Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned

The Space Age

Alex — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:36:50 +0000

Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned have taken it upon themselves to write, record an release an album for every month of 2013. This album, “The Space Age” was released on Jan 18th 2013, and is the opening statement of the project. Its songs represent a sound that has become familiar to the band over the three full length albums and a handful of EPs. You can stream it at our bandcamp page.

The Space Age by Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned

A Hawk and a Hacksaw @ Valentines

Alex — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:02:52 +0000

We are playing with A Hawk and a Hacksaw on Sat Oct 27th at Valentines.
Find it on facebook…

Exit Dome 5

Alex — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:28:23 +0000

Upcoming shows and Rumors of Vinyl

Alex — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:48:00 +0000

We have a couple of exciting shows coming up this week, the first one is on Tuesday at WAMC’s performing arts space the Linda Norris Auditorium. We are playing with the always excellent and soulful Bryan Thomas and Sevendys a project led by Jed Davis with members of Avi Buffalo, including Avi Zahner-Isenberg himself. The Time Union did a great interview piece about the band, check it out and get excited for this show, we are.

Details are @ Facebook. 7pm. 10$.

On Friday we return to Brooklyn for a last minute invite to this year’s Northside Festival hosted by The L Magazine. The festival run Thursday to Sunday (the 16th – 19th) and they have Guided By Voices, Atlas Sound, Beirut, Sharon VanEtten and TON of other people playing, including us. Our set is at 10pm on Friday night at The Gutter Bar. Come check it out.

Lastly we have been toting around our new 7″ at shows lately, its got 4 songs on it and run about 13 minutes long and its called Amnesia Moon Vol 1 or “Are These Dreams? That Which We Forget Upon Awakening With Regret.” We are going to be releasing it online on Tuesday June 28th. Pre-Orders will be up soon over at our band camp page and in the mean time you can pick it up for us at any of our live shows.

We are Back Home!

Lou — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:39:12 +0000

Well friends, it was a long journey, but the band and Clifford made it home…safe and sound.

After our 9 day stay in Las Cruces we hit nary a snag for the rest of the trip. Thanks to everyone who we played with, the places we played at, the houses we stayed at, and the friends and strangers who came to see us.

We can only look forward to next time we get to voyage around the country with our pal Clifford.

Tour Journal Day 7

Alex — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:11:40 +0000

Tonight is our official SXSW showcase at Mellow Johnny’s (400 Nueces Street Austin, TX 78701) at 8pm. If you are in Austin, we’d love to see you tonight.

So far the festival has been a blast, its a blur as usual but the weather in Austin couldn’t be nicer and we made our annual busking appearance last night at 6th and San Jaucinto.

We’ve had a great run on the way down here, playing rad shows in Atlanta, Greenville, NC & Harrisonburg VA since last time we updated. Super thanks to MacRock for putting us on in Harrisonburg, check out their festival that is happening at the beginning of April. Looks rad, we’ll definitely apply for next year.

Also super thanks to Jay from Greenville who runs a place called Live Bar, where we played. One of the most passionate club owners we’ve ever met who runs an awesome establishment and showed us great kindness. To any touring bands, I’d highly recommend checking out the Live bar in Greenville NC.

Smith’s Old Bar was fun too, super thanks to Mark Chitwood for coming out to see the show its awesome to see fans so far from home.

On the way down we stopped at the Appomattox Court House in VA which was awesome and camped in a bunch of rad state Parks. More updates soon.

More Shows

Alex — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:21:04 +0000

We just posted a few new shows that we’ve gotten settled out since we’ve been on the road. New details for shows in Chico, Eugene & Denver and a change of Venue in Portland. If you are reading this and have friends in these places tell them to come check us out.

The last real hole we have on this tour is Seattle. If anybody can offer some help drop us a line at thehobobanned@b3nson.net

12 Horse Riding Songs

Alex — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:34:14 +0000

Ps – Our new album is available over on bandcamp, 11 songs for a measly 5$. Please go buy it!

Tour Journal Day 1

Alex — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:33:18 +0000

First night on the road we played a house show at the Spruce Caboose, a show put on by the Chernobyl Arts Collective. It was just an unassuming house in West Philly and my parents were sitting on the couch when we walked in. The music was in the basement and we played with On the Water, Thom McCarthy, and our good friends Hop Along.

On the Water had some members of our friends Da Comrade, with a bunch of other friends. They played mostly acoustic and mixed their sound by moving members around, playing guitars and banjo, mandolin and a tiny piano with guy and girl vocals. I don’t know where you can find your music but you get the impression that its music for playing live for a real people than for being recorded. If someone knows where its recorded though drop me a line.

Thom McCarthy

Thom McCarthy played alone with a nylon string guitar. He played old time rag time songs, I think I heard Ryan say “This is the first time in years that I’ve played a show with music that I really, really liked”. Take that how you will if you’ve played a show with us lately or with Beware! in the last couple years but the dude had really thoroughly constructed, well thought out jams and did a pretty old time-y clarinet impression.

Hop Along

Hop Along was awesome as always, hopefully we’ll get them to Albany again soon when they are finished with their new record.

Big Momma's Warehouse

We ended up crashing at Big Momma’s Warehouse, which is the warehouse / studio / art space where hop along is recording their new album. It was an awesome space, with tons of great places to sleep, rad people a legit recording studio and an indoor swing. Had a rad morning hanging around while Kite Party were working on their new album. Rad morning. Day off today, headed to the Clementine in Harrisonburg Va for what seems like its gonna be a rad show.

SXSW Tour 2011

Alex — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:15:10 +0000

We are leaving next Wednesday for a month of tour! We are really excited to get on the road for our longest trip yet, to see old friends and make new ones. We are still looking for shows in a few places so if you live someplace below where we need help drop us a line @ thehobobanned@b3nson.net.

Hope to see you soon!

Weds March 9th 7pm 5$
Valentines w/Beware! Ashley Pond
Albany NY

Fri March 11th 9pm 3-5$donation
The Spruce Caboosew/ Hop Along, On the Water
Philadelphia PA

Sun March 13th 9:30pm
Clementine’s w/Little Gold
Harisburg, VA

Mon March 14th
Live Bar
Greenville, NC

Tues March 15th 7pm 5$
Smiths Old Bar
Atlanta , GA

March 16-20th
SXSW
Austin, TX

Saturday March 19th 9pm
Official SXSW Showcase
Mellow Johnny’s
Austin, TX

Tues March 22nd
The Hang Art
Tucson, AZ

Weds March 23rd
The Tin Can Ale House
San Diego, CA

Thurs March 24th
Revolution Cafe & Bar
San Francisco, CA

Sat March 26th
Sophia’s Thai Kitchenw/The Seedy Seeds
Sacramento, CA

Tues March 29th
w/Wintertime Carousel
Eugene, OR

Weds March 30th
Help!
Corvalis, OR

Thurs March 31st
The Mudai
Portland, OR

Fri April 1st
Help!
Olympia, WA

Fri April 2nd
Help!
Seattle, WA

Saturday April 3rd
Help!
Spokane, WA

Tues April 5th
Help!
Denver, CO

Weds April 6th
Barley Street Tavern
Omaha, NE

Thurs April 7th
Pancho’s
Chicago, IL

Fri April 8th
Kafe Keroukw/ Historians
Colombus, OH

Sat April 9th
Southpaw w/The Loom
Brooklyn, NY

Sunday April 10th
Homecoming 7″ Release Valentines w/ Generifus
Brooklyn, NY