MUSIC NEWS- The Whispertown 2000 have confirmed concerts throughout the spring supporting Maria Taylor. The tour will kick off in Gainesville, FL, on April 4th, and wraps up on May 3rd in Los Angeles, CA. Currently, the band is performing at several SXSW showcases and parties in Austin, TX, and will headline a few dates on their own (full itinerary below the break).
The tour is in support of the band's debut release, SWIM, (buy copy here) which arrived in stores in October of last year. The record was the first release on Gillian Welch and David Rawling's label, Acony Records. Tha band is comprised of four members: Morgan Nagler (lead vocals, guitar), Tod Adrian Wisenbaker (drums, guitar), Casey Wisenbaker (bass) and Vanesa Corbala (vocals), the band mixes creative folk sounds along with hypnotic melodies - creating a truly unique sound.
Filter best described their songs, noting that "Swim is everything that's great about Nagler and her group -- arch simplicity, angst-free acoustic poetics, home-spun urban sweetness, melodies that start spinning in the head and never stop." Spin was quick to name the band a "buzzcatcher" and praised them for their "acute lyrics and heartsick vocals." Jenny Lewis has been a long-time friend and supporter of the group. When asked what her thoughts were of the band, she said, "Morgan Nagler is my favorite songwriter. Period." The Whispertown 2000 has opened for Jenny Lewis, Rilo Kiley, She & Him and Bright Eyes in the past. They plan to continue touring throughout 2009.
"Swim is the kind of record you wish people made more often" **** [they] create a nursery-rhyme world equal parts wide-eyed wonder and darkness, rendered timeless by ragtime reels and skeletal acoustic accompaniment." - **** ...the foursome started summoning the kind of heart-wrenching alt.country that eroticises the "open plains" and leaves you hankering for gingham,
golden sunsets" - NME
(photo - popcandy)
The Whispertown 2000 SXSW appearances (Austin, TX):
3.19 End of the Road Festival SXSW Party @ Lambert's 2:30 pm
3.21 SXSW Hotel Café Showcase @ Ale House 11:00 pm
Headline tourdates:
3.22 Ft. Worth, TX Lola's
3.26 St. Louis, MO The Firebird
3.27 Nashville, TN The Basement
3.28 Louisville, KY Nachbar
3.29 Charlotte, NC Snug Harbor
Dates with Maria Taylor:
4.04 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
4.05 Orlando, FL The Social
4.06 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
4.07 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree
4.08 Atlanta, GA The Earl
4.09 Carrboro, NC Local 506
4.10 Washington, DC Rock N Roll Hotel
4.11 Philadelphia, PA Barbary
4.12 Brooklyn, NY Bell House
4.13 Hoboken, NJ (NYC area) Maxwell's
4.14 Boston, MA Great Scott
4.16 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
4.17 Toronto, ON El Mocambo
4.18 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
4.19 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
4.20 Chicago, IL Schuba's
4.21 Madison, WI High Noon
4.22 Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar
4.24 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
4.25 Denver, CO Hi Dive
4.26 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
4.28 Seattle, WA Vera Project
4.29 Portland, OR Doug Fir
5.01 San Francisco, CA Café Du Nord
5.02 Visalia, CA Cellar Door
5.03 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
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