The Dream Syndicate - Elf Power

The Dream Syndicate will be performing their classic and mercurial 2nd album Medicine Show on tour in the US and Europe beginning in September and carrying through March of next year. The tour will time with a 4CD box set and LP release of the album on the band’s own Down There label, exclusively distributed by Fire Records.

It will be the first time the band has ever performed Medicine Show in its entirety and comes fresh on the heels of a similar and successful tour for The Days of Wine and Roses in 2022.

Each night will begin with a revolving set of newer material, drawn from the four reunion albums the band has made since 2017 and then resume after a short break with Medicine Show, an album that was heralded as one of the 40 best albums of the rock and roll era by the London Guardian and which has been out of print for several decades.

The reissue comes on the heels of a lengthy legal battle that ended with the band winning the rights to the album which they’ll be signing every evening at the merch table after the show.

The Dream Syndicate burst onto the LA scene at the beginning of 1982 as the leaders of the Paisley Underground movement and eventually as leading lights of the American Indie scene that was brewing in the wake of the punk and post-punk scenes. Four popular albums and dozens of tours followed before The Dream Syndicate disbanded in 1988 before reuniting in 2012. The core band of Steve Wynn, Dennis Duck and Mark Walton from the first incarnation was joined by Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 guitarist Jason Victor and eventually Green on Red keyboardist Chris Cacavas, the lineup that endures to this day.

Formed in 1994, Elf Power has spent nearly three decades as a cornerstone of the Elephant 6 collective alongside acts like Neutral Milk Hotel, of Montreal, and Olivia Tremor Control. Over 14 albums, the band has collaborated with artists including Dave Fridmann and Vic Chesnutt and toured with R.E.M., The Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr., Guided by Voices, and Arcade Fire. Beyond music, members of the band also operate the Orange Twin Conservation Community, a progressive ecological preserve and arts space outside Athens, Georgia.