Wed May 22 | IDES OF GEMINI with IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS, WESTERN RITUAL

Thu May 23 | CAPITAL POETS with 8 FOOT ORPHAN, WHISKEY ALLAN POE, BEES WITH GUNS

Fri May 24 | DÉCOLLAGE with BYRGEAU NOIL, STRAWBERRY RUNNERS, MONTROPO

Sat May 25 | JET EDISON with ANDREUX & THE SEE OF SOUNDS

Sun May 26 | DEAD ORCHIDS with SWEETFIRE, SUMMA, THE PATIENT ZEROS, WANDERING, PROFESSOR GREENHOUSE, MILES TO MOUNTAINS, MECHANICAL ROOTS, THE GREYS OF GOLD, CONQUISTADORS OF NOTHING

Tue May 28 | THE DETROIT COBRAS with PANGEA

Wed May 29 | TORCHE with KEN MODE, IL CATTIVO

Thu May 30 | CODEC with SERIS

Fri May 31 | FORCE PUBLIQUE with WANDERDUSK, LOO GUTZ

Sat Jun 1 | FLY GOLDEN EAGLE with DIRTY FEW, LIL' THUNDER

Mon Jun 3 | PEACE with TEAM SPIRIT, TWIN PEAKS

Tue Jun 4 | HELLBOUND GLORY with PRETTY WAR, JON BOLAND

Wed Jun 5 | GARRETT LEBEAU BAND with CHARITY RAEL, BEE STING SESSIONS

Fri Jun 7 | VITAMINS (REUNION SHOW) with TJUTJUNA, FINGERS OF THE SUN

Sat Jun 8 | WAMPIRE with ROSSONIAN

Mon Jun 10 | BIG BLACK DELTA

Wed Jun 12 | CRYSTAL FIGHTERS with ALPINE

Thu Jun 13 | SUPERHUMANOIDS

Fri Jun 14 | HANDS with WE LIKE MONSTERS

Sat Jun 15 | EVEREST with THE WALES

Sun Jun 16 | WEST WATER OUTLAWS BBQ SHOW with ASHEN EMBERS

Tue Jun 18 | BAD VEINS

Wed Jun 19 | PARQUET COURTS with ACCORDION CRIMES, BUD BRONSON & THE GOOD TIMERS

Thu Jun 20 | SNOWDEN with SHADY ELDERS, MALAMADRE

Fri Jun 21 | TJUTJUNA (ALBUM RELEASE) with SNAKE RATTLE RATTLE SNAKE, THE BLUE RIDER

Sat Jun 22 | CAYUCAS with JBM

Sun Jun 23 | RADIATION CITY BBQ SHOW with CONFLUENCE, THE WALES, CODENAME : CARTER

Mon Jun 24 | ROYAL TEETH with AMERICAN AUTHORS

Wed Jun 26 | THE SILENT COMEDY

Thu Jun 27 | FRANKMUSIK with RIDE THE UNIVERSE, BOYHOLLOW

Sun Jun 30 | SHANNON & THE CLAMS with FINGERS OF THE SUN, THE MATILDAS

Sat Jul 6 | FRONTIER RUCKUS

Sun Jul 7 | GOODNIGHT, TEXAS (BBQ SHOW)

Wed Jul 24 | SCORPIOS (Tribute To Tony Sly) @ Walnut Room

Fri Jul 26 | PASSENGER

Sat Jul 27 | FUTUREBIRDS with DIARRHEA PLANET, SAUNA, DIRTY FEW

Sun Jul 28 | WHEELCHAIR SPORTS CAMP BBQ

Tue Jul 30 | WHISKEY SHIVERS with HIGHLAND RAMBLERS

Sun Aug 11 | BACKYARD BBQ with WUKI, CANDY COBRA, CC/NN, SPENCER FOREMEN + CATCH LUNGS, LUST, VS, TWIN PEAKS, MOMBI, SARAH SLATON, THE EVER, CALEB SLADE

Sun Aug 18 | SNAKE RATTLE RATTLE SNAKE BBQ

Thu Sep 26 | FIDLAR with THE ORWELLS

In 2005, Firewater’s Tod A embarked on what would become a 3-year sabbatical through the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia. As the leader of a loose collective that has included a few dozen of the best players in rock today, he has always loved the act of collaboration, incorporating klezmer, ska, cabaret and gypsy elements into his songs in ways that were far ahead of his time. Early Firewater members are now part of Gogol Bordello and Balkan Beat Box, and drummer Tamir Muskat of Balkan Beat Box produced and played on the album. As former singer and bassist for New York no wave descendents Cop Shoot Cop, Tod’s background is firmly planted in the punk rock movement, but Firewater explores ideas and genres only hinted at in his former band. “I always thought World Punk summed it up pretty nicely,” he told Gear Wire, “We are inspired by music from all over the globe, but it’s always filtered through a punk rock sensibility.”

The journey he undertook to make The Golden Hour would challenge him creatively in ways he couldn’t have imagined in the planning stages. “I traveled overland starting in Delhi, India, through the Thar desert, then through Rajasthan, onward through the Punjab, then into Pakistan,” Tod recounted. “I had originally planned to continue overland through Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey, ending in Istanbul. Unfortunately I was forced to end my trip at the Khyber Pass on the Afghan border, due to general ill health and the unnerving likelihood of kidnapping.” Recording with a single microphone and a laptop in his pack, he captured performances with a vast array of musicians across India and Pakistan – and eventually Turkey and Israel. Writing songs about the world he left behind in the US (“This Is My Life”) and politics (“Borneo”, “Hey Clown”), his acerbic wit Shines on The Golden Hour, elucidating both the beauty and the absurdity of his world.