Cass McCombs and the Meat Puppets Pair, Push Limits

On the surface, Cass McCombs and the Meat Puppets might sound like a strange pairing, but both acts frame their keen, outsider insights amid unique artistry. But it is a strange pairing and their upcoming tour together promises to be the best kind of weird.

Perhaps in a way to memorialize the unlikely pairing, Domino Records is producing a 7" album (out on 10/28) with two new cuts from McCombs and two new covers from the Meat Puppets.

Stream a sample of the 7" below and be sure to catch them if the tour rolls through your zipcode. 

Cass McCombs / Meat Puppets Upcoming Tour Dates:
Sat. Oct. 25 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe 
Mon. Oct. 27 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts 
Tue. Oct. 28 - Pawtucket, RI @ The Met Cafe 
Wed. Oct. 29 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair 
Thu. Oct. 30 - South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Showcase Lounge 
Fri. Oct. 31 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade 
Sat. Nov. 1 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade 
Sun. Nov 2 - Washington, DC @ The Black Cat 
Tue. Nov. 4 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 
Wed. Nov. 5 - Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl 
Fri. Nov. 7 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s Downstairs 
Fri. Nov. 28 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom 
Sat. Nov. 29 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah 
Tue. Dec. 2 - West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour 
Wed. Dec. 3 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent 
Fri. Dec. 5 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos 
Sat. Dec. 6 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge

Tonight: Cass McCombs plays The Sinclair

Cass McCombs' Big Wheel and Others is one of my favorite albums of the year. It's a massive, rambling, folk-country epic. Clocking in at 22 tracks, it features some gorgeous guitar work, wry lyrics and some really great tunes.  

McCombs takes his freewheeling act on the road to The Sinclair on Monday night and I would suggest checking it out. I saw him play back in September and it was simply spellbinding.

Stream "There Can Be Only One" and see his other tour dates below.

Tue Dec 03 2013 Il Motore, Montreal, QC, Canada
Wed Dec 04 2013 Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON, Canada
Fri Dec 06 2013 The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL, US
Sat Dec 07 2013 Zanzabar, Louisville, KY, US
Sun Dec 08 2013 High Watt, Nashville, TN, US
Mon Dec 09 2013 The Earl, East Atlanta, GA, US
Thu Dec 12 2013 The Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, US
Fri Dec 13 2013 Boot & Saddle, Philadelphia, PA, US
Sat Dec 14 2013 Ottobar, Baltimore, MD, US 

Free Summer Mixtape

The War On Drugs - Baby Missiles
The Shivers - Irrational Love
Compulsive Gamblers - Your Happiness
The Devil Whale - Magic Numbers
The Dead Trees - World Gone Global
Widowspeak - Gun Shy
Luke Temple - Ophelia
Jonny Corndawg - Chevy Beretta
Dan Mangan - Oh Fortune
The Wealthy West - Love Is Not Enough
Carlos Forster - I Walk I Talk
Cass McCombs - County Line
Pepper Rabbit - Lake House (demo)

Stream Cass McCombs' new album WIT'S END

Los Angeles troubadour Cass McCombs releases his excellent new album WIT'S END today.  Needless to say, it's gorgeous.  Stream the entire album below, then get tickets for his May 10 show in Boston at Cafe 939 here.