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hide your children, RANGDA is coming to town!

posted August 5th, 2010

Traditional Balinese mythology says Rangda is a child-eating demon queen who leads an army of evil witches against the forces of good. We beg to differ! Rangda is actually a trinity of hardened men -- Chris Corsano, Ben Chasny, and Sir Richard Bishop-- who've combined forces to become the musical equivalent of a child-eating demon. OK, so they did take their name from the aforementioned myth. Who are we to say they aren't really, in actuality, channeling this terrifying creature? Well, I guess we just said it -- the thrashed-out bliss of Rangda evokes sounds straight from the mouth of a child-eating demon-queen. Lock up your babies. Lock up your wives. Hell, lock up your husbands, everyone will be eaten -- see it live!!!!

8/27- Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory w/ Major Stars
8/28 - New York, NY @ Cake Shop w/ Major Stars
8/29 - Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa w/ Major Stars
8/30 - Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar w/ Major Stars
8/31 - Hudson, NY @ Cannonball Factory w/ Major Stars
9/1 - Providence, RI @ As220
9/2 - Easthampton, MA @ Flywheel w/ Major Stars
9/3 - Philadelphia, PA @ M Room w/ Major Stars
9/4 - Washington, DC @ The Velvet Lounge w/ Major Stars
9/5 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield
9/6 - Columbus, OH @ The Summit
9/7 - Detroit, MI @ CAID
9/8 - Kalamazoo, MI @ The Strutt
9/9 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Arbor Vitae Loft
9/10 - Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle
9/11 - Bloomington, IN @ Russian Recording
9/12 - Lexington, KY @ Boomslang Festival
9/13 - Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light
9/14 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Nightlight
9/15 - Baltimore, MD @ Golden West Cafe

Artists in this story: Rangda