Two nights ago Los Campesinos! started their US tour with a ‘secret show‘ at Union Pool, and Girls opened.  It is always refreshing to see an opening band that totally blows you away, and Girls did just that.  I hate to admit, but this was my first time listening to Girls, and now I am one of the many eagerly awaiting their new record on True Panther.

This was one of the best shows I have seen in quite sometime, but that was no surprise because I am reminded every time I see Los Campesinos!  that they are in fact the best live band touring today.  The capacity of Union Pool is only 74 people, and the show didn’t even feel sold out (I don’t think it was, or maybe some people left after Girls played).  I recently got a flip video, and it seems to be talking pretty decent video (and audio isn’t too bad either)… and I was able to get a couple songs at this very intimate show:

LC!- “International Twee X Core Underground”

LC!- “Who Fell Asleep…” (unreleased)

You can watch these videos in a slightly larger format here.

Los Campesinos!, Girls, and Smith Westerns played at Webster Hall last night (thank god that I didn’t have to go there to see LC! play), and have a whole big long tour lined up…if you are in any of these places you should catch them, it will be awesome!  Beware, I don’t think Smith Westerns are playing all of the dates.

August 2009 Tour Dates:

• 05 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
• 06 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
  
• 07 Indianapolis, Bluebird Nightclub
  
• 08 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
  
• 11 St. Louis, MO Firebird
  
• 12 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
  
• 14 Austin, TX Emos Outside
  
• 15 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
  
• 16 Houston, TX Warehouse (Studio)
  
• 19 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
  
• 20 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
  
• 21 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
  
• 22 Pomona, CA Glass House
  
• 23 Costa Mesa, CA Detroit Bar
  
• 25 Las Vegas, Nevada Beauty Bar
  
• 26 Visalia, CA Howie And Sons Pizza
  
• 28 San Francisco, CA Outside Lands Festival
  
• 29 San Diego, CA Street Scene

Buy Los Campesinos! albums here.

Now all I have to do is wait for the new LC! album to come out…no release date as of yet.

More on Los Campesinos! here.

This is my first venture into the video thing.  I’m using Vimeo.  Keep an eye on the blog…videos of Destroyer from XX Merge are to come.