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Slingshot Dakota are on the road this summer. Check out the dates below and go see them if you can.
To get you pumped for the shows, lets revisit the band’s excellent Nervous Energies session from back in March 2011:
Carly Comando and Tom Patterson are two people who carry the weight of an entire band. Their set-up is simple: Carly is on keys and Tom plays drums. They do things with these instruments that most bands can’t do with a standard set up: they cram the sonic space they are in. Originally this was actually the case as they began as a three-piece featuring Jeff Cunningham and Latterman’s Pat Schramm. But narrowing it down to a duo in 2006 did no harm; Carly’s keyboard seems to take on the role of several more people as it adds multiple dimensions to their sound.
2008’s Their Dreams are Dead, but Ours is the Golden Ghost was a seminal release for their entry onto the scene. With Carly from Long Island and Tom from the Lehigh Valley (PA), their home-turfs both came with built-in popular support as they romped the DIY all-ages show circuit. In it, they blew away audiences with their at-times more sober lines like “I’m gonna love you till the day I die” juxtaposed with moments of their swelling pop sound. When Tom isn’t screenprinting (he does everything from gig posters to commercial ventures to fine art) and Carly isn’t music licensing, they are refining their highly-anticipated album, Dark Hearts, set to come out this year.
To get you pumped for the shows, lets revisit the band’s excellent Nervous Energies session from back in March 2011:
- 6/15 - Gainesville @ 1015 NE 5th Place (House)
- 6/16 - Orlando @ Sip Orlando
- 724 Virginia Drive Orlando, FL.
- 6/17 - Tallahassee @ St. Anger House
- 6/18 - Atlanta @ Wonderroot
- 6/19 - Birmingham @ The Firehouse
- 6/20 - Baton Rouge, LA @ HTGT
- 6/21 - New Orleans - TBA
- 6/22 - Houston @ 11759 Creek View Ln. Conroe TX 77385 (house)
- 6/23 - Austin @ Scoot Inn
- 6/25 - Ft. Worth/Denton @ The Barn
- 6/26 - Oklahoma City @ Bad Granny’s Bazaar
- 6/27 - Kansas City
- 6/28 - Omaha @ The Pizza Shoppe Collective
- 6/29 - Des Moines, IA @ The Underground Rock Shop
- 6/30 - Minneapolis @ The Chamber Of Secrets
- 7/02 - Chicago @ The Observatory
- 7/3 Valparaiso, IN @ Simpledays
- 7/05 - Grand Rapids @ DAAC
- 7/06 - Cleveland
- 7/07 - Pittsburgh @ Mr. Roboto Project
- 7/08 - Buffalo @ 359 Parkdale (House Show)
- 7/09 - Rochester, NY
- 7/10 - Syracuse @ Westcott Community Center
- 7/11 - Vermont @ TBA
- 7/12 - Portsmouth, NH
- 7/13 - Springfield, MA @ Bramble Jam Festival 2
- 7/15 - New Brunswick @ Clit Fest
Carly Comando and Tom Patterson are two people who carry the weight of an entire band. Their set-up is simple: Carly is on keys and Tom plays drums. They do things with these instruments that most bands can’t do with a standard set up: they cram the sonic space they are in. Originally this was actually the case as they began as a three-piece featuring Jeff Cunningham and Latterman’s Pat Schramm. But narrowing it down to a duo in 2006 did no harm; Carly’s keyboard seems to take on the role of several more people as it adds multiple dimensions to their sound.
2008’s Their Dreams are Dead, but Ours is the Golden Ghost was a seminal release for their entry onto the scene. With Carly from Long Island and Tom from the Lehigh Valley (PA), their home-turfs both came with built-in popular support as they romped the DIY all-ages show circuit. In it, they blew away audiences with their at-times more sober lines like “I’m gonna love you till the day I die” juxtaposed with moments of their swelling pop sound. When Tom isn’t screenprinting (he does everything from gig posters to commercial ventures to fine art) and Carly isn’t music licensing, they are refining their highly-anticipated album, Dark Hearts, set to come out this year.
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