Like Wayne and Garth, Bill and Ted, Tango and Cash before them, Big Business are meant to be a duo. The twosome of bassist-vocalist Jared Warren and drummer-vocalist Coady Willis have at various times played within greater foursomes — in a quartet lineup of Big Biz that lasted some five years, and alongside King Buzzo and Dale Crover in a pretty awesome double-afro'd and double-drummer'd incarnation of the Melvins — but they feel best as just the power duo. Big Business reverted back to the two-piece configuration for their last album, 2016's Command Your Weather, and have continued as such for their latest, The Beast You Are, due on April 12th via Joyful Noise and available for pre-order now. It's yet another slab of sludgy, gnarly, punky, riffy heavy rawk as exemplified by new single "Heal the Weak," which makes its premiere here.
"'Heal the Weak' is a musical curse on those who seek to take advantage of people of lesser means," Warren says. "A clarion call of warning to the crust-fisted oppressor." Check it out above, and see Big Business' very full slate of upcoming tour dates below.
Big Business tour dates:
March 1 Billings, MT Pub Station *
March 2 Missoula, MT Wilma Theater *
March 3 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall *
March 4 Edmonton, AB The Ranch *
March 6 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theater *
March 8 Wichita, KA The Cotillion Ballroom *
March 9 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom *
March 10 Lincoln, NE Bourbon Theater *
March 12 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club
March 13 Chicago, IL Concord Music Hall *
March 14 Green Bay, WI The Distillery *
March 15 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room *
March 16 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups
March 18 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom *
March 19 New York, NY Irving Plaza *
March 21 Cincinnati, OH Woodward Theater
March 22 Memphis, TN The Hi Tone
March 23 Dallas, TX Regal Room
April 11 Long Beach, CA Alex's Bar
April 12 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
April 13 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
April 16 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
April 17 Vancouver, BC Wise Hall
April 18 Bellingham, WA The Shakedown
April 19 Tacoma, WA Alma Mater
April 20 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
April 24 Denver, CO Hi Dive
April 26 Kansas City, MO Riot Room
April 27 Norman, OK Norman Music Festival
May-27 Las Vegas NV Brooklyn Bowl **
May-28 Salt Lake City UT Metro Music Hall **
May-29 Boulder CO Boulder Theatre **
May-31 Omaha NE Slowdown **
Jun-01 Minneapolis MN First Avenue **
Jun-02 Maquoketa IA Codfish Hollow Barn **
Jun-03 Madison WI The Sylvee **
Jun-05 Grand Rapids MI The Intersection **
Jun-06 Buffalo NY Town Ballroom **
Jun-07 Albany NY Skyloft **
Jun-08 Baltimore MD Baltimore Soundstage **
Jun-09 Charlottesville VA Jefferson Theatre **
Jun-11 Charlotte NC Neighborhood Theatre **
Jun-12 Knoxville TN The Mill & Mine **
Jun-13 Nashville TN Marathon Music Works **
Jun-14 Birmingham AL Saturn **
Jun-15 Athens GA 40 Watt **
Jun-17 Tampa FL The Ritz **
Jun-18 Miami FL The Ground **
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