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UNWED SAILOR
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BURNT TOAST VINYL
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Stage Plot
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SHOWS
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DATE
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VENUE
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APPEARING WITH
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03.27 |
Dekalb, IL - The House |
w/ Ryan Lindsey |
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03.28 |
Detroit, MI - Magic Stick |
w/ Owen |
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03.29 |
Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop |
w/ Owen |
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03.30 |
Munice, IN - The Launching Pad |
w/ Throw Me The Statue |
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03.31 |
Cedarville, OH - House Show |
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04.02 |
Norfolk, VA - Tap Room |
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04.03 |
New York, NY - Knitting Factory |
w/ Owen |
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04.04 |
Boston, MA - Boston University |
w/ Owen |
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04.05 |
Harrisonburg, VA - MACROCK Festival |
w/ Owen, Aloha, The Forms |
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04.06 |
Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church |
w/ Owen |
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04.07 |
Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks |
w/ Owen |
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04.08 |
Canton, OH - Edgewood Community Center |
w/ Ryan Lindsey |
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04.09 |
Dayton, OH - The Nite Owl |
w/ Ryan Lindsey |
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04.10 |
Grand Rapids, MI - The DAAC |
w/ Ryan Lindsey |
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04.11 |
Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen |
w/ Ryan Lindsey |
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04.12 |
Urbana, IL - Courtyard Cafe |
w/ Ryan Lindsey |
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04.13 |
St Louis, MO - The Bluebird |
w/ Ryan Lindsey |
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04.14 |
Springfield, MO - The Outland Ballroom |
w/ Ryan Lindsey |
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04.16 |
Austin, TX - Emo's |
w/ Ryan Lindsey |
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04.17 |
Dallas, TX - The Prophet Bar |
w/ Ryan Lindsey |
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04.18 |
Houston, TX - Walter's On Washington |
w/ Ryan Lindsey |
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05.23 |
Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Music Hall |
w/ Sybris |
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05.24 |
Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge |
w/ Sybris |
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05.26 |
Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern |
w/ Sybris |
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05.27 |
Portland, OR - Someday Lounge |
w/ Sybris |
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05.28 |
Reno, NV - Satellite Lounge |
w/ Sybris |
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05.29 |
San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop |
w/ Sybris & The Brunettes |
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05.30 |
Los Angeles, CA - Cafe Mariposa |
w/ Sybris |
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05.31 |
Long Beach, CA - The Prospector |
w/ Sybris & The Valley Arena |
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06.02 |
Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts |
w/ Sybris |
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06.04 |
McAllen, TX - The Incubator |
w/ Sybris |
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06.05 |
Houston, TX - Walter's On Washington |
w/ Sybris |
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06.06 |
Austin, TX - TBA |
w/ Sybris |
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06.07 |
Denton, TX - Hailey's |
w/ Sybris |
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06.08 |
Norman, OK - The Opolis |
w/ Sybris |
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06.10 |
Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone |
w/ Sybris |
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06.11 |
Nashville, TN - Exit In |
w/ Sybris & State Radio |
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06.12 |
Atlanta, GA - The Earl |
w/ Sybris |
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06.13 |
Tampa, FL - The Orpheum |
w/ Sybris |
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06.14 |
W Palm Beach, FL - Respectable Street |
w/ Sybris |
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06.15 |
Orlando, FL - The Social |
w/ Sybris |
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06.16 |
Tallahassee, FL - Beta Bar |
w/ Sybris |
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06.17 |
Athens, GA - Tasty World |
w/ Sybris |
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06.18 |
Mt Pleasant, SC - Village Tavern |
w/ Sybris |
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06.20 |
Philadelphia, PA - Northstar Bar |
w/ Sybris |
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06.21 |
New York, NY - Piano's |
w/ Sybris |
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06.22 |
Washington, DC - DC9 |
w/ Sybris |
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06.25 |
Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks |
w/ Sybris |
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06.26 |
Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop |
w/ Sybris |
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06.27 |
Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room |
w/ Sybris |
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06.28 |
Chicago, IL - Belmont Arts & Music Festival |
w/ Sybris |
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07.23 |
Jackson, MS - Swello Venue |
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07.24 |
Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree |
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07.25 |
Clarksville, TN - The Coup |
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07.26 |
Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival |
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07.27 |
Cookeville, TN - The Temple |
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07.28 |
Newport, KY - Southgate House |
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07.29 |
Ft Wayne, IN - Cinema Center Inc |
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07.30 |
Columbia, MO - Mojo's |
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08.01 |
Fayettville, AR - The OPO |
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08.02 |
Tulsa, OK - The Marquee |
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11.06 |
Nashville, TN - The End |
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11.07 |
Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree |
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11.09 |
Jacksonville, FL - Jackrabbit's |
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11.10 |
Tampa, FL - New World Brewery |
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11.11 |
Winter Park, FL - Redlight Redlight |
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11.13 |
Jackson, MS - One to One Studios |
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11.14 |
New Orleans, LA - WTUL Presents @ Tulane University |
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11.15 |
Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon |
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11.16 |
Lafayette, LA - Artmosphere |
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11.18 |
McAllen, TX - Simon Sez |
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11.21 |
Tulsa, OK - The Marquee |
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AVAILS
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DATE
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SITUATION
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Mar-Jun 2008 |
To/For Support/Package |
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Born in Seattle in 1998 at the tender age of intent, Unwed Sailor is helmed by Oklahoma-born songwriter Johnathon Ford. The basis for the instrumental project came into being while Ford was still writing with Seattle luminaries Roadside Monument. Pulling towards a bass guitar-oriented sound, the songs he had begun to craft did not fully feel right for Roadside Monument, thus the unbeknownst predestined forming of Unwed Sailor. Not aiming for Unwed Sailor to fall into the regular confines of a typical band, Ford's ever evolving cast and crew has been tirelessly composed over the years of good friends and company. Throughout the past decade, Unwed Sailor has shared the stage with the likes of Pedro the Lion, Mary Timony, Low, The Danielson Famile, Sufjan Stevens, Early Day Miners, Minus the Bear, The Advantage, The Starlight Mints, Battles, Mates of State, and Beach House(just to name a few....). The band has since been relocated and based out of cities across the United States, including Chicago, Seattle, Washington D.C., Jackson MS, Little Rock, AR, and most recently Lawrence, KS. With numerous tours in the U.S. and Europe, the band has traveled almost as much as it has evolved.
From their 1998 debut ep release, Firecracker(featuring Dave Bazan from Pedro the Lion, and Casey Wescott from Fleet Foxes, The Vogue, & Seldom) to their 2001 full length release The Faithful Anchor(engineered by Dan Burton/Early Day Miners), the band strived to create side door studies into the pictures behind sound, while opening multiple avenues in the creation of reflective, legitimate, sometimes instrumental music. In 2002, these studies also produced two short film soundtracks for independent film maker Chris Bennett - Stateless (a musical collaboration with Early Day Miners), and For Jonathan, a multi-genre compilation featuring artists as varied as The Album Leaf and Mikael Jorgensen to Jessica Bailiff and Her Space Holiday.
In 2003, the shape of Unwed Sailor changed dramatically as the sound became less a standard suite of instrumental rock songs, developing instead into a full scale storybook tale presented through classical baroque and nursery rhyme melodies, overlayed with organic/toy like percussion. The resulting album was recorded and released as The Marionette and the Music Box; music set to tell the painted "story-book" story of a lonely little marionette in search of a cherished, lost music box. With this change in musical direction, Unwed Sailor composed pieces just as suited for concert halls as they were the hot, impassioned stages of dark night clubs.
In 2006 the band introduced two brand new recordings with Dan Burton(Early Day Miners) once again behind the soundboard, the ambient/Eno-esque EP "Circles", and the atmospheric and brooding full length "The White Ox". These two releases ushered Unwed Sailor's sound into a dark, minimalistic world of Native American imagery, and soothing meditative moods.
These releases were supported by national tours with Me Without You, Murder By Death, and The Appleseed Cast, as well as an extensive 5 week tour throughout Europe.
In 2008, Unwed Sailor combined its instrumental rock roots, with the experimental/ambient sounds from its recent previous releases to create Little Wars. Little Wars features energetic and highly melodic instrumental rock songs, gently colored with layered synth keyboards and percussion. The album moves along steadily with danceable rhythms, melodic distortion, and delicate ambience. Little Wars is truly a unique, progressive, and challenging, addition to instrumental music.
Unwed Sailor has continued to tour throughout 2008, sharing dates with This Will Destroy You, and Sybris. More touring is planned for the fall of 2008 in the U.S. and Europe. |
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