Set times and gate info:
Gates open at 2pm.
3pm – The Boom Boom Box
4pm – Eleven Hundred Springs
5pm – Ben Kweller
6pm – Bowling for Soup
7pm – The Secret Machines
8pm – Toadies
Keep up to date at www.diadelostoadies.com.
Altsounds.com Reviews | Toadies – The Launch Pad – 11 Jul 2009.
Tues, July 14, 6pm
Zia Records
2510 W. Thunderbird Road
Phoenix, AZ 85023
Phone: (602) 866-7867
FREE acoustic performance and signing.
TOADIES
Made in Texas EP (Maybe Records)
3k’s
A decades-spanning EP of grunge-ified alternative rock.
Twenty years is a long time to wait to make someone’s acquaintance but, after two decades of existence – give or take several year long hiatus when they still serially reformed for one-off gigs – the Toadies will be touring the UK for the first time ever this month. Whether the fact that they’ve finally got round to it is flattering or insulting is open to debate but this EP, comprising two tracks from each of their three albums so far is a reasonable enough calling card, mixing raw, sleazy bluesy howls with a more laid-back rhythmic drawl and hip-shaking alt-rock hooks.
DOWNLOAD: Possum Kingdom
FOR FANS OF: Nirvana, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
–Paul Travers
