The Glitch Mob finish their first 6 week trek across the US, earn their first national cover and announce new tour dates around the Globe.
The Glitch Mob certainly have no time to rest. Since their May 25th release of their debut album, Drink The Sea, the trio completed a triumphant 6 week tour, selling out venues from 800-1500 capacity in cities such as Chicago, NY, and Boston.
And while on one hand they’re conquering audiences of all kinds at festivals such as Coachella, they’re slamming the dance crowds at Lightening in a Bottle and Ultra Fest and then jamming with friends The Disco Bisquits at Red Rocks. Indeed, The Glitch Mob continue to turn heads left, right and center while captivating thousands along their futuristic psychedelic hip hop journey.
Although it was given away as a free download, Drink The Sea managed to reach #5 on the iTunes Album Chart and while the album peaked at #2 on Itunes electronic chart sandwiched in between LCD Soundsystem and Crystal Castles. It debuted at #15 on Billboard’s Dance Chart and The Mob were the #1 Most Added on CMJ RPM Charts debuting in the Top 10.
After making their debut at #115 on CMJ’s Top 200 Chart within 1 week’s time they jumped up to #57. Since the start of their tour they’ve gained over 15,000 new friends on Facebook and have earned their first national cover story for the highly regarded Electronic Musician Magazine where they talk about what they know best, music, technology and their passion for creating sounds that no one has heard before.
And so ends Round 1 for The Glitch Mob. Now they set their sights oversees as they revisit the UK where they last played with mates Pendulum this past winter. The Mob are gearing up to share the stage with all sorts of noisemakers including a stint in Amsterdam w/ Chromeo followed by The Wireless Festival w/ Jay Z, UNKLE, DJ Shadow, Snoop Dogg, 2 Many DJ’s + LCD Soundsystem.
Then it’s off to Brighton w/ Gaslamp Killer and long time fan Mary Anne Hobbs, before they return to London with Gonjasufi and The Mad Professor. Belgium’s Dourfest will certainly be the climatic ending with Devendra Banhart, Mayor Hawthorne, Spoon, Uffie, A-Trak, Faith No More, Simian Mobile Disco and a more.
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The Glitch Mob return to the US in August and September for another eclectic round of selected dates in the US making their debut in markets such as Vermont and Nebraska. Due to an overwhelming response from previous shows, they’re back by popular demand in cities such as Boston, Chicago and Atlanta, while some highlights include the Electric Zoo Festival in NYC, and MOKB Presentation in Indianapolis among a host of others…
US Tour Dates
AUG 20 : MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ FIRST AVENUE
AUG 21 : MADISON, WI @ MAJESTIC LIVE
AUG 22 : MILWAUKEE, WI @ TURNER HALL BALLROOM
AUG 24 : COLUMBIA, MO @ THE BLUE NOTE
AUG 25 : LINCOLN, NE @ BOURBON THEATRE
AUG 26 : FAYETTEVILLE, AR @ GEORGE’S MAJESTIC
AUG 27 : OXFORD, MS @ THE LYRIC
AUG 28 : BIRMINGHAM, AL @ ZYDECO
AUG 30 : FT. LAUDERDALE, FL @ REVOLUTION
SEP 01 : ATLANTA, GA @ THE MASQUERADE
SEP 02 : CHARLOTTE, NC @ NEIGHBORHOOD THEATER
SEP 05 : NEW YORK, NY @ ELECTRIC ZOO FESTIVAL
SEP 06 : BOSTON @ PARADISE
SEP 07 : BURLINGTON, VT @ HIGHER GROUND
SEP 10 : TORONTO, ON @ THE MOD CLUB
SEP 11 : PITTSBURGH, PA @ REX THEATER
SEP 12 : COLUMBUS, OH @ BOMA
SEP 13 : INDIANAPOLIS, IN @ THE VOGUE
SEP 15 : CHICAGO, IL @ METRO
SEP 16 : GRAND RAPIDS, MI @ THE INTERSECTION
For the first time ever, this October sees The Mob heading over to the land down under for Australia’s unparalleled electronic/indie music festival, Parklife jam-packed with artists who completely define the moment in music. Parklife kick starts the summer season in idyllic outdoor venues, a spectacle where the music is great and the world is your oyster. The Glitch Mob will be joined by Chiddy Bang, Memory Tapes, Delorean, Busy P, Midnight Juggernauts, Soul Wax, Missy Elliot and more.
Australia Dates
SEP 25 : BRISBANE @ PARKLANDS
SEP 26 : PERTH @ WELLINGTON SQUARE
OCT 02 : MELBOURNE @ SIDNEY MYER MUSIC BOWL
OCT 03 : SYDNEY @ KIPPAX LAKE
OCT 04 : ADELAIDE @ BOTANIC PARK
Tune into The Glitch Mob on EM TV and check out their cover story
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“Impossible to shake” (Pop Matters);
“Classifying Might Be Tough” (Limewire);
“An enticing turn for the band” (LA TIMES);
“An Anthem” (XLR8R);
“Like Tron making hip hop with the band in Star Wars.”(Mad Decent);
“A cosmic slice of brain candy”(ShockHound)
“This isn’t an album for the club floor. Rather, it’s for the long bus ride home when you have an hour in fluorescent light to mop up your nosebleed and think about all the people you miss and what you’re really doing with your life.” (LA Times)
“The Glitch Mob have made copious attempts to shun convention within their music. However, while the squad of found-audiophiles is galaxies away from prog-rock, Glitch Mob’s collective debut, Drink the Sea, has several tracks (or anthems) which could possibly unleash some otherworldly spirit to swim through the crowd and spark a tempest of ascending Bics.” URB
“My advice? Stand in the middle of their mobbish crowds and close your eyes. Something unknown inside you will ignite, and you will feel it: the party is very much alive.” TransWorld SNOWboarding
“Aggro electronic jams anchored by explosive, jagged beats abound…. the music of the future is now” FUSE newsletter
“Atmospheric yet fiercely kinetic with a driving, forward motion” Relix Magazine
“Shit, even the crunchy snares snap like 20 Slim Jims being cut with hedge clippers”.Impose Magazine
“This wasn’t a night of intricacies or nuance so much as a celebration of sound’s most visceral capabilities” Urb
“The Glitch Mob slays crowds. This is an established fact… One of the most respected and deservedly hyped acts on the west coast.” Re:UP
“An original, powerful, and very musical debut from this tech-savvy trio.” Electronic Musician
“The Glitch Mob are bringing the propulsive, heavily textured sounds of L.A.’s beat scene out into the open.” LA Weekly
“It’s apocalyptic, laser etched electronics with style and BASS.” Dazed
“the ebb and flow of the industrial rollercoaster of sound have stuck it in my head, possibly permanently”. Pop Matters
Incredibly ambitious with passion and showmanship that sucked me right in. The crowd swelled to a size seemingly double that of any previous act. So contagious was the energy” Rawkblog on Lightening in a Bottle Fest
“Most didn’t understand it or how it works, but somehow, from all the knobs, speakers and boxes, came brilliance and Drink the Sea, The Glitch Mob’s new record. Rise up and evolve …” 944
“The Glitch Mob is out to rob you of your senses” Music Ninja
“Reminiscent of Massive Attack, all without jeopardizing its West Coast roots”Consequence of Sound
“They continue to “throw genre distinctions out the window” NY Post
“Get over to the Glitch Mob website rummage around for a while, and grab the Crush Mode
mixtape before moving on… this is one of the first things to really get my blood going.” New Yorker
“Damn people, for the first time I felt like begging for the show not to end. The Glitch Mob is the real thing!” We like it indie Weekly
“a performance art piece rather than a typical stage show. Ed “Edit” Ma, Josh “Ooah” Mayer and Justin Boreta are all respected beatsmiths in their own right.” SF Chronicle
“A thunderous album that’s as ambitious as its title implies. A hard-edged as well as profoundly emotive album, its sound oscillates between deep beats and heart-wrenching vocal effects” Paper Magazine
“Pairing the richness and headiness of the best dance music with the head-nodding backbeats of hip-hop, they only aim to move you, and they by and large succeed.” LA Times
The Glitch Mob aim to swallow you whole. Warped percussion, intergalactic blips, heavy club-thumping bass, and a few distorted hollers assist in pushing you to the edge.” SF
