Black Joe Lewis’ New Album Electric Slave Out Now
Black Joe Lewis’ newest full-length LP is out today via Vagrant Records. Most of Electric Slave was produced by GRAMMY award winner Stuart Sikes (White Stripes, Cat Power, Modest Mouse) and recorded at Church House Studios in Austin, TX. Three of the new tracks (“Skulldiggin,” “Dar Es Salaam,” “My Blood Ain’t Runnin’ Right”) were recorded and produced by John Congleton (Explosions in the Sky, St. Vincent, Okkervil River) at Elmwood Studios in Dallas.
The album has received much acclaim so far, with Consequence of Sound saying “This professional outfit puts together incredibly tight blues rock, funk, soul, and more, all without missing a single beat” and the Boston Globe proclaiming, “Lewis and his backing quintet keep the heat on through 10 more garage-blues tunes that conjure Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, James Brown, and a youthful Rolling Stones.”
Purchase Electric Slave
Joe recently spoke with NPR to discuss Electric Slave; listen to the interview here.
The band will tour supporting Electric Slave beginning in September, playing a number of shows along the east coast including a show at New York’s Terminal 5 on September 26. There are also a handful of “Electric Texas Takeover” dates at record stores at the end of August and beginning of September, where they band will play in-stores in Houston, Dallas, and Austin. Black Joe Lewis will also be playing a number of West Coast shows this November and December, including Los Angeles’ El Rey Theatre on December 5. For the band’s full itinerary, please see below.
Electric Slave
1. Skulldiggin
2. Young Girls
3. Dar es Salaam
4. My Blood Ain’t Runnin’ Right
5.Guilty
6. Come To My Party
7. Vampire
8. Make Dat Money
9. The Hipster
10. Golem
11. Mammas Queen
Black Joe Lewis On Tour
Aug 30 Houston, TX @ Cactus Records in-store event 7:30pm
Aug 31 Dallas, TX @ Good Records in-store event 2pm
Sept 01 Austin, TX @ Waterloo Records in-store event 5pm
Sept 07 Nashville, TN @ Mercy
Sept 08 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Sept 09 Charleston, SC @ Pour House
Sept 10 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
Sept 12 Boston, MA @ Royale
Sept 13 Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
Sept 14 Fredricton, NB @ Harvest Blues Festival
Sept 15 Halifax, NS @ Seahorse Tavern
Sept 18 Montreal, QC @ La Sala
Sept 19 Toronto, ON @ Lee’s %
Sept 20 Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt %
Sept 21 Columbia, MD @ Virgin Mobile Freefest
Sept 22 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer %
Sept 24 Providence, RI @ Fete Lounge
Sept 25 Hamden, CT @ Spaceland Ballroom %
Sept 26 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 #
Sept 28 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop %
Sept 30 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner %
Oct 1 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue %
Oct 2 Lincoln, NE @ Bourban Theatre %
Oct 3 Norman, OK @ Univ of Oklahoma %
Nov 22 Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Café
Nov 25 Denver, CO @ Bluebird
Nov 26 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Nov 27 Boise ID @ Neurolux
Nov 29 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
Nov 30 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw
Dec 01 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Dec 02 Humboldt, CA @ Humboldt Brews
Dec 03 San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
Dec 05 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
Dec 06 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
Dec 07 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
Dec 08 El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
% = w/ Pickwick
# = w/ Okkervil River, Pickwick