It’s hard to believe, but Miniature Tigers – based in Brooklyn by way of Phoenix – are just a few months away from releasing their fourth full-length album. The band’s come a long way – I mean, those guys played a show I put on nearly six years ago, so it’s been fun to follow … Continue reading New Miniature Tigers: Swimming Pool Blues
I have yet to be able to sit down with Mia Pharaoh, the new album from Miniature Tigers, who are in town tonight at Crescent Ballroom headlining the Modern Art Tour. The show’s promoter, Psyko Steve, commissioned Tucson artist Joe Pagac to paint a mural on downtown arts venue Eye Lounge at First Friday. It … Continue reading Miniature Tigers: mural time lapse video
It was about four months ago that we heard “Boomerang,” the first bit of material from the forthcoming Miniature Tigers album Mia Pharaoh. Now there’s a release date (March 6 on Modern Art), an album cover (above), a tracklisting (below) and another new tune (“Female Doctor”) as the New York-by-way-of-Phoenix band follows up on 2010’s … Continue reading New Miniature Tigers: Female Doctor (plus album release date, tracklisting)
In July, Miniature Tigers celebrated the one-year anniversary of the release of their second full-length, Fortress, by releasing free demo versions of all the songs from the album. Now we’re already getting a taste of a new album. On Monday, the New York-by-way-of-Phoenix band released a song, “Boomerang,” that it actually previewed in a turntable.fm … Continue reading New Miniature Tigers: Boomerang
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the release of their second full-length, Fortress (July 27, 2010), Miniature Tigers are releasing demo versions of the album’s songs in three installments for free. The New York-based band, by way of Phoenix (thank you very much), is unveiling them in sequence, so the first batch includes the first … Continue reading Miniature Tigers release Fortress demos
I can’t say Dark Tower is my favorite song on Miniature Tigers’ 2010 album Fortress – that distinction belongs to Rock N’ Roll Mountain Troll (which is even better live) – but it does seem like a perfect fit for the band’s performance for Yours Truly, which was unveiled earlier this month. The song’s somber … Continue reading Miniature Tigers: Dark Tower on Yours Tru.ly
I’m still not sure I’ll believe this until I actually see it, which I guess is probably the reaction Red Bull is hoping for with Soundclash, a series of shows that the energy-drink maker calls “the ultimate live music conversation.” On Nov. 20 at some place called American Junkie in Scottsdale, Miniature Tigers are not … Continue reading Red Bull Soundclash: The Roots x Miniature Tigers
Nov. 20 at American Junkie in Scottsdale
Memo to all bands boycotting Arizona: This is how you engage/inform people and affect change. How about having some courage to actually organize a concert as a form of activism inside our state lines – instead of, say, California? Artists for Action/VivaArizona.org announced on Wednesday a voter registration concert in protest of SB 1070 for … Continue reading Aug. 27: Artists for Action concert with Calexico, Miniature Tigers, Kinch and more at Marquee
I’m dedicating this post to our good friends Jay and Carrie, who not only are fans of New York-by-way-of-Phoenix band Miniature Tigers but are soon taking what is sure to be an epic trip to Japan. How is this relevant, you ask. Well, AbsolutePunk.net is streaming a new Miniature Tigers song called Japanese Woman, a … Continue reading Stream new Miniature Tigers: Japanese Woman
We don’t have a song yet, but we do have what appears to be the album artwork – tweeted by singer Charlie Brand – for the forthcoming Miniature Tigers album, Fortress, the follow-up to the very catchy and popular debut Tell It to the Volcano. (I presume, like Volcano, the Fortress artwork was created by … Continue reading Miniature Tigers’ new album is called Fortress