Black Joe Lewis' New Album Electric Slave Out Today

 

Black Joe Lewis' newest full-length LP is out today via Vagrant Records. Most of Electric Slavewas produced by GRAMMY award winner Stuart Sikes (White Stripes, Cat Power, Modest Mouse) and recorded at Church House Studios in Austin, TX. Three of the new tracks ("Skulldiggin," "Dar Es Salaam," "My Blood Ain't Runnin' Right") were recorded and produced by John Congleton (Explosions in the Sky, St. Vincent, Okkervil River) at Elmwood Studios in Dallas.

The album has received much acclaim so far, with Consequence of Soundsaying "This professional outfit puts together incredibly tight blues rock, funk, soul, and more, all without missing a single beat" and the Boston Globeproclaiming, "Lewis and his backing quintet keep the heat on through 10 more garage-blues tunes that conjure Screamin' Jay Hawkins, James Brown, and a youthful Rolling Stones."

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/electricslave 

Amazon: http://smarturl.it/electricslaveAMZ 

D2C: http://smarturl.it/BJLelectricslave 

Joe recently spoke with NPR to discuss Electric Slave, which you can stream here:

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/25/214483818/black-joe-lewis-and-his-band-stay-the-course-lose-the-name 

The band will tour supporting Electric Slave beginning in September, playing a number of shows along the east coast including a show at New York's Terminal 5 on September 26. There are also a handful of "Electric Texas Takeover" dates at record stores at the end of August and beginning of September, where they band will play in-stores in Houston, Dallas, and Austin. Black Joe Lewis will also be playing a number of West Coast shows this November and December, including Los Angeles' El Rey Theatre on December 5. For the band's full itinerary, please see below.

1. Skulldiggin

2. Young Girls

3. Dar es Salaam

4. My Blood Ain't Runnin' Right

5.Guilty

6. Come To My Party

7. Vampire

8. Make Dat Money

9. The Hipster

10. Golem

11. Mammas Queen

Aug 30 Houston, TX @ Cactus Records in-store event 7:30pm

Aug 31 Dallas, TX @ Good Records in-store event 2pm

Sept 01 Austin, TX @ Waterloo Records in-store event 5pm

Sept 07 Nashville, TN @ Mercy

Sept 08 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West

Sept 09 Charleston, SC @ Pour House

Sept 10 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle

Sept 12 Boston, MA @ Royale

Sept 13 Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall

Sept 14 Fredricton, NB @ Harvest Blues Festival

Sept 15 Halifax, NS @ Seahorse Tavern

Sept 18 Montreal, QC @ La Sala

Sept 19 Toronto, ON @ Lee's %

Sept 20 Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt %

Sept 21 Columbia, MD @ Virgin Mobile Freefest

Sept 22 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer %           

Sept 24 Providence, RI @ Fete Lounge

Sept 25 Hamden, CT @ Spaceland Ballroom %

Sept 26 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 #

Sept 28 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop %           

Sept 30 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner %

Oct 1 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue %

Oct 2 Lincoln, NE @ Bourban Theatre %

Oct 3 Norman, OK @ Univ of Oklahoma %

Nov 22 Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea's Café

Nov 25 Denver, CO @ Bluebird

Nov 26 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge

Nov 27 Boise ID @ Neurolux

Nov 29 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre

Nov 30 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw

Dec 01 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

Dec 02 Humboldt, CA @ Humboldt Brews

Dec 03 San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore

Dec 05 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre

Dec 06 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

Dec 07 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress

Dec 08 El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace

Website: http://www.blackjoelewis.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blackjoelewis