-reference “Dilithium” with its dug-in low-distortion verses and the Captain‘s vocal outreach. All along, it’s never quite felt like Kal-El were reshaping heavy, but as time passes and they unveil Astral Voyager Vol. 1 with immediate promise of a follow-up, it’s curious how much Kal-El and notions of ‘peak genre’ align. Those of you who proselytize for riffs: even before you get to riding that groove in “Cosmic Sailor,” Kal-El are primed for ambassadorship.
North Carolinian sludgethrowers Bronco take their name from their bassist/vocalist, who also goes by Bronco, and who in the 2010s cut a tone-worshiping generational swath through the Southern wing of the style as a member of Toke, proffering heavy riffs, harsh-throat vocals, and a disaffection that can only be called classic. With eight songs rolling out over 45 minutes, Bronco‘s Bronco picks up the thread where Toke left off with pieces like “Ride Eternal,” which crawls, or the declarative riffing of “Legion” (eerie guest vocals included amid all the pummel), or the closer “TONS,” which I’m going to assume isn’t titled after the Italian sludge-band, though if those guys wanted to put out a song called “Bronco” on their next record, they’d be well within their rights. A remarkably cohesive debut for something that’s so loudly telling you to fuck yourself. These guys’ll be opening for High on Fire in no time.
Although one wouldn’t listen to Santiago, Chile’s Ocultum and be likely to have “refined” top the list of impressions given by the raw, rot-coated sludge of their third album and Heavy Psych Sounds debut, Buena Muerte, the grim-leaning atmosphere, charge later in the title-track, cultish presentation and the atmosphere emergent both from guitar-wail and yelling interlude “Fortunato’s Fortune” and from the material that surrounds, whether that’s the title-track or the just-under-12-minute “Last Weed on Earth.” The record finds the three-piece of guitarist/vocalist Sebastián Bruna, bassist Pablo Cataldo and drummer Ricardo Robles dug in, stoned and malevolent. They’re not as over-the-top as many in cult rock, but one does get a sense of ceremony from “Last Weed on Earth” and subsequent capper “Emki’s Return” — the latter galloping in its first half and willfully devolved from there into avant noise — even if that’s more about the making of the songs than the performance of genre tropes.
The grunge crunch of “Running With Secrets” and the Cantrell-y acoustics of “Push” are barely the beginning of the story as regards Fidel A Go Go‘s meld of sounds, which ranges from the willfully desert rocking “Sandstorm” to the proggy “Lil Shit,” the transposed blues of “Rainy Days” and the penultimate “Psychedelicexistentialcrisisalidocious,” which is serene in its melody and troubling in the words, as one would hope, and while the moniker and the punny album title speak to shenanigans, the Brisbane four-piece offer a point of view both instrumentally and lyrically that is engaging and draws together the stylistic range. There’s little doubt left to whom “A Stench of Musk” and “Barely an Adversary” are about, but even that’s not the extent of the perspective resonant in these 11 songs. There’s enough fuzz here for desert heads, but Fidel A Go Go are broader in attitude and craft, and Diss Engaged makes a point of its artistic freedom.
Like their 2023 debut EP, Lady Cadaver, Tumble‘s second short offering, Lost in Light sees the trio of guitarist/vocalist Liam Deak, bassist Tarun Dawar and drummer Will Adams working with producer/engineer Ian Blurton (Ian Blurton’s Future Now, etc.) to hone and sharpen a classic, proto-metallic sound without seeing a dip in recording quality. As such, the five songs/20 minutes of Lost in Light are duly brash — looking at you, “Dead by Rumour” and the Radio Moscow-esque “The Less I Know” — but crisp in tone and execution. The mid-tempo “Sullen Slaves” picks up in its solo section later for a bit of boogie, and the slightly-slower metallic lurch of “Laid by Fear” sets up a contrast with the swinging closer “Wings of Gold” that makes the ending of the EP an absolute strut. They aren’t even asking a half-hour of your time, and the rewards are more than commensurate for getting down. They continue to be one to watch as they position themselves for a full-length debut in the next couple years.
Normally I might consider it a hindrance to have no clue what’s going on, but if you’ve never before encountered Italy/France semi-industrial duo Putan Club you might just find yourself in better position going into Filles d’Octobre as the avant garde radfem troupe unfurl a live set recorded at Portugal’s Amplifest, presumably in 2022. But if you don’t know it’s a live record, what’s coming musically, or that Filles d’Octobre is derived from their 2017 debut album, Filles de Mai, there’s a decent change your contextless self will be scrathing your head in wonder of just what’s going on with the bouncy lurch and maybe xylophone of “Filippino,” and that seems to suit Putan Club just fine. If you have to break something to remake it, Putan Club are set to the task of manifesting a rock and roll that is dangerous, new, unrepentantly socially critical, and ready to dance when you are. That they meet these significant ambitions head on shouldn’t be discounted. Not for everybody, but definitely for everybody who thinks they’ve heard it all.
The first live offering from Argentinian prog-heavy instrumentalists IAH follows behind the band’s most expansive studio LP to-date, 2023’s V (review here), and brings into emphasis the group’s dynamic. It’s not just about being able to make a part sound floaty or to make the part next to it crush, but the character of a piece like the 24-minute “Noboj pri Uaset” (which might be new) is as much about the journey undertaken in their builds and the smoothness of the shifts between parts. They dip back to their earlier going for “Sheut” at the start of the set and “Ourboros” and “Eclipsum” the latter of which closes, and the bass in “Sentado en el Borde de una Pregunta” is worth the price of admission alone, never mind as a complement to the extended progression of “Noboj pri Uaset,” which is something of the buried lede here. So be it. On stage or on record, IAH offer immersion unto themselves. A little more tonal edge as a result of the live recording doesn’t hurt that one bit.
Before the Dawn of Time is upwards of the seventh full-length from Swedish vintage-style heavy rockers Gin Lady, and in addition to seeing them make the jump from Kozmik Artifactz to Ripple Music, the sans-pretense 11-songer invents its own moment. It’s like the comedown era (from 1968-1974, roughly) happened, but happened differently. It’s another path to a heavy rock future. There’s ’70s vibes in “Tingens Sanna Natur” a-plenty, and if it’s boogie or push or hooky melodic wash you want, “Mulberry Bend” has you covered for that and then some, never mind the down-home strum of “Bliss on the Line” or the pastoral contemplation of “The Long Now,” as Gin Lady put a classy stamp of their own on classic aural ideologies, as what are no doubt hyperspecific keyboards make the production smooth and let “Ways to Cross the Sky” commune with Morricone while capper “You’re a Big Star” drops a melody that can really only be called “arena ready.” As it stands, it’ll probably go over killer at festivals across Europe.
Duly apocalyptic for being the band’s first full-length release since 2019, Adrift‘s fourth album, Dry Soil, elicits an overarching doom that makes its tonal claustrophobia all the more affecting. The long-running Madrid outfit offer six songs that veer between the contemplative and the caustic as throatrippers worthy of Enslaved add an element of the extreme to the post-metallic intensity of “Edge” and “Restart” in the record’s middle. There are heavy rock underpinnings — that is, somebody here still likes Sabbath — but Adrift are well at home in all the bludgeonry, and “Bonfire” finishes by tying black metal, sludge, noise and darkly thrashing metal together with a suitably severe ambience. Are they torching it at the end? Kind of, but just replace “it” with “everything” and you’ll have a better idea perhaps of where they’re coming from on the whole. But for regionalist discrimination, Adrift would’ve conquered Europe a long time ago.
Berlin trio Black Sadhu — guitarist/vocalist Max Lowry (also synth, effects), bassist Alex Glimm and drummer Martin Cederlund — employ atmosphere to a point of cinematics on their second full-length, Ashes of Aether, following up the post-doom wash of 2021 standalone single “Mindless Masses” with plays back and forth between full-heft nod and take-a-breather meanderings. This cuts momentum less than one might think as the keyboard and drone and sample of “Tumors of Light” lend experimentalist verve to “Descent,” the next of the nine-track outing’s more-complete-song songs, as the latter unfolds with a shine on the crash that continues to cut through the surrounding rumble as the procession unfurls. Patience, then. So long as you know the payoff is coming — and it is; looking at you, “Electric Death” — and don’t mind being stretched and contorted on a molecular level between here and there, you should be good to go.
Posted in Whathaveyou on December 27th, 2024 by JJ Koczan
I’ve had a couple seconds to sit with Bronco‘s lead single “Ride Eternal” and their upcoming self-titled debut — out Feb. 28 on Magnetic Eye — and you can hear both the tradition they’re stepping into and the traditional nature in which they’re irreverently stomping all over it. Based in Cape Fear, North Carolina, the band not only press on from the unfortunate dissolution of Toke, who emerged as Southern sludge heroes in the back half of the 2010s, but would seem to inherit the disaffection of bands like Buzzov*en or Sourvein, acts for whom riffy fuckall is a kind of aural oxygen.
There’s time — February is a ways off — to dig in, but the first single is enticing in its aggression and groove, showing familiar patterns newly arranged in screamy sludge. The PR wire brought narrative a-plenty, so by all means, have at it:
BRONCO drop first video single ‘Ride Eternal’ taken from the forthcoming self-titled album “Bronco”
Sailing from the pirate coves of Cape Fear, North Carolina’s BRONCO unleash their crushing debut single ‘Ride Eternal’, a heavy blend of doom metal and Southern sludge molasses. The premiered track is taken from the newly signed Americans’ forthcoming Magnetic Eye Records debut full-length “Bronco”, which is set for release on February 28, 2024.
BRONCO comment: “The track ‘Ride Eternal’ came from a period of heavy rumination about going from living on tour to forced acceptance of that part of life being over”, vocalist and bass player Bronco writes. “It was inspired by classic baroque organ tales like Bach’s ‘Toccata and Fugue in D minor’ and also wanting to do some heavy drone riffing without falling over bored while playing it.”
Tracklist 1. Scourge Descent 2. Ride Eternal 3. Light of God 4. Night the Lights Went out in Georgia 5. Legion 6. Fades All 7. Damnation 8. T.O.N.S.
South of Wilmington, North Carolina at the estuary of the Cape Fear River, the prominent headland of Cape Fear stubbornly pushes back into the ever attacking waves of the ocean. Its treacherous waters, rugged rocks, massive undercurrents, and pirate coves are a part of the so-called Graveyard of the Atlantic and feared by sailors throughout the ages for the many ships and lives lost.
This is a fitting home for BRONCO. The sound of their self-titled debut full-length “Bronco” is deeply steeped in doom metal and Southern sludge. It is also as obstinate, rough and unpolished, yet also genuine, honest, forward-pushing and unfiltered as the rocky ground it grew from.
The musical confidence and audible experience in both execution and songwriting has not just fallen from the sky. BRONCO rose from the ashes of TOKE after guitarist Tim Bryan suffered a tragic motorcycle accident in 2021. Out of respect for his incapacitated band mate, vocalist and bass player Bronco along with drummer JP decided to continue with a newly formed trio. Joined by guitarist Vic, they picked Bronco’s artist’s alias for their name.
Crawling, heavy aggression, molasses riffs, and barbed wire vocals seem to come with the terroir of North Carolina. WEEDEATER, SOUR VEIN and others have been brewing the heaviest sludge there. Sharing stages with standard bearers such as BONGZILLA, ASG, and BLACK TASK quickly fermented BRONCO’s sound into a sonic projection of ash and bone.
“Bronco” bleeds out a mix of grinding horror and beat-down resignation. It’s a soundtrack to grim self-reflection and forced acceptance of life’s letdowns. BRONCO pick up where TOKE left off, and carry forward through successfully experimenting with new elements and approaches. “Bronco” is massive and brutal, and stands out in its defiant, unrelenting individuality.
Guest musician Chris “Scary” Adams – vocals on ‘Legion’
Recording & mix by Chris “Scary” Adams at Hidden Audio, Savannah, GA (US) Mastering by Dennis Pleckham at Comatose Studios, Chicago, IL (US)
Cover artwork by Tery Ramdhany Layout by Łukasz Jaszak
Posted in Whathaveyou on March 28th, 2024 by JJ Koczan
Highlighted their headlining spot at this year’s Grim Reefer Fest in Baltimore and the Rocks Off Concert Cruise boat show they’ll do in NYC — or at least on the river — the upcoming Weedeater East Coast US tour also sees the North Carolinian sludge stalwarts re-teaming with Midwestern riff-chargers Telekinetic Yeti and picking up Heavy Temple, Left Lane Cruiser and Restless Spirit each for a few dates along the way. The former two, Heavy Temple and Left Lane Cruiser, have new records en route to release and Restless Spirit just put out their third LP this past Fall, so if you go, expect to hit the merch table. Probably a good policy, anyhow.
With steady touring a couple times a year and a now nine-year stretch without a studio full-length, am I crazy for thinking maybe a Weedeater live album wouldn’t be the worst idea? Yeah, they’re raw live, but they’re raw on-record too, and at least they’d have something new for the aforementioned merch table. It’s not like they suck. If they sucked, I’d get it.
In any case, the tour precedes stops later in May at Mutants of the Monster (Mutants Fest), which is in Arkansas, and Modified Ghost Festival, which is in Vancouver two days later. That should be a fun bit of continent crossing during that day between. As ever, safe travels to Weedeater, and a special thanks to the PR wire for the weed puns and the sneaky Cathedral reference in the tour announcement below:
Roll up a fat one, because Weedeater are ready to ride another rip-roaring high. The sludge-stoned tar heels are chasing the dragon up and down the East Coast this spring. Along the way, they’ll be throwing wizard fights aboard the Rocks Off Concert Cruise and chunking $20 peanuts at Grim Reefer Fest.
Joining as main support on all 15 days of this excellent adventure are the Iowa stoners in Telekinetic Yeti. Purveyors of fifth dimensional riffs Heavy Temple will open the first leg. Next up are bonafide blues rockers Left Lane Cruiser, followed by badass doomsayers Restless Spirit.
Tour dates 04/16 Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor* 04/17 Richmond, VA @ Cobra Cabana* 04/18 York, PA @ Skid Row Garage* 04/19 Youngstown, OH @ West Side Bowl 04/20 Asheville, NC @ Eulogy 04/23 New York, NY @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise 04/24 Portland, ME @ Geno’s Rock Club# 04/25 Manchester, NH @ Jewel# 04/26 Newark, NJ @ QXT’s# 04/27 Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar – Grim Reefer Fest# 04/29 Chesapeake, VA @ Riffhouse^ 05/01 Panama City Beach, FL @ Mosey’s^ 05/02 Cape Coral, FL @ Nice Guys’^ 05/03 Tampa, FL @ Crowbar^ 05/04 Augusta, GA @ Grantski Records^ * Heavy Temple # Left Lane Cruiser ^ Restless Spirit
Weedeater’s bong will stay locked and loaded long after this tour goes up in smoke. Later in May, the band will bring plenty of god luck and good speed to this year’s Mutants Fest, as well as the seventh coming of Modified Ghosts Festival. More dates coming soon!
Additional Dates May 17 Little Rock, AR @ Argenta Theater as part of Mutants Fest 2024 May 19 Vancouver, BC as part of Modified Ghost Festival VII
Posted in Whathaveyou on July 13th, 2023 by JJ Koczan
In honor of the fact that Weedeater tour like bastards, I mean, they just go and go and go, I decided I would take the last tour announcement I put up — it covered from February to May of this year — and copy the post to remake it here. Drop in the new text and see what happened. Did I save myself any time? Nah. The images still needed to be placed and then I decided to chase down the Instagram links for the band and the label because, well, relevance, but yeah, no time saved. I wasn’t being cheeky or anything, like I would somehow try to make fun of the band for CONTINUING to work hard. I was trying something out, and I learned a thing.
I also learned about the Slower and Harder Fest that Weedeater are playing on this upcoming East Coast/Midwest stint, alongside appearances at Burque Rock City, RPM Fest and Full Terror Assault Fest. I hadn’t heard about it, because I guess I don’t hear about everything because frankly I’ve never been that cool, but the lineup is right on, with Weedeater (duh), Bongripper, Portrayal of Guilt, Dorthia Cottrell and a bunch of others. All the ticket links below are active, I hope, and all come from the PR wire.
All glory to the PR wire:
WEEDEATER Rolling Through the Northeast and Midwest
The sludge-stoned cowboys are blazing the ol’ dusty trail later this summer with 10+ shows across the Northeast and Midwest. Along the way, they’re hitting a couple festivals, including headlining spots at Albuquerque’s Rock City Fest and Slower & Harder Fest in Atlanta.
Joining Weedeater is the grindin’, frashin’ punk rock wrecking machine King Parrot.
God Luck and Good Speed.
Tour dates 08/05 Albuquerque, NM @ Rock City Fest [TICKETS] 08/30 Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor [TICKETS] 08/31 Washington, DC @ Black Cat [TICKETS] 09/01 Brooklyn, NY @ Meadows [TICKETS] 09/02 Montague, MA @ RPM Fest [TICKETS] 09/03 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place [TICKETS] 09/04 Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary [TICKETS] 09/06 Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme [TICKETS] 09/07 Cave In Rock, IL @ Full Terror Assault Fest [TICKETS] 09/08 Champaign, IL @ Loose Cobra (On Sale 07/15) 09/10 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Utility Works @ Slower & Harder Fest [TICKETS] 09/11 Greensboro, NC @ Hangar 1819 [TICKETS]
Posted in Whathaveyou on February 10th, 2023 by JJ Koczan
You can’t kill Weedeater and you’d be a jackass for trying. The stalwarts of sludge the other day announced a UK run with Mars Red Sky and Telekinetic Yeti along for the trip and now the plot thickens as they add a stint out to and up the West Coast, hitting Heavy Psych Sounds Fest and more before they go. They’re Weedeater. That’s how they do. If you haven’t seen them before, first of all, it’s not too late to correct that oversight and someday it will be, and second, it’s not the band’s fault. Short of Tenacious D-style door to door rocking, they’ve done about as much roadtime as you can do.
Do you wanna take bets on whether or not I’ll mention how long it’s been since they put out a record? I don’t. And if you’d complain they’re not doing the East Coast, they were here in November.
Here’s dates and the ticket link from the PR wire:
Cape Fear metal legends WEEDEATER have announced and extensive headlining tour of the U.S. as well as a U.K. headliner for 2023! The first leg of the U.S. trek will feature special guest Rebelmatic and will run from February 22 to March 3. After a very short break, the second trek will kick off on March 16 with special guests High Tone Son of a Bitch (3/16 – 4/02), Telekinitc Yeti (4/04 – 4/06) & Adam Faucett (supports all dates).
Upon the North American tour’s conclusion on April 8, WEEDEATER will then cross the pond for a UK/Ireland tour with special guests Mars Red Sky & Telekinitic Yeti! The run will kick off on April 30
WEEDEATER U.S. Tour (w/REBELMATIC): 02/22: Carborro, NC @ The Station 02/23: Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern 02/24: Savannah, GA @ Underground Weekend Fest 02/25: Cape Coral, FL @ Nice Guys 02/27: Orlando, FL @ Wills Pub 02/28: Melbourne, FL @ Pineapples 03/01: Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits 03/02: Piedmont, SC @ Tribbles 03/03: Asheville, NC @ Asheville Music Hall
WEEDEATER U.S. w/ Adam Faucett (all dates), High Tone Son of a Bitch (3/16 – 4/02), Telekinetic Yeti (4/04 – 4/06): 03/16: Charleston, SC @ Trolley Pub 03/17: Atlanta, GA @ Sabbath Brewing 03/18: New Orleans, LA @ Poor Boys 03/19: Little Rock, AR @ Whitewater Tavern 03/20: Austin, TX @ The Lost Well 03/22: Mesa, AR @ Nile Theatre 03/23: San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar 03/25: Joshua Tree, CA @ Heavy Psych Sounds Fest 03/26: San Francisco, CA @ Heavy Psych Sounds Fest 03/27: Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial 03/29: Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom 03/30: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon 03/31: Boise, ID @ Shredder 04/01: Salt Lake City, UT @ Aces High Saloon 04/02: Denver, CO @ Hi Dive 04/04: Sioux Falls, SD @ Icon 04/05: Rock Island, IL @ Wake Brewing 04/06: Chicago, IL @ Reggies 04/07: Murfreesboro, TN @ Hop Springs 04/08: Knoxville, TN @ Brickyard
WEEDEATER UK & Ireland Tour (w/special guests Mars Red Sky & Telekinetic Yeti): 04/30: Bournemouth (UK) @ The Bearcave 05/01: Cardiff (UK) @ The Globe 05/02: Dublin (IE) @ Grand Social 05/03: Glasgow (UK) @ Cathouse 05/04: Sheffield (UK) @ Corporation 05/05: Manchester (UK) @ Factory 251
Posted in Whathaveyou on October 18th, 2022 by JJ Koczan
Some day, Weedeater aren’t going to be a band anymore, and you’re going to be sorry you only saw them 10 or 15 times. In all seriousness, there are few news stories that, on my end coordinating, putting together the back end, SEO — all that useless bullshit I do for this site, probably incorrectly, that isn’t actually the writing — are as easy to put together as Weedeater announcing a tour. I don’t know how many times this exact story has lumbered down the PR wire like the band’s still-worth-showing-up-to-see-live riffage in the last seven years since their last record came out, but I sure remember the last couple years when it didn’t, and I’m glad as hell it can do so once more.
Telekinetic Yeti are returning tour partners for the North Carolinian sludge mainstays — Tone Deaf Touring pairs its acts well — and Donnie Doolittle will open the shows. You can see the singularly badass poster art by Brian Mercer below — it was a deciding factor in my putting this together at all, even with the convenience of being able to cut and paste links and all that — followed of course by the dates themselves, which find the three-piece heading up and back down the East Coast around a stop at Snowblind Fest in Atlanta, with which I’d like to be friends.
Goes like this:
WEEDEATER Announces Headlining U.S. Tour
Cape Fear metal legends WEEDEATER will be hitting the road again across the East Coast U.S. next month with support from TELEKINETIC YETI + DONNIE DOOLITTLE! The trek will kick off on November 10 in Johnson City, TN and will conclude in the band’s home-state of North Carolina in Chapel Hill on December 10!
In addition, the band will also be appearing at Snowblind Fest in Atlanta, GA on November 12. The full itinerary can be found below! All tickets can be found at THIS LOCATION:https://weedmetal.com/tour.html
WEEDEATER w/special guests Telekinetic Yeti and Donnie Doolittle 11/10/2022 Johnson City TN @ The Hideaway 11/11/2022 Charlotte NC @ Snug Harbor 11/12/2022 Atlanta GA @ Snowblind Fest – no Telekinetic Yeti, Donnie Doolittle 11/14/2022 Baltimore MD @ Ottobar 11/15/2022 Boston MA @ Crystal Ballroom 11/16/2022 Brooklyn NY @ St Vitus 11/17/2022 Rochester NY @ Bug Jar 11/18/2022 Philadelphia PA @ Kung Fu Necktie 11/20/2022 Richmond VA @ The Canal Club 12/10/2022 Chapel Hill NC @ Local 506 – w/ASG only
All of WEEDEATER’s albums are now available at fine record stores nationwide and online at the WEEDEATER Bandcamp page:https://weedeater.bandcamp.com/
Posted in Whathaveyou on March 10th, 2022 by JJ Koczan
There aren’t many places Weedeater haven’t been and much they haven’t done, but they keep breaking out the riffs and rolling them from town to town, now more than 20 years on from their debut album. They’ve got shows lined up in the Southeast for April, and that run will take them into the Midwest before they turn back toward home in North Carolina, from where they’ll pick up again in May and head west to make it to the Heavy Psych Sounds festivals in San Francisco and Los Angeles. After that, it’s back east again on the quick to make it to Arkansas for Mutants of the Monster on June 3. That’s gonna be a long bit of driving for whoever’s behind the wheel, but at least there’s a day off between Phoenix and Oklahoma City. Woof.
Weedeater‘s most recent album was 2015’s Goliathan (review here), and they’ve basically been on tour ever since, plague notwithstanding. Seems to me that if there’s a band on the planet who should probably put out a live record or 10, it’s these guys, but I’ve heard no such murmurings in that regard. Alas, you gotta show up if you want the experience, and Weedeater live is most certainly that.
Hope gas gets cheaper:
WEEDEATER Announces Headlining Spring U.S. Tour
Cape Fear metal legends WEEDEATER have announced an extensive headlining U.S. tour! The trek will kick off on April 7 in Charleston, SC and will conclude on June 3 in Little Rock, AR. The band will be supported by REBELMATIC and ADAM FAUCETT from April 7- April 24 and then will be supported by HTSOB & JD PINKUS from May 17 until June 3. The full run of dates can be found below while tickets are now available at THIS LOCATION: https://tourlink.to/weedeater2022tour
WEEDEATER U.S. Tour Dates: 04/07: Charleston, SC @ Trolley Bar 04/08: Gainesville, FL @ Loosey’s 04/09: Melbourne, FL @ Iron Oak 04/10: Cape Coral, FL @ Nice Guys 04/12: New Orleans, LA @ Poor Boys 04/13: Nashville, TN @ Springwater 04/14: Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle Brewing 04/15: Chicago, IL @ Chop Shop 04/16: Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups 04/17: Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Funhouse 04/18: Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl 04/19: Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary 04/20: Morgantown, WV @ 123 Pleasant St 04/21: Charlottesville, VA @ Champion Brewing 04/24: Raleigh, NC @ Pour House 05/17: Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor 05/18: Knoxville, TN @ Brickyard 05/19: Newport, KY @ Southgate House 05/20: Green Bay, WI @ Lyric Room 05/21: Davenport, IA @ Racoon Motel 05/23: Denver, CO @ Hi Dive 05/25: Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom 05/26: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon 05/28: San Francisco, CA @ Heavy Psych Sounds Fest 05/29: Los Angeles, CA @ Heavy Psych Sounds Fest 05/30: San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar 05/31: Phoenix, AZ @ Nile Theatre 06/02: Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street 06/03: Little Rock, AR @ Mutants of the Monster Fest
All of WEEDEATER’s albums are now available at fine record stores nationwide and online at the WEEDEATER Bandcamp page: https://weedeater.bandcamp.com/
