No matter what your opinion of their music, La Luz is a band worthy of your respect. After having their van totaled, almost all of their gear destroyed, and each member ending up in the hospital after a car accident while on tour supporting Of Montreal in 2013, the band managed to return to the road in 2014. It’s now 2015, and post the success of frontwoman Shana Cleveland’s solo side project, their first European tour, folk trading cards, and recording the Ty Segall-produced Weirdo Shrine, La Luz is once again gearing up for a tour of monumental proportions—spanning four months and covering over 15 countries. It’s worth taking time out to go see, quite likely, one of the most resilient band in the game.
Weirdo Shrine will be released on August 7 via Hardly Art. You can watch La Luz surf the web or interview Ava Luna while listening to “Golden Days” by Shana Cleveland & The Sandcastles below. Scroll on for full list of upcoming tour dates.
La Luz tour dates:
July
17 Carnation, WA at Timber! Outdoor Music Festival*
18 Seattle, WA at West Seattle Music Festival
August
07 Seattle, WA at Showbox at the Market
08 Portland, OR at Wonder Ballroom
09 Reno, NV at The Holland Project ^
10 San Francisco, CA at Rickshaw Stop ^
11 Los Angeles, CA at Echo ^
13 Phoenix, AZ at Valley Bar $
14 El Paso, TX at The Lowbrow Palace $
15 Austin, TX at Mohawk Inside $
16 New Orleans, LA at Siberia $
17 Tallahassee, FL at The Liberty Bar $%
18 Miami, FL at Gramps Bar $
19 Jacksonville, FL at Burro Bar #
20 Athens, GA at Caledonia Lounge #
21 Atlanta, GA at The Earl #
22 Nashville, TN at The Stone Fox #
23 Asheville, NC at Ben’s Tune Up
24 Raleigh, NC at Kings Barcade #
26 Philadelphia, PA at Black Box in Underground Arts =
29 New York, NY at Bowery Ballroom
31 Montreal, QC at Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. = &
September
01 Toronto, ON at Adelaide Hall =
02 Cleveland, OH at Euclid Tavern &
03 Detroit, MI at UFO Factory ?
04 Grand Rapids, MI at The Pyramid Scheme ?
05 Chicago, IL at Empty Bottle ?
06 Milwaukee, WI at Cactus Club $
07 Minneapolis, MN at The Entry $
08 Omaha, NE at O’leavers $
09 Engelwood, CO at Moe’s Original $
10 Salt Lake City, UT at Urban Lounge $
11 Boise, ID at Neurolux $
18 Tilburg, NL at Incubate Fesival
20 Haldern, DE at Haldern Pop Bar
21 Hamburg, DE at Aalhaus
22 Lund, SE at Mejeriet
23 Stockholm, SE at Geronimos FGT
24 Oslo, NO at Cafe Mono
25 Copenhagen, DK at Stengade
26 Berlin, DE at Berlin Independent Night
28 Prague, CZ at Klub 007
29 Vienna, AT at Rhiz
30 Schorndorf, DE at Manufaktur
October
01 Freiburg, DE at Swamp
02 Brescia, IT at Lio Bar
03 Bologna, IT at Covo Club
07 Lyon, FR at Sonic
08 Montpellier, FR at Les Internationales de la Guitares
09 Barcelona, ES at La [2] De Nitsa
11 Lisbon, PT at Casa Independente
13 Bilbao, ES at Kafe Antzokia
16 Brighton, UK at Bleach
17 Manchester, UK at The Eagle Inn
19 Glasgow, UK at The Hug & Pint
20 Leeds, UK at Brudenell Social Club
21 Cardiff, UK at Four Bars at Dempseys
22 London, UK at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
23 Brussels, BE at Madame Moustache
24 Amsterdam, NL at Paradiso
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