Sometimes tour are paired with two acts that don’t have much to do with each other, aside from the fact that they share the same record label. Last night’s show joined old school soul and a rebirth of Jackson Browne with Leon Bridges and Lord Huron playing a heavily sold out crowd at the Gothic Theatre. Leon Bridges’ soulful voice sent shivers down nicely warming the stage for Lord Huron with hits “Coming Home” and “Lisa Sawyer.” Not bad for a young artist with no full length album.
Los Angelinos act, Lord Huron, have an interesting schtick going on with the release of their latest album, “Strange Trails.” The album release is being treated as a comic that teeters the fine line between gimmicky and brilliant. Trailer mix was one of the items at the merch table for sale next to the shirts and vinyl. LH colorfully blended the old 50s greaser rock act with the writing sensibilities of a weathered songwriter from the 70s to morph into a hybrid act. Lead vocalist, Ben Schneider, corralled the crew on stage to successfully create a forest landscape with band members dressed up as extras from “the Outsiders.” Despite the obvious correlation between their music and Triple-A radio format style (KBCO), Lord Huron’s music is more complex than that. IAMSOUND’s brightest star won the crowd early with a euphoric take on “Lonesome Dreams” that instantly satisfied the rabid Gothic Theatre crowd. Look for Schneider and the guys wrap up their tour in Colorado this August.
Lord of Huron Tour Dates
April 24 Kansas City, MO Middle Of The Map Fest
April 25 Milwaukee, WI The Riverside*
April 26 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue*
April 27 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre*
April 30 New York, NY Terminal 5†
May 1 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer†
May 2 Boston, MA Paradise†
May 3-4 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club†
May 6 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium*
May 8 New Orleans, LA Civic Theatre
May 9 Houston, TX House of Blues*
May 10 Dallas, TX South Side Music Hall*
May 11 Austin, TX Stubb’s Waller Creek*
May 13 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre‡
May 14 San Diego, CA North Park Theatre‡
May 15 Oakland, CA Fox Theater‡
May 16 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern‡
June 1 Paris, FR Pop up du Label
June 3 London, UK Koko
June 4 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club
June 5 Glasgow, UK King Tuts
June 6 Dublin, Ireland Whelans
July 10 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown§
July 11 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre§
July 12 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater§
July 14 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom§
July 15 Little Rock, AR Revolution§
July 16 Memphis, TN Minglewood Hall§
July 18 Birmingham, AL Sloss Music and Arts Festival
July 20 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse§
July 21 Orlando, FL Beacham Theater§
July 22 Columbia, SC Music Farm Columbia§
July 23-25 Floyd, VA FloydFest
July 25 Camden, NJ XPoNential Music Festival
July 26 Newport, RI Newport Folk Festival
July 28 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom§
July 29 Cleveland, OH House of Blues§
July 31 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre§
August 2 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
August 3 Omaha, NE Slowdown
August 6 Bellvue, CO Mishawaka Amphitheater
*with Leon Bridges
†with Hamilton Leithauser
‡with Family Of The Year
§with Widowspeak
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