Tune-Yards bandwagon to drift through your town like a feather carried on a breeze of reverb
Now that Merrill Garbus (a.k.a. Tune-Yards) has been certified as a big deal, after 2011’s Whokill made all kinds of year-end lists, a lot of you may be clamoring to see what all of the fuss is about. (Spoiler alert: It’s just a bunch of syncopated rhythm, tape loops, and ukulele with kids in two sweaters sitting in the front row getting all misty-eyed like they’re at the new frontier of music itself.)
But why would you want to take our word for it? Now you can get on the bandwagon yourself as, according to the artist’s website, Tune-Yards is heading out for a summer tour, including a stop at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto on Aug. 1. So check it out, and then come back and tell us what new hybrid adjectives and intentionally misspelled portmanteaus you’ve cooked up to describe it.
Jun. 1—Terminal 5—New York, New York
Jun. 3—9:30 Club—Washington, D.C.
Jun. 5—Jefferson Theater—Charlottesville, Virginia
Jun. 6—The Orange Peel—Asheville, North Carolina
Jun. 10—Contemporary Arts Center—Cincinnati, Ohio
Jun. 11—Wexner Center For the Arts—Columbus, Ohio
Jun. 12—Mr. Small’s—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jun. 13—Town Ballroom—Buffalo, New York
Jun. 14—Pearl Street—Northampton, Massachusetts
Jul. 31—La Tulipe—Montreal, Quebec
Aug. 1—Phoenix Concert Theatre—Toronto, Ontario
Aug. 2—Crofoot Ballroom—St. Pontiac, Michigan
