Pitchfork

Following the September 18th release of Return to Central, their first album for spinART Records, Scottish trio Bis will tour North America in October. Bis, the sole members of the Teen-C Revolution, are notable for their mix of sugary punk and lo-fi new wave years before groups like Ladytron hopped on the gravy train. Their appearance on the British TV institution "Top of The Pops" in 1996 is notable for being the first time in the show's 32-year existence that an unsigned band had ever appeared. Nearly destroyed by the bidding war that followed, Bis wound up on the highly sympathetic Grand Royal label. And we all know what happened to them. As for the band, enthusiasm has waned as their highly volatile concoction has aged. If album titles mean a damn thing, Return to Central may indicate a turn back for the New Transistor Heroes. Or it could just be nonsense, like the fact there will actually be a couple of people at these shows:

10-06 New Haven, CT - Time Inn
10-07 Boston, MA - Axis
10-08 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
10-10 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10-11 Northhampton, MA - Smith College
10-12 Washington, DC - Black Cat
10-13 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
10-15 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
10-17 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
10-18 Detroit, MI - Shelter
10-19 Chicago, IL - Metro
10-20 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
10-23 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory
10-24 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music