THE GREAT SABATOURNI
Remember Greber, the guitarless grind project that features Fuck the Facts’ Marc Bourgon? Well, the other half of that awesome outfit is drummer Steve Vargas. Prior to hearing Greber, I honestly wasn’t familiar with Vargas or his other band, The Great Sabatini. But I have since checked out said Sabatini, and guess what? They’re great! (I mean, that shouldn’t be a shock, giving the quality of Greber’s work, but it’s not like I’ll ever bitch ’cause I learned about another excellent band.) They’ve got kind of a hardcore vibe to them, but they’re not quite like any other popular band in that genre right now; for example, their song “The Widow’s Son” features gang shouts and harmonized backing vocals (which, at least as far as I can tell, are not synthetic). It’s raw, catchy shit, and you should definitely check it out.
And then, once you’re officially a fan, you can get stoked that the band is about to embark upon a North American tour. I’d be super stoked to check ’em out live, but, alas, they’re not coming anywhere near us. So you guys should all go and then e-mail us and tell us how it was. Seriously. Someone who goes to one of these shows, please let me know how it was.
The band is also prepping the release of their new 7′, Napoleon Sodomite, which will come out on their own Sludge Hummer imprint. (Great fuckin’ name for a label, by the way.) You can get more info here.
And here are tour dates for ya:
Wednesday March 9th- Syracuse, NY @ Badlands
Thursday March 10th- Cleveland, OH @ Now That’s Class
Friday March 11th – Cincinnati, OH @ The Mockabee
Saturday March 12th- Nashville, TN @ Little Hamilton Collective
Monday March 14th-Hattiesburg, AL @ 1126 House (with Mose Gigantus)
Wednesday March 16th- Houston, TX @ Vinyl Junkie
Thursday March 17th- San, Antonio, TX @ A&A Drive Inn
Saturday March 19th- Fort Worth TX @ Hot Lick’s Saloon
Monday March 21st- Wichita, KS @ Kirby’s Beer Store
Wednesday March 23rd – Marshall, MO @ Cock House
Thursday March 24th- Omaha, NE @ Dirty House
Friday March 25th- Des Moines , IO @ Vaudville Mews
Saturday March 26th- Minneapolis, MN @ tba
Sunday March 27th- Duluth, MN @ Club PEN15
Wednesday March 30th- Fort Frances, ON @ Little Beaver Snow Park
Thursday March 31st – Winnipeg, MB @ Death Trap
Friday April 1st- Thunder Bay, ON @ The Black Pirate’s Pub
Saturday April 2nd-Sault Ste. Marie. ON @ Foggy Notions
Sunday April 3rd- Ottawa, ON @ Cafe Dekuf
-AR
