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Howlin Rain: Magnificent Fiend
"Sounds Like: A psychedelic cocktail of Crosby, Stills and Nash, the Faces, the Damned and author Raymond Carver." - Rolling Stone "Breaking"

"Their sun-baked, lyrically feverish chooglin' is more textured and melodic on these addictive new jams..."
- Mojo 4 stars (out of 5)

"This second offering from Howlin Rain is even better than the first -- a cohesive slab of American rock 'n' roll short on pretense and heavy on songwriting and good times." -Vice "Best Album of the Month"

"... a magnificent album that tones down the feedback and concocts a denser vibe with bigger, more boogie-worthy CCR-on-Crowes hooks." - Stereogum

"... a catalytic mixture of heavy and beautiful elements" -- JamBase

HOWLIN RAIN ROCKERS JOIN THE BLACK CROWES FOR FALL US TOUR DATES!!

Howlin Rain
Magnificent Fiend

S.F. psych rockers Howlin Rain, featuring Comets on Fire co-founder and lead singer Ethan Miller and Drunk Horse's Joel Robinow, will be joining The Black Crowes for the West Coast and East Coast legs of their fall 2008 tour. Favorites on the summer festival circuit here and abroad (Bonnaroo and SF's Outside Lands Fest w/Radiohead , and upcoming appearance at Seattle's Bumbershoot Fest on 8/31), Howlin Rain embrace and expand on the cosmic musical legacy of their Bay Area blues-driven home base. The band's Birdman/ American debut, Magnificent Fiend, is freeform, organic and transcendent, with songs that roll from the speakers like a half-waking vision made of dreams and nightmares, ignited and guided by the power of the band and the velvet roar of Miller's vocals.

Road-tested on tour with Queens of the Stone Age and fellow tripper outfit Black Mountain , Howlin Rain's laid-back grooves and soulful breakdowns build to explode into anthemic choruses with mind-melding guitar riffs and soaring, string-bending solos. Miller is a passionate, possessed frontman and the band's intuitive playing and synched-in musicianship is a heady shot of pure, timeless rock and roll. Catch them live on one of the following dates:

TU Oct 7 Richmond, VA @ The National*
WE Oct 8 Richmond, VA @ The National*
SA Oct 11 Albany, NY @ the Palace Theater *
SU Oct 12 Northampton, MA @ Calvin Theater*
MO Oct 13 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
WE Oct 15 Portland, ME @ Merrill Auditorium
FR Oct 17 Boston, MA @ Boston Opera House*
SA Oct 18 Buffalo, NY @ The Town Ballroom*
SU Oct 28 New York City, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom*