New York City's Boss Hog have released their new album Brood X today via In The Red Records. The record is their first full-length LP in 17 years. Watch and share the album trailer here. Boss Hog's US tour kicks off with a sold out NYC record release show on March 30 at Mercury Lounge. Tour dates include Washington DC, Philadelphia, Detroit and more. Watch + share the tour trailer here.
Led by Cristina Martinez (ably assisted by her faithful sideman/husband Jon Spencer, as ever playing Flavor Flav to Cristina's Chuck D), Brood X feels less like the work of a group who've been on ice for so long, more a slithering and sludgy monster of an album, a boiling pot of hot funk keys, growling punk attack, searing blues breaks and the ground-shaking holler of Martinez. On hiatus since they finished promoting 2000's icy, wonderful 'Whiteout' album, Boss Hog began stirring again late in 2008 with the first of several short runs of shows. "We'd play a handful of shows, once a year," Martinez remembers. "Festivals, the Amphetamine Reptile 25th Anniversary party, some benefit shows." Things started getting serious a couple of years later, when the Boss Hog all-stars - Martinez, Spencer, bassist Jen Jurgensen, drummer Hollis Queens and keysman Mickey Finn - decided this reunion habit was worth committing to wax.Tour Dates:
March 30 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
March 31 - Buffalo, NY - The Waiting Room
April 1 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
April 7 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
April 8 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
April 28 - Cambridge MA - The Sinclair
April 29 - Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall
May 19 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
May 20 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz PDB
May 21- Burlington, VT - High Ground - Lounge
June 2 - Pittsburgh, PA - Cattivo
June 3 - Detroit, MI - El Club
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