Royal Teeth/CHAPPO Tour Poster
Setlist
Tour Dates 03/03 Pontiac, MI - Pike Room*^
03/04 Columbus, OH - The Basement*^ 03/05 Cincinnati, OH - 20th Century Theater*^ 03/06 St. Louis, MO - Demo*^ 03/07 Stillwater, OK - Tumbleweed Ballroom* 03/11-03/13 Austin, TX - SXSW 04/25 Lafayette, LA - NiteTown 04/27 New Orleans, LA - Jazz + Heritage Festival 06/19-06/22 Dover, DE - Firefly Music Festival 07/11-07/13 Cincinnati, OH - Bunbury Music Festival * w/ CHAPPO ^ w/ Parade of Lights Read More
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Two bands with Louisiana connections, Royal Teeth and CHAPPO, rounded out a high-energy lineup at the Triple Rock Social Club, warming the crowd inside as yet another sub-zero winter’s night lay outside.
Parade of Lights
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The EP’s title track was appropriately just featured in NBC’s Winter Olympics campaign, and despite their somewhat forgettable name, expect bigger things from this band as they work toward their first full-length album.
Alex Chappo
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Though now based in Brooklyn, the band is originally from Baton Rouge, LA, which reflects in an underlying southern charm in the roots of their music. Their first single, ‘Come Home’ was an attention-getter, having been featured as a soundtrack for an Apple commercial, and the evening got started in high-tempo, with singer Alex Chappo crooning similar to The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins falsetto with a rock growl.
Alex in confetti sticks
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CHAPPO
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Lafayette, Louisiana’s Royal Teeth closed out the evening with their bubbling and buoyant positive pop sound that begs for greater radio attention. Their full-length debut, Glow (Dangerbird Records) has been out a while, so the band has been working in some newer songs into their set as well. Opening with ‘Hold Me’ about a moment right before the end of the world, any somberness in the lyrics is completely counter-balanced with the pure joy of their sound, with its jangling guitars, boy/girl vocals, and a throbbing collective drum sound.
Royal Teeth
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Surprised that as many people came out in the extreme cold as did, the band their 45 min. set ended nicely with ‘Wild’, with its catchy, wailing vocal and singer Larsen taking the drum from the stage onto the venue floor for a booming finish.
Enduring the end of a long and brutally cold winter, it was a refreshing release to come and see three positive and energetic bands bring some warmth to the night.
Royal Teeth at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (26 Feb 2014) |
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