While on Holiday in the Midwest, FYM found ourselves reconnected, and ringing in the New Year with our buds Mondo Drag. We revisited New Rituals (2010 Alive Records Debut) recently, and rediscovered the epic Mississippi River roller Tallest Tales. The tune is only found on compact disc or digital download (not on the red vinyl- our predominant music listening medium of choice).
Tallest Tales is special, starting out as a road weary grinding journey pushing West. Then the introduction of a female vocal apparition floating through ambient sonic valleys ignites the epic ending: an all-out gunfight in the desert showcase of instrumental prowess.
If you haven't checked out the rest of Mondo Drag's 2010 masterpiece New Rituals, buy it HERE.
Listen to forYoungModerns Jam of the Day:
Bonus Photos (Click to Expand), from New Years Eve with Mondo Drag:
Psychedelic powerhouse Mondo Drag (Alive Records) play San Francisco California USA, November 6th 2010. Their latest album New Rituals blends bluesy sonic landscapes with psychedelic (qc) thunder wizardry. It's a warm record full of green artistic inspiration from a talented group of friends. We like this band so much that FYM's Art Director Jesse Codling is jumping on a flight tomorrow to catch Mondo Drag in San Francisco (and flying back to Seattle to see them again on Tuesday!)
Just for you to get a hit of how crazy their live performances can be, check out our friends in Mondo Drag providing an anthem of Midwest scene pride rockin', I Love The Quad Cities with Andrew WK! FYM will be cataloging time spent with Mondo Drag over the next few days for a tremendous feature next week. Cheers.
MONDO DRAG TOUR DATES
Nov 7 Little Red Lion - Eureka, CA
Nov 8 Slabtown w/ Night Beats, Purple Rhinestone Eagle - Portland, OR
Nov 9 Comet Tavern w/ This Blinding Light - Seattle, WA
Nov 10 The Palace w/ Maria, American Falcon - Missoula, MT
Nov 11 Urban Lounge w/ Max Pain and the Groovies - Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 12 Rockaway Tavern w/ Space In Time- Denver, CO
Look for our buds in Mondo Drag (Alive Records) kicking out the jams on their East Coast psychedelic thunder tour, with The Main Street Gospel!
Check out their full-length album New Rituals, available now on Alive Records. Another good (multi-talented) bud of ours, Jon Burns (Centaur Noir, Meth & Goats fame) created this mondo journey into space for your viewing pleasure!
FYM's Art Director, Jesse Codling created the show poster above for our friends show in Atlanta, GA. (Click on the image to view larger version)
Mondo Drag Fall Tour Dates:
EAST COAST TOUR w/ The Main Street Gospel
Sep 9 8:00P The Lift Dubuque, IA
Sep 10 7:30P Middlewest Fest - O' Leary's Pub Dekalb, IL
Sep 11 8:00P TBA Detroit, MI
Sep 12 8:00P TBA Dayton, OH
Sep 13 8:00P TBA Pittsburgh, PA
Sep 14 10:00P Golden West w/Pontiak Baltimore, MD
Sep 15 8:00P TBA Philadelphia, PA
Sep 16 9:00P Union Pool w/La OtracinaNew York, NY
Sep 16 12:00P Beyond Beyond Is Beyond, In-Studio New York, NY
Sep 17 8:00P Day Off New York, NY
Sep 18 8:00P Pianos NYC New York, NY
Sep 19 8:00P Loft Party Washington DC
Sep 20 10:00P Strange Matter Richmond, VA
Sep 21 8:30P The Cut w/The King Congregation Atlanta, GA
The Spanish band, Delorean is playing this evening at 330 Ritch for Popscene. The last chance that we had a chance to see them was at South by Southwest in Austin, TX but we didn't manage to make it over. In the meantime at the show, Bill Murray was watching them and our buddies in Mondo Drag got the chance to meet him. Advance tickets are sold out for tonight's show but tickets will be sold at the door. Make sure to arrive early as this show will be sold out. If you haven't managed to see Delorean yet, check out this video to get an idea of what they are like live.
