Born Ruffians
Warp
Avails
- time period:
- October 2008
- situation:
- headlining
Links
Assets
Midland, Ontario. Back when this place was a wilderness, eight Jesuit priests were slaughtered by Iroquois; then canonized. Midland gave you saints. Then kept quiet. For 350 years. Until three Born Ruffians -- darker, louder, and more magical in life than any saint is in death came down from the hills to kick some ass. That was in 2002, and since then the Born Ruffians -- Luke LaLonde, Mitch DeRosier and Steve Hamelin -- have been razing bigger and bigger stages without looking back. Read More...
Career Highlights
- Born Ruffian's album is considered by Pitchfork as "one of this new year's most engaging and endearing indie-rock debuts."
- Born Ruffians on FaderTV.
- Indiemuse reviews the DC9 show.
- I (Heart) Music: Red, Yellow, Blue is a featured album.
- KEXP Makes "Hummingbird" Song of the Day.
- Born Ruffians featured on RCRD LBL
- Born Ruffians tour diary on SPIN.com
mp3
Album: Red Yellow & Blue
Song: Foxes Mate For Life
MP3 player goes here
Video
Current Tours
| Date | Venue | City | State | With |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 10/12/08 | Chop Suey | Seattle | WA | Plants and Animals, Nurses |
| Mon 10/13/08 | Holocene | Portland | OR | Plants and Animals, Nurses |
| Wed 10/15/08 | Bottom of the Hill | San Francisco | CA | Plants and Animals, Nurses |
| Thu 10/16/08 | Spaceland | Los Angeles | CA | Plants and Animals, Nurses |
| Fri 10/17/08 | Casbah | San Diego | CA | Plants and Animals, Nurses |
| Sat 10/18/08 | Modified Arts | Phoenix | AZ | Plants and Animals, Nurses |
| Mon 10/20/08 | Emos | Austin | TX | Plants and Animals |
| Tue 10/21/08 | Spanish Moon | Baton Rouge | LA | Plants and Animals |
| Wed 10/22/08 | The Earl | Atlanta | GA | Plants and Animals |
| Thu 10/23/08 | Local 506 | Chapel Hill | NC | Plants and Animals, The Huguenots |
| Fri 10/24/08 | Rock and Roll Hotel | Washington | DC | Plants and Animals |
| Sat 10/25/08 | Talking Head | Baltimore | MD | Plants and Animals |
| Sun 10/26/08 | Johnny Brendas | Philadelphia | PA | Plants and Animals |
| Mon 10/27/08 | Mercury Lounge | New York | NY | Plants and Animals |
| Tue 10/28/08 | The Bell House | Brooklyn | NY | Mancino, Plants and Animals |
| Wed 10/29/08 | Paradise | Boston | MA | Plants and Animals, Harris |
| Sat 11/08/08 | Manifest Festival | Mexico City | Mexico |