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THE GHOST WOLVES: 'Texas Platinum' psych-blues duo launch World Tour | Dirty Water Club
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Guitarist/vocalist Carley Wolf was raised with a pack of wolf-dog hybrids on her family's Texas hill country ranch. When she met drummer Jonny Wolf and they started making music together, they named their band The Ghost Wolves as a way of memorializing their beloved companions who had died.
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Their sound exists in the cracks between blues, rock n' roll, noise, punk and early American music. In their personal record collection at home, one might find albums by a diverse range of artists including R.L. Burnside, Hasil Adkins, Joan Jett, The Ramones and Tom Waits. Carley plays a multitude of instruments including a one string guitar, a cigar box guitar, and a six string Silvertone reissue guitar. Jonny's vintage drum kit includes found percussion like a watering can, a crystal punch bowl, analog synthesizers and effects. Over the last 7 years they have performed nearly 1000 shows in 23 countries including most of western Europe, the USA, Scandinavia, the U.K., and Japan. Their explosive performances have earned them an international reputation as a must-see live act.
The Ghost Wolves' recorded music has been featured in film and TV by Netflix, HBO, Showtime and other major networks. They currently have a line of apparel in 40+ stores throughout Asia via a collaboration with cult fashion label Hysteric Glamour. Their full length album, TEXA$ PLATINUM, was released in 2017 by Berlin based Hound Gawd! Records.
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The duo will return to Europe and the U.K. for a month long tour in February & March 2018 including shows in London (at the World famous Dirty Water Club), Paris, Berlin and Madrid. After this trip they will perform at SXSW in Austin, then depart on a full spring time tour of the entire USA opening for goth-punk-blues one man band Lincoln Durham. Later in the summer they are slated to play various festivals including Fusion Festival in Germany, Moonrunners Festival in Chicago and Muddy Roots Festival in Tennessee. They are currently recording a third LP with producer and engineer Rob Fraboni (The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Last Waltz).
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Rolling Stone Italia
"They play stomping blues-garage-punk possessed by who knows what kind of demon… their music has just the right overdose of voodoo punk".
Lenny Kaye, emusic.com
"The pair tour relentlessly, showing a joy in the turn-it-up that evokes the visceral virtues of rock at its most raw and elemental".
BP Fallon, Wang Dang Doodle
"A primal musical jewel in wolf's clothing".
NME Magazine
"This Austin, Texas duo are one of the most eccentric bands around".
Deli Magazine
"for the real experience, catch them on stage where their intensity and magnetism are amplified to such levels that you might just put on a mask and let Carley call you 'Grandma'".
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The Ghost Wolves - Tour Dates
Europe
2/2 • Essen, Germany • Freak SHOW
2/3 • Berlin, Germany • cassiopeia
2/4 • Leipzig, Germany • ZXRX
2/6 • Kladno, Czech Rep. • Auto Da Fé
2/8 • Stuttgart, Germany • Goldmark's
2/9 • Tranqueville, France • La Bazka
2/10 • Biel, Switzerland • Le Salopard
2/11 • Orleans, France • Blue Devils
2/13 • Periguex, France • Bar les toqués
2/15 • Madrid, Spain• Wurlitzer Ballroom
2/18 • Alicante, Spain • TNT BLUES
2/21 • Granada, Spain • Planta Baja
2/27 • Bordeaux, France • I.BOAT
2/28 • Paris, France • Supersonic
3/1 • London, UK • Dirty Water Club
3/3 • Bielefeld, Germany • Kiefernklause
USA
3/9-3/18 • Austin, TX • SXSW
4/4 • El Paso, TX • The Lowbrow Palace +
4/5 • Phoenix, AZ • The Rebel Lounge +
4/6 • San Diego, CA • Soda Bar +
4/8 • Los Angeles, CA • Moroccan Lounge +
4/9 • San Francisco, CA • Bottom of the Hill +
4/10 • Medford, OR • Johnny B's
4/12 • Portland, OR • The Analog - Theater & Cafe +
4/13 • Seattle, WA • The Sunset +
4/17 • SLC, UT • The Loading Dock +
4/18 • Fort Collins, CO • Hodi's Half Note +
4/19 • Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre +
5/4 • Chicago, IL • Moonrunners Music Festival
6/27-7/1 • Larz, Germany • Fusion Festival
8/30-9/2 • Cookeville, TN • Muddy Roots Music Festival
DISCOGRAPHY
"In Ya Neck!" EP (2011, Pau Wau Records)
"Man, Woman, Beast" LP (2015, Plowboy Records)
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