Hardcore bulldozers Coliseum are but weeks away from releasing their fourth full-length album Sister Faith. In anticipation of the April 30th drop date, they’ve already let loose the first taste, “Black Magic Punks,” a Prong-inflected alterna-metal stormer, among others; and now they bring us the mercilessly chugging “Bad Will” with an criminal music video to boot. The “Bad Will” clip works in the long traditon of clips like the Beatles’ “Let it Be” or U2’s “Where the Streets Have No Name,” a guerilla show performed and documented in the middle of a busy neighborhood. Coliseum didn’t climb up on any rooftops, but set up shop for a concert next to Louisville art gallery Ultra Pop.
“It was Ultra Pop’s 5th anniversary and they asked us to set up illegally next door and play a set,” says vocalist/guiarist Ryan Patterson. “It was an oppressive 98 degrees outside, and the music apparently was rattling windows many blocks away… Soon enough the police rushed in and the rest is on film.”
Luckily the band wasn’t thrown in the pokey, and you can catch ’em on tour.
Coliseum Tour Dates
May 10 – Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
May 12 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
May 13 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
May 14 – Hamilton, ON @ The Casbah
May 15 – Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
May 16 – Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks
May 17 – Boston, MA @ TT and The Bears
May 19 – New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
May 21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
May 22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
May 23 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
May 24 – Baltimore, MD @ Sidebar Tavern (Maryland Deathfest Afterparty)
May 26 – Asheville, NC @ Static Age Records
May 27 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
May 28 – Birmingham, AL @ the Forge
May 30 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
May 31 – New Orleans, LA @ Circle Bar
June 1 – Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas
June 2 – Dallas, TX @ Doublewide Bar
June 4 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
June 5 – St, Louis- MO @ The Firebird
June 8 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
June 9 – Madison, WI @ The Majestic Theatre
June 11 – Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe @ Old National Theatre
June 12 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Ballroom
June 14 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small’s
June 15 – Huntington, WV @ V Club
