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Sold Out Roxy (LA) Show Review

There’s a 20-something, tall blonde girl stripped down to her bra jumping up and down, beer spilled all over the floor and a smattering of flannel shirts in the Roxy. Given their off-kilter rhythms and often beautifully deranged lyrics, that’s what you should expect from a Toadies show. In 1994, that would’ve been a likely scene at any of the Texas rock band’s gigs, but in 2008, it’s still the case. That’s comforting in a twisted way. What’s even more comforting is that The Toadies rock harder than ever, and Toadies 2.0 kicks some serious tail. (more…)

Confirmed In-Store Appearances listed

9/19 – Seattle, WA [ map ] Location: Silver Platters, 701 5th Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
Time: 6pm
Details: Acoustic in-store performance & signing

9/20 – Portland, OR [ map ] Location: Music Millennium, 3158 E Burnside St., Portland, OR 97214
Time: 3pm
Details: Acoustic in-store performance & signing

Corpus show cancelled

OK, so our bus broke down in Houston, and we can’t make it to Corpus tonight. Our apologies. We’ll be back in Sept to make it up to you. We’re patched up and hoping to wake up at Possim Kingdom in the morning. -Vaden

UPDATE: Show has been rescheduled for 10/04.

Toadies debuts at #59 on Billboard Top 200

Toadies “No Deliverance” debuts at #59 on Billboard Top 200 and is #4 best selling independent record. First week sales numbers include #4 Indie Chart, #59 Top 200, #17 Current Alternative and #6 Top Hard Rock Music.

“No Deliverance” makes Top 30 on iTunes

iTunes #7 Rock album
iTunes #7 Rock album

Toadies deliver another one for the ages

By HUNTER HAUK / Quick

Looks as though the Toadies can still count on the support of a large fan base. The local rock band released its new album No Deliverance on Tuesday, and Wednesday it hit No. 27 on iTunes’ album rankings. Judging from the back-to-basics sound of the new stuff, it shouldn’t disappoint downloaders who loved ’90s smash Rubberneck. (more…)