Blood, sand and one of Buffy’s lesbian witch friends (with as many gags as guns) set to Spindrift’s western-psych score…what more could you want from a movie this fall? Snuggle up with your weirdest indoor friends for a few hours of head-bashing, tomahawk-wielding hijinks in director Ward Robert’s “desert-ploitation” flick, Dust Up, available via On Demand networks and at select theaters starting Tuesday, October 2.
Spindrift and Roberts’ video for Dust Up’s theme, “Hellbound,” premiered earlier this year on IFC.com as part of a video collaboration project for the TV channel, in conjunction with Spindrift’s Classic Soundtracks, Vol. 1. Working in L.A. and known for their spaghetti western scores, Spindrift’s Classic Soundtracks compiled their favorite themes, but as band mastermind Kirpatrick Thomas told us, their new album is something completely different, and so is their upcoming Ghost Town Tour.
For a schedule of Dust Up screenings, visit the film’s website.
Starting next month, the band will set out to play both traditional venues and historic ghost towns throughout the west, rubbing elbows with even dustier bedfellows. Like true Ghost Hunters, Spindrift plan to document the eerie shows and package the tour video with their new album, tentatively titled Songs Born of the West and featuring folksy covers of old cowboy songs. Here’s hoping they can call up a few rusted demons with their thumping rhythms.
UPCOMING GIGS
September
28 Detroit Bar Costa Mesa, CA
October
06 Joshua Tree, CA DUST UP Premiere Performance
SPINDRIFT GHOST TOWN TOUR 2012
16 Los Angeles, CA (Campfire Jubilee Bigfoot Lodge Ghost Town Tour Launch)
17 San Francisco, CA (The Monarch)
19 Nevada City, CA (Coopers)
20 Virginia City, NV TBD
21 Bodie, CA
22 Rhyolite, NV
23 Belmont, NV
24 Salt Lake City, UT (Garage)
25 Valley of Fire, NV
26 Las Vegas (Beauty Bar)
27 Pioneerown, CA @Pappy & Scarriets (w/ Grim Rabbit)
28 Amboy, CA
29 Unknown Area
30 Los Angeles, CA (The ECHO w/ Balmoreah)
31 Vulture City Mines, AZ
November<br />
01 Tucson, AZ TBD
02 Tombstone, AZ TBD
03 Albuquerque, NM TBD
04 Denver, CO (Walnut Room)
05 St. Elmo, CO
06 Valley of the Gods
07 Flagstaff, AZ TBD
08 Laguna Beach, CA Wax Ball (Marine Room)