The Willowz Announce National Tour With Detroit Cobras

After completing a national headlining tour this spring in support of their new album, "Chautauqua," The Willowz will tour North America with The Detroit Cobras this summer. The Willowz are the direct support for the Detroit Cobras for the July dates. Beginning in August, Dan Sartain will join The Willowz and Detroit Cobras on the remainder of the live dates.

During the spring tour, The Willowz played various radio stations including KEXP/Seattle (April 7), WOXY/Cincinnati (April 19) and WNYU/NYC (April 25).

Released March 2007 through Dim Mak, "Chautauqua" is the follow up to "Talk In Circles," which made Rolling Stone’s “Top 50 Albums in 2005,” and LA Weekly nominated The Willowz as top rock band that year.

Started in 2002 by Richie James Follin (singer/guitarist) and Jessica Reynoza (bassist/vocals) in their hometown of Anaheim, CA, the current line-up also features Aric Bohn on guitar and Loren “Ted” Shane Humpheys on drums. "Chautauqua" provides the energy and rawness of the first two albums infused with a thicker rock sound, and is more focused on songwriting.

Legendary film and video auteur Michel Gondry featured Willowz tracks on both the Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated soundtrack for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and used two Willowz tracks as the only rock music in his current film release The Science of Sleep. Gondry also directed the video for I Wonder, included on the Willowz 27-video 2006 DVD release "Talk in Circles, See in Squares." "TICSS" has won innumerable awards, including one for the The Willowz Cons and Tricks video, directed by Toben Seymour and awarded a place in the Top Ten Videos of 2006 on MTV2’s Subterranean. The Willowz partner again with Toben Seymour on “Jubilee,” the first video from "Chautauqua."

With over 30 videos completed in the band’s short career, check out the latest video for “Nobody” (directed by Amanda Milius) or view the video for “Evil Son” below.



Audio: The Willowz - Interview/Acoustic Set On Indie 103 in LA

Video: The Willowz - "Evil Son"


WILLOWZ TOUR DATES WITH DETROIT COBRAS
Sat June 23 Malibu, CA @ Malibu Inn (w. Fu Manchu)
Tue June 26 West Hollywood, CA @ The Key Club (without Detroit Cobras, free, all ages)
Wed July 11 Covington, KY @ The Mad Hatter
Thu July 12 Columbus, OH @ Little Brother's
Fri July 13 Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
Sat July 14 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Sun July 15 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
Tue July 17 Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber
Wed July 18 Washington D.C. @ The Black Cat
Thu July 19 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
Fri July 20 Cambridge, MA @ T.T. The Bear's
Sun July 22 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's
Tue July 24 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
Wed July 25 Knoxville, TN @ Blue Cats
Thu July 26 Nashville, TN @ The End
Fri July 27 Atlanta, GA @ Earl
Sat July 28 New Orleans, LA @ Parish
Thu August 9 Houston, TX @ Rudyard's*
Fri August 10 Dallas, TX @ The Palladium Showroom*
Sat August 11 Austin, TX @ Emo's Alternative Lounging*
Mon August 13 Tucson, AZ @ Plush*
Tue August 14 Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse Music Venue*
Wed August 15 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah*
Thu August 16 West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour*
Fri August 17 San Francisco, CA @ Slims*
Sat August 18 San Jose, CA @ The Bank Club*
Mon August 20 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge*
Tue August 21 Seattle, WA @ Neumo's*
Wed August 22 Boise, ID @ Neurolux*
Thu August 23 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge*
Fri August 24 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre*
Sat August 25 Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar*
Mon August 27 St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl*
Tue August 28 Iowa City, IA @ Picador*
Wed August 29 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock*
Thu August 30 Milwaukee, WI @ Mad Planet*
Fri August 31 Chicago, IL @ TBD*
Sat Sept 1 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick*
*Dan Sartain joins the tour

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