The Budos Band's upcoming album, III, is slated for an August 10 release on Daptone Records.
Put to tape at Daptone Records’ House of Soul Studios in Bushwick over a 48 hour period in January, the album offers up 11 tracks that were written “during weekly, beer-fueled Staten Island writing sessions.”
Enjoy a track off the new album:
The Budos Band, “Unbroken, Unshaven”
The band tour relentlessly, and have a new round coming, after a series of June festival dates:
Ths Budos Band summer tour dates
June
05 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theatre (w. Les Claypool)
11 New York, NY Rocks Off Concert Cruise
26 Vancouver, VC Vancouver Jazz Festival, Commodore Ballroom
27 Calgary, AB Calgary Jazz Festival, The Whiskey
29 Saskatoon, SK Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, Lydia’s Pub
30 Winnipeg, MAN Jazz Winnipeg Festival, Pyramid Cabaret
July
10 Chicago, IL Chicago Folk & Roots Festival, Welles Park
11 Bloomington, IN Bluebird
12 Chicago, IL Millennium Park
13 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
15 Quebec City, QC Quebec City International Summer Festival
16 Ottawa, ON Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest
17 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
21 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
22 Harrisburg, PA The Abbey Bar at ABC
23 Floyd, VA Floydfest
24 Washington, DC Black Cat
August
07 Brooklyn, NY Celebrate Brooklyn!, Prospect Park Bandshell
12 Los Angeles, CA Levitt Pavilion
13 Pasadena, CA Levitt Pavilion
14 San Luis Obispo, CA Downtown Brew
15 San Francisco, CA Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park
17 Phoenix, AZ Sail In
19 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Brew Co
22 Dallas, TX Granada
24 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory
25 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
27 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
28 Boulder, CO Fox Theater
31 Salt Lake City, UT State Room
September
01 Boise, ID The Grove Plaza
02 Eugene, OR W.O.W. Hall
03 Portland, OR Dante’s
04 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot
The Budos Band III track list
01 Rite of the Ancients
02 Black Venom
03 River Serpentine
04 Unbroken, Unshaven
05 Nature’s Wrath
06 Golden Dunes
07 Budos Dirge
08 Raja Haje
09 Crimson Skies
10 Mark of the Unnamed
11 Reppirt Yad