The Books aka best show in a long time

Todd Reynolds


The Books


Paul de Jong

Nick Zamuto


The Books playing their version of Nick Drake's "Cello Song"




You know, when you hear their music you think samples, knobs, a few readings and a little live instrumentation. But they played and sang along with some programming and a video projector throughout the entirety of the night. Wherever you may be that these dudes are around go do yourself a big one and go see them. Organic, acoustic, electronic, old, new, folk, librarian, historic, simple, non pretensious intellectualism, melodic... on and on.... It was mad refreshing to hear and see people that the idea of categorization doesn't even come to mind. Pure new music, a genre unto itself.

Tour dates:

17/04/2007 USA Washington, DC (9:30 Club)
18/04/2007 USA Asheville, NC (Orange Peel)
19/04/2007 USA Knoxville, TN (Bijou Theatre)
20/04/2007 USA Atlanta, GA (Variety Playhouse)
21/04/2007 USA Austin, TX (Antones)
22/04/2007 USA Malibu, CA (Malibu Performing Arts Centre)
23/04/2007 USA San Francisco, CA (Great American Music Hall)
24/04/2007 USA Portland, OR (Alladin Art Center)
25/04/2007 USA Vancouver, BC (Richards on Richards)
26/04/2007 USA Seattle, WA (Neumos)
27/04/2007 USA Minneapolis, MN (Walker Art Center)
28/04/2007 USA Chicago, IL (Old Town School of Folk)
30/04/2007 USA New York, NY (Lincoln Center)
02/05/2007 USA Boulder, CO (Boulder Theatre)
11/05/2007 DENMARK Copenhagen (Komponent)
12/05/2007 LITHUANIA Riga (Soundforest Festival)
15/05/2007 CROATIA Zagreb (&TD)
16/05/2007 ITALY Rom (Teatro Palladium)
17/05/2007 IRELAND Dublin (Sugar Club)
18/05/2007 UK Belfast (Black Box)
19/05/2007 UK Butlins Minehead (ATP Festival)

Massive thanks to my man Branden. True blast my brother! peace


Branden, me and the most faulty beard in this side of the planet.