Outernational at Maxine's Pub
- When: Monday, May 31, 2010, time TBA
- Where: Maxine's, Hot Springs
- Cost: Not available
- Age limit: Not available
- Categories: Music (other), Rock
OUTERNATIONAL RELEASE EP PRODUCED BY TOM MORELLO of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
NATIONAL TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED -- KICKING OFF AT MAXINE’S PUB MAY 31st
May 12, 2010 (Los Angeles, CA) Outernational’s new EP, “Eyes on Fire,” produced by Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello, has just been released. Morello is also featured on the EP’s “Fighting Song” and the pending single “Deportees” a Woody Guthrie cover and duet with Morello dedicated to the people of Arizona facing the fascist new law SB1070. Fresh of off 2009-2010 tours supporting acts like Chris Cornell, Shooter Jennings, Streetlight Manifesto and The Tossers, Outernational is gearing up for another national tour kicking off in Arkansas May 29th.
Coming straight out of New York City, and in a context of growing despair, alienation, and yearning, Outernational is making revolutionary art in this moment and ushering in a new spirit of defiance and liberation among the youth and in Rock. In December, on the eve of Obama’s announcement of his escalation of the war in Afghanistan, Outernational responded with a sharp and provocative music video for their track “Sir No Sir.”
Speaking to the reality that confronts those who will fight Obama’s war, lead singer Miles Solay sings:
Your planet’s burning war and torture’s madness
Bodies burning, whole countries torn to bits
First you’re cannonfodder, now you’re accomplices
I can see the scars from your arms to your conscience
“Channeling the radical stance and the disregard for stylistic parameters that were a hallmark of the Clash, New York City’s Outernational is hell-bent on restoring righteous indignation to rock and roll through a propulsive, ska-inflected attack. The group is currently performing material from its new EP, “Eyes on Fire,” which was produced by Tom Morello, the similarly inclined string-bender from Rage Against the Machine.”
- The New Yorker- December 7, 2009
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OUTERNATIONAL BIO
With roots directly planted in the original bohemian Greenwich Village, NYC’s Outernational has assembled an arsenal of blistering rock and roll, defiant lyrics and an infectious sense of rhythm that is reminiscent of both the Clash and Rage Against the Machine. In fact, Tom Morello of RATM thought so much of the band that he produced 16 superb tracks with Outernational, 6 of which have been released on their EP “Eyes on Fire.” College radio has had a field day with the new EP keeping the record in the top 100 of CMJ for many weeks. This should not be a surprise to anyone keeping tabs on Outernational, as their defiant spirit of liberation and their relentless drive to infuse that spirit in a new generation is present in every song, as if each were a precious anthem for a whole other way the world could be organized, and a whole other way people could relate to each other.
In addition to the band’s genre-bending rendering of rock and roll on record, their live performance is truly a face melting, foot stomping, fist pumping roller coaster. Bassist Jesse Williams and guitarist Leo Mintek complete the front line of the band, dancing and singing while providing the engine of the band's "future rock". Dr. Blum, a singular personality on and off the stage serves as the band's one-man orchestra section, with duties including trumpet, organ, harmonium, accordion, tin-whistle, and singing. Then there’s Miles Solay: militant revolutionary politics unleashed and a romantic fervor with it's heart on it's sleeve. You can’t help but want to follow this band down the path of revolution rock and into a future where music is boxed-in no more, a world of people working in common for the common good.
TOUR DATES
May 31 - Hot Springs, AR @ Maxine’s
June 2 - Charlotte, NC @ The Casbah
June 3 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
June 4 - Jacksonville, FL @ Brewster’s Pit Live
June 5 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
June 6 - Satellite Beach, FL @ The Sports Page Live
June 7 - Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub
June 10 - Houston, TX @ The Studio at Warehouse Live
June 11 - Dallas, TX @ Prophet Bar
June 12 - Austin, TX @ Emo’s Inside
June 13 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
June 15 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
June 16 - Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse
June 17 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Henry Fonda Theater
June 18 - Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry’s Pizza & Pub
June 19 - Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
June 20 - San Jose, CA @ The Blank Club
June 21 - Lancaster, CA @ Allied Arts Cedar Center
June 23 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
June 24 - North Las Vegas, NV @ Area 702
June 29 - Reno, NV @ The Underground
June 30 - Bend, OR @ Domino Room
July 1 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
July 3 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
July 5 - Boise, ID @ The Venue
July 6 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Vegas
July 7 - Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theater
July 9 - Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
July 10 - Hamtramck, MI @ Small’s Bar
July 11 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s Down Under
July 12 - Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
July 19 - Boston, MA @ Harper’s Ferry
July 20 - Providence, RI @ Club Hell
July 21 - West Chester, PA @ The Note
July 22 - Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar
July 23 - New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
