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Wayne Static Announces Tour Dates With Otep, Dope, And More
Yesterday it was announced that Wayne Static of Static X, OTEP, Dope, Smile Empty Soul, and Thira would be joining forces for ‘The Civil Unrest’ tour, which takes place throughout May. During this tour, Static will be playing the entire Wisconsin Death Trip album.
Static states, “It’s going to be a blast, I love all the bands. I’ve toured with all of them before and I’m looking forward to seeing them all again. Also looking forward to hitting the west coast again because it has been way too long. This little run is right in the middle of our Wisconsin Death Trip Tour so we will still be performing all of Wisconsin Death Trip at all of these shows.”
Head below for the full touring schedule.
May 08 – Strummer’s – Fresno, California
May 09 – Hard Rock Casino – Las Vegas, Nevada
May 10 – Ace Of Spades – Sacramento, California
May 11 – El Rey Theater – Chico, California no OTEP
May 12 – Studio Seven – Seattle, Washington
May 13 – Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, Oregon
May 14 – MAC Center – Butte, Montana
May 15 – Club 412 – Spokane, Washington
May 16 – The Wilma Theatre – Missoula, Montana
May 20 – The Glass House – Pomona, California no OTEP
It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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