A raucous blend of atomic blues rock and arty garage punk--The Sideshow Tragedy sounds like Led Zeppelin would sound if they were the Velvet Underground. 2014 is shaping up to be a big year for the band: they are currently finishing up their fifth LP, recorded at Old Soul Studios in New York and produced by Kenny Siegal(Chris Whitley,Langhorne Slim, Joseph Arthur). They have been touring the South and Northeast steadily this year as well, and are gearing up for their second European tour in the Fall.

Press:
"For anybody who likes the idea of the Black Keys but finds them impossibly tame, the Sideshow Tragedy will not disappoint: they are the real deal. If dark twisted surreal country blues is your thing, this will hook you up for the duration. Frontman/guitarist Nathan Singleton took the entire blues dictionary, distilled it, lined it up down the bar and then did shots of it until he had the whole thing in his system. It’s like the Gun Club, but more raw, or like Dylan at his most haphazard and interesting."--New York Music Daily (http://newyorkmusicdaily.wordpress.com/2013/05/page/2/)

"With equal parts poetry, grit, and screech, The Sideshow Tragedy sounds a bit like a punk band resurrected at some dusty crossroads. Listen closely and a train chugs and whistles along in the background, a lonely measure of distance."--Taos News

"Persona finds the band hitting its stride, with production and backing from members of Austin funk outfit T-Bird & the Breaks...balances Nathan Singleton's rumbling vocal tremble with guitar licks fitting for both a dark club or a back porch."--The Austin Chronicle

"If you like rock and roll you're in for a treat."--The Bay Bridged, San Francisco Area Indie Music

"The Sideshow Tragedy perform with so much verve and energy that words will not fairly describe it."--littlerocklivemusic.net

"(The band's)talent is undeniable, if you have ears, but their style is harsh as well as beautiful, like the Clash and Lead Belly at the same time. Nothing like it on the radio today, when even the rock bands are polished with a computer till all evidence of a human hand is erased. Give me my music with all the scars, sweat and sweet fuckups that mean more than all the perfect ones and zeros ever will."-Guy Forsyth



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