Caveman's Tour With Rogue Wave

Caveman's Tour With Rogue Wave 

Caveman - “In The City” (Feat. Julia Stiles, Fran Kranz and Michael Cavadias) video on YouTube HERE and VEVO HERE CAVEMAN out now via Fat Possum Records - listen on SoundCloud HERE

Caveman Summer Tour:
* w/ Rogue Wave
# co-headline w/ Night Beds


6/18 – Charlotte, VA @ The Southern #
6/19 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat *
6/20 - Cambridge, MA @ the Sinclair *
6/21 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg *
6/22 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
6/23 - Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre *
6/25 - Toronto, ON @ the Mod Club *
6/26 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre *
6/27 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
6/28 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
6/29 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe *
7/01 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
7/02 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
9/27 – Cincinnati, OH @ Midpoint Music Festival
9/28 – Champaign, IL @ Pygmalion Music Festival



Extra / free to share:
James "Cobra" Carbonetti handcrafts and designs award winning electric guitars from scratch HERE
Stefan Marolachakis’ ESPN column about music and sports called "Caveman with a van" HERE
 

Caveman revealed their video for the track “In The City” last month. Director Philip Di Fiore made a thrilling portrait of a tourist couple visiting New York City for the first time. Head over to VEVO to see what happens when the couple, played by Julia Stiles and Fran Kranz, discover what lies underneath the surface of the playground of the city…
 
Caveman—a five-man vibe collective from NYC—released their first album in 2011. As first albums go,  CoCo Beware  was something akin to a moody statement of intent, a blueprint for a band quickly learning how to create horizon-wide rock songs that were equal parts intimate and expansive. Initially self-released and later snatched up by Fat Possum for re-release in early 2012, the record brims over with four-part harmonies, crystalline guitar lines, and tracks that see-sawed between echoey lullaby (“A Country’s King of Dreams”) to shoegaze-by-way-of classic-FM-radio sprawl (“Old Friend”). The album quickly elevated Caveman from local band to watch to a sizable touring draw and formidable live act, as evidenced by stints on the road with the likes of The War on Drugs, White Rabbits and Built to Spill. Despite being the work of a brand new band, CoCo Beware displayed a kind of Zen-like ease. It was the sound a five friends settling into a nice groove; the music that happens when, for whatever reason, a lot of seemingly disparate elements finally fall into place.
 
The guys holed up in Brooklyn’s Rumpus Room to start recording in earnest with Nick Stumpf (who produced the band’s debut album) and Albert Di Fiore behind the controls. The album is a kind of sonic microcosm—a series of emotional yet tough mini-narratives operating within the same quixotic musical universe.
 
The guitars on  Caveman  are bigger and more expansive, the rhythm section is tighter and more adventurous, the keyboards more opaque and pronounced. Like a marriage between Tangerine Dream, late period Slowdive, and Lindsey Buckingham, tracks like their new single“In the City” and “Ankles” boast synth lines that sound simultaneously retro and futuristic, while “Pricey” and “Never Want to Know” overflow with guitar sounds that could have miraculously floated off an old Cure album. It should be noted that James Carbonetti, the band’s primary guitar player, also happens to be one of the most highly regarded guitar makers in New York City.
 
And while Caveman’s music could certainly operate on the level of dreamy soundscape and still be excellent, the depth of feeling in front man Matthew Iwanusa’s lyrics helps weave the songs deeply into your memory. When Iwanusa sings Where’s the time to waste on someone else’s life? on “Where’s the Time,” it’s hard not to read between the lines. Wonder and regret seem to fuel the record in almost equal measure.
 
“In The City” Music video credits:
Directed by Philip Di Fiore
DP Christopher J. Lytwyn