Artist: Quit Your Dayjob

Country: Sweden
Genre: Punk/Hardcore
http://www.quityourdayjob.org/
http://www.myspace.com/qyd
Reviews: Tools for fools / s/t EP
Viewing posts 16-30 out of 41

Quit Your Dayjob has got quite the lucky break and will be supporting buzz-band-of-the-moment Ok Go on tour in the US:

10/29 - The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
10/30 - The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
11/01 - Glass House, Pomona, CA
11/02 - Great American Music Hall, San Fransisco, CA
11/03 - The Empire, Sacramento, CA
11/04 - Hawthorne Theater, Portland, OR
11/05 - Nuemos, Seattle, WA
11/08 - First Ave, Minneapolis, MN
11/09 - Logan Square Auditorium, Chicago, IL
11/10 - Logan Square Auditorium, Chicago, IL
11/16 - Avlaon Ballroom, Boston, MA
11/17 - Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ
11/18 - Irving Plaza, New York, NY
11/19 - 9:30 Club, Washington DC
11/21 - Amos, Charlotte, NC

Video mix: KVLR, El Perro Del Mar, Totalt Jävla Mörker, Entombed, Division of Laura Lee, Abhinanda, more...

Quit Your Dayjob in the UK:

06/29 - Dirty Water Club, London
07/02 - The Concorde, Brighton

The Pitchfork guide to SXSW includes tips on many acts, including Scandinavians Serena Maneesh (natch), Figurines, The Ark, Sign, Disco Ensemble, Astrid Swan, Quit Your Dayjob, Animal Alpha, Sarah Hepburn and of course, José González. I'd also recommend tracking down Loney, Dear and Kristofer Åström.

Quit Your Dayjob in the US as part of the Export Music Sweden showcase:

03/14 - Viper Room, Los Angeles
03/17 - The Drink, Austin (SXSW)
03/18 - CBGBs, NYC

ExMS has confirmed the full list of Swedish artists performing at their SXSW showcase this year: http://www.musikindustrin.nu/mi/smpage.fwx?page=198&NYHETER=6623
Artists include Amandine, Ane Brun, Empire Dogs, José González, Loney, Dear, Quit Your Dayjob, The Ark, The Concretes and The Hellacopters.

Bad Taste Records is sending Satanic Surfers, Venerea and All Systems Go (US/CAN) out together on a European package tour. Dates:

11/11 - Volksbad, Flensburg (GER)
11/12 - Ex-haus, Trier (GER)
11/13 - Effenaar, Eindhoven (NL)
11/14 - Demokrazy @ Het Magazijn, Gent (BEL) w/Quit Your Dayjob
11/15 - Mondo Bizarro, Rennes (FRA)
11/16 - tba, Bordeaux/Pau (FRA)
11/17 - Sala Caracol, Madrid (SPA)
11/18 - Carpa Centro Historico, Zaragoza (SPA)
11/19 - Punk or Latex Festival, Barcelona (SPA)
11/20 - Rockstore, Montpellier (FRA)
11/21 - Grillen, Colmar (FRA)
11/22 - Alter Stadtbahnhof, Schweinfurt (GER)
11/23 - Universum, Stuttgart (GER)
11/24 - Alex Skatehalle, Osnabrück (GER)
11/25 - Mejeriet, Lund (SWE) w/Karl Larsson
11/26 - Garage, Oslo (NOR)
11/27 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE) w/Karl Larsson

The Musikbyrån website has new videos from Hello Saferide, Quit Your Dayjob and The Haunted as well as live shows from Timbuktu & Damn! and Looptroop: http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=32531

MTVe has a special feature on Quit Your Dayjob with a contest and streaming audio for their entire new record: http://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=5809

Swedish punk/garage/rock n' roll mag Denimzine is relaunching on August 31. What started as little zine in the 90s is now going to make a go at being a full publication and will be featuring articles on many fine bands in its inaugral issue such as Hellacopters, Quit Your Dayjob and tons of international acts. And they'll be celebrating in style too, with release fests at Sticky Fingers in Gbg, Debaser in Sthlm and KB Vinylbaren in Malmö. Full details: http://www.denimzine.com/

Bad Taste Records has posted the new Quit Your Dayjob single "Vlado video" for download: http://www.badtasterecords.se/records.asp?id=294
The new album "Sweden we got a problem" comes out August 29.

Danish Scandinavian music site Ratatoskonline has a couple tracks up for download from Realones, Quit Your Dayjob and Schtimm: http://ratatoskonline.net/index.php?axelref=news&id=134

Quit Your Dayjob is currently at Mission Hall Studios recording a new album tentatively slated for an August release.

Quit Your Dayjob on tour across Europe:

02/22 - Artrocker @ Buffalo, London (UK)
02/23 - Metro Club, London (UK)
02/26 - Barfly (Monarch), London (UK)
02/27 - Freebutt, Brighton (UK)
03/06 - AB, Brussels, (BEL) w/Danko Jones
03/07 - Live Music Hall, Köln (GER) w/Danko Jones
03/08 - Zeche Carl, Essen (GER) w/Danko Jones
03/09 - SO36, Berlin (GER) w/Danko Jones
03/10 - Fabrik, Hamburg (GER) w/Danko Jones
03/11 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER) w/Danko Jones
03/12 - Starclub, Dresden (GER) w/Danko Jones
03/13 - Volxbad, Flensburg (GER) w/Ted Leo
03/14 - Molotow, Hamburg (GER) w/Ted Leo
03/15 - Magnet, Berlin (GER) w/Ted Leo
03/16 - Hellmut, Saarbrucken (GER) w/Ted Leo
03/18 - Komm, Nurnberg (GER) w/Ted Leo
03/20 - Arcadium, Graz (AUS) w/Ted Leo
03/21 - Arena, Wien (AUS) w/Ted Leo
04/02 - Kvarteret, Bergen (NOR)
05/26 - Vera, Groningen (NL)
05/27 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (NL)

Top 10s for 2004: Kal Ström (Dagensskiva)