Now that the dust of last weekend’s Boston Calling has settled, we look back and realize our suspicions were right: The one-two punch of Dirty Bangs and Bully on Sunday provided some fantastic highlights, with the homegrown dudes opening the day with some timeless rock fury and Nashville’s Bully roaring into the afternoon with the angst of a midnight club gig.
Bully lived up to already high expectations, and are now setting off across the rest of North America for October before crossing the Atlantic for some Euro dates with fellow Boston Calling band FIDLAR. To mark the occasion, they released a new video for “Too Tough,” another impressive track off this year’s debut LP Feels Like, and you can peep that shit down below.
Singer/guitarist Alicia Bognanno writes to NPR that “ever since the record has come out I’m constantly being asked about the honesty and intensity of the lyrics and whether or not I regret putting them out there. This video is a reminder that yes, we obviously care, but we don’t need to be taken so seriously 100% of the time.”
We certainly asked Bognanno about her lyrics, and you can catch up on our pre-Boston Calling interview with her here.
BULLY TOUR DATES
Oct 05: Pilot Light – Knoxville, TN
Oct 07: Off Broadway – St. Louis, MO
Oct 08: Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS
Oct 09: Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
Oct 10: The Mill – Iowa City, IA
Oct 11: The Frequency – Madison, WI
Oct 12: 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN
Oct 13: The Aquarium – Fargo, ND
Oct 15: Badlander – Missoula, MT
Oct 16: Barboza – Seattle, WA
Oct 17: Mississippi Studios – Portland, OR
Oct 19: Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA
Oct 20: Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA
Oct 21: The Echo – Los Angeles, CA
Oct 23: The Hideout – San Diego, CA
Oct 24: Alt AZ School d’AZ – Mesa, AZ
Oct 25: Club Congress – Tucson, AZ
Oct 27: Pitchfork Opening Night – Paris, FRANCE
Oct 29: Botanique Witloofbar – Brussels, BELGIUM
Oct 30: Merleyn – Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS
Oct 31: London Calling – Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Nov 02: Bleach – Brighton, UK
Nov 04: The Garage – London, UK
Nov 05: Belgrace – Leeds, UK
Nov 06: Leadmill – Sheffield, UK
Nov 07: Spanky Van Dyke’s Eatery and Fun House – Nottingham, UK
Nov 09: Whelans – Dublin, IRELAND
Nov 10: Bistol O2 Academy – Bristol, UK*
Nov 11: Ritz – Manchester, UK*
Nov 12: Garage – Glasgow, UK*
Nov 14: The Forum – London, UK*
Nov 15: The Institute – Birmingham, UK*
Nov 17: Postbanhof – Berlin, GERMANY*
Nov 21: Motorbooty Live Party – Hamburg, GERMANY
Nov 24: Eldorado – Zurich, SWITZERLAND
Nov 27: Mexefest – Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Dec 09: Oxford Art Factory – Sydney, AUSTRALIA#
Dec 10: Howler – Melbourne, AUSTRALIA#
Dec 11: Meredith Supernatural Ampitheatre – Meredith, AUSTRALIA#
Dec 12: Wooly Mammoth – Brisbane, AUSTRALIA#
Dec 13: Disconnect Festival – Perth, AUSTRALIA#
Jan 08: Club Helsinki – Hudson, NY
*w/ FIDLAR
#w/ Rolling Blackouts