A number of the first gigs I ever went to involved Tumbleweed so I’m happy to see that their reunion continues with a national tour including a show at Fowler’s Live. In fact it will be exactly 18 years to the day since the first time I saw them.

Here’s a video from even earlier than that,

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For this weekend don’t forget the long awaited cd launch by Cheer Advisory Council, also possibly the last chance to see them in their current form.

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APRIL

• 30th – Cheer Advisory Council album launch at Jive with support from Steering By Stars, Danvers and Ghost Knife.

MAY

• 4th – Herbie Hancock at Her Majesty’s Theatre.
• 6th – Yellow Fever at the Metro.
• 7th – Ghost Notes at the Metro.
• 8th – Ghost Notes at the Grace Emily.
• 9th – Murs and 9th Wonder at HQ.
• 11th – Kyuss Lives at Fowlers.
• 13th – Johnny McIntyre cd launch at TPI association (318 South Tce).
• 14th – Avant Gardeners and The Big Band at the Metro.
• 16th – Gary Numan and Severed Heads at HQ.
• 21st – The Sea Thieves cd launch at the Jade Monkey.
• 26th – The Dandy Warhols at HQ.
• 28th – Avant Gardeners and Mondo Phase Band at the Jade Monkey.

JUNE

• 2nd & 4th – The Wagons at the Wheatsheaf
• 18th – Tumbleweed at Fowler’s Live.

JULY

• 1st Van Dyke Parks and Kinky Friedman at the Gov.

On the Stereo

• Vex’d – Bombardment of Saturn DL (Planet Mu)
• Shackleton – Fabric 55 cd (Fabric)
• Moritz Von Oswald Trio – Live in New York 2LP (Honest Jon’s)
• Jackson and His Computer Band – Smash cd (Warp)
• Jonny Trunk – Animation and Interpretation 7″ (Ghost Box Study Series)
• Hintermass – The Open Song Book 7″ (Ghost Box Study Series)
• Bushman’s Revenge – You Lost Me At Hello LP (Rune Grammofon)
• Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I cd (Southern Lord)
• Yellow Swans – Deterioration cd (Modern Radio)
• Doom – Born Like This cd (Lex)