Band of The Month: RX Bandits ‘Wide Open’ (Exclusive Performance)

July 23, 2014

California’s genre-splicing kaleidoscopic rockers RX Bandits have returned after a lengthy hiatus with another Crave-exclusive performance of a track off their first album in five years, Gemini, Her Majesty, out now via Mash Down Babylon/INGrooves (grab it on iTunes). Their run as CraveOnline’s Band of The Month kicked off with a blistering performance of new song “1995,” and continued with the gorgeous “Ruby Cumulous” – the first song on Gemini.

Now we continue the run with the visceral drive of “Wide Open,” the next song in sequence on Gemini. We’re massively proud to bring you another taste of RX Bandits’ celebrated return on Gemini, Her Majesty through their Band of The Month performance, exclusively on Crave:

Gemini, Her Majesty was fueled by a successful fundraising campaign on PledgeMusic, crushing RXB’s original goal and illustrating an overwhelming enthusiasm for the return of RXB’s kaleidoscopic hybridization of reggae, ska, prog-rock and beyond.

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Pick up Gemini, Her Majesty at the official RXB website or on iTunes, and keep up with the guys on Facebook and Twitter. If these jams kicked your ass the way they did ours, get ready to catch a whole lot more RXB goodness on tour as they play through the U.S. between July and August (dates below).

RX Bandits 2014 tour dates:

07/23 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
07/25 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theater
07/26 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
07/27 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
07/28 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
07/30 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
08/01 – Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
08/02 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound
08/04 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
08/05 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
08/07 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
08/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
08/10 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
08/11 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
08/13 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
08/15 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s East
08/16 – Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey
08/17 – Houston, TX @ The Studio at Warehouse Live

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