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*Venue changed from The Highline Ballroom*

“Rather than go for the stripped-down sound of most strings-and-skins duos, they create a moments-before-the-maelstrom sound that’s much fuller than the line-up would indicate.”
-Pitchfork

KatJonBand
The Knitting Factory
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
74 Leonard Street
New York, NY 10013
212-219-31321
Show @ 10:00 p.m.
Also on the bill: Jon Langford & The Burlington Welsh Male Chorus, Antietam, Sally Timms and Chris Mills

NEW YORK (August 29, 2008) Punk pioneers Jon Langford of The Mekons and Kat Ex of The EX join forces as KatJonBand, changing venues from The Highline Ballroom and playing The Knitting Factory on Wednesday, September 17, 2008.

Musically and lyrically, KatJonBand s self-titled debut is a tough album; stripped down, basic and to the point. Releasing the CD through Carrot Top Records on September 23, 2008, the record features Kat on drums and Jon on guitar, both sharing a microphone that summons Jon s gruff Welsh pirate howl and Kat s clear-as-a-bell Swabian soar.

The Mekons and The Ex have always been explicitly political bands, so it s no surprise that the Iraq war, globalization, class, greed, patriotism and kinky sex all rear their ugly heads in the album s bone-bare, blood-boiling anthems. Two of the few bands who continue undaunted and unfettered since the heady days of 70s punk-rock, neither The Mekons nor The Ex ever split up. KatJonBand is only the most recent collaboration between these two legendary groups and stays true to the pioneering spirits of both.