Pitchfork

The life of an underground musician usually involves jumping from project to project waiting for an errant soundbyte to fall on the ear of the guy who starts the word-of-mouth machine. The members of Hurl put all their guitar-driven punk/math rock into their singles and albums, but left none for their road game, never really gaining the escape velocity to be well-known outside of their steel-town of Pittsburgh. Three out of four members of Hurl have regrouped, however, tweaking their old formula ever-so-slightly and becoming Taking Pictures.

In support of their late 2002 release, Friends Are Ghosts, Taking Pictures is hitting the road to atone for the shortcomings of their predecessor. On a three-week jaunt of the East and Midwest, the band's spiraling sound will hit stages with the likes of Xiu Xiu, Ex-Models, and Denali. So, Hurl fans that want to bitch about the old days when their boys weren't getting enough press, that's a review and news article courtesy of the 'Fork. The rest is up to Taking Pictures. Dates:
03-28 Chicago, IL - Fireside Bowl (w/ Xiu Xiu, The Watchers)
03-30 Detroit, MI - Detroit Art Space (w/ Summersault)
03-31 Columbus, OH - Bernie's (w/ The Handshake)
04-01 Pittsburgh, PA - Modern Formations (w/ Pikadori, Arrivals & Departures)
04-02 Akron, OH - Lime Spider
04-03 Buffalo, NY - Big Orbit Galleries
04-04 Philadelphia, PA - Doc Watson's (w/ Jai Alai Savant)
04-05 Brooklyn, NY - North Six (w/ Ex Models)
04-06 New York, NY - Piano's (w/ Turing Machine)
04-07 TBA
04-08 Richmond, VA - Univ. of Richmond (w/ Denali)
04-09 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
04-10 Chapel Hill, NC - Go Studios
04-11 Louisville, KY - Aslan's (w/ Parlour)
04-12 Saint Louis, MO - TBA