NEWS: KOLARS Announce National Tour With Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
Los Angeles, CA - July 7, 2016 - KOLARS is excited to announce their upcoming national tour with Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds! Kicking off on July 27th, the tour will take KOLARS through the U.S. with several headlining shows and festivals along the way. Keep an eye out for KOLARS' debut album, which is set to drop in February 2017! For more information, please visit: http://kolarsband.com/.
KOLARS craft a full sound through minimal instrumentation: guitar and a tap-dancing drummer. As Rob Kolar sings and strums his rollicking guitar,Lauren Brown uses her whole body as a percussive instrument, tapping out the hi-hat rhythm with her feet atop a bass drum while simultaneously playing a stand-up kit, using dance to transform rhythms into natural extensions of her movement. It's quite the workout and undeniably mesmerizing to watch.
"We wanted to create dance music that combines all the genres of music we love, but with our own original twist," says Kolar. "It's that idea of taking a pop song and getting people to move to it. To listen but also feel it in their bones." The result is a kinetic, pulsing sound anchored in vintage style with a modern sensibility towards production.
As former members of glam-folk band He's My Brother She's My Sister, Rob and Lauren toured the U.S. and Europe extensively, playing some of the best stages and festivals, including Bonnaroo, Summerfest, Firefly, Secret Garden Party, and Austin City Limits, along with a performance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. As that band veered towards indefinite hiatus, Rob and Lauren decided to strip things down and explore what they could do as a twosome. A match musically and romantically sublime, there's no denying the electricity this husband and wife duo have on stage.
"HMBSMS really showed us how much people want to dance to live music," Kolar continues."And it doesn't need to be electronic. That bandstarted out as a folk band and evolved much in part because of the audience's desire to hear us play hip-shaking tunes. That's what got people excited. KOLARS is taking that seed into a more modern world of production and experimentation. As I do all the recording, producing, and mixing, and as Lauren has a very unique way of drumming, it inevitably makes us sound a little 'handmade.'" And that's the sweet spot. Their performance is magnetic, sexy, and inviting.
Through playing live, Brown found her groove. Kolar explains, "There is something simple and driving about the disco beat that we really enjoy and feels primal and minimal. Basically 4 on the floor. Tap works nicely clacking on that simple rhythm. It gives the tap freedom to roam a bit. The band Hot Chocolate really inspired me to take a crack at some disco production as I fell in love with their somewhat zany delivery and incredible fuzz guitar tone."
Outside of band life, Kolar works on TBS' The Detour, providing score for the show that is currently in the running for ann Emmy nomination. Kolar has released a music compilation album The Detour: Season 1 Music that features all original score, songs and comedic pieces he co-wrote with the show's creator and star, Jason Jones. KOLARS has music featured on the album as well.
KOLARS will release their debut album in February 2017.
For more information, please visit:
http://facebook.com/kolarstheband
https://twitter.com/kolarcoocoo
https://www.instagram.com/robkolar
Upcoming Shows:
JUL 27 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Brewing Company**
JUL 28 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe's Alley**
JUL 30 - Mill Valley, CA @Sweetwater Music Hall**
AUG 3 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club**
AUG 4 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern**
AUG 25 - Pioneertown, CA @ Campout Festival
SEP 3 - Fort Collins, CO @ New Belgium's Tour De Fat Festival
SEP 7 - Salt Lake City, UT @ State Room**
SEP 9 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theater**
SEP 10 - Denver, CO @ New Belgium's Tour De Fat Festival
SEP 14 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor**
SEP 15 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios**
SEP 20 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's**
SEP 22 - Santa Barbara, CA @ SOhO Restaurant and Music Club**
SEP 23 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo**
SEP 24 - San Diego, CA @ New Belgium's Tour De Fat Festival
SEP 25 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge**
OCT 1 - Tempe, AZ @ New Belgium's Tour De Fat Festival
OCT 6 - Joshua Tree, CA @ Joshua Tree Music Festival
OCT 13 - Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall**
OCT 14 - Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall**
NOV 10 - Washington, DC @ The Hamilton**
NOV 11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts**
NOV 12 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza**
** = w/ Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
