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Aria

A+ on the Gogol Bordello. The first time I saw them was in 2006, pictured below via my shitty flip-phone capture. Two years later I started dating @insomniac and even when we were dead broke, they were the band that would scrounge money to go see every single time they came to town.

At this point, we’ve been to so many of their shows I’ve literally lost count.

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ETA: The other band we will always go see if they’re within a two hour drive of us is The Struts. Seriously, if you see Gogol Bordello or The Struts live and say you had a bad time at the show, Imma just go ahead and assume it’s because you’re a soulless automaton who hates joy.

BloodAngel

@hellfrog NEW ALBUM IN SEPT!

Aria

@BloodAngel said in MUSIC ADDICTIONS:

@hellfrog NEW ALBUM IN SEPT!

September 16, to be exact.

They’re also going back on tour in October, but the closest they’re going to be to Philly in the dates they’ve listed so far is Pittsburgh. <grumbles>

BloodAngel

@Aria Same. Can’t see them so sad.

Aria

@BloodAngel I’m honestly pretty surprised. With the band having historically been based out of New York, they usually swing through either right at the start or the end of a tour and if they don’t come here, at least play somewhere in Eastern PA. (Seeing them in Stroudsburg was kind of weird, though, ngl.)

I generally find that they update their Instagram a little bit earlier than their newsletter or their website. If you don’t follow them there and want to catch updates on additional stops they might add, that’s how I get their latest.

BloodAngel

@Aria I’m upstate NY. So sometimes they play Buffalo.

Aria

@BloodAngel said in MUSIC ADDICTIONS:

@Aria I’m upstate NY. So sometimes they play Buffalo.

Ohh, shit. If you’re going to punk shows in Buffalo, did you ever get the chance to see The Kominas?

BloodAngel

@Aria YES! So fucking badass! I’m in Rochester. But I travel for shows almost anywhere.

BloodAngel

@Aria Ever listen to the Bunny and the Bear. Use to see them a lot back in the day.

BloodAngel

@Aria said in MUSIC ADDICTIONS:

The Kominas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taqwacores_(film)

Also, that movie was badass! Speaking of that “scene”.

hellfrog

@BloodAngel said in MUSIC ADDICTIONS:

@hellfrog NEW ALBUM IN SEPT!

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eye8urcake

@hellfrog said in MUSIC ADDICTIONS:

@BloodAngel said in MUSIC ADDICTIONS:

@hellfrog NEW ALBUM IN SEPT!

wait what
what
WHAT

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@eye8urcake archer virus

(If you get why I use this GIF, I will be at you.)

Aria

@BloodAngel I’ve not listened to Bunny and the Bear, but I have seen The Taqwacores as well as the Kominas back in 2014.

Fun Fact: Sunny Ali’s brother was my mechanic for awhile, something which Sam and I realized when I was in having work done on my car and said I was going to a show that night. When he asked who it was, I dissembled a little bit, mumbling about an obscure band most people hadn’t heard of, before admitting it was them and getting a face-blast of “THAT’S MY LITTLE BROTHER’S BAND.”