Written by Tommy Waters
Photo by Dani Brandwein
Locked and loaded for their tour starting today at The Railyard in Sante Fe, NM, Turkuaz have begun releasing a series of four pro-shot videos from their performance at Burlington’s Higher Ground Ballroom. Up first is their cover of Talking Heads’s “Big Business,” segued into their own “Murder Face” from their 2015 album Digitonium.
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When asked about the funky, but random choice of cover, frontman Dave Brandwein had to say,
“Taylor and I discovered this obscure song in the outtakes of our favorite film Stop Making Sense years ago. We never understood why it got cut from the movie, but all the more reason to play it. We decided to mash it up with our song “Murder Face,” and we think it’s a match made in heaven! Or hell??”
Suffice it to say, it’s a show that I’m sore to have missed.
Whatever your fancy, this video is a monster of a face melter. Following their show tonight, they will be making a triumphant return to the hallowed Red Rocks in Morrison, CO (6/22) before continuing on to bring the funk all summer long. Check out their list of tour dates below. And don’t forget to bring your dancing shoes!
6/21 – SANTA FE, NM – The Railyard
6/22 – MORRISON, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre !
6/26 – SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The State Room
6/27 – VICTOR, ID – Music on Main
6/28 – BOZEMAN, MT – Rialto Theatre
6/29 – MISSOULA, MT – Top Hat Lounge
7/4 – SANDPOINT, ID – The Hive
7/5 & 7/6 – WHITEFISH, MT – The Remington Bar
7/10 – PETALUMA, CA – Mystic Theatre
7/11 – GRASS VALLEY, CA – California Worldfest
7/13 – SNOWSHOE, WV – 4848 Festival
7/14 – MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Mapple Woodstock Music & Arts Festival
7/26 & 7/27 – BURLINGTON, VT – Tumble Down
8/1 – 8/4 – THORNVILLE, OH – The Werk Out
8/9 – 8/11 – TELLURIDE, CO – Telluride Jazz Festival
8/17 – COCKEYSVILLE, MD – Hot August Music Festival
8/18 – DEWEY BEACH, DE – Bottle & Cork
8/23 & 8/24 – TUSCALOOSA, AL – Druid City Music Festival
9/1 – ASPEN, CO – Jazz Aspen @ Snowmass
9/20 & 9/21 – PERRIS, CA – Same Same But Different Festival
9/20 – 9/22 – FELTON, CA – Mountain Sol Fest
9/29 & 9/30 – TOKYO, JAPAN – Minato City
10/4 – 10/6 – CALOUNDRA MUSIC FESTIVAL – Kings Beach, Australia
12/7 – SALEM, VA – Salem Civic Center *
1/7 – 1/12 – MIAMI, FL – Jam Cruise
! w/ Umphrey’s McGee
* w/ The Isley Brothers
Tickets are available here
Turkuaz Releases Pro-Shot Video of Talking Heads Cover
