1.19
Mississippi Studios
Portland, OR
1.20
Comet Tavern
Seattle, WA
1.21
The Red Room Lounge
Spokane, WA
1.23
Rickshaw Stop
San Francsico, CA
1.24
Odd Fellows Hall **CANCELED**
Davis, CA
1.25
Muddy Waters Cafe
Santa Barbara, CA
1.26
The Echo
Los Angeles, CA
1.27
Tin Can Alehouse
Sand Diego, CA
"The group's drum-driven sound is spare and rhythmic, punctuated by harmonic howls and whoops. Sometimes it calls to mind a native pow-wow; sometimes, a soundtrack to a spooky movie. It's all played at a volume dialed back just enough to hear the patterns and textures, and -- thanks to the congenial, almost goofy stage presence of guitarist/vocalist Chris Cunningham, multi-instrumentalist Brantley Duke and hard-working drummer Matt Badger -- it's not nearly as cerebral as it sounds."
-The Seattle Times
"Combining dark melodies, intricate vocal harmonies, and insistent hard-hitting percussion, Ravenna Woods represents the dark side of Seattle's indie folk movement; a Kafkaesque figure in a room of Guthries and Gershwins."
- Mark Baumgarten, City Arts
"Why they matter: Ravenna Woods provides a crucial reminder to Seattle's current scene: Just because it's folky and acoustic doesn't mean it must be pastoral and warm. The three-man band plays haunting urban folk, full of eerie vocal harmonies, spiraling fingerpicked guitar, minimalist percussion, and the occasional toy piano."
- SPIN.com
"KEXP's favorite gloomy folk-punkers."
- KEXP.org
"Chris Cunningham is such a hurricane on stage, I feared for his band mates' gear. At times it seemed Cunningham was inches from pulverizing drummer Matt Badger's kit. Sweat flew, xylophones tinked and toms boomed. Ravenna Woods just put on the best show of Saturday (@ Capitol Hill Block Party 2011) so far."
- Popmatters.com
