Playful Sex

"For the last time, it's not her name!" read the caption in this week's Weekly Dig under the photo promoting Asobi Seksu's free show at Tuft's Oxfam Cafe. The band name actually stands for "playful sex," and it's an interesting title for a sound that is very much a nurturing drone n' roll take on the Deerhoof sound that has escalated in the last few years.



I first saw the band at Great Scott back in May, but the sound was extensively better in the small cafe on the ground floor of a Tuft's University dorm. At their last Boston show, the band was drowning in their own volume, but Thursday night - despite rental van issues that brought buckets of stress along with their late arrival and rushed setup - the sound was as clear as one would hope for, and gave a much better sense of what the band should sound like in a live setting. Definitely worth checking out.

09/16 - Buffalo, NY - Soundlab
09/17 - Ottawa, ONT - Babylon
09/19 - Montreal, QC - Green Room
09/20 - Toronto, ONT - Horseshoe
09/21 - Detroit, MI - Lager House
09/22 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
09/23 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
09/24 - Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
09/26 - Calgary, AB - HiFi Club
09/27 - Canmore, AB - Canmore Hotel
09/28 - Vancouver, BC - Media Club
09/29 - Anacortes, WA - Department of Safety
09/30 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
10/01 - Portland, OR - Holocene
10/04 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Attic
10/05 - Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar
10/06 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
10/07 - San Diego, CA - Beauty Bar
10/10 - Tucson, AZ - Plush
10/11 - Albuquerque, NM - House Show
10/12 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive
10/15 - Indianapolis, IN - Radio, Radio
10/16 - Newport, KY - Southgate House
10/18 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
10/19 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10/20 - Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light
10/21 - Durham, NC - Troika Festival
11/11 - San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (Riott Festival)

Audible: Asobi Seksu - "Strawberries (Cassettes Won't Listen Remix)"
Website: http://www.asobiseksu.com