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Video: Great Scott 5/5/11 – Allston, MA
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011Boston Phoenix: Great Scott 5/5 Show Review
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011Whereas most bands nurse hangovers on Saturday mornings, the dudes in RIBS spent the one before their tour kickoff party at Home Depot, wandering the tall aisles of suburban fix-it wonderland in search of multi-colored floodlights and thin, four-foot-long fluorescent bulbs.
The result of this shopping spree was a dizzying display of radiant visuals May 5 at Great Scott, with RIBS kicking off a 10-date East Coast trek on Cinco de Mayo. Aside from the constant threat of Patrón shots at the bar, the night featured nary a nod to the feels-kinda-racist Mexican holiday. I mean, who has time for faux sombreros and worms tickling the throats of drunken Allstonian college students when there’s a debut tour to launch?
Since being featured in our Class of 2011 local-music package in January, RIBS have established themselves as a powerful force on the Boston music circuit, paving an uneasy middle ground between our indie and metal scenes through sharp, pulsating electo-industrial rips that make a greater impact on stage. Awash in red, blue, and glaring hospital-room whites that visually sterilized the Great Scott crowd (in perhaps an unflattering glare), firecracker tracks “Please Don’t Go” and “Even” screamed out from the shadows like the soundtrack to a hazy Ketamine trip at the late-night planetarium.
The whole experience was almost too much for a mid-sized rock club like Great Scott, with rows of bright lights stretching along the walls and ceiling back toward the soundbooth and bar area. New enough to be nominated for Best New Act in this year’s Best Music Poll, RIBS are just screaming for larger stages and higher ceilings. Currently lost somewhere in the Carolinas shining a blinding strobe on Southern showgoers, they’re a band worth getting excited about.
Upon returning home next week, RIBS hope to start recording Russian Blood, the follow-up to January’s Locrian Singles. The glare promises to shine even brighter.
LINK: http://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/120438-out-ribs-shine-through-a-strobe-in-allston-kick-/
The Deli Magazine: Spring 2011 Tour Write Up
Thursday, May 5th, 2011Boston-based quartet RIBS are setting off on tour this week, taking their Failure-meets-My Bloody Valentine dreamscape down the East Coast for the first time. The tour currently has 10 scheduled stops, starting on May 5th in Boston and ending on May 14th in Athens, GA.
RIBS has built a reputation across New England for the creativity and clockwork of their light-flooded live shows, making them a go-to choice for local support on national tours including Helmet and Circa Survive.
Reviews described their latest release, the double A-side Locrian Singles as a “double-knockout” – comprised of two “futuristic, star-screaming” singles – showing an evolution from the sneaking post-gaze of the band’s debut EP, British Brains, released last June. RIBS rose to prominence after British Brains became one of Reddit’s top music posts of all time.
The RIBS East Coast Tour will include the following stops:
05.05 – Boston, MA – Great Scott
05.06 – Danbury, CT – Heirloom Arts Theatre
05.07 – Albany, NY – Hudson River Coffee House
05.08 – Brooklyn, NY – The Charleston
05.09 – Baltimore, MD – Sidebar Tavern
05.10 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
05.11 – Greensboro, NC – Pin Ups
05.12 – Asheville, NC – The LAB
05.13 – Atlanta, GA – The Music Room
05.14 – Athens, GA – Rye Bar–Chrissy Prisco
LINK: http://newengland.thedelimagazine.com/5476/ribs-embark-on-10-day-east-coast-tour-55-514
Ryan’s Smashing Life: RIBS Spring 2011 Tour Coverage
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011From rslblog.com:
An East Coast Run for RIBS
RED ALERT TOUR:Words by Nick Parker
Photos by Mark JenkoNew Tour KickoffsThursday 5/5/11 at Great Scott
This Thursday night in Boston you can see a band that tick all these boxes; a band that knows the difference between performing and merely playing their songs, musicians that really commit to every beat of the drum and pluck of the string, and songs with hooks you’ll be singing after the set is over. Since their incendiary (and insanely loud) headline set at the RSL four-year anniversary party a few months ago, RIBS have been busy plotting their next musical take-over. It comes in the form of an East coast tour, and, since we can say they are ours here in Boston before they are anyone else’s, where better to kick that off than at Great Scott.
RIBS are an unashamedly heavy band. In a sea of indie, folk and Americana, they play music that shakes through your ribcage (no pun intended). I’ve read of various more or less strange comparisons (Joy Division?!) – perhaps Deftones is the best parallel with the operatic scale of their semi-metal sound. Either way though, the buzz about his band is worthy, and you can give them a great tour send off this week if you find yourself in the right place at the right time. The rest of the dates on the East Coast spin, follow…
Hype NC Show Preview: Asheville @ the LAB 5-12-11
Sunday, May 1st, 2011Tour Tour Tour Tour
Thursday, March 31st, 2011Last month, we told you we’ll be hitting the road in May for our first-ever East Coast Tour. Here are the finalized dates:
05.05 – Boston, MA* – Great Scott – RSVP on Facebook / Tickets / Details
05.06 – Danbury, CT* – Heirloom Arts Theatre – RSVP on Facebook / Details
05.07 – Albany, NY* – Hudson River Coffee House – RSVP on Facebook / Details
05.08 – Brooklyn, NY – The Charleston – RSVP on Facebook / Details
05.09 – Baltimore, MD* – Sidebar Tavern – RSVP on Facebook / Tickets / Details
05.10 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter – RSVP on Facebook/ Details
05.11 – Greensboro, NC – Pin Ups – RSVP on Facebook/ Details
05.12 – Asheville, NC – The LAB – RSVP on Facebook / Details
05.13 – Atlanta, GA – The Music Room – RSVP on Facebook / Details
05.14 – Athens, GA – Rye Bar – RSVP on Facebook / Details* Dates w/ Lights Resolve
Other bands we’re playing with: Grandfather, Hammer No More The Fingers, Ovlov, Whoarfrost, Jews & Catholics, Art Decade, Historic, Hans Darkbolt, Miles From Pangaea, Rat Jackson, Funny Like A Funeral, Pilots, Jewel Heist, Ear Theory, Collen Applegate, Sneaky Hand, NARC
Tour booked by Extinguish Presents.
How You Can Help
- If we’re playing in your town, invite your friends to the FB event and bring them to the show.
- If you know of anybody that will like RIBS, invite them to the FB event and bring them to the show.
- If you want to help us promote in your town, email us and we’ll send you posters and all kinds of other cool swag.
- Help fund our tour in style by ordering the Brains Out Tee.
RIBS Boston Tour Kickoff Show w/ Lights Resolve & Art Decade (5/5/11)
Sunday, March 27th, 20115/5/11 – BOSTON, MA – Tour Kickoff Show @ Great Scott w/ Lights Resolve, Art Decade
- 18+ / 9PM / $9
- 1222 Commonwealth Ave
Allston, MA 02134 - RSVP on Facebook
- Boston Phoenix Spring Preview write-up – Editor’s Pick
- WFNX 101.7 talking about the show
- Get tickets on Ticketweb
RIBS Atlanta Homecoming Show w/ Miles From Pangaea, Sneaky Hand (5/13/11)
Sunday, March 27th, 20115/13/11 – ATLANTA, GA – ATL Homecoming Show @ The Music Room w/ Miles From Pangaea, Sneaky Hand
- 18+ / 9PM / $5
- 327 Edgewood Ave
Atlanta, GA (beneath Pizzeria Vesuvius) - FRIDAY THE 13TH!
- RSVP on Facebook
- Print-ready poster (full res PDF)
- Atlanta press write up on RIBS (Latest Disgrace)
RIBS in Asheville, NC w/ Hammer No More The Fingers, Jews & Catholics (5/12/11)
Sunday, March 27th, 20115/12/11 – ASHEVILLE, NC – The LAB w/ Hammer No More The Fingers, Jews & Catholics, Rat Jackson
- Doors at 9:30, show at 10, 21+, $5
- 39 N. Lexington Avenue
Asheville, NC - RSVP on Facebook
- Print-ready flyer (full res PDF)