Trance-fusion pioneers, The Disco Biscuits, laid down some serious jamtronica heat at NYC’s PlayStation Theatre on Saturday during their annual New Year’s run. PlayStation Theatre is closing permanently at the conclusion of this run, and the Biscuits are ensuring the venue goes out with a bang. The Disco Biscuits members include Allen Aucoin (drums), Marc Brownstein (bass), Jon Gutwillig (guitar), and Aron Magner (synthesizers).
Saturday’s first set included a delicious “Munchkin Invasion” jam sandwich, filled with an inverted “The Great Abyss.” The second set intensified with jam vehicles “Caterpillar” and “Spraypaint” seguing into a fresh and dirty “Tractorbeam Jam,” and then right back into both.
Tickets are still available for the two remaining nights of this soon to be legendary run at this link. FOMO can truly be damned because the band is webcasting this historic run as well. Head over to their Youtube page for more details.
Set One: King Of The World> Munchkin Invasion> The Great Abyss*> Story Of The World> Freebis Slinky> Munchkin Invasion
Set Two: Caterpillar> Spraypaint> Humuhumunukunukuapua’a**> Tractorbeam Jam> Caterpillar, Air Song> Spraypaint
The Disco Biscuits are back. The Philly-based trance-fusion band has announced an extensive 23-date winter tour with several multi-day runs, including SI Hall at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse on November 22 and 23, 2019.
The tour kicks off with two dates in McKees Rocks, PA at the Roxian Theatre on Nov. 14 and 15. The tour also includes the previously announced four-day run at the Playstation Theater for New Year’s Eve. The run marks the band’s 40th and final time performing there as the venue announced it will be closing at the end of December.
Photo: Stephen Olker, NYS Music
Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, Sept. 6 at 10:00 a.m. local time. Ticketing information can be found on the band’s website here. See the full list of dates below.
The band issued a statement regarding the tour and timeline for their upcoming album:
“We’ve been teasing this for some time now, it feels so good to finally be able to share it with you. We are back…and back in a big way. New tours. New music. New Jams. 2019 and 2020 are going to be our best years yet and all of you are at the heart of it. Expect to see us a lot, expect the unexpected.
The first thing we’ve got for you is our winter tour starting in just a few weeks. We’re coming back to a few places we haven’t been to in a while, and others that we’ve seen a lot through the years. All will be sweat dripping off the ceiling, Bisco fire fueled nights.
The second is a new album…we’re already burning the midnight oil on this, and can’t wait for you to hear it. We plan on teasing some of these soon, and dropping them individually in early 2020, then a full album next summer. ‘Til then, we’ll be seeing you all quite a bit and spending every waking hour making sure this is the best of the Biscuits for all of us.”
Disco Biscuits Winter 2019-2020 Tour Dates: Oct. 5 – Breckenridge Brewery Hootenanny – Littleton, CO Nov. 14 – Roxian Theatre – McKees Rocks, PA Nov. 15 – Roxian Theatre – McKees Rocks, PA Nov. 16 – The National – Richmond, VA Nov. 17 – The National – Richmond, VA Nov. 20 – Higher Ground – Burlington, VT Nov. 21 – Higher Ground – Burlington, VT Nov. 22 – SI Hall – Syracuse, NY Nov. 23 – SI Hall – Syracuse, NY Dec. 11 – House of Blues – Orlando, FL Dec. 12 – Jannus Landing – St. Petersburg, FL Dec. 13 – Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL Dec. 14 – Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL Dec. 27 – PlayStation Theater – New York City Dec. 28 – PlayStation Theater – New York City Dec. 30 – PlayStation Theater – New York City Dec. 31 – PlayStation Theater – New York City Jan. 2 – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL Jan. 3 – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL Jan. 4 – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL Jan. 15 – The Ritz – Raleigh, NC Jan. 16 – The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC Jan. 17 – The Fillmore – Silver Spring, MD Jan. 18 – The Fillmore – Silver Spring, MD
Through a series of photos placed together like a puzzle, dropping clues on Instagram Tuesday morning, The Disco Biscuits have announced a New Years run of shows at The PlayStation Theater. The announcement comes with double duty, not only of the shows on December 27, 28, 30, and 31, 2019 but also of the news that the PlayStation Theater will be closing its doors for good.
As reported in Variety, “The theater, which is located two stories beneath the skyscraper that houses Viacom and MTV’s headquarters, is closing because its existing lease is up, but its location — in the middle of the always-crowded Times Square and the Theater District — and slightly awkward design meant it was never one of the city’s most popular venues; concertgoers must ride down two long escalators to reach the theater. It also changed its name twice due to sponsorship deals: It was the Nokia Theater upon its opening in 2005, then Best Buy Theater, and since 2015, PlayStation Theater.” See full article here.
Each ticket purchased will include either a physical or downloadable copy of the band’s upcoming album, their first since 2012.
BiscoTix presale lottery will be open for entries Wednesday from 10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.: . Tickets go on sale to the public Friday at 10:00 a.m.
