Shot Baker

Contributed by MN_punkmaster-skaman. Posted by aubin on Monday, January 5, 2009 at 3:00 PM (EST)

Street Dogs, Swingin' Utters and Shot Baker will be touring together in March.

March 10, 2009	The Station	Portland, Maine
March 11, 2009	Club Hell	Providence, Rhode Island
March 12, 2009	Crazy Donkey	Farmingdale, New York
March 13, 2009	North Star Bar	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 14, 2009	Asbury Lanes	Asbury Park, New Jersey
March 15, 2009	The Ottobar	Baltimore, Maryland
March 17, 2009	Town Ballroom	Buffalo, New York
March 18, 2009	Frankie's Inner City	Toledo, Ohio
March 19, 2009	Pop's	Sauget, Illinois

Bands in this story

Street Dogs

Swingin' Utters

Shot Baker

Hellcat Records (70 comments)

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JawbreakerSucks (January 5, 2009)

The Thorns of Life have have kicked out drummer Aaron Cometbus. Band leader Blake Schwarzenbach explained the move:

Our good "friend" Aaron has decided to shack up with my (Blake) ex-girlfriend immediately after she broke my heart and left me. The two hid it from me for weeks over christmas and only until yesterday when I had to find out was I informed. Great guy! Stand up guy! Well to put it bluntly he's out of the band for good and hopefully lives a terrible life forever. I don't know what's going to happen yet but I'll be sure to keep everyone informed.

P.S. If there's a moral to this story, then I wish you'd show me.
P.P.S. I like sentences that end in the word "informed."

The band is still planning to hit the road at the end of January with Gaslight Anthem and Tom Gabel.

TheSandwiches (January 5, 2009)

I admit this made me laugh.

deadelectromix (January 5, 2009)

You should have wated until May 4th.

JawbreakerSucks (January 5, 2009)

Thorns of Life will be a faint memory by then.

MN_punkmaster-skaman (January 5, 2009)

Please stop. You're just like Saturday Night Live.... doing the same joke over and over. You hate Blake Schwarzenbach... WE GET IT!!

ChadReligion (January 5, 2009)

if you hate jawbreaker so much, why are you even bothering to quote the songs you supposedly hate? I detect jealousy.

no way in hell blake or anything he's ever done would tour with gabel or that other shiteband anthem.

I can tell you are very young to have appreciated Jawbreaker when they were still a band.

JawbreakerSucks (January 5, 2009)

I can tell you are very young to have appreciated Jawbreaker when they were still a band.

Nice sentence, loser!

WaitingRoom (January 5, 2009)

Shot Baker played with Naked Raygun and Hot Water Music!

mikexdude (January 5, 2009)

Naked Reagan.

officialjose (January 5, 2009)

Naked Ragan.

Mammoth (January 5, 2009)

The Methadones?

WaitingRoom (January 5, 2009)

Yeah, what.

Chitown_82 (January 5, 2009)

Spacegun? Whaaaat?

mikexdude (January 5, 2009)

Are the street dogs good live?

MN_punkmaster-skaman (January 5, 2009)

Seen them open for Bouncing Souls and Warped Tour this past year.... and I can say that yes, they are good live. Mike has an energetic presence on stage which makes it exciting.

baseball (January 5, 2009)

Yeah, definitely. I'll always hit up a Street Dogs show, a lot of fun.

TheMike (January 5, 2009)

Consistently

mikexdude (January 5, 2009)

The answer I was looking for.

TheSandwiches (January 5, 2009)

check the email group i posted something you may not have.

mikexdude (January 5, 2009)

I. Love. You. So. Much.

TheSandwiches (January 5, 2009)

It may be my favorite stuff they have put out.

mikexdude (January 5, 2009)

I haven't heard the demo yet but, really? I only heard that one song on their Purevolume which is phenominal.

TheSandwiches (January 5, 2009)

the songs are less "pop" structured so there are a lot more musical parts. plus a lot less "hot topic" vocal as Neil would call it.

MilesQToast (January 5, 2009)

I think I put my finger on it. The vocals don't sound like they could possibly belong to people who are old enough to have earned the right to sound that angry/angsty.

Life only gets harder kids.

LinoleumMagazine (January 5, 2009)

The Utters will blow Street Dogs off the stage.

MN_punkmaster-skaman (January 5, 2009)

That's a toss up.... but I haven't seen the Utters live yet. Can't wait for March!

LinoleumMagazine (January 5, 2009)

yeah I like The Street Dogs and Mike puts on one helluva show, but I love the Utters music way more and their live show has always been incredible.

I understand that Street Dogs are more popular nowadays but I really think it's sad that the Utters aren't headlining these shows.

MN_punkmaster-skaman (January 5, 2009)

When I got the bulletin from the Utters on myspace about the tour, I thought it was them headlining over Street Dogs, but then I looked on the dates on the Shot Baker site.

Skitzo (January 5, 2009)

without question

kidgotham (January 5, 2009)

I may have to head to Buffalo for this unless they add a Toronto date. The Utters are amazing live.

HulkLogan (January 5, 2009)

The Street Dogs will be playing Toronto on March 6th at the Kathedral. Unfortunatelt the Utters will not be with them. Have to go to Buffalo for that.

TheMike (January 5, 2009)

Oh, the imagery that conjures.

10-4Eleanor (January 6, 2009)

f'reals

forfuksake (January 5, 2009)

This is a fucking great lineup...I have never loved all 3 bands on a tour like this....I will driving all over the tristate area in fucking march i guess

SxDx13 (January 5, 2009)

saw them in toledo couple years back with the tossers and krum bums. good to see theyre coming back!

skapunk810 (January 5, 2009)

that was an amazing show

that was at frankies too right?

BarleyPat (January 5, 2009)

I've had alot of great times at Frankies. My old band (Hobos for Freedom) used to play there w/ LAW, Black Eye, ect....

AllieAllieAllie (January 13, 2009)

Frankies is one of my favorite venues in Toledo. I'm quite excited for this show

SxDx13 (January 5, 2009)

it was.

we ended up getting shitfaced with the krum bums afterwards haha

MN_punkmaster-skaman (January 5, 2009)

So I found out that Kevin Wickersham will be playing in place of Spike Slawson on the 1/8 show in San Fransisco. Who's going to that one?

yousurewearpantsalot (January 5, 2009)

are the street dogs playing the mn date? i know it's pretty boy and shot baker. we were supposed to get on that show and there's no chance if it's with the dogs

MN_punkmaster-skaman (January 5, 2009)

That's a Swingin' Utters show. They're doing a mdiwest tour with Shot Baker for a week. So no Street Dogs. I really like the Street Dogs but I'm stoked to finally see the Utters... and headlining!!

yousurewearpantsalot (January 6, 2009)

yeah we just got confirmation yesterday that we are on the show w/ pretty boy thorson an d shot shot baker. can't wait

Pacoco (January 6, 2009)

there's a dwarves show the day before. i'm gonna try to make it to both, more likely the utters show.

yousurewearpantsalot (January 6, 2009)

where are the dwarves playing

yousurewearpantsalot (January 5, 2009)

it's hard to admit i still think about jawbreaker. i want to die in the morning when i wake up and i'm dreaming about jawbreaker. i know you're a dick and you broke blakes heart but thats just as fucked up as not liking jets. fuck you i still think about jawbreaker

yousurewearpantsalot (January 5, 2009)

that was to be posted elsewhere

JawbreakerSucks (January 6, 2009)

Oh, really? Where?

forfuksake (January 5, 2009)

Is Street dogs headlinging this tour???? It better be the Utters...

Babrook (January 5, 2009)

Toldeo? But no Cleveland!?

This is what I get. Last time they were in town was the night before Alk3/Gaslight/Rise Against, and I only have the cash to see one.

flamebaitnickloving (January 5, 2009)

March 8th the Utters are playing Cleveland.

HulkLogan (January 5, 2009)

Street Dogs will be Quebec on the 8th.

wallrock (January 5, 2009)

Where in the hell is Sauget?

TheLando (January 5, 2009)

right across the missippi from st lou. on the illinois side.
you could probably see the arch from the top of the venue.
but seriously, like 3 exits into illinois. and no, its not by chicago.

american_666_jesus (January 5, 2009)

Who the hell drives from Toledo to Sauget? Maybe they know something I don't.

Mammoth (January 5, 2009)

Street Dogs will blow the Utters on stage.

HooverStreet (January 5, 2009)

Best comment today.

forfuksake (January 5, 2009)

most ridiculous comment if the day...unless of course...your being sarcastic

Pacoco (January 6, 2009)

Agreed!!

MagneticBedhead (January 5, 2009)

Notice there is no NYC date...probably because the Knitting Factory closed. I think that was the last small club hosting punk and hardcore shows. RIP.

Holy_Balls (January 5, 2009)

road cats, stationary nipples, shoot cooker.

BarleyPat (January 5, 2009)

I love the Street Dogs but State of Grace sucked big time. I really can't even listen to it. Consistantly great live bands, yadayadayada.

SickTeen (January 5, 2009)

So so wrong!

It's a record that grows on you. It takes time to appreciate it. It's not going to bend your ear the first time you listen to it, but give it a few more spins. I had the same initial reaction to this record that you did. Now after having it since it's release, and listening to it again after a long time went by, it's actually very very good.

SierraNevada (January 5, 2009)

If you minus about 3 songs it was actually a really good record. I guess closer to an EP.

HooverStreet (January 5, 2009)

Everyone is now going to see how much Mike McColgan copies Johnny Peebucks on stage. Not sure if that's a good idea.

LookingForCorpses (January 6, 2009)

haha

JaredK (January 5, 2009)

Moving from Boston to Portland pays off....well not really, after 6 months this may be the only example.

SickTeen (January 5, 2009)

Having seen the Utters just last year on tour with Naked Raygun, and seeing The Street Dogs with the Briggs on tour last year, I can assure that both performances will be dynamite!! Don't hate apprecaite the fact that two great bands are playing together + one good band to boot. Should be a big party.

Chitown_82 (January 5, 2009)

Both the Dogs and Utters are great live. Throw Shot Baker in the mix and this bill is solid from top to bottom. Glad to see that this tour has a band from the west coast, east coast and midwest.

OzmanX (January 6, 2009)

The Utters are heading out of Cali for shows? say what