Ashmatic Kitty is going free album crazy this week (their words not ours) with free legal downloads on their site of Grampall Jookabox’s Rill Bruh EP and an eight-song album of I Heart Lung remixes.
Here’s a press release with tour dates of the Grampall Jookabox freebie, which is a primer for the Indianapolis-based ghetto-folkster’s (their words again, not ours) Nov. 4 full-length release on Asthmatic Kitty and Joyful Noise Recordings:
Asthmatic Kitty is pleased to offer the masses Grampall Jookabox’s Rill Bruh EP, which is now available on the Asthmatic Kitty website for free download. Rill Bruh, released in collaboration with Joyful Noise Recordings is the most convenient and cost-effective way to become familiar with the sound of ghetto-folkster, Grampall Jookabox. This free digital EP contains several remixes and out-takes from two or so years of musical development leading up to Grampall Jookabox’s second album Ropechain. In addition, Rill Bruh also contains one compelling selection from the said album, titled a “The Girl Ain’t Preggers.” Possibly more than any other track on Grampall Jookabox’s Ropechain, “The Girl Ain’t Preggers” has the absolute sincerity and unselfconscious authenticity of an old time blues song, yet somehow regurgitated in a way that sounds more akin to the club music of the future. The elusive tribal, trashcan-banging musical accompaniment to the song’s story smacks of raw, primeval tang. Old time handclapping, hip-smackingly drive the percussion over which the strings and vocals flow and flower in unpredictably pleasing harmonies.
GRAMPALL JOOKABOX
Saturday 2008-09-06 Indianapolis, IN – Spin w/ Mudkids, Twilight
Sentinals, and Christian Taylor of AOTM))
Monday 2008-09-08 Chicago, IL – Hideout w/ PWRFL Power
Tuesday 2008-09-09 Dekalb, IL – House Cafe w/ PWRFL Power
Wednesday 2008-09-10 Iowa City, IA – Public Space One w/ PWRFL Power
Thursday 2008-09-11 Grinnell, IA – Gardner Lounge w/ PWRFL Power
Saturday 2008-09-13 Morisson, CO – Monolith Festival w/ PWRFL Power and More!
Sunday 2008-09-14 Morisson, CO – Monolith Festival w/ PWRFL Power and MORE!
Monday 2008-09-15 Stillwater, OK – The Vault w/ PWRFL Power
Tuesday 2008-09-16 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar w/ PWRFL Power
Wednesday 2008-09-17 Columbia, MO – Mojo’s w/ PWRFL Power
Thursday 2008-09-18 St. Louis, MO – Billiken w/ PWRFL Power
Friday 2008-09-19 Madison, WI – Forward Music Festival w/ PWRFL Power
Saturday 2008-09-20 Urbana, IL – Pygmalion w/ PWRFL Power
Sunday 2008-09-21 Louisville, KY – Skul Alley w/ PWRFL Power
Monday 2008-09-22 Bloomington, IN – Cinemat w/ PWRFL Power
Tuesday 2008-09-23 Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox w/ PWRFL Power
Wednesday 2008-09-24 Washington, D.C. – The Hosiery w/ PWRFL Power
Thursday 2008-09-25 Philadelphia, PA – The Green Line w/ PWRFL Power
Friday 2008-09-26 Brooklyn, NY – Death By Audio w/ PWRFL Power
Saturday 2008-09-27 New York, NY – Cake Shop w/ PWRFL Power
Sunday 2008-09-28 Boston, MA – PA’s Lounge w/ PWRFL Power
Thursday 2008-10-02 Montreal – Canada – Pop Montreal
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