One of the best things about Mary Timony’s new band Ex Hex is that the guitar virtuoso — once so fond of proggy guitar rock and then ultra-personal, Medieval-sounding songs about dragons and faeries (which, make no mistake, are still awesome) — has embraced her good time rock n’ roll side. Ex Hex’s debut record, Rips, basically sounds like an 80s party record in a lot of ways, so it’s fitting that for their new video (and third from Rips) for “Don’t Wanna Lose,” the band spoofs the 1982 Diane Lane/Laura Dern movie Ladies & Gentlemen: The Fabulous Stains, a film about three teenage girls who start a punk band. It’s pretty fantastic.
Ex Hex are wrapping up their Southeastern US tour, then head to Europe before returning to the US for a Northeast tour.
Ex Hex on tour:
Jan 22 Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club *
Jan 23 Birmingham, AL – The Bottletree Cafe *
Jan 24 Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone Cafe *
Feb 05 Washington, DC – The Dr. Martens Store (free, all ages)
Feb 09 London, UK – Rough Trade East
Feb 10 London, UK – Water Rats
Feb 11 Leeds, UK – Brudenell
Feb 12 Manchester, UK – Soup Kitchen
Feb 13 Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
Feb 14 Bristol, UK – The Louisiana
Feb 15 Brighton, UK – Green Door Store
Feb 17 Paris, FR – Divan du Monde LSFM
Feb 18 Lille, FR – La Peniche
Feb 19 Hamburg, DE – Hafenklang
Feb 20 Berlin, DE – Indiekollektiv @ Magnet
Feb 21 Cologne, DE – King Georg
Feb 22 Schorndorf, DE – Club Manufaktur
Feb 24 Zurich, CH – Hafenkneipe
Feb 25 Lausanne, CH – Le Romandie
Feb 26 Milano, IT – Lo Fi
Feb 27 Rome, IT – Traffic Club
Feb 28 Bologna, IT – Covo Club
Mar 02 Vienna, AT – Chelsea
Mar 03 Oslo, NO – John Dee
Mar 04 Stockholm, SE – Lilla Hotellbaren
Mar 05 Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
Mar 06 Amsterdam, NL – de Nieuwe Anita
Mar 07 De Eemhof, NL – Where The Wild Things Are Festival
Mar 08 Antwerp, BE – Trix
Mar 11 Athens, GR – Six D.O.G.S.
Apr 17 Winston-Salem, NC – Phuzz Phest
Apr 23 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
Apr 24 Allston, MA – Great Scott
Apr 25 Providence, RI – The Parlour
Apr 26 Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
May 01 Washington, DC – Black Cat
May 29 Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound
Jun 12 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg (Northside Festival)
Three Match Breeze 