JACK WHITELive 2014
New shows in BOLD
4/19: Third Man Records - Nashville, TN5/29: Cain's Ballroom - Tulsa, OK *5/30: Wild West - Lubbock, TX *5/31 - 6/1: Free Press Summer Festival - Houston, TX6/2: Municipal Auditorium - Shreveport, LA *6/3: Saenger Theatre - New Orleans, LA *6/5: The Fillmore Charlotte - Charlotte, NC *6/7: Governors Ball - New York, NY6/12 - 6/15: Bonnaroo - Manchester, TN6/25 - 6/29: Glastonbury - Somerset, England6/26: Dublin, Ireland - Royal Hospital Kilmainham6/29: L'Olympia - Paris, France6/30: L'Olympia - Paris, France7/3: Heineken Music Hall - Amsterdam, Netherlands7/4: Open'er Festival - Gdynia, Poland7/5: Eventim Apollo - London, England7/19: Forecastle Festival - Louisville, KY7/20: Fox Theatre - St. Louis, MO +7/21: Eagles Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI +7/23: Chicago Theatre - Chicago, IL +7/24: Auditorium Theatre - Chicago, IL +7/27: Stage AE Outdoors - Pittsburgh, PA +7/28: Fox Theatre - Detroit, MI +7/30: Masonic Temple Theatre - Detroit, MI +7/31: Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ON +8/1 - 8/3: Osheaga Music & Arts Festival - Montreal, QC
* with Kelley Stoltz+ with Benjamin Booker

ILSA and SEVEN SISTERS OF SLEEP Northeast US Tour:
5/16/2014 Now That's Class - Cleveland, OH
5/17/2014 The Firehouse Saloon - Rochester, NY
5/18/2014 B Fitzee's Irish Pub - Binghamton, NY
5/19/2014 The Meatlocker - Montclair, NJ w/ Pharaoh
5/20/2014 Saint Vitus Bar - Brooklyn, NY w/ Coffins
5/21/2014 Kung Fu NeckTie - Philadelphia, PA
5/22/2014 Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, MD @ Maryland Deathfest [SSOS ONLY]

BORIS LIVE:04/27 London, UK @ Desertfest (headlining day #3)06/14 Tokyo, Japan @ Fever (2014-2015 World Tour kick-off, playing Noise in its entirety)07/24 San Diego, CA @ Casbah07/25 Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom07/26 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress07/28 Dallas, TX @ Trees07/29 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk07/31 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West08/01 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle08/02 Washington, DC @ 930 Club08/03 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom08/05 Boston, MA @ Paradise08/07 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace08/08 Buffalo, NY @ Tralf08/09 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick08/10 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge08/11 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall08/12 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club08/16 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile08/17 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre08/18 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge08/20 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
01. Melody
02. Vanilla03. Ghost of Romance04. Heavy Rain05. Taiyo no Baka06. Angel07. Quicksilver 08. Siesta

source: punknews.org

Jeff (Capitalist Kids)
SPB: Who is your favorite capitalist hero?
Jeff: Ha ha. I don't have a capitalist hero. The Capitalist Kids are not huge fans of capitalism, even though every once in a while someone mistakenly “likes” our Facebook page with that belief. I suppose if we want to use this question as a springboard for discussing capitalism, I'll give you some of my thoughts. But, disclaimer: I am not an intellectual. 
Capitalism's very purpose seems to be to create extreme disparity--haves and have-nots, the 1% and 99%--whichever you like. You have CEOs making something like 273 times as much as the average employee of a firm, which is a preposterous notion to me. No person is worth 273 times as much as another person. The only reason I can figure that Americans have supported it for so long is that deep down everyone thinks that he/she has a shot at being one of the winners. Meanwhile, millions are working full-time and not making ends meet because jobs are outsourced by the capitalist masters and the minimum wage is not something you can live on. (1 in 6 Americans falls below the poverty line. Is all that bailout money going to trickle down or what?)
Speaking of bailouts, isn't that a joke? These casino capitalists go hog-wild and as soon as they get in too deep, the taxpayers are forced to rescue them. It's hard to even discuss capitalism really, because we don't even operate under it. We have nothing like a free market here. 
Another thing I don't like about capitalism is its obsession with growth. Growth is imperative. Every company has to make more profit than it made last quarter. In addition to laying people off whenever possible, this means maximum depletion of resources, maximum exploitation of the cheapest available workforce, and the constant manufacturing of wants and needs for consumers to consume. Not all growth is inherently good. (Sort of like how the GDP gets a boost from negative things like crime [legal fees, medical bills, replacements costs] and pollution.) We're facing a planetary ecological crisis, and capitalism is incompatible with solving it.
But it's a hard battle to fight, because in our society money equals power, and the people with the money have been shaping and coding all the rules to their benefit for some time. So they got more money, which equals more power, and so on. Oh yeah, and they have a militarized police force protecting their interests.
I apologize for the lengthiness of this response. I'll sum up by saying that for decades it's been taboo in this country to question whether or not capitalism is really the best and only economic system to operate under. But I think more and more people are starting to see past the bullshit.
Jonny 5 (Flobots)
SPB: When did you opt to make your living as a musician/did you quit a regular day job in doing so?
Jonny 5: Yes! I was working as a paraprofessional at East High School, a job I thoroughly enjoyed. I helped with the A+ Angels Mentoring program, Link Crew, and a Peer Tutoring program, and also was the sponsor for the PeaceJam club and the school's open mic club.
Yako (Melt Banana)
SPB: What surprised you the most on your first US tour?
Yako: I was surprised that we needed to show ID to enter the clubs. In Japan, we don't need to be over 21 to enter clubs!
Joe Cardamone (The Icarus Line)
SPB: is your drink of choice?
Joe: Fizzy water 

*Tour Dates:*
4/6 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern (w/ Cloud Nothings)
4/10 St Catharines, ON @ Detour Music Hall (w/ Solids)