Colour Revolt, Turbo Fruits

Add To My Shows

Friday, September 10th at Mercury Lounge

See incorrect info?
217 East Houston St
New York, NY 10002

Colour Revolt
Add To My Artists

Colour Revolt is an American indie rock band from Jackson, Mississippi.

Colour Revolt's members first played together while they were high school students at Jackson Academy in Jackson, MS under the name Foxxe, then changing to Fletcher and releasing a full length entitled "Friends Don't Speak". They then moved on to become college students at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. They take their current name from Edwin Abbott's mathematical novel, Flatland.

The group had intended to record their first EP in Mississippi in August of 2005, but Hurricane Katrina interrupted the recording session, and so they recorded it in the house of local label Esperanza Plantation's owner. The self-titled EP came out in December of 2005; following this the group toured with Brand New and signed to Interscope Records, who re-released the EP on their subsidiary Tiny Evil in October 2006.

The group has also performed at SXSW and toured with Dinosaur Jr., Black Lips, Okkervil River, Menomena, Paper Rival, Explosions In The Sky, Malajube, Anathallo, and Manchester Orchestra.

They then signed with Fat Possum Records; their full-length debut, produced by Clay Jones, was [Read more]
Colour Revolt is an American indie rock band from Jackson, Mississippi.

Colour Revolt's members first played together while they were high school students at Jackson Academy in Jackson, MS under the name Foxxe, then changing to Fletcher and releasing a full length entitled "Friends Don't Speak". They then moved on to become college students at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. They take their current name from Edwin Abbott's mathematical novel, Flatland.

The group had intended to record their first EP in Mississippi in August of 2005, but Hurricane Katrina interrupted the recording session, and so they recorded it in the house of local label Esperanza Plantation's owner. The self-titled EP came out in December of 2005; following this the group toured with Brand New and signed to Interscope Records, who re-released the EP on their subsidiary Tiny Evil in October 2006.

The group has also performed at SXSW and toured with Dinosaur Jr., Black Lips, Okkervil River, Menomena, Paper Rival, Explosions In The Sky, Malajube, Anathallo, and Manchester Orchestra.

They then signed with Fat Possum Records; their full-length debut, produced by Clay Jones, was released on April 1, 2008. In 2008, Boston newspaper The Phoenix named them the Best New Band from Mississippi.


Jesse Coppenbarger - vocals, guitar, keyboard
Sean Kirkpatrick. - vocals, guitar, keyboards

Former
Len Clark - drums, vocals
Drew Mellon - bass
Patrick Addison - bass
Jimmy Cajoleas - guitar


User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
Powered by Last.fm

Turbo Fruits
Add To My Artists

Turbo Fruits is an band which formed in Nashville, Tennessee, United States in 2007. The band consists of Jonas Stein (vocals, guitar), Kingsley Brock (guitar, vocals), Dave McCowen (bass, vocals) and Matt Hearn (drums). Stein is a former member of Be Your Own Pet. Turbo Fruits have released two albums, "Turbo Fruits" (2007) and "Echo Kid" (2009). They recently recorded a full-length album at Public Hi-Fi, set for release in May 2012.

User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
Turbo Fruits is an band which formed in Nashville, Tennessee, United States in 2007. The band consists of Jonas Stein (vocals, guitar), Kingsley Brock (guitar, vocals), Dave McCowen (bass, vocals) and Matt Hearn (drums). Stein is a former member of Be Your Own Pet. Turbo Fruits have released two albums, "Turbo Fruits" (2007) and "Echo Kid" (2009). They recently recorded a full-length album at Public Hi-Fi, set for release in May 2012.

User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
Powered by Last.fm

Similar Upcoming Shows

All Ages | 9pm
Shea Stadium
$12 | $10 adv | 21+ | 7:30pm
Mercury Lounge

Leave a Comment